Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-19

Tie young women of the Congrega-
tional church are urged to attend the
sewing meeting which will be held in
the chapel Tuesday evening at 73O.
The prayer service in the Baptist
chapel Sunday evening at 7.3O will be
led by Mr.. Brooks Special music will
be furnished by A l.. Maynard and Miss
Alice Buttertield. Everyone is invited.
D. T. Perry will begin work within few
days on finishing the improvement on
Western avenue, west of Cedar street,
which was started last year The sur
face will be covered with a tar prepa-
ration
Miss Alice L. White, principal of the
Industrial school in Montgomery, Ala,
will speak of her work in the Congre-
gatic nal chapel Sunday evening at 100
Miss White is a very interesting speak
err and. many people in Bratteboro are
intert steJ in her work. Everyone is
invited.
The Information was given out from
the general offices of the Hoosac Tun-
mel & Wilmington railroad Thursday
morning that the work of changing that
road from the narrow to standard guage
is expected to be completed within the
next six weeks. The company has al
ready purcha sed SO standard guage cars
and four locomotives, The Times is also
informed from the same source that it
Is the intention of the company to eX-
tend the road through to Brattleboro,
thus making a connection with the Bos-
ton & Maine and Central Vermont lines,
and thus providing the valley with a
much needed means of transportation to
points north and Wilmington
Times.
Attorney Drew, senior counsel of the
Connecticut River Lumber company, was
in town yesterday afternoon and he and
the members of the boat committee ap-
pointed at the meeting of the boat
owners held last week conferred regard
ing the situation here about the logs
in the river holding up traffic on the
water Mr.. Drew wants to come to an
amicable agreement, but the committee.
which consists of Hayes Bigelow, c. p
Spencer and II. NJ. Wood, do not want
to waste time in coming to the agree
ment, and unless some sort of an ar
rangement is made next week between
the company and the committee legal
action will be brought by the local men
through an attorney who has been en-
gagged.
Until further notice women, and child
rem when accompanied by their parents,
VIII be admitted free to the Wednesday
evening" performances at Island park,
and i'll the future no charge will be
made for the first figure in the dance
hall. The park has been the Mecca of
many persons this week and dancing
and the theatre have proven good hot
weather attractions. The pictures have
been changed each night and for the
first three nights this week Louis Be-
vais, an acrobat with one leg, presented
a novel act. Last evening Robert Melio
began three days engagement in his
gymrastic act and next week, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Sam
Ward. eccentric blackface comedian
and singer. will entertain.
After five weeks of rainless weather,
during much of which the sun was
scorching hot, a refreshing rain began
falling early Sunday morning, and al
though it came too late to save all the
lawns it was the salvation of much veg
citation, especially in gardens and fields.
The first shower came about 3 o'clock
and from then until o'clock or later
rain fell internationally, the downpour at
times being heavy. The total rainfall
was 81 Of an inch. The sun was OBJ
secured by clouds practically all day,
which allowed the earth to soak up the
water and kept II from being evapo-
rated. Some lawns and fields were beyond
redemption, because of the fact that
early in the season there was so much
rain that the roots spread out near the
surface instead of growing down deep,
and when the hot weather came many
of the roots were burned up.
Following an alteration on the Re-
treat gro unds Wednesday evening in
which one of the participants was badly
beaten, DR.. S. E. Lawton discharged
the two men who took part in it. Yes
terday morning W. A. Tnombley, who
had been employed as an attendant at
the institution, called at the states at
torneys Office and asked that a warrant
for the arrest of Alexander Squillette,
an Italian employed as assistant to the
chef be arrested. A warrant was is
sued charging Squillette with assault
and battery and shortly after 4 o'clock
he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff II.
f. Harris. He was taken before Judge
William r. Daley and after comforting
with o. b. Hughes pleaded guilty to the
charge and was fined $50 and costs,
the costs amounting to s514 c. M. Mil
Ter states attorneys assistant, appear
ed for the state. No testimony was heard
but the state claimed that Squillette not
only used his fists but that after a fight
in which Trombley badly worsted him
he re-appeared with an eght-inch knife
and endeavored to carve the other man.
Init rta oh, II