Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-08
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

A Waiting party will be held In Odd
Fellows hall next Tuesday evening.
The First Regiment band will give a
concert on the common next Wednesday
evening.
Twenty-Five Bratteboro people attended
the Labor day events at the Odd Fellows
home in Ludlow, returning about 8 o'clock
in the evening. A special car was at
tached to the evening freight train.
Company X, of the 9th Vermont regi-
meat, and Company B, of the 10th Yer
mont regiment, will hold their annual re-
unions in Brattleboro, Sept. 26, the day
before the Valley Fair. Company X will
meet with Aurelius Pettee on Canal street
and Company b in Grand Army hall. The
Womans Relief corps will serve dinner in
the hall to both companies, after which
the veterans will take their usual trolley
ride.
hearing was held before Judge
Wheeler in the Brooks House Tuesday in
the case of the H. c. White company of
Bennington against the II. S. Walbridge
company, The plaintiff asked for a pre-
liminary injunction against the defendant,
alleging infringement on a patent stere-
oscope The case was held over until
final hearing, the defendant being ordered
to file a statement each month showing
the number of stereoscopes sold.
Inc IOT n DTdncn
to the timber tract in Somerset, Stratton
and other towns are nearing completion,
and it is expected that the branch will
be built from Manchester by the Rutland
railroad, the terms and conditions i'm
posed by that road being more favorable
than those imposed by the Central YER
mont road for a branch from Winhall. A
meeting of those interestd was held in
Rutland Monday and another meeting was
held Wednesday.
A burglar entered the. basement of E. J.
Fenton & Co.'S store last night. The
clothing was found badly mixed up this
morning, but it is not known whether
anything was taken. The door from the
rear of the building to the boiler room was
forced and a hole was cut through the
basement door large enough to admit n
persons arm in order to turn the key.
An unsuccessful effort was made to pry
open the door from the basement to the
stairway leading up to the store.
William James Boyce, 20, formerly OF
Brattleboro, died of consumption Thurs
day night, Aug 81, at his home in West
field, Mass He was born in this town.
and was a son of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel
A. Boyce. His father formerly was a
cigar maker in Brattleboro. The fam
lily moved to Westheld several years ago.
The body was brought to Brattleboro Sat-
| urday for burial in the family lot in Pros
! pect Hill cemetery. Rev. e. T. Mathison
| officiated at the committal service. The
bearers were William ]. Pentland, Will
liam Cain, John F. Fitzgerald and Joseph
r. McVeigh. The body was accompanied
to Brattleboro by Mr.. and Mrs. Boyce and
their children, Samuel, Katherine, Edith,
Harry and Edward, and by a cousin, Mrs.
Duffy Of Springfield
The Modern Woodmen's field day and
| picnic postponed from Labor day, will be
held on the fair ground tomorrow, Satur-
day, when the original program will be
| carried out, beginning with the athletic
events at 10 a. m. The Woodmen will
serve coffee and sandwiches for the bas-
! ket picnic. The fast horse race will be
called at l O'clock to be followed by a
| slow horse race, tug of war between Brat
| tleboro and Hinsdale and an old-fashioned
round ball game. Brattleboro and Hins-
dale will meet in base ball game at $50
Ellis, Cooley and Allen and Bergeron and
Brooks will be the batteries. Cars will
run to the grounds and the First Regt-
ment band will furnish music. The grand
stand will be free. The Hinsdale hose
team will give an exhibition run.