Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-07

The First Regiment band win give
its next concert ON the common Wednes-
day evening.
A, V. Mays agency has sold for Mrs.
II. o. Coolidge the house on South Main
street known as the Kirwan place to
d. f. Clough, who will occupy It.
c. H. Grant has bought of ]. II. Henry
the brick house on Bullock street. While
the price is not stated II Is understood
to have been between $4,000 and $4,000
San Francisco. after the earthquake,
a series of beautiful colored views, will
be among the features at Hadleys
moving picture exhibition next Monday
night.
Principal e. b. Smith, of the high
school, will have office hours In the high
school room from to 8 o'clock today
and tomorrow and from $50 to 11.SO
Monday
The windham County Good Roads as
ISOLATION will meet at the Brooks House
at 10 o'clock tomorrow to complete it's or
ganization, adopt bylaws, elect a mem
bership committee and consider plans for
the future.
The windham County Interdenomina-
tional Sunday school convention will be
held at Saxtons River Sept. 21-22. Full
information later. Every Sunday school
In the county has an interest in the
convention.
w. A. Morse's four-cyllnder Ford run
about arrived Wednesday night. John
Manley running 1t up from Boston. 1t Is
a handsome machine. A. II. Pettee and f.
X. Barrows ordered machines of the same
make some time ago.
E. Wales, who has met with great
success in teaching dancing will re-
open his schools the first week in Oc
tober. He has many new features for
this season which will be given to each
class. The school will be held in odd Fell
lows hall.
The Estey Organ company has engaged
F. c. Leitsinger to do all Of the piano
tuning and repairing i'm the warerooms.
where the concern carries large stock
of new and secondhand pianos. The
company will also take orders for piano
tuning.
The Modern Woodmen of America, YER
mont district No. 2. will hold their an
nual district meeting in Bellows Falls
Tuesday evening. Sept. is. The degree
team from Brattleboro will confer the de-
grees. All state officers are expected to
be present All members will be well
come.
An infant girl, daughter of Mrs. Rich
ardson housekeeper for William Balm, In
West Mortified, was drowned in a tub of
water Friday. The mother had gone from
the house to pick a few apples and was
out but short time and on returning
| found the child had fallen into the tub
and was dead
Mr.. and Mrs Henry A. Mclean of ia
maica have sold their electric light plant,
| mill and woodworking machinery and a
| large tract of timberland to a Boston syn
dictate which has organized under the
name of the Wlndham Light a. Power
company. The company will develop the
water power on Ball mountain brook, and
1t contemplates furnishing electric light
and power to Jamaica and other towns.
In view of the coming dedication of a
| marker on the site of the old govern
ment hospital on the fair grounds two
photographs displayed in the window at
| George E. Greene's pharmacy are Of in
| terest. One photograph shows the bar
| racks and tents at the United States
rendezvous on the east side of the fair
! grounds in 1863 and the other shows the
government hospital on the west side,
made of the barracks which were moved
there the same year, after being vacated
| by the troops. Mr. Greene was chief
steward of the hospital. Mr.. Greene has
| at his home a desk which was used at the
hospital by SUPERINTENDENT f. L. Phelps
|
! Phelps.
Probably no other one OF the candidates
on the Republican county ticket faced
| as much opposition as Robert c. Bacon
of Brattleboro received from his OPP
ponent, John f. Gale of Guilford. in the
contest for the states attorneyship. In
all the county papers there was adver-
tised a commendatory letter TO Mr.
Gale (three and a half years ODD from
the Central Trades and Labor Council OF
| Rutland, and a few days before the
ical sketch and half-tone cut OF Mr.. Gale
was sent broadcast throughout the
county. Some of Mr. Gales supporters
placed bets that Mr. Bacon would not
get over 800 votes more than his OPP
ponent in the county. The vote was;
Bacon 3439; Gale, 1909; Bacon's plural
ity, 1880. Mr.. Bacon received a larger
vote in Brattleboro than any other can
didate on the state and county ticket
and in the county he ran 11S ahead OF
the Proctor vote.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Kimball went
from Boston this week by boat to Baltl-
more, en- route to Annapolis, where theiI
son, Lucien F. Kimbal will graduate
from the United States naval academy
next Wednesday, Rollin White. who is a
student at Yale, and brother Lawrence
will also be present at the graduation ex.
ercises Midshpman Kimball was ap.
pointed to Annapolis by Congressman
Haskins in the spring of 1903. At thai
time he was only II years old and had not
completed his third year in the high
school He passed his examinations salts
factorly despite the fact that he had had
less training than most appointees He
has maintained good record Throughout
his course and owing to his standing IN
the first third of the class will graduate
now. The second third of the class will
graduate in February and the third sec
ton next June. The plan of dividing the
class in sections according to rank was
adopted this year. Under the former
regulations Kimball was not due to grad
uate until next June, and he gains nine
months over some of his classmates owing
to his high standing. Mr. and Mrs Kim
ball will return from Baltimore to Bos-
ton by boat, and will arrive in Brattle-
boro about Sept. II. Ensign Kimball will
remain at home short time on furlougt
and it is expected that he will then be
ordered on long cruise to foreign waters
Vermont Marksmen at Sea olrt.
The Vermont marksmen at Sea Girt