Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-24
Will r. Stuart has sold his house on
Washington street to Franklin A. Cook.

Will r. Stuart has sold his house on
Washington street to Franklin A. Cook.
A thorough renovation and redecoration
of Chaplin q Co.'s drug store is in progress.
Morse e Edgett have sold the Ball farm
in Guilford to Mrs. Richardson of Grafton.
K. S. Morse has bought building lot of
p. f. Crown in Esteyville.
The surface water from the street, dur
ing the recent rain Storm did good deal
of damage on j. NJ. Willis's lot, on the
south side of Canal street.
The work of repairing the Connecticut
river and Little river bridges will be com
pleted next week. The cost will be con-
siderably less than supposed
Geo. w. Pierce received yesterday 5000
trout fry from the state fish and game COM
missioner He will distribute them in the
tributaries of the West river. f. II. Mil
Ter of Halifax also received a consignment
for distribution in that town.
All Republicans are urged to attend the
meeting at the town hall tonight at : 80,
when - delegates will be elected to attend
the Republican league convention, which
will be in session at Montpelier next Tues
day afternoon, a day before the state and
district conventions.
There will be a change next Sunday in
the Sunday schedule of the electric cars.
The first car will start from Prospect Hill
at 8 O'Clock and from West Brattleboro at
| 9:10, running thereafter on 20 minutes
schedule, pass Main street bridge at 10 min
utes before the hours, 10 minutes after, and
on the half-hours.
Frank Giles, brakeman on the Boston
~ Maine running on a freight between
Springfield and Windsor, was killed at
Windsor Monday night. The mans home
was in Hartland and he leaves wife and
one child. Lewis Memo, a Central Yer
mont brakeman, was also killed in the
Windsor yard early Tuesday morning.
Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows is
furnishing the parlors of the Gill Odd Eel
lows home at Ludlow, and the Rebekah
lodge is assigned the guest suite to fur
nish. The dedication of the home will &C.
cur about the goth of May, and it is ex-
pected that very low railroad rates will be
secured so all who desire may attend the
exercises.
NJ. L. Barnes Il Son, liverymen at South
Hadley Fall, Mass, are looking for a
| horse, buggy and harness with which a
stranger disappeared. He was a sandy
complexioned man, with hair and NOUS
tache slightly gray. He gave his name as
Frank Mason of Bratteboro, and was APP
parently about 40 years old. The horse
was a bay and the Concord buggy and
harness were new.
The trial of DR.. j. c. Moore of Man
chester, y. H., is taking place this week
at Nashua. DR.. Moore was not present on
the opening day of court word being sent
that he was very i'll at the home of his
brother-in-law, DR.. Henry Tucker, at Lake
port. Physicians who visited DIR. Moore
were of the opinion that he was shamming
illness, and he was escorted TO Nashua
Tuesday
j. II. Chamberlain announces for Mon
day, April p, an auction sale of 20 horses
at his old stand, now occupied by f. f.
Blood a Co., and c. p. ellison advertises
a sale of carload of horses at so Elliot
street for Thursday, April 80. He also
advertises the sale of the VIM. l.. Clegg
farm in West Chesterfield, together with a
large amount of personal property.
A recent Brattleboro visitor to the shop
of the Reed Il Curtis Manufacturing COM
pany of Worcester, Mass, found it a busy
place, with POO hands employed. Besides
making ball-bearing cups and screws for
bicycles the company is turning out 300
pairs a day of the Curtis ball-bearing
pedals. This will be an item of interest to
Mr.. Curtis's friends, both in this village
and in West Brattleboro
There was a hearing Wednesday in the
case of Watson French against Michael
Fleming G. II. Robb, guardian, before s..
II. Sherman and Ii. G.. Barber as referees.
The case is one brought by French to re-
cover $lS4, which he claims Fleming had.
while French was confined in Concord
prison. Geo. A. Weston appeared for
French and c. II. Robb for himself and
Fleming. The decision was reserved.
T. Frank Turner took possession of the
Brattleboro House on Friday. Mr.. Turner
has had considerable hotel experience, be-
ginning here at the American House under
the management of Frank Harvey. He
afterward managed the American House at
4 Springfield, Mass, and hotels at Hazard
vile, Ct, and Bernardston, Mass. At the
latter place he had the reputation of giving
an excellent liable service and it is expected
he will have large patronage in his pres
ent venture.
George w. Davenport now of Green
field, Mass, seeks divorce from his wife,
Mary Glazier Jameson. They were mar
ried at Rutland, 1875. They lived at Brat
tleboro, and Mr.. Davenport alleges that
his wife deserted him September 3, 1877.
She is now living in Cleveland, o., and
will be represented by Haskins & Stoddard
Mr.. Davenport is one of the residuary le-
gates under the will of his uncle, the
late Oliver Davenport, and will soon come
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