Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-24
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTIEBORO, FRIDAY, Angus,

w. A. shumway, collector OF taxes, will
have his desk in the Office OF II. e. Taylor
& Son until Jan. 1.
Sunshine society, branch J. will meet
at Mrs. c. L. Stickney's. 81 Green street,
at $3.50 p. M, next Friday.
David T. Perry, who has just completed
a mile of macadam road In Hillsboro, N.
! H., has been awarded contracts for build
| ing two sections of state road, one In
Deering, N H.. and the other in Newport,
| n. H.
Twenty couples attended the dance at
the Centreville rink Saturday night
Dances will now be held there each Tues
day and Saturday evening The roller
skating season will not open until Sep
! TENDER.
Some good catches Of bass were made
| in Spofford lake last week. Mrs. c. A.
| Borden landed one weighing AZ pounds
and another weighing 81 pounds, and
among those caught by Holyoke party
was one weighing six pounds.
Rev. Merrill c. Ward has presented the
! Brattleboro Free library with a copy OF
| the Genealogy Of the Ward Family in
many of the families of Wards and their
relatives who have lived in and near
| Brattleboro
The boring machine which has been in
| operation on the Connecticut river op-
posite the town building has been moved
| to n point above the mouth of West
river Thus far no rock bottom has been
found, but at a depth OF 30 feet is a good
earth foundation.
Robert, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge
| Knowlton, severed an artery in his left
wrist while bathing with other boys in
Vinton's mill pond wednesday. He bled
| profusely and surgical attendance was
necessary. 1t is thought that he hit a
broken bottle In the bottom OF the pond.
Frank Morse housecleaner, was arrested
by Night Waterman William Warren
| Wednesday night on complaint of his
wife. He was arraigned before Justice
W. S. Newton yesterday morning on the
charge Of disturbing the peace. He
pleaded guilty and paid fine OF s. and
costs. Village Attorney A. f. Schwenk
appeared as prosecuting officer.
Harry X. Hamilton, who lives on Ames
hill. sustained two broken ribs In a
runaway accident Sunday He was driv-
ing on the hill below f. F. Gleason S
when the harness broke, and the horse
jumped and tipped over the wagon Mr.
Hamiltons wife and two children, who
were with him, escaped uninjured The
horse freed itself and ran to George
Aliens on the old ]. S. Cutting place.
John O'Connen was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff c. l. Knapp Tuesday night
on the charge OF disturbing the peace
He pleaded guilty before Justice r. c.
Bacon Wednesday morning and was fined
s. and costs, which he paid States At
torney H. D. Ryder OF Bellows Falls APP
peared for the state. The complaint "a
Mr.. Ryder was made by Mrs. O'ConneH
who instituted divorce proceedings re-
Gently. O'Connen was under an order
restraining him from interfering with his
wife.
The Broad Brook House in Guilford was
advertised to be sold Saturday to satisfy
judgment of $16O5 in favor OF Miss leila
Johnson and against Mrs. Maria NJ. Bates
OF Athol. The hotel had been attached
to secure the debt. and afterwards had
been quitclaimed to Mrs Bates's daughter
Mrs. Leslie Thayer of Athol. Before the
hour set for the sale the judgment was
settled, the defendant paying the full
amount with costs and interest John e
Gale was attorney for Miss johnson and
Frank f. Ward OF Athol appeared for the
defendant
The annual meeting OF the Universal
lists Of Vermont and the province OF Que
bee will be held in St Johnsbury next
week, August 27-30 At the opening ses-
sion one Of the papers will be by A. T.
futile Of Bellows Falls on Training
Young People for citizenship" At the
afternoon Arthur w. Peach of Brattleborc
will be one Of the speakers Rev. A. n
Blackboard Of Wilmington will deliver one
of the addresses Tuesday evening At
the meeting Wednesday afternoon. which
will be devoted to Sunday schools. Rev
F. /. Leavitt and A. Il. futile OF Bel
lows Falls and Rev. +. L. Masseck OF
Brattleboro viii have parts on the pro-
gram, and Mr.. Masseck win deliver an
address at the closing session Thursday
evening. Delegates TO the convention will
be provided with lodging and breakfast
free. A charge win be made for dinner
and supper. Reduced rates have been
made on the railroads, the fare from
Brattleboro and return being 1895.
About dozen people from here attend
ed the Grange picnic at Barber park In
Bellows Falls last Friday. 1t is esti-
mated that 1900 Changers and their
friends were present. There were ad-
dresses by prominent visitors in the
afternoon and dancing and fireworks in
the evening. George w. Pierce, who was
to respond to the address OF welcome
was detained at home by an unfortunate
incident at the last moment. One OF the
inmates OF the Retreat, whose wife had
been visiting him, accompanied her to
the station attended by William HaIgh.
When the train started, the man
in a fit OF insanity attempted 10
throw himself in front Of the car. The
attendant had difficulty in holding him
and seemed in danger Of being overpow-
cred. Mr.. Pierce, seeing the trouble.
jumped OF the train at once to assist
By the time the man was quieted the train
was gone and Mr.. Pierce and the attend
ant conducted the would-be suicide back
| IN tha Ratreaf