Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-25

tennial celebration at Montpelier the first
week in October.
S. w. Edgett C Co. have sold a house
and nine acres of land in Northfleld own
ed by Mrs. II. p. Nation of Boston, to
G. r. Patterson of Medford, Mass.
John A. Winter has sold his farm in
West Brattleboro to oliver r. Dutton of
Morrow, Conn, who will take possession
about oct. l. The sale was made through
A. V. Mays agency.
There will be total eclipse of the sun
next Wednesday, visible in the eastern
portions of North America. The eclipse
will begin at 5.54 o'clock in the morning,
Boston time, and end at 1853 o'clock.
Owing to unavoidable delay in the re-
pairs now going on in some of the school
houses in district No. the board has
voted to have the schools begin Tuesday
Sept. IL, instead of Tuesday, Sept. 5, as
at first planned.
Vaughan & Burnett have put in their
jewelry store this week a handsome wall
case of quartered oak for the display of
novelties 1t stand at the left of the
entrance and is of the same design as
the other wall cases.
Referee F. d. e. Stowe, of the bank
ruptcy court, presided at a meeting of
the creditors of the Brown Mining COM
pany in Readsboro Wednesday. Three
creditors voted, unanimously electing o.
e. Butterfield of Wilmington trustee. The
company's liabilities are $1,000 and the as
sets $1,000.
The iron lining to the stack in the
high school building has been taken down
this week by Jack" Cavanaugh. 1t will
be replaced by a tile lining Plumb
ers are at work putting in modern san
itary plumbing in the high school and
Canal street school buildings. 1t Is
hoped to have the work completed dur
ing the present vacation.
The Junior Sunshine society will hold
its annual sale of cake, candy, aprons
and fancy articles at the home of Mrs.
e. A. Starkey on Oak street next We'd
nesday from to 6 o'clock. Chances will
be sold on a doll given by a nilsson school
in New York. Should the day be very
stormy the sale will be postponed to
Thursday. Donations will be thankfully
received.
The Snowflake canning factory was
opened for the seasons business Tuesday.
in charge of Mr.. Fogg, who was manager
of the factory the first season that IL
was in operation. The general manage
ment of the factories in Brattleboro,
Westminster and Windsor is I'm the hands
of Mr.. Bingham, as usual. The acreage
for the Brattleboro plant is about $50
acres. The crop this year was set back
by dry weather early in the summer but
the yield will be up to the average.
meeting of the executive committee
of the Valley Fair association was held in
the Brooks House Tuesday afternoon,
when arrangements were made for sys-
tematizing the issue of tickets for all
departments. On Wednesday the exec
utive committee and the decorating COM
mittee met Mr.. Ross of South Framing
ham, the decorator, and made plans for
decorations on a larger scale than ever
Mention of the plans for decorating are
made in a letter from the decorating COM
mittee in this paper
c. II. Ross of the American Decora ting
company of South Framingham, Mass
has been engaged by the decorating COM
mittee of the Valley Fair association to
do the decorating for the Valley Fair
Mr.. Ross has done this work in a very
acceptable manner the past three years
and intends to make the decorations for
the coming fair the most beautiful In
the history of the association. A new
feature will be a line of street decora.
| tons from the bridge to the fair grounds
and all residents are cordially invited tc
cooperate with the decorating committee
in making this street as attractive as
| possible. 1t Is hoped that all the people
In town will put out flags during the Val.
| ley Fair days. This is Old Home weel
/ for Brattleboro and comes only once II
a year and for that reason people ought
| to work together to make the town a.
| beautiful as possible.
The selectmen, at a meeting Saturday
gave permission to the New England
Telephone q Telegraph company to lay
and maintain underground conduits and
manholes. with the wires and cables Il
be placed therein, under the surface OF
| thu following streets: Main street be.
! tween Bridge and Grove; High street
| between Main and Green, at the junction
near Retting building; Elliot street be.
tween Main and Spring. Permission was
| given also to erect and maintain dis
| tributing poles, with the necessary wires
| The material and workmanship must bt
| satisfactory to the selectmen. . In every
| underground conduit one duct not less
| than three inches in diameter will bt
reserved and maintained free of charge
for the use Of fire. police, telephone, tel.
| egraph or other signal wires exclusively
for municipal purposes. Before any
street is disturbed the company will ex.
ecute bond in a penal sum of not less
| than $4,000 conditioned on its faithful
performance of the agreement 1t is
expected that the work of putting the
wires under ground will be begun soon.
John F. Mccarthy who is serving a
| sentence in the state prison at Windsor
having been convicted of assisting in the
robbery OF the Windham County savings
| bank at Newfane Aug. 5, 1904 received
this week pardon, signed by President
Roosevelt, in connection with post of.
flee robbery in North Carolina Nc.
Carthy gave his name after the robbery
as John o. Dandrell. He was convicted
| In the United States district court for the
| eastern district of North Carolina, and
on May 81. 1899. he was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for two years in the peni-
Tertiary in Raleigh, but afterwards es-
capped. Since his imprisonment for the
Newfane robbery Mccarthy has been
taken to North Carolina twice. each time
giving testimony which resulted in the
conviction of post Office robbers. In APP
probation of his voluntary assistance in
securing the conviction of these criminals
United States Marshal Gregory took steps
to secure McCarthy's pardon for the
post office robbery with which he was
connected. The pardon is made out in
the name of John o. Dandrell. Mccarthy
sent 1t to A. F. Schwenk. formerly state 5
attorney, Wednesday for safe keeping.
The impression prevails that an effort
will be made to secure McCarthy's par
don In connection with the Newfane bank
robbery as he gave information which re-
suited in capturing several "yeggmen."