Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-03

There will be no preaching services in
the Unitarian church during the month |
of August.
DIT w. II. Lane has bought a Cadillac |
runabout of Henke Brothers and Is maxi
ing regular use of the machine.
The Brattleboro Machine works on Elm
street have received an order for 1000
sets of the Norton shutter worker.
A petition is being signed by people in
the northern part of the village asking
Road Commissioner Eames TO improve the
entrance OF Terrace street into North
Main street
The local supply of ice in Hinsdale is
exhausted and the people there are being
supplied by the Crystal Springs Ice COM
pany of Brattleboro, which runs cart
to Hinsdale three days each week.
There viii be a causus of the Independ-
ent Republicans tonight at o'clock in
Festival hall to elect 20 delegates and 20
alternates to their county convention to
be held tomorrow at IL o'clock in Grange
hall.
The railroads will give excursion rates
from White River Junction and over the
West River railroad to people coming to
Brattleboro next Tuesday, Aug. 7. to
the county good roads convention Pas
sengers should call for convention tickets.
Mrs. C. f. Bingham and Mrs. c. S.
| Pratt win serve tea this afternoon, to
| g. at Wantastiquet Golf club house, when
! the local club will entertain Keene Coun-
try club. Keene will bring seven play
ers for the golf matches and four for
tennis.
The popularity Of the Block Island ex-
cursion was again demonstrated Satur-
day. when 1856 tickets were sold at the To-
cal station The number Of eXcursionists
was also large from other stations.
| Another excursion. the last OF the season.
is advertised for Saturday, Aug. II.
The vaudeville attractions at the Val
ley Fair Sept. % &c and q will include
the celebrated Norlns. Sweden's greatest
high divers, who will dive from tower
50 and 60 feet high into a tank four feet
deep; George and Harrington In comic
triple horizontal bar acts and acrobatic
acts; and May Leon and her trained pets
The Odd Fellows and Rebeltahs' Field
Day association will hold their annual
field day meeting at Lovelrs park Bel
lows Falls, Labor Day. Monday. Sept g.
The First Regiment band will furnish
music In addition to the field day sports
there will be dancing and horse racing
Dinner will be served on the grounds In
regular army style at ~ o'clock sharp
During the day the annual election Of
officers will take place
Rev. Guy c. Lamson OF Hyde Park
Mass. will conduct the open air servic,
on the common next Sunday Afternoon
at 5 o'clock. AS Mr. Lamson is n former
Brattleboro boy, his parents still livinl
here. and one OF the rising young men o.
the Baptist church. the entire community
, will be glad to avail themselves OF thii
opportunity Of seeing and hearing him
Good musical features will be provided
In case OF rain the service will be hell
, in the Baptist church.
The White Mountain express, whicl
went North on Wednesday, was. accord
ing to the Boston G. Maine officials, tn
! longest train that road has ever sen
= north since the White Mountain ex
| presses were put in service. Ten Pullma
( parlor cars had been sold out" in NeN
r York on Tuesday. The train was run 1
5 two sections. the first section being mad
up of the ten Pullmans and one dinn
car. The second section. which closel
, followed the first, was made up OF mail cal
two baggage cars. smoker and four da
coaches. A large number of carriage
: were at the station to take care of tn
Brattleboro passengers, Henry r. Brow
alone providing for over 20 bound 70
7 Pine Grove Springs. Spofford lake
r The regular session of the probat
!; court was held Saturday. July 2s. TIL
= will OF William c. Bliss OF Dover wa
e presented and allowed and F. f. Rythe
d was appointed executor; Fred +. John
It son and ]. A. Davis were appointed com
:, missloners and appraisers The Isaa
n Worden estate and Isaac II. worden
e Halifax were granted licenses to Sc
n real estate. The win OF Frank w. Mo
e Clure was probated and allowed, an
). Hattie r. Mcclure was appointed exeC
y, utrix and John l. Roess and Enos Whit
commissioners. Frank b. Stone was az
-. pointed administrator and John Galvi
= and Frank Upton appraisers and con
;. missoners OF the Joseph Lavally esta'
= OF Halifax The win OF Caroline
. Plimpton was probated and above
! and o. f. Butterfield was appointC
administrator with the will annexed, Dc
\ o. Butterfeld and Leslie T. Page, con
- missioners, Hattie r. Putnam was al
"a pointed administrator Of the Irving
- Putnam estate OF Wardsboro and ID.
! Dexter and Edward j. Morse appraise
and commissioners. Upon petition of f
5 win l.. Putnam. the administrator of Il
~ Henry G. d. Kendall estate OF Wardsbo
u was ordered TO pay one-half of n certa
Ie note signed by him and said Kendall
'e sureties for William A. Putnam, d.
70 ceased, which said F. L. Putnam has be,
Ell compelled to pay. The final settleme
g of the accounts of ]. H. Merrifield wi
AT the Elkanah r. Lincoln estate OF Ney
OF fame was made.