Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-07

The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. Lillis on Maple street next
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
The free kindergarten will close today
with a trolley ride and a picnic at
Crowels park
William Collier has bought through
Mays agency a building lot next north
of the Witham place which he occupies
on Fairview street
Notices signed by the Western Aque-
duct company have been posted on the
short range used by Company 1 stating
that mo trespassing or shooting of any
kind is allowed on these lots"
Miss Foster will have charge of the
summer kindergarten which will open
Monday, July II. The children will meet
at the rooms every morning and go to
the Fairgrounds each pleasant day.
The young peoples missionary society
of the Methodist church held a sale of
ice cream and cake on Sanford A. Dan
iels's lawn on Canal street Thursday
evening. There was a large attendance.
Dr. George x. Roberts, who has oc-
cupied the Burnham house on North Main
street several months, bought the prop
erty on Friday, and on Saturday his Of
flee was moved there from Crosby block.
The annual meeting of school district
No. will be held in the high school
building Tuesday, July IS, at s O'Clock p.
m. J. l.. Martins term of office as
member of the prudential committee eX-
pires this year.
The special train bearing the body of
Secretary of State John Hay passed
through Brattleboro early Sunday after
noon en- route to Cleveland. At Ber-
nardston a large number of citizens stood
bowed with uncovered heads at the rail-
road station while the train was passing
S. w. Edgett & Co have sold for Charles
w. Wheeler his house and lot on Central
street to Martin o. Hodgkns who will
take possession August l. The same firm
has sold the G. w. Fisher property on
Western avenue; also for Adelaide Hawley
of Manchester N. H., her house in Wind
sor, VT, to Nellie G. Putnam of Windsor.
The Vermont Funeral Directors and
Embalmers' association at their closing
session at Bellows Falls Friday elected
these officers: NJ. j. Moran of Brattle-
boro. president; e. N, Miller of Brandon,
]. B. Carrigan of Poultney. vice pres
idents: A. e. Hale of Bradford, secre-
tary; L. F. Cabot of Windsor, treasurer.
Raymond Dugan, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Dugan of Montague, Mass, has
just graduated from Heidelberg univer-
sity with degree of PhD. and with the
highest honor usually conferred. that of
magma cum laude" He also received
the same honor when graduated from
Amherst college. Mr., Dugan has been
gone several years, but plans to return
in September. He is a nephew of John
NJ. Dugan of Brattleboro.
At meeting of the corporation of the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital held Thurs
day evening of last week. DR.. S. E. Law
ton was elected a director to fill the I'M
expired term of Col. J. G.. Estey. resigned.
Col. Estey remains the corporation.
He was made vice president of the hos
pital, Mr.. Miles taking the position of
secretary formerly held by Col Estey.
The directors have elected w. II. Bracket
| treasurer of the hospital.
The will of the late Augustus S. Jerome,
which has been probated in Hartford,
Conn, leaves $4,000 to ST. Michaers
Episcopal church of Brattleboro, and
like sum to the Church Home and In
Urinary OF Louisville. KY, and the Episco-
pal church of Colchester, Conn. After
| requests to relatives the remainder of
the estate is left in trust to establish a
home for infirm men and women Of New
Britain, Conn.,, and vicinity.
Health officer Tucker fumigated the
| Auditorium yesterday with formaldehyde.
He will fumigate the lookup as soon as
preparations lot putting IN new equip
| ment are completed. DR.. Tucker believes
that the location Of the lookup is such
that the place is unhealthy and dangerous.
| 1t is damp and chilly even in hot weather,
and when a person whose blood is hot Is
| confined there he is liable to contract
pneumonia and other ills. DIR. fuckers
idea is that the lookup should be moved
to the north side Of the town hall base
ment where it could be lighted and VEN
tilated properly.
Nearly 100 members of Wantastiauet
Golf club found their recreation July 4th
at the links Refreshments were pro-
vided throughout the day at the club
house. The tennis courts were occupied
at all hours and several golf matches
were played. Tennis players from
Charlestown, N. H., came here in the
afternoon, and against the local players
they won three to two. Pettee and Rice
were beaten in singles and Green and
Durham in doubles. f. H. Harris was
winner in singles, and Thompson and
Tanning in doubles. The match between
Crane and his opponent was called after
each had won set, as the visitor wished
to catch a train.
Charles Gregg, %. a brakeman was
killed, two locomotives were badly wreck
ed and nine freight cars were derailed and
badly damaged in head-on collision at
Monson, Mass, on the Central Vermont
railroad at 1.30 Friday afternoon. A
south bound freight train was switched
upon a siding while the engine drew one
car to the station to be unloaded. A
fagman was sent down the track to stop
the north-bound freight, which goes
through at high rate of speed without
stopping. The north bound train pulled
into Monson as usual and the two en-
gines came together with terrific force
The engineer and fireman of the station
airy train were some distance away. En-
gineer James F. Packard of New Lon
don jumped from the north-bound engine
and escaped, but his fireman, Gregg, who
had plenty of time TO jump stayed on the
engine. He was pinned into the wreck
age, disemboweled and horribly crushed
He was about 25 years old and leaves a
mother and sister in New London The
engine headed south was pushed up the
track 100 yards. The railroad station
was damaged somewhat and the wreck
age which covered the tracks was not re-
moved until o'clock. The fiagman says |
he waved his flag until obliged to get out |
OF the way of the engine. Engineer |