Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-08


e. o. p, are requested to be present at
the meeting next Wednesday evening as
officers will be elected and installed to
fill vacancies caused by resignation.
Grand Deputy Henry d. Fillmore of Ben
nington will be the installing officer.
In the meeting of Protective Grange
Wednesday evening Judge +. b. Pier
gave q talk on the extra session of Con-
gress. 1t was comprehensive and in
structive and was much enjoyed by all.
Piano solos were given by Miss Tracy
Cushman. The next meeting will be
neghbors' night, Sept. 20.
st. Louis Alexander of South Wind
ham was arrested by Chief Of Police
Wilson Tuesday evening and Wednesday
morning appeared before Judge w. r.
Daley and pleaded guilty to the charge
of intoxication. He was fined IS and
costs, amounting to $l1.50, and as he
had not the necessary funds he was
given the alternative sentence of 10
days in Newfane jail
Eva L. joy, formerly of Brattleboro.
and Louis II. Engel. business, man and
active member of several different orders
in Cleveland, o., were quietly married in
the home of the brides daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Miller, Monday evening, Aug. %.
Mrs. Joys two young grandson's George
and James, stood up with them Rev. w.
S Baker, pastor of the Woodland Hills
Methodist church, performed the cere-
mony.
At the close of the regular meeting of
Dennis Rebekah lodge, No l, next Tues
day evening the Goth anniversary of the
Rebekah degree will be observed with
appropriate exercises. Refreshments will
be served. Mrs. Grace E. Richmond of
Rutland, vice president of the Rebekah
state assembly, will make her official
visit at this time. Members are remind
ed that the attendance contest closes
Sept 80.
While the crowd of at least 1900 per-
sons was handled almost perfectly at
Island park Monday afternoon, a few
bought 50-cent seats and coming late
found them occupied The management
wishes that all persons who bought so
cent tickets and were unable to get a
seat would call at the ticket office at the
park and receive % cents, the difference
in price between the seats and the ad
mission price.
The end of the vacation season came
this week and railroad men have been
working hard About the middle of last
week the trains began to arrive late and
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday
the schedule was knocked in pieces.
Trains were from 30 minutes to an hour
and a half late and on Labor day morn
ing and afternoon every train was far
behind its regular time. The rush of
home returning Vacationists made nee
essary extra passenger coaches and bag
gage cars and several trains were
double headers"
on account of the illness of Judge Zed
S. Stanton of RoXbury, who has had ty-
phoid fever county court will not be in
session next week. The assistant judges,
sheriff and county clerk will so to New
fame next Tuesday, the date set for the
fall term, and after the session has been
opened formally a recess will be taken
to oct. II. The docket has been issued
this week. 1t contains 219 cases, made
up of lbs cases on the civil docket IS
divorce cases, 80 chancery cases and y
| state cases. The trial list contains 81
| jury cases and AZ court cases.
While Mrs. Franc C. Clark was cross
| ing Cedar street at the corner of West
| ern avenue Sunday afternoon she (be-
| came confused when DR.. A. l. Miller's
| Ford automobile was approaching an6
| was struck by the forward wheels and
| knocked down. The wheels ran over hel
| hips and she was taken into the car by
| Dr. Miller and carried to her home or
| Spruce street, where she has been given
| every possible attention She has since
| been confined to her bed and Sunday
| night and Monday was in pain, but is
| reported to be resting more comfortably
a really good laugh was enjoyed by the
majority of persons in the stand at the
band concert on the island Sunday after
noon. 1t was the last band concert of the
season at Island park and a particularly
fine program chad been arranged by
Leader f. &. Leitsinger among the num-
bers being the Gloria from Mozart's 18th
Mass Each number was announced
| through a megaphone and when the an
nouncer stepped forth with the mega
| phone to tell the audience what the
| selection would be he said, The next
number will be the gloria from Mozart $
| 18th Massa chusetts." The audience and
| the members of the band enjoyed the
| joke on the announcer immensely.
In the regular meeting of Fort Dunn
| mer colony of Pilgrim Fathers Tuesday
evening these officers were elected for
| the ensuing year: ex-governor, A. j
Currier; governor, John p. Mack; lieut.
governor, Mrs. Joseph Palmer; sec, Mrs
| a. j. Currier; collector, Mrs. Nellie NJ
Norris; treas, d. w. Tenney; chaplain
| Mrs. Georgia Stone; sergt. at arms
! George Stone; deputy sergt. at arms
Mrs. j. =. Mack; inside sentinel, Joseph
Palmer; outside sentinel, w. G. Norris
| trustee for three years, E. l.. Parker
| These officers will be installed the first
| Tuesday in October by Deputy Hiram
King of Mount Kilburn colony of Bel
| lows Falls
| John W. Jacobs, 49, a native of Brat
| tleboro died in the home of his son, w
| \. Jacobs, in Latham, Kan, Aug. q of
| old age and a general breaking down
| He was born oct 3, 1882, and was the
| only child of Wesley and Nancy Jacobs
| lie married Ann A. Kidder March I,
| 1865. Moving to Walworth, Wis, he en-
| gagged in farming three years, when he
| went to Beloit, Wis, where he worked
| in the paper mills 16 years. After that
he was in quincy, ILL.,, six years as fore
man of a paper mill. His health failed
| and he moved to Nebraska and was on a
| farm five years For the next ~ years
he was engaged in farming in South Da
| kota. In recent years he had lived with
| his son, Frank w. Jacobs at Aurora, H..
| until last March, when he went to Lath-
am to live with his son, Willard His wife
died Jan. 81, 1910, i'm North Aurora. lie
| leaves the two sons mentioned. lie had
| been a subscriber to The Phoenix more
than 40 years
William o. Powers, SO, formerly pro-
| prietor of the Brooks House livery sta
BILE, died Aug. 20, I'm Cobbleskll, n Y,
whore he had lived since last May. He
| had been i'll a year and a half with
| chronic brights disease, which terminated
| in apopleXy. He was living in the Com
mercial House of which his daughter is
| landlady, and worked several hours each
| day. lie worked and had supper as
| usual on the day Of his death, was
| stricken about $50 and died half an hour
| later. Mr.. Powers was born in New
| fame, May s, 1858, and was IA son of Hol-
| land and Rhoda Powers. His boyhood
| days We're spent in Newfane. For two
years he was coachman in Greenfield,
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