Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-10-06
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All people having bills against the Val
ley Fair association are requested to send
them in at once.
The annual meeting of the Prospect
Hill Aqueduct association will be held in
the school house on Washington street
next Monday evening at I3O o'clock.
The steam shovels which are being
used ih ballasting the track on the West
River railroad are handling lis carloads
of gravel a day. The work is being done
thoroughly and permanently.
Mrs. Wayne Reed of Greenfield had a
successful opening of her Juveniles dane
ing class with a large attendance at
Grange hall Wednesday afternoon. She
will have an informal opening assembly
about Oct. 25.
Dr. Don D. Grout Of Waterbury, recent
ly elected superintendent of the state
hospital for the insane, has resigned as
a member of the state tuberculosis COM
mission and Gov. Bell has appointed DIR.
Henry d. Holton of Brattleboro to succeed
him.
The Vermont Wheel club voted to
change the bylaws so as to reduce the
number of the board of governors who
may vote an applicant into membership.
A vote was also taken in favor of allow
ing smoking on both floors of the club
rooms.
The Springfield Republican announces
that William L. Hubbard, Albert NJ. Darlt
ing and Charles f. Clark of Sunderland,
Mass, have bought 1000, 900 feet of maple,
oak, hemlock and pine timber standing
on a farm in Halifax and that they have
made a contract for clearing it off.
The large number of exhibits in the
poultry and canine departments at the
Valley Fair made the boys step lively in
the American Express office. Two hun
dred and thirteen coops of poultry were
handled, as against IT'S last year. and
many of the dogs were shipped through
the express office.
Rockwells sunny South" company won
liberal applause from more than an
average-sized audience at the Auditorium
Wednesday night, the performance being
much better than the street parade at
noon presaged The first part opened
with a cotton plantation scene and intro
duced a variety of songs. dances and
skits; in the second part were some good
numbers, including the "nonparlel artists"
Briggs and Miss Weathers, in songs and
dialogues; Dennis Green, a wonderful
fancy cyclst, and the Turner's, with some
fancy roller skating. The third part was
an amusing farce.
With the centennial celebration, the
state board of pharmacy meeting, the con-
vention of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution and the meeting of the
Legislative Reunion association Mont
pelier had attractions for about 40 Brat
tleboro people Wednesday, many of whom
went in an official capacity. Palestine
Canton, numbering 25 people, w. ]. Cain
commandant, attended the centennial cell
ebraton and marched in full dress in the
parade, and among the others who went
to the capital city were Congressman
and Mrs. Kittredge Haskins United
States District Attorney and Mrs. ]. L.
Martin and daughter, Helen, Mrs. julius
j. Estey, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Root, SEN
ator and Mrs. G. w. Pierce, Wells Miller,
Milton Pierce and Edward Crosby, be-
sides the several Brattleboro young men
at Norwich university Two applicants
passed the examination given by the
board of pharmacy, of which Mr.. Root
is a member. The canton went from here
early Wednesday morning, but owing to
delay of trains did not reach here on the
return trip until o'clock yesterday
morning.
Constable E. R. Thayer went to Rut-
land last night with two Italians, Nugio
Mongeil and Giuseppe Aroilio, who were
sentenced by Justice Lewis II. Lynde of
Dummerston to a term in the house of
correction for larceny. The prisoners
had been employed on the West River
railroad On Monday Sept 25, John Taft
field after two bushels of potatoes which
he dug Saturday and which he left in a
pile. The potatoes had disappeared, but
clews were left in the form of tracks in
the soft dirt, of which Mr. Taft took the
measure. He followed the tracks over
a circuitous route to the house of Jack
lmperio, where three other Italians lived
Nicolar Mongeil and the two who were
taken to Rutland. Mr.. Taft asked them
to come out, which they did, and immedi-
ately Mr.. Taft measured their tracks and
found that they corresponded with those
in the potato patch lmperio saw one of
the men go to a vacant house near by
lmperio went to the house later and
found some potatoes which Taft identified
as his. mick Mongeil skipped, but the
other two were arrested and tried yes
terday, States Attorney Ryder and II.
G. Barber appearing for the prosecution.
They were adjudged guilty and sentenced
to not less than two months nor more
than three months in the house of cor
rection and to pay the costs, amounting
to S2l55 EACH or stand committed Sc days
additional.