Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-26

the present rate equaling an advance OF 30
cents on flour from the lowest point
State Auditor Hale was here last week
to attend to official business. Witnesses
in police court cases may now get their
pay by calling upon the magistrates before
whom they appeared.
Several young men came here from Bel
lows Falls Sunday and walked in patrols
on each side of the river as far as Putney,
hoping to find the bodies of Messrs. Alex
ander and Fitzgerald.
Helen. 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Crosby had one bone of the
leg broken above the ankle by jumping a
distance of 10 or l. feet to the ground
from MIS-. Rice's barn on High street last
Friday.
Four general agents of fire insurance
companies-Mr Brewer of the Sun, L. IL.
Hildreth of the Springfield II. c. Hess of
the Connecticut, and Mr. Fisk of the I'm
perial-haying been appointed a commit
tee by the New England Insurance eX-
change, are inspecting all risks i'll this
county A similar work will be done by
other committees in the different counties
ST the state, and from the reports a gen
eral rerating will be made. There will be
increase in the state as whole.
The death of Mrs Julia A. Kingsley. 81,
took place Saturday at the home of A. f.
Thomas in Chesterfield. The burial was
in the Prospect Hill cemetery in this vii
lage Tuesday. Mrs. Kingsley will be re-
membered by older residents as the wife of
the late Richard Foster of Brattleboro,
whose death took place many years ago.
Later she became the wife of Nathaniel
Kingsley of jacksonville and since his
death has lived in Chesterfield. Her
brother-in-law, Calvin A. Foster, So died
Monday at Fitchburg, Mass. He was an
uncle of Mrs A. NJ Carlton of Brattle-
boro. and lived here years ago
The Baldwin Brothers company of Bos-
ton and New Y ork, with branches through
out New England and the West made an
assignment Friday. The assignee is un.
able to give any statement as to the firm S
assets or liabilities. In the past five
months the concern has used up its entire
capital stock of 100000, S1S3, 900 of Pres
ident A. K. Baldwin's private funds, be-
sides $3.50, 900 of It's surplus. The firm did
a very large business, having hundreds OF
customers in all parts of New England
Brattteboro spectators were nipped by the
collapse but probably not to a serious ex.
tent. The loss at Laconia. y. H., alone is
estimated at $4,000, and many towns re
port losses of several thousand dollars
Judge Wheeler has presided over al
adjourned session of the United States Cir
cult court at Burlington this week. The
case of Kent r. Hayden, receiver of the
Capitol national bank of Lincoln, Neb
against Adna Brown, G. +. Richardson
and wife of Springfield, and Charles X
Labaree of Bellows Falls, came up for ar
gument on the demurrer of the defendants
1t is a bill in equity brought in the circuit
court to recover dividends paid to the de
PENDANTS. stockholders of the above men
toned bank from time to time, out OF tn,
capital stock of the bank and not ont o.
the earnings of the bank The defendant
demurred to the bill on the ground tina
the court had no jurisdiction of the matter
that the bill was brought without an orde
and not under the direction of the comp
troller of the currency, and that it wa
multifarous in that it Joins different par
ties as defendants who have different anC
separate interests.
Philip Lefevbre. grandfather of Mrs
William FOurnier, Mrs. VIM. F. Deyo anC
Iephere Fountaine of this village died re
wife, Victorine, who survives him at tn,
age of 81, was married to him 81 years ago
A family gathering of their lineal descend
ants would have brought together over 2Ot
people. On the maternal side is the YER
remarkable record of five living genera
tiOns, without a break. The great-great
grandmother is Mrs. Lefevbre: the great
grandmother. Mrs. Eloise Fountaine "a
who has recently returned to Cohoes, \
Y, after spending the winter here with he
daughter, Mrs. w. J. Deyo; the grand
mother is Mrs. Eloise Masses, aged abou
4j, of Cohoes. and the mother is Mrs
Masses IS daughter Rosa, aged -, who ha
little daughter, also Rosa, and lives il
Cohoes. Two others of the fourth genera
ton, Napoleon Masses and his sister. Mrs
| Melvina Schamerhorn, are married anc
have had children, but the children are no
now living.
Cattle Commissioner II. NJ. Arms o
Springfield, DR.. Rich of the eXperimen
station at Burlington and Mr. Wallen, tn,
local veterinary, went TO Vernon Monda7
to apply the tuberculin test to the herd o
IS cattle owned by Charles :. johnson
This is the herd which was quarantine,
two weeks ago, and from which one Gov
sponded TO the test and We're condemned
They were slaughtered Wednesday anC
each one was found TO be infected Tn,
tuberculin test has proved true thus far il
every case where il has been applied il
Vermont. Mr.. johnson will receive SIS,
from the state for the cattle that wer,
killed, and he now has the satisfaction o
knowing that he has a sound herd H,
thanked Messrs. Arms, Rich and Wallen
and expressed great qualification with thei
work. The cattle commissioners hav,
been requested to test another herd in Yer
non and also one in Brattleboro Severa
herds in the vicinity of Randolph will alsC
be tested soon.
Albert Westover, of the New Yorl
theatrical designing firm of McElfatrick 4
Son, and Mr.. Horne, the builder, who wa,
here last winter, were in consultation will
the committee on the remodehng of tn,
town house Monday and Tuesday. The,
also made all necessary measurements witt
the idea of building the addition entirely
to the rear of the present structure Suci
an addition would run back 50 feet ant
would give an auditorium as contemplated
in the original McElfatrick plans, with q
seating capacity of 1000. The festival hal
in the front part of the building would b,
enlarged to 50 by 81 feet Gnstead of 81 by
81 feet, the size Of the present hall), anC
kitchen and cloak rooms would be provided
on the same floor as this hall, instead of OF
the first or third floor, as first contemplated
Messrs. McElfatrick and Horne will return
in a few days to submit plans and to give
approximate estimate of expense.
The warrant for the annual village meet.
ing, which will be held Tuesday, MAY T.
at 1880 in the town hall, was posted Mon.
day. il contains eight articles. the frs