Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-09

Henry Bond VIII speak on "A trip to
Mexico" at the concert to be given
Thursday evening at o'clock In the
Swedish Congregational church.
The work of laying a surface of as
phalt on Main street from Elliot street
to the Baptist church was begun yester-
day by a gang of men in the employ of
| D. a. Perry.
Ernest Miles Empey and Mrs. Julia
| Josephine Newell, both of Keene, were
married Monday afternoon in the town
| clerks office by Justice c. S. Hopkins
| They were unattended.
The check list to be used at the free
mems meeting Sept. 8, has been posted
| in the lobby of the town hall building
The board of civil authority will meet
in the selectmen's office Saturday, Aug.
| 81, to make any changes that may be
| necessary in the list
| The ladies' associa ton of the Centre
| church has asked each woman in the
| parish to earn dollar for the benefit
| of the treasury. A meeting will be
| called early in September, when each
| woman will be asked to bring the dol
lar and tell how she earned It,
Glass No. 10 of the Baptist Bible
school were entertained by Mrs. A. l..
| Maynard and mother, Mrs. Charlotte r.
| Coates, in their home on Washington
street yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Coates
is member of the class Seventeen sat
down to an excellent supper served on
| the lawn. very enjoyable afternoon
was spet.
Billy Kenney, imitator, pleased the au-
| dience the first three evenings of the
week at Island park and Hugh Jean,
baseball juggler, opened an engagement
| there last evening. The dancing parties
in the pavilion Tuesday Thursday and
Saturday evenings with music by Lett
singers orchestra continue to attract
many dancers.
Workmen have been repairing the re-
tanning wall on the south side of Church
street the past 10 days. The wall,
which is made of stone, has been
strengthened and the tar sidewalk,
which had dropped several inches, has
| been torn up. A cement walk will be
put in. The work is being done under
the supervision of the road commission
| er.
Henry E. Wood of this town was ar
rested Monday morning by ~ Chief-of-
| Police George Wilson and held for the
| police authorities of Swanton. He was
wanted on three different charges and
| that afternoon Deputy Sheriff Prouty of
Swanton came here and took him back
| Wood had only recently returned here,
having been employed by the Sparks
| shows as a driver.
Catherine Elizabeth Phelps, 8, daugh-
| ter of Mr. and Mrs. F.. E. Phelps,who live
near Linden Lodge on the West Dunn
| merston road. died Monday morning of
| dysentery. She was born in this town
Sept. 81 1905 Prayers were offered In
st, Michael's Roman Catholic church
| Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock by Rev.
Father NJ. ]. Carmody and the
burial took place in the Roman Catholic
| cemetery.
The stock fixtures and other property
of Regal & Regali the Main street fruit
dealers whose mortgage was foreclosed
by Julius and John Equi two weeks ago,
were sold Saturday afternoon by auc-
ton by A. w. j. Wilkins julius and
John Equi of Montague bid 5000 and the
property went to them. They have re-
| opened the store and will conduct the
fruit and ice cream business there. Tony
Regal and his nephew, Toni Regal. of
New York, who ran the store before the
mortgage was foreclosed, had hoped to
be able to get the stock and fixtures
Brattleboro's theatrical season will be-
gin early in September and some of the
attractions booked are Julie Ring, sister
of Blanch Ring, in the light opera, THE
Yankee Girl; THE Three Twins" ~The
Newlyweds and Their Baby" THE
Gamblers" the Aborn Opera company in
THE Bohemian Girl" 1.-THE Million, -
the Wheel" "Freckles,' as dramatized
from the popular novel of the same name
and "Officer $685." This list indicates
that there will be no dearth of fine at
fractions and that the amusement wants
of the public will be amply supplied.
j. G. Ullery attended a meeting of the
Democratic State campaign committee
held in Burlington Monday night. 1t
was announced after the meeting that
Vermont would be "combed with an
army of campaign orators" Gov Bald
win of Connecticut will speak in Bur-
lington and Rutland and Gov Foss OF
Massachusetts in Brattleboro and In
Franklin county, where he was born
Among the state speakers will be Har-
| land b. Howe. candidate for governor
who is now campaigning, Elisha May
" A. Billiard, NJ. C. Leary, j. f
Burke, T. w. Maloney, p. NJ. Meldon
7. II. Browne and others.
Fred H. Harris of Brattleboro. holder
of the New England. the Central New
York, Vermont state, Ohio state, and 9
number of other lawn tennis champion.
ships, Monday gained permanent posses.
sion of the White Mountain tennis cham.
pionship in singles at Breton Woods
, by third consecutive victory. and pair.
ed with ]. G. Nelson of Dartmouth wor
the doubles championship. In the chal.
lenge match of the singles, Harris de
feated Nelson, 6-3, rs, 81. Later he
and Nelson defeated L. II. Martin o.
; Lowell and r. NJ. Currier of Longwoot
in the finals for the doubles. Ga, 60
2-6. 4-6. 6-2. The White Mountain tro
ply has been in competition severa
years, and until Harris's third victory
this week no player had ever secured Il
for permanent possession.
Work on four important new buildings
has been going on at a good rate during
the summer. The roof of the school
building on Oak Grove extension is or
and the work on the inside has beer
begun. The roof is on George A. Eels's
new apartment house, 1.-The Abbott" al
the Corner of South Main and Cana
streets, and the carpenters are getting
ready for the inside work. Mr.. Eels ex-
poets to have the apartments ready fol-
occupancy about Oct. /. The brick ma
sons are at work laying bricks for the
top story of E. c. Crosby's new garage
on High street. The upper story Is the
fourth on High street and the fifth In
the rear of the building. The cellar OF
the last-block factory on the Vernon
road near the Hunt farm has been dug
} the cement foundation has been put II
and the frame for the first story ha;
been built