Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-12

the employees this summer.
william Sexton was arrested Tuesday
evening by Chief Of Police George will
son and Wednesday morning was fined
SIS and costs for drunkenness by Judge
William r. Daley. The costs amounted
to 1864.
Daniel Kennedy of Keene was arrest
ed Saturday evening by Chief-of- Police
George Wilson and Monday morning was
fined IS and costs. amounting to 1924,
for drunkenness. He did not have the
money and was given the alternative
sentence of 20 days in the county Jail
at Newfane.
ILL.," a Boston terrier dog. owned by
James p. Ferriter, was killed Saturday
afternoon by an automobile In front or
the town hall building The car was
driven by Boston man who is spending
his vacation in Brattleboro and was
proceeding at a slow rate of speed. LIP
ran In front of the machine The driver
stopped his car. picked the dog up, and
in company with o. r. Ware, with whom
LII was great pet. took the body to
the home of her master.
Downie G. Wheeler's circus played on
the Island park grounds Saturday after
noon and evening to fair crowds The
show did not have any particularly spec
tacular acts and was not above the av-
erage small circus. The elephant train
er took advantage of the proximity of
the river to give the elephants a bath
and the huge beasts enjoyed them
selves for 30 minutes in the water A
large crowd watched this entertaining
feature that was not on the program
The members of st. Michaels Episco-
pal Sunday school held their annual pic
mic at Island park Wednesday. The boys
played ball in the morning and a lun-
cheon was served at noon on the tables
by the bank of the river. In the after
noon dancing was enjoyed in the pavil-
ion and the bowling alleys and other
attractions in the pavilion were placed
at the disposal of the party. Each per-
son was given checks good for ice cream
and soda During the day Roy B. Mi
ner took many of the members for a
motorboat ride on the little" river.
Daniel Edward Taft, Il, prominent
resident of Clinton, Iowa, who died re-
Gently, was a brother of Mrs. L. W.
Hawley of Bratteboro. Mr.. Taft was
native of Taftsville and served in the
Civil war in the 9th Vermont regiment
He was severely wounded and returned
home, but on regaining his strength en-
listed in the 134th Illinois regiment and
later In battery of light artillery, serv-
ing until the close of the war. He was
engaged in railroad work in the West
after the war, but for number of
years had been identified with banking
interests in Clinton.
Attorney C. C. Fits has been in COM
munication with the officials of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad and has received
a promise that the train which the
board of trade was anxious to have put
on so as to leave here at a. m. and
connect with the New York train at
Greenfield will be started Monday. Under
the schedule which went into effect
June "a persons wishing to go to New
York from this town had to take the
owl train at $40 a. M, or else wait
| until 9.20 a. IN. With train leaving
here at o'clock persons will arrive in
| New York about II o'clock and ave half
day in which to do business.
Ensign william PIERCE Brown. United
| States navy, has presented to the Brooks
library a copy of the history of Nor
| witch university. In a letter written to
| the trustees he says: II take pleasure
| in presenting to the Brooks library a
! copy of the History of Norwich univers-
/ ity, the military college of the state OF
Vermont. My father, Commander Allan
d. Brown, a resident of Brattleboro
was for some years president of Nor
| Wlch university. In the past few years
number of Brattleboro young mer
have attended the university, and l be-
! neve there are a sufficient number OF
people in Brattleboro who take a pre-
sent and past interest in the college t
warrant my presenting the volumes t
the library"
Raymond Wells, 6, son of Mr.. an(
Mrs. Waldo NJ. Wells, was run ove
and injured by light automobile driver
by George r. Tucker soon after I o'clocl
Saturday evening. The boy started t
run across Elliot street in front of hi
fathers bakery and lodged team. Mr.
Tucker was passing the team at thu
same time and Raymond ran in from
of the car without seeing it. Mr.. Tucke
tried to stop the automobile, but coul,
not do so in time and the wheels wen
over the child's legs. He was taken int,
the bakery and DR.. W. r. Moves wa
called. Apparently no blame is at
tached to Mr.. Tucker. The lad Il
suffering from severe bruises on boil
legs, an injured knee and bruises on hi
BODY, but he was not hurt seriously
Had Mr.. Tucker been driving his heav,
machine the boys legs would have beer
crushed.
Additional hashboards have beer
placed on the Connecticut River Powe
company's dam at Vernon and the tota
height above the top of the dam is nov
seven feet. Formerly the dashboard
were four feet. The new boards will ad,
TO the storage capacity in the rive
o'O'N thS udHl ny IldHy IHOuSdnuS o
gallons, and in times of drouth, such a
has been experienced in the past fiv
weeks, will hold back an immense guam
tity of water until it Is needed to ievel
op power The addition of three fee
of flash boards is likely to bring the sur
race OF the water above the island an,
the management of Island park proba bl,
will have a cement wall built along tn
west side from the bridge abutments t
a point about 100 feet north The wal
VIII be three or four feet high and will
prevent the water from flooding tn
| park.
Midsummer attractions that pleas,
the public are being presented at islam,
park every evening. The vaudeville ac
for last night tonight and tomorrow
night is the Tianta Mdgets in a goo,
musical act. The midgets are but 4
inches tall but they give a standar,
measurement of enjoyment The man
agement will continue to run the specia
Sunday evening moving pictures will
musical features. Next Sunday evening
Musical Seeley wifi make his first ap
pearance in this town. He will continu
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings. The movies" will also be seeI
with change of films every evening
Early Sunday morning the Sparks cir
Gus will come to town and the tents will
be put up on the island There will b.
dancing in the pavilion Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday evenings with mus