Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-30

over the village cistern on South Main |
street in front of r. e. Gordon's house, 1
this week.
II. A. Manning & Co, directory pub
fishers of Springfield, Mass. state that |
the Brattleboro directories will be de-
livered next Monday, July 8.
A. F. Schwenk, register of probate, will
officiate as judge of probate during the
absence of Judge B. L. Waterman, who
will sail for Europe tomorrow.
The Musical Age contains in this weeks
issue large half-tone cut of Henry X.
White, J. H. White, Frank c. White and
Master Foster White, four generations,
of Meriden, Conn. together with the
statement that "Perpetuation of the
Angelus appears to be assured"
The woman's auxiliary to the Y M. C.
A. has issued a year book for the season
of 1905-06. 1t contains the program for
the season, together with a list of the
officers and committees. June, July, Au-
gust and September are vacation months
The first meeting is scheduled for oct. 3.
Mrs. II. r. Kinsley, who lives in the
Hardie house on Canal street, was seri-
ously burned on Sunday by the explosion
of a gas stove which she was attempt
ing to light The flames slnged her hair
and scorched her face and neck. She
suffered severely, but there will be no
permanent injury.
The contempt Of court proceedings
against Joseph S. Reid and ]. Frank
Davis. which were set for Tuesday were
continued to July by direction of Judge
Wheeler. Reid and Davis are represent
tatlyes OF the Boston American who took
snapshot photographs of officers of the
court during the Mary Rogers hearing in
Brattleboro last week.
The work of preparing a place in the
Baptist church for the Estey pipe organ
which has been given the church by Col
]. Gray Estey and Capt. ]. Harry Estey,
as a memorial to their father will be be-
gun in a few days 1t has been decided
to have the organ directly back OF the
pulpit. 1t will extend about 10 feet into
the Sunday school room and will include
the space now taken up by the platform
there.
Justice F. d. E. Stowe gave his decision
Tuesday in the case of Miss Annie Kir-
wan Of Brattleboro against Mrs. Hattie
E Smith of Keene, judgment being for
the plaintiff to recover 1913 and costs.
The suit was brought to recover 800
for rent of rooms and board. The de-
PENDANT claimed that the debt was one
for her husband to pay. She appealed to
the county court. F. E. Barber was
counsel for the plaintiff c. H. Williams
Of Bellows Falls for the defendant.
The full First Regiment band will give
concert on the common at 6 o'clock
next Sunday evening as a part Of the
regular Sunday night service This is
half an hour earlier than the usual time
of service. The meeting next Sunday
will be Of a patriotic nature, the speak
ers being Principal Hobart X. Whitaker
and Attorney General Clarke c. Fits.
Congressman Haskins will preside and
the Brattleboro male quartet will sing.
An invitation to attend the meeting is
extended to everybody.
Application will be made at once to the
Vermont secretary of state for a charter
for the Bmttleboro Masonic Building as
ISOLATION, with a capital of 100000 di-
vided into shares of 800 each. The cor
porators, who represent the several
Masonic bodies in Brattleboro are as fol-
lows: W. II. Vinton, ]. A Taylor Frank
B. Putnam, H. f. Taylor, w. B. Vinton,
j. B. Randoll, F. w. Childs, A. p
Simonds, Fred w. Putnam E. B. Bar
rows, Clarke c. Fits, Ferris r. Vaughan.
The plan is for the erection eventually
of Masonic temple in Brattleboro
Several conductors have had their runs
changed by the new railroad schedule
I. j. Denning, formerly on the Brattle-
boro & Whitehall road, has been trans
ferred to the broad gauge road, his run
being between White River Junction and
South Vernon. He arrives in Brattle-
boro from White River Junction at 9O7
a. In'i anu from south vernon at 535
p m. This change will allow him to be
at home Sundays. Conductors George L.
Spafford, William Geer and E. d. Hayes,
who have been running from New Lon
don to White River Junction, now run
from New London to South Londonderry.
Each stays in South Londonderry two
nights a week and in New London the
rest of the time.
The friends of Lawyer Charles III. Robb
RrDttlahnrO al oIv
glad to be reminded that he is doing
good work in Washington. The last re-
minder is in a letter from H. NJ. Hoyt, of
the solicitor generals office, to United
States District Attorney ]. L. Martin
Mr.. Hoyt says: Speaking of other good
Vermont things, of which there are many,
1t is only fair to his friends and himself
to let you know of the fine work Mr..
Robb is doing and what a positive i'm
preston he makes, more and more as
time passes, upon the Supreme Court
and in the general work of the depart
ment. We not only value him highly
down here, but we are very fond of him,
with good reason"
All the changes in the railroad sched-
ule, which went into effect Monday, were
given in The Phoenix last week. but par
ticular attention might be called to the
former double train which arrived at
lilo from the south and left at 423 go
OF New London and Boston &, Maine
trains. The two sections now run sep
arately. The New London section ar
rives at 9.45 a. M, Brattleboro being its
destination, and the Boston & Maine sec
tion arrives at lilo as formerly. Re-
turning, the New London section starts |
from Brattleboro at 410 p M, and the |
Boston & Maine section arrives at 423 |
Time tables giving the new schedule also |
the street railroad schedule and the loca- |
ton of the fire alarm boxes, have been
issued by T. J. Heaphy for free distri-
button.
While a load of hay was being I'M
loaded in DR.. j. S. buttons barn We'd |
nesday forenoon the men smelled smoke |
and traced it to a sill on the north side !
OF the barn. An alarm was given from |
box No. 81 and the department responded.
but only the chemical hose wagon was |
used. The fire was in the middle of the |
sill, which was badly rotted and was en- |
closed by boards. What caused 1t is a |
mystery hole in the sill was large |
enough to admit rats, and it was sug- |
gested that the fire might have been |
caused by rats and matches. When the |
alarm was given the number of the box
was mistaken at the steamer house for
box No. SO, and the chemical hose wag-
on was driven to the Main street bridge.
but very little time was lost. When the
wagon was turned around the rail across
the rear end broke and several fremen