Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-10


Twelve cases from Windham county are
entered on the docket of the supreme |
court for the January term.
Dorothy, eldest daughter of Mr. and |
Mrs. Will Cabot, and granddaughter of
Treasurer n. F. Cabot of the Vermont
Savings bank, died Tuesday at Brookline,
Mass.
A deal of testimony has been taken this
week in the case of Wells S. and Eugene
Frost VS. Chas. A. Van Doom and wife, to
be heard on petition for new trial be-
| fore the supreme court next week. The
! question is over a boundary line.
The two gold watches and the tall clock
in Jordan &c Van Doorn's window are
marked at $50 each this morning. The
price last Saturday was $780, and the plan
is to reduce the figures 81 each day until
customer is found for each article.
A personal letter received this week by
ex-Gov. Fuller mentions the death in Ohio,
Dec. "a, of Benz Marshall, whom the
older residents will remember as for many
years the librarian of the old Brattleburo
| library, and a ieweler, whose store stood
about where the store of +. X. Barrows
now is.
An additional prize has been offered to
the competitors in the Vermont Wheel
clubs billiard tournament in the form of a
handsome China punch bowl, hand painted.
This prize Is given by Charles Crosby, and
the contest for it will narrow down to the
winners of the three and four ball series of
games.
The annual officers school will be held
| at Burlington next week. Bratteboro will
not only send to the school the general of
the brigade and the colonel of the regiment
but ten or twelve other commissioned Of
fcers. The sergeants of Company will
also attend the school as spectators, by in
vtaton of Capt. Estey.
The estate Of the late Eugene Field was
brought into the probate court at Chicago
Friday on a petition of the widow for let
tiers of administration. The estate is val
ued at S25,000 all in personal property,
Besides this there is the poets home, val
ued at $4,000, which he had conveyed to
his wife some time before his death.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church, set for this evening" has
been postponed one week on account of
the illness of Rev. Mr.. Day. Rev. Mr..
Phillips of Rutland will preach in Mr..
Days place next Sunday. The latter has
been confined to his house this week, but
is now improving, and hopes to be out in
a few days.
The military ball, the only important So
cial event of the kind, is set for Friday
evening of next week, at the Elliot street
armory, which will be more deliberately
decorated thar ever before The First Reg
iment orchestra of - pieces will furnish
music, and refreshments will be served by
Caterer Miller The Estey Guard will give
a bayonet drill during the evening.
Commander Cannon has issued the Off
cial orders for the Goth annual encamp-
ment of the Grand Army, to be held at
Rutland, Feb. II and II. Col. II. +. Tav-
lor is a member of the committee on the
report of the department commander, Col.
G.. w. Hooker on resolutions and George
+. Greene on reception of commander-in-
chief. L. p. Bailey of Putney is men,
Der of the general committee.
Gov. Woodbury. was in town yesterday
forenoon accompanied by Lawyers d. j.
Foster of Burlington and J. C. Jones of
Rutland, and Alfred +. Watson of Hart
ford. They were to take, before Mr.. Wat
son, the affidavit of Harry De We're, head
waiter at the Brooks House, who filed
that position at the Van Ness House for
long term of years before coming here
The affidavit is to be used as evidence in
the Governors libel suit against the Rut-
land Herald.
The officers of Bingham chapter. No.
80, order of the Eastern Star, were Install
ed Tuesday evening by District Deputy
Grand Patron w. B. Vinton. The officers,
in addition to those who were elected
and announced few weeks ago, include
the following, who were appointed: War
der, Mrs. D. A. Young; Adah, Miss Luz
Gle Bracket; Ruth, Mrs. E. c. Thorn;
Esther, Mrs. George Eels; Martha, Mrs.
James Pullen; Electa, Mrs. Maverette
Fisher; chaplain, Mrs. G. E. Currier:
marshal, Mrs. o. f. Randall; organist,
Mrs. Gertrude Hunt; sentinel, c. L. Pr
per.
The death of Mrs. Harriet r. Harrins-
ton, 10, took place Friday evening at the
home of her son, George Harrington. the
night Waterman at the Brooks House.
The cause of death was a severe attack of
grip, from which she had suffered only a
week. Mrs. Harrington was the widow of
Daniel Harrington and was born in Rock
lngham, but for the last years had lived
with her son here. She was a consistent
member of the Methodist church, and her
funeral which was held Sunday afternoon
at o'clock, was attended by the pastor of
the church, Rev. A. j. Hough. The Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union. of
! which she was a member, attended the
| funeral
The second cold wave CT the season an
peared Sunday, the mercury dropping
! throughout the day, and at about 0 in the |
/ evening reaching the zero mark. A heavy
wind, largely from the northwest. prevail |
ed throughout the day. The thermome |
tiers registered 10 to 20 below zero Monday |
morning, the coolest weather thus far this |
season. The mercury lowered about the |
zero point throughout the day, and on |
Tuesday morning the reports were zero to |
ten below. The weather grew warmer
Tuesday and during the afternoon about |
an inch of snow fell. The weather clear
ed off again cold and clear, the mercury
being down 10 zero Wednesday morning.
The number of water pipes frozen was un-
usually large, owing in part, no doubt, to
the TACT that there was no covering of snow
upon the ground. The figures for Mon
day were below zero at all towns in New
England, Franconia, N. H., leading the
list with 80 below. In New York citv
the figures were two below, and as far
south as Washington eight above zero, II
was necessary Monday to dismiss schools
IN several of the grades, as it was impossi-
BILE to keep the rooms warm.
The marriage of DR.. A. Knapp and Miss
Carlotta Pine was the occasion of a large
and merry assemblage last evening at the