Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-09

There will be an ice cream sale at the
Swedish Congregational church Saturday
evening, June TO-
Road Commissioner Games and his men
are paving Main street from the foot of
the hill to the corner of Elliot street. The
street railroad company finished paving
| between the rails Saturday.
Edgar Burr Smith of Plainheld, N. j.,
has definitely accepted the principalshlp
of the high school of this town, recently
offered him by the prudential committee,
and will enter upon his new duties in
September
! The First Regiment band will give a
| special concert from the balcony of the
| Melrose House i'm West Brattleboro next
| Tuesday evening at O'Clock. During the
! evening the Earnest Workers" will serve
! lce-cream and cake. The proceeds will
go toward the street watering fund.
Seth T. Parsons. who moved from Brat
tleboro to Orange Mass. Is to 90 years
ago died I'm the latter town this week.
| He was a carpenter by trade He Is sur
vived by "A wife and several children. One
son, DR. Joseph Parsons of South Da-
| kota, has been very successful I'm his pro-
fession and is now at the head of a med
| ical college.
Messer & Atkins. who will be the pro-
| prietors at Pine Grove Springs, Spofford
| lake. the present season, are already get
| ting the establishment ready for their
opening, which will take place June 20
The Stearns, Parker sutton Street and
Kuhlke families of the Pine Grove
Springs colony are already occupying
their cottages. Mr.. and Mrs. Ware are
getting ready for an opening at Lake
side
The service on the common at $50 next
| Sunday evening, under the auspices of
the Y. NJ. c. A. will be presided over by
L. W. Hawley. Rev Edward T.
| Mathison will preach the sermon and the
Baptist church choir will sing Everybody
is invited. Rev. George b. Lawson will
preach in Esteyville at 4.30 The ser
vice on the common last Sunday was at
tended by 500 people. three persons maxi
ing the court exceed that number. An
additional supply of 200 chairs is ex-
pected every day
Miss Lena May Nichols. 10. died Tues
day morning at the home of her sister,
Mrs III. II. Spauding, at 73 Elliot street,
after an illness of two months with acute
pulmonary tuberculosis. She was born
in Northwood. n. H., March II. $780, and
was a daughter of Lewis J. and Helen
(Piper) Nichols. She was living with
her sister while attending school The
funeral was held at the house at 2.30
o'clock yesterday, Rev L. Q. S. Osgood
officiating, and the burial was in the
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Frank Smith of Halifax, H. who was
sent to the industrial school at Yer
gennes recently, escaped from the in
stitution Friday night. Some time ago he
was arrested by Chief-of-Police Hall Of
BrattlebOrO for stealing "a bicycle from
Charles Bracket at the electric light
station and for other acts and was sent
to the Industrial school for term. Re
Gently Mr.. Hall was notified that the boy
had run away from home Sheriff Kiniry
tod Il lf
Vergennes. He had been tramping and
stealing rides on freight trains. He es-
capped about II o'clock at night A re-
ward has been offered for mis- capture.
Tralnmen particularly are requested to
be on the watch for him He is four feet.
10 inches high a little STOPPING and weighs
about 100 pounds.
Being too drunk to easily catch his
saddle pony, Welcome Kenney OF Gull
ford on Saturday night grabbed his
gun and shot and killed the animal The
act was committed at the home OF Ken
ney's father, George Kenncy. after which
the son disappeared. He returned next
day just the town authorities were
about to bury the pony, and Deputy
Sheriff Wellman took him i'm custody.
He was brought to Brattleboro Tuesday
morning and arraigned before Justice
Merriiield on the charge of intoXication.
| He pleaded guilty to a second offence and
;
correction. II was not long ago that
Justice Newton sent Kenney to Newfane
Jail Is day for intoXication. on
Tuesday night Kenney's cousin, Elroy
Kenney, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Weman for furnishing liquor to Wei
come Kenney, the latter having disclosed
that his cousin gave him cider. Elroy
Kenney was arraigned before Justice
Merriheld Wednesday forenoon. He
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three
months in the house of correction. Mr..
Wellman took both men to Rutland We'd
, nesday. States Attorney Ryder appeared
| for the prosecution in both cases.
The Sherman & JENNIE insurance
agency. which was owned by the late c.
F. r. JENNIE, has been sold this week to
George NJ. Clay, On Monday IL special
agents of the companies represented in
the agency came to Brattleboro to place
the business in new hands, In conjunction
with the JENNIE estate, which was rep
, resented by Lawyer Clarke c. Fits. The
, special agents had the authority to APP
|, point whoever they saw fit, but they
decided to protect the estate and an
, nounced that they would give the bust
, ness to the person who would pay the
, estate the highest price. provided such
; person was agreeable to them There
! was a scramble for the business, there
! being about 20 candidates, mostly from
Brattleboro, but including several from
4 | out OF TOWN.. COIne idu Idu experience
, in the business. On Monday night the
: special agents met in the Brooks House
! and the sifting-out process began. On
Tuesday morning the available bidders
: had been narrowed down to three and
the business finally was sold to Mr.. Clay
Mr.. Clay has already taken possession
He has been with II. E. Taylor & Sou
the past six years and has had experience
i'm both fire and life underwriting. John
Tasker, who has been In the Jenne office
I five years, will remain with Mr.. Clay, the
9 sale of the business carrying with 1t the
3 stipulation that Mr.. Tasker should be
2 allowed to remain if he so desired.
: An interesting situation has developed
! with regard to the case of the state
against Walter S, Bishop, of New Haven
! Conn, who was caught fast week by l.
II. Lynde, fish warden of Dummerston
! with 10 short trout I'm his possession
As stated last Friday. Bishop pleaded
l guilty before Justice Newton and was
! fined S. for each fish, amounting to $95
! States Attorney Ryder appearing for the
his appeal was allowed by the court
When Attorney General Fits arrived
from an out-of-town trip he found that
a mistake had been made, the respondent
: having no right to appeal after pleading
I guilty. and he had Justice Newton change
the record on the writ, making the alter
$ native sentence imprisonment at hard
2 labor. Mr. Bishop decided to pay the fine
and accordingly wrote a check for the
amount, with costs. 1t appears that vi