Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-07-14

Ladies' Enterprise society will be held
In Schoolhouse grove Wednesday after
noon.
The Empire theatre has been closed
this week and alterations have been
made. 1t will be reopened tomorrow af-
ternoon. 4...
Rev. E. Q. s. Osgood will preach in
Union church in Vernon Sunday after
noon. Sunday school at o'clock All
are invited. .H, -
A lawn party will be held Thursday
afternoon and evening at "a Canal
street, Ice cream, cake and lemonade
will be on sale. This public is invited.
E. ]. Fenton & Co. 9 store will be closed
next Thursday and Friday to mark down
and arrange stock for the great 10 day
sale which will start Saturday morning,
July %.
]. w. votey Of the state board Of health
has been here this week on second in
spectlon of the buildings which were re-
Gently ordered to be equipped with fire
escapes. He and Dr. H. d. Holton in
spected buildings in several parts Of the
town.
The New York Sunday World contained
an article and photographs referring to
the work of Madam Yvonne de Trevelle
who at one time was associated with
who has been heard here on the harp
She Is now, according to the article, one
of the greatest vocalists on the continent
George T. Mead of Bellows Falls was
brought to the Memorial hospital Sunday
afternoon and operated upon that even
ing for appendicitis. His heart was un-
able to withstand the shock of the oper-
alton and he died Monday morning. The
body was sent to Burlington for burial
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Mead had been a
well-known resident of Bellows Falls for
10 years.
Invitations to the wedding of Miss Car
RE Wheaton Angel of Putnam, Conn,
and William Marshall McManus of this
town have been received here. The we'd
ding will take place in Putnam in the
home of the bride next Wednesday even
ing Mr.. McManus Is employed by the
Vermont Printing company and Miss
Angel is well known here, at one time
being employed by Mrs. G. II. Smith as
milliner.
The selectmen have received, through
Health officer Henry Tucker, a complaint
from the Holstein- Friesan office in re-
gard to what is termed a smoke nuisance
from the gas plant of the Twin State Gas
and Electric company. In behalf of the
employees in the American building it is
claimed that the thick yellow smoke that
issues several times each day from the
smokestack of the gas plant is injurious
to their health. hearing was scheduled
for last evening, but was postponed to
July 81.
The death of Sheriff Arthur H. Thomp-
son of Bellows Falls, which is reported in
the Bellows Falls correspondence in this
paper, has left Wndham county with
out a deputy sheriff, the commission of
every deputy expiring with the death of
the one who appointed them Governor
Mead will appoint Mr.. Thompsons sue
cessor very soon. C. I. Knapp of this
town and j. w Melendy of South Lon
donderry are candidates and the candi-
dacy of each is being urged on the ground
of fitness.
Road Commissioner D. T. Perry objects
to the way the average automobilist uses
the roads that have been sprinkled with
oil. The town has spent large sum of
money this year in oiling the streets and
on account of the number of miles of
roadway it is not feasible to oil the full
width of streets In many cases a strip
Is feet wide has been oiled, but most
drivers prefer to drive with one pair of
wheels in the SNI66ln. that has not been
treated and Must. Mr.. Perry
has MAJ on western
avenue ut roadway is
oiled for yeet the drivers
wheels in the unoiled part.
An alarm from box 40 at 10. As yester-
/ day morning summoned the fire appara-
tus to Hal March's home on Bullock
street, a slight fire in coal bin
| caused a large amount of smoke, but
! practically no damage was done except
by smoke, which went through the house.
| Some of it escaped through the windows
in the attic, giving the impression of a
| good sized blaze Painters had been at
work in the house and ii is thought that
a rag dropped by them might have
! caused spontaneous combustion in a pile
! of rubbish. The chemical engine hose
wagon and the hook and ladder wagon
responded to the alarm and made good
! time. The blaze was eXtinguished by the
chemical engine.
In preparation for the improvements to
Main street from the bank corner to a
! point in front of the Baptist church Road
| Commissioner ID. Il. Perry, Manager Ed
ward NJ. Adds of the electric light COM
pany and Supt A. l.. Trip of the street
railway last evening discussed several
! phases of the new construction of the
roadway The work probably will be
started within a week or two and the
railway company will lay new rails and
new chestnut ties. Mr.. Perry has had a
force of men at work the past two weeks
on Elliot street. from Green street to the
! Methodist church, and that part of the
street Is being put into excellent condition
| with crushed stone covered with tarvia
and then sprnkled with sifted stone
This makes a hard smooth street and II
allowed to remain as it is without beinl
dug up continually it will last severa
| years.
Mrs. Ellen Burke Schuster, 81, died
Saturday morning after long illness
She was born in County Wexford, Ire
land, and came to this country in 1850
After a short stay in New York city
she came to this town and entered the
employ of the family of Christian Schus-
ter and afterward was married to Fred
erick Schuster of that family After
! their marriage they lived about is
| months in Cleveland, Ohio, and then re-
| turned to Brattleboro. She leaves one
son, William Schuster the we'll known
grand opera singer. a daughter, Hannah
| teacher and brilliant scholar. died near
/ ~ 80 years ago. Mr.. Schuster died over
20 years ago, She was well known among
older residents of the town and up Ia
| within the past few years had attended
the Universalist church, but recently had
| attended the Unitarian church. The fu.
| neral was held Sunday morning in the
! undertaking rooms of Moran &, Co, Rev
! h. Q. $. Osgood officiating, and the bu-
rial took place in Prospect Hin ceme-
terry
Through a gift of a former Brattle.
boro woman, Mrs. Mary Blakeslee EN-
! n II