Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-10-04
BRATTLEBORO.

George l.. Durham has bought the
bungalow on the Connecticut river
which was built by his brother, the
late Charles w. Durham.
The Democratic headquarters in the
Market building on Elliot street are
open every day and the daily Boston,
Springfield, New York, Indianapolis, st.
Louis and other papers are on file there.
II. L. Emerson has bought of Charles
A. Boyden the brick building at 30 and
% Elliot street, the street floor of which
is occupied by Allen & Son, grocers,
and which is known as the Boyden
building.
While Charles Spring was driving up
the roadway to the Memorial hospital
in his public carriage Wednesday morn
ing his horse fell dead The animal APP
parently was in good health and had
been showing no signs of Illness.
Two new classes have been formed
in the Congregational Sunday school, to
begin study next Sunday. One Is for
young women and the other for young
men. All DESTROYS of joining are invited
to attend the session next Sunday.
Edward Scott Sloan, son of James
and Ruth Sloan, and Louise Annie Nat
tress, daughter of William and Jane A.
Mattress, both of Brattleboro, were
married Dy rev. II. M. fOuRn-
ton, pastor of the Congregational church.
The high school football team will go
to Claremont tomorrow and play the
Stevens high school team. The Clare
mont team won from the locals last
year 26-5. Next week Saturday Vermont
academy and the high school teams will
play at Island park.
regular meeting of the womans
Relief corps will be held in Grand Army
hall the evening of Oct. TO- A full at
tendance is desired as plans will be
made for the district meeting in Bel
lows Falls Oct. 16 and for the annual
inspection of the corps here Oct. II.
More hands are employed this week
at the Fort Drummer Mills cotton fac
tory than at any previous time, there
being las persons on the payroll. Man
ager Edward G. Chace says it is difficult
to obtain help and that he would en-
ploy double the present force at once
If they were available. Nearly $50 looms
are now running.
E. j. Fenton & Co. have made ar
engagements whereby they will receive
the scores of the worlds series games
in Boston and New York next week.
The first game will be played in Bos-
ton Tuesday and the local store will
receive the score at the end of each
inning curing each game DeSlueS the
hits, plays and errors.
Walter Calvin Halliday son of Mr..
and Mrs. Wells C. Halliday of East
Dover, and Miss Ola Starr Turner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles II.
Turner of East Dover, were married
Wednesday morning at o'clock in the
Baptist parsonage by Rev. DR.. John r.
Cow. They were accompanied by Mrs
Wells c. Halliday and Miss Mary ].
Turner, a sister of the bride. The bride
wore travelling gown of blue with nat
to match. Immediately after the cere-
mony the couple left for a short we'd
ding trip. after which they will live at
% Green street. Mr.. and Mrs. Halliday
are members of the Baptist church and
of the Young Peoples union. Mr.. Hal
laday is g graduate of the Brattleboro
high school and is employed In Hough-
ton &c Simonds's department store Mrs
Halliday is graduate of the Clawson-
Hamilton commercial college and has
been employed the past three years in
the office of the Holstein- Friesian Asso-
citation of America.
John Birch, superintendent at Island
park, was the victim of a cowardly at
tack Thursday evening of last week Mr.
Birch sleeps in the second story of the
pavilion and late that evening as he
was about to retire he was disturbed
by the noise of persons attempting to
sing on the veranda. He went to the
door and told the vocalists FIVE or six
young men, that they must stop their
noise and leave the premises One of
them told the superintendent to come
out and drive them off and the invita-
ton was accepted, although Mr. Birch
was lightly clad. The young men began
to run and Mr. Birch stepped off the
veranda upon the walk ami went few
steps when he was struck in the head
with a sharp stone or piece of metal
thrown by one of the youths. The park
employe went back to the pavilion and
dressed his wound the best he could and
next day was attended by a physician
who took several stitches in the wound
Mr.. Birch could not identify his as
sailants as all the lights at the park
and on the bridge had been extingush-
ed
The fall and winter time tables went
into effect on the Boston & Maine and
Central Vermont railroads Monday. I'm
der the new schedule the 225 a. m
New York express and the $40 a. M
New London express have been stopped
The train which left during the summer
for New London at $50 now leaves at
1910 a. m. and arrives In New London
at 4.15 p. m. The parlor car train from
the White mountains that left here at
LIB p m. has been taken Off The New
YORK express that left at 1.55 p. m. now
leaves at 2.07 and arrives in New York
at p m. The West River passenger
train that arrived here at $50 p m. now
arrives at 400. The northbound train
mat left at 1920 a. m. and 227 a. m.
nave been taken off. The West River
mixed train leaves at a. m. The New
i!ohdon passenger train which leaves
New London at AS a. m. arrives at 10.
Inc traln from New London which ar
rived at l.So p. m. now arrives at 207.
me I,of White Mountain express, the
White mountain limited have been can.
celed. The West River passenger that
left at Z p m. now leaves at 6, The
Montreal train that left at 1881 now
leaves at 1851 p. m.