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


Ladies' of Honor win be held in Red
Mems hall Monday evening.
tennis court has been laid out on
Mrs. II. o. Coolidges grounds. The
opening games were played Wednesday.
The annual supper which the woman's
auxiliary of the Y. M. c. A. had planned
to hold in June will be postponed to
some later date.
A new office for the Carpenter Organ
company is being built in the L of the
main factory, on the northeast corner,
fronting Elliot street and on a level with
the street.
The annual encampment Of the First
regiment, " N. G.. will be held at the
state camp ground near Burlington, Aug.
II to 10. Col. j, Gray Estey is assigned as
post commander.
The Springfield Union of Saturday an
nounced the sale by Charles c. Abby of
his six-tenement block at 81 Carew street,
Springfield to Samuel II. Morse of South
Newfane for $4,000.
A number of employees Of the Brattle-
| boro overall company have entered the
employ of the Hooker, Corser g. Mitchell
company, having decided not to move
with the former company to Keene.
The womans auxiliary of the Y. NJ C.
A. will hold a cake sale in the associa-
ton rooms tomorrow afternoon from to
o'clock. The sale will be in charge of
the women of the Congregational church.
F. b. Holman of Chesterfield has begun
to make daily trips between Spofford lake
and Brattleboro. He carries passengers,
express and baggage and has head
quarters in Brattleboro at Greenes
pharmacy.
The total amount of the benefactions of
| Col. S. a. lllsley to Middlebury I'm the past
three years is estimated at 5000 Col
Illsley was formerly one of the well-known
summer residents at Pine Grove Springs,
| Spofford lake.
Henry ]. Allen. who has carried the
mail between Brattleboro and Chester
field. n. H., the past eight years, will
finish work for the government this week.
| The contract for carrying the mail has
been awarded to Mr.. Streeter, who I'M
derbid Mr. Allen.
Owing to a difficulty in getting ties II
is probable that the work of widening the
narrow gauge track from West Dummers-
| ton to South Londonderry will be put
| OFF two or three weeks. officials of the
| Central Vermont road went over the mar
row gauge road Wednesday on a tour Of
| inspection.
The contract for putting In three new
| furnaces under the Congregational church
and vestry has been awarded by the trus-
| tees to w. j. Pentland Workmen have
been resetting the granite steps In front
| of the church this week. The work Of
painting the church. which was inter-
rupted by the state convention. has been
| resumed.
| The bass fishing in Vermont, which be-
| gan June Is, has not been productive of
good results. The large quantity OF logs
running down the river has made fishing
difficult. The season at Spofford lake win
! open July l and many enthusiastic ang-
| lers are planning for early visits there
| The water IL lower in the lake than ever
before known in June.
The invitation of Durham Brothers to
visit their remodelled store and to be
shown through its several departments
! tomorrow, Saturday, July /, is general
! The event is in celebration of the firm
goth anniversary in business in town. The
hours for the reception at the store will
be from to in the afternoon and from
Z to 10 in the evening
John o. Spring of Bellows Falls and
Mrs. Mary f. Wardner OF Brattleboro
were married Wednesday evening by
Rev. A. II. Webb. Mr.. Spring is a we'll
known business man of Bellows Falls and
| is one of the leading members of the
Baptist church and Sunday school there.
Mr.. and Mrs Spring will be at home in
Bellows Falls after July 20.
The suit Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Paro
against Deputy Sheriff c. l. Knapp and
Miss Annie Keefe to recover $50 on an
action of trover, for the alleged wrong
| full conversion of household goods under
| attachment in the +. ID. Shea restaurant
came before Justice Merrifield for hear
| ing Friday afternoon A F. Schwenk
appeared for the plaintiffs and F. f. Bar
| Der for the defendant. Mr.. Barber called
for jury trial. whereupon the plaintiffs
| gave judgment and appealed to the county
court.
Arthur A. Thompson of Laconia, N. H..
who took orders in Brattleboro several
| years ago for mackintoshes, receiving part
| payment but never delivering the goods,
was sentenced in Concord last week to
pay fine Of 500 and serve 60 days in
the jail at Manchester, n. H.. for using
| the mails for fraudulent purposes. Thomp-
son was indicted in 1896. Sentence was
| suspended, but in 1898 1t was found that
| he was again violating the law In the same
way. The officials had been unable to
secure his arrest until last month. when
he was apprehended in California
The reception by the high school grad
| uating class was held in the Brooks
House Friday evening and was attended
by large number. The members of the
class received from to 8 o'clock, the
guests being introduced by members of
the Junior cldSS 8 OrCneStfH
furnished music throughout the evening
Arthur w. Peach and Miss Mabel F.
Barrows, president and vice president of
the class, led the grand march at 9
o'clock, and dancing continued from that
time until, midnight. The class motto
worked in the class colors was conspic-
uous at the west end of the dance hall.
The garage or automobile station,
erected by Manley Brothers in the rear of
the Brooks House, is ready, for occu-
pancy, the final brick work, including
brick floor, having been completed Fri
day. This is the only garage worthy the
name this side of Springfield and 1t will
take care Of the machines of not only the
automobilsts who come to the Brooks
House, but of all which may be taken
there. Manley Brothers will also conduct
In the building a general automobile and
bicycle business, with equipment for re-
pairs The structure is so feet long One
section is 80 feet wide and the other sec
ton Ss feet wide. 1t is ~ feet high, to the
caves.
The June session of the probate court
was held Saturday License was granted
Mrs. Mary ]. Gorborino, Administrative,
to sell the real estate owned by the
Angelo Gorborino estate. The real and
personal estate owned by the Elijah ID.