Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-02

burned two weeks ago has been adjusted !
at Si973.63.
Norman e. Cabot has ripe sweet corn
in his garden on Terrace street. 1t Is the
first local corn reported this season.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
serve cake and ice cream on the common
during the band concert next Wednesday
evening.
The Carleton house on Canal street has
been sold to II. G. Stowell of Richardson's
market. He will not move there at
present.
\ child of John Wright of Pleasant
street was reported to the board of health
Monday as having German measles
This was the first case of contagious
disease reported in more than two weeks
The highway department completed the
work of laying paving in Main street near
the corner of Elliot street Wednesday
and began laying paving in front of the
Brattleboro House Paving will be laid
from the cross walk on the east side of
Main street to the car tracks.
Mrs Ruth Thompson So of New
Haven, Conn, died in the Memorial hos
pital Saturday night She came here FOR
treatment about two months ago. Her
daughter, Miss Blanche f.. Thompson,
was here Mt the time of her death and
took the body to New Haven Sunday
Upwards of 60 people went on electric
cars yesterday afternoon with the inten-
ton of attending the Episcopal picnic at
Brooksde park. owing to the rain the
party returned to the Centreville rink
after reaching the end of the car line a
bountiful supper was served in the rink
and a variety of games occupied attention
a few hours. Mr.. Haskell gave all pres
ent ride in his Thomas touring car,
making trips at frequent intervals. The
party returned about in the evening,
A six-months' old cocker spaniel be-
longing to Frank Piper was run over by
an electric car on oak street Tuesday
night but suffered little injury. BY
ISLANDERS who saw the puppy disappear
beneath the fender at the front of the car
expected to find only mangled remains
when the car passed but were rather sur
prlsed when the animal reappeared at
the rear end of the car with hardly
scratch. He was rolled over and over
but was only somewhat stiff and sore
from his experience. He now gives the
eectrics a wide berth.
The lawyers of Brattleboro met in
Judge ]. L. Martins rooms Monday to
| consider the possibility of having Justice
| Harlan of the United States supreme
| court speak in Brattleboro. 1t was voted
to ask Judge Martin to invite Justice Har-
| Ian to deliver an address on George Ma
II. Il
| vention. When a reply to the invitation
! is received another meeting will be called
! to make arrangements. Both Justice Har-
| Ian and Justice Brewer are now on n va
cation in Canada and it is hoped that
both may come to Brattleboro.
Elisha Winter of Boston, New England
organizer of the National Grocers' asso-
! citation, was i'm town early In the week
looking after the situation here The
1,,l 1t,v,,
vision dealers association was formed
| under Mr. Winters leadership early in
| the spring and his visit here was partly
to see what the local and county or
| CARNATIONS are doing. He will visit the
| headquarters of the organizations at in
| tervals ana give officers the benefit Of his
advice and practical help. He was or
his way to attend Old Home week cele-
bration in Boston
Adjutant General w. II. Gilmore has
announced that Governors day of the
state muster will occur Aug. 10, or the
day before the companies leave for. theit
homes. This will require the governor
STAFF to be at the camp a part of three
days. The boys will leave their respective
towns Aug and return on the 10th, Civ.
ing the nine days at muster including one
Sunday The First Regiment band Of
Brattleboro will furnish music for all oc
Casions at the camp. No military organ
izations other than the companies will b,
on the grounds during the camp with tn,
exception of Governors day when tn,
troops from Fort Ethan Allen will assis
in dress parade.
George D. Burrage of Boston, referee
gave a decision in New York YESTERDAY
in the case of William \. Hal VS. Oak
leigh Thorne, president of the Trust Com
pany of America, involving the reorGan
ization of the White Mountain Pape
company of Portsmouth, n H. Mr.. Hall
who established the Caseln company fl
Bellows Falls, is now president Of tn
White Mountain company. The trial wa
held in New York last spring and occu
pied several weeks. The decision was
complete victory for Mr. Hall, judgmen
bieng given in his behalf for SS2,500. At
torney- General Clarke c. Fits was coun
sci for the plaintiff and Judge Keener an,
James r. Burnett of New York for tn
] defendant
, Thomas a. Grimes OF Stamford, Conn
and Miss Mary Dawson of this tow
; were married Monday evening at 7.3
, O'Clock in st. Mchael's Roman Catholi
. church. The ceremony was performe
by Rev. Father Thomas O'Donaghue /
the presence of a large number O
friends, who gathered afterwards for
. wedding reception at the home of Ere
, c. Gale, where Miss Dawson has live
= several years. The bride wore ne
over white silk and was attended b
Miss Minnie Toomey as bridesmaid
= | William Toomey of the Sixth Unite
= States cavalry now home on a furlougl
J was best man. Miss Mary Martin, or
= ganist of the church, played the bridf
e march from Lohengrn as the party en-
? tered. At least so of the friends at
5 tended the reception. The home wa
! attractively decorated with palms an
| cut flowers Mr.. and Mrs. Crimes lei
' for a short welding trip. They wi
live in Stamford. Mrs. Grimes has bee
F. a telephone operator.
l Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Whitney and Nj
l and Mrs. S. o. Miner returned Sunda
2 night after an automobile trip of severe
l days through Vermont and Wester
l Massachusetts They visited Montpelle
$ and Burlington and then came down tn
west side of the state. The town official
| of Williamstown, Mass, prepared a ira
. | for Automobiles Sunday, stop watche
being held on machines that passed owe
! a strip an eighth of a mile long. A larg
{ number of Automobiles were stopped an
were compelled to pay fines or furnis
ball. Mr.. Whitney was running at
speed of - to 16 miles an hour, accordin
1 to his indicator when he was hailed b
e an officer and told that he had exceede
p the limit. Mr.. Whitney expressed som
surprise, as there We're no teams no
e houses in sight, but he invited the Office
) to ride and proceeded leisurely with hir