Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-25


hold its next meeting Sept 6 with Mrs.
r. +. Hopkinson of Cherry street
The Phoenix will be glad to furnish
free to all who CALL as long as the sup
ply lasts, pocket folders containing, the
summer time tables and location of the
fire alarm boxes.
Thomas Austin and Myron Lynch col
Iided while riding their bicycles along
Elliot street Monday evening Both
boys were thrown from their wheels and
Lynch received severe bruises on one
wrist. The other boy was not injured.
Florence NJ. Wellman, supervisor of
grades, will give examinations to pu
pills who desire to enter the grades and
to pupils who nave been tutored through
the summer. at the supervisors office
Friday and Saturday, Sept. l and 2. All
new pupils should be enrolled at this
time.
The fire loss in the brick house on
School street, which was owned by Par
ley f. Crown, has been adjusted at
about s25OO in G. M. Clays agency. Mr.
Crown has sold the house to w. G. Doc
little, who intends to add another story
making it three stories high, and to fit
up six tenements.
In the regular meeting of Protective
Grange Wednesday evening the third de-
gree was conferred by the special wom-
ems degree team and the fourth de-
gree was conferred by the regular Of
ficers. After the work refreshments of
ice cream and cake were served and an
hour of dancing was enjoyed.
William C. Horizons real estate agency
has sold for the William b. Adams es-
tate of Hinsdale a pine timber lot in
that town to Warren c. Doolittle of
Brattleboro. This lot is said to be one
of the best in southern New Hampshire
for the acreage and there is estimated to
be 100000 feet of timber in 1t.
II. S. Streeter of Greenfield conducted
an excursion from that town to Island
park Tuesday. a special train brought
50 excursionists and arrived here few
minutes before 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and returned about 11.3O in the
evening. Dancing began at l O'Clock
and continued during the afternoon and
evening, with intermission for the ball
game
Two worlImen have been injured at
the White River Chair company's fac
tory the past week. While S. Riese was
working at a. saw Friday morning his
hand slipped, and his little finger was
cut off and the ring finger nearly sew
cred While Robert Parsons was feed
ing lumber into a self-feedng saw Mon
day morning his hand was caught in
one roller and pulled under it before the
machine could be stopped. His fingers
were badly crushed.
The Horton Beimer Press is the name
of printing firm just organized in
Kalamazoo, Mich, whose literature an
uounccs something new in Kalamazoo"
The members are Harry II. Horton, for
merry a printer in Brattleboro and for
five years connected with the y. NJ. c.
\. i'm Kalamazoo and Yetsie j. Beimer,
for the past eight years in the printing
department of the Henderson, Ames COM
pany in that city. The firm is located in
the Kalamazoo National bank building,
where over 80 business concerns have
their headquarters.
Chief Police George Wilson received
this week two communications regarding
former Brattleboro people. one letter
asks about William a. Waterman,
resident of Providence after leaving this
town, and also the address of his ia
Their. 1t gives no reason why the infor-
nation is sought. A letter from Phila-
dephia asks the chief to inform the rel
atives of A. w. Adams that Mr.. Ad-
ans died in that city Aug. II. The let
ter is from the police department and
death The chief is endeavoring to To-
cate relatives of both,
Fred H. Harris, in the third round of
the national lawn tennis tournament in
Newport, r. l., Wednesday, was beaten
by r. d. Little of New York Ga, 6-1,
6-3. Little is one of the most famous
players of the country and was for
merly a representative on the interna-
tional team. Little and Harris met in
the Longwood tournament the Brattle-
boro boy at that time taking the first
set and pushing Little hard in the sec
ond. At Newport Monday Harper,
drawn to play Harris in the first round,
defaulted. In the second round Harris
won from Ball Go, Go, 60,
Divorce petitions filed in the county
clerks Office the past week are as fol-
lows: Judson r. Rowe of Brattleboro
from Rosa a. Rowe, alleging u statu-
tory offense; Ellen A. Frederick of Marl-
boro from George II. Frederick, alleging
a statutory offense; Grace Whittemore
Morse of Gulford from Fred a. Morse,
alleging wilful desertion and intolerable
severity; Mary Roadway Burns of New
fame from Ira Burns, alleging wilful de-
sertion, intolerable severity, neglect and
refusal to support; Helen F. Brasor of
Brattleboro from John f. Brasor, al
leging wiful desertion, intolerable Sc
verify and a statutory offense.
The SpOffOrd Lake Fish ana Game
que will hold its annual meeting and
dinner at Pine Grove Springs Friday
Sept 8. 1t is expected that the attend
ance will be large, The following ticket
committee has been appointed; E. C.
Robertson of Hinsdale, f, T, Pearson of
Keene, Harry l.. Emerson of Brattle-
boro, c. II. Slade of Walpole, w. X,
Ware and b. C. Thatcher of Chesterfield
A. A. Whitman and w. j. Reed of West
moreland G.. Il. Whitcomb, jr., of Swan
zey, John II. Dickinson of Ashuelot, j.
II. Stearns and j. w. York of Spofford,
George F. Amidon of West Chesterfield.
The rifle team of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard picked to compete with
teams representing the militia of other
states in the national rifle competition
at Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug. 2S and 30,
left Burlington Monday. 1t consists of
Lieut.. Col II. r. Johnson Geam cap
taim, Capt. b. f. Hyland COACH, Lieut.,
G. W. Grandy (quartermaste) Captains
j. b. Harmon, w. o. Cooley, c. n. Bar
Der, j, NJ. Ashley, n. w. Richmond, First
Lieut.. S. s. Cushing, Second Lieut..
George f. Carpenter Sergeants w. p.
Springer c. j. LePage, G. w. Roberts,
II. II. Cady, G, II. Caswell, Corporals
f. a. LaDue, c. f. Whitmore and II. p.
Sheldon.
William A. Moore, for the past II
years an employe of f. l.. Hildreth &
CO., resigned yesterday, and early in
September he will begin studies in the
Montpelier seminary, preparatory for a