Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-08

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There will be rehearsal of the Choral
| Union at the Baptist chapel next Monday
evening at 1870
Josephine Crosby, widow of Samuel c..
NJ. Allen and eldest daughter Of Henry b.
| Crosby. died suddenly last Thursday in
| Paterson. y. j.
The Fergusons of Fishers Island exhi-
bted 3G pound bronze turkey at the re-
cent New York poultry show. The bird
was sold for shipment to Australia.
The bay lynx which was shot by Mr.
/ Williams of Jamaica several weeks ago is
on exhibition at K. +. Perry's store. 1t
was mounted by G. II. Evans Of Towns
bend, who is a skilled taxidermist.
The Greater New York commission had
| its second public hearing Wednesday. The
! principal argument made before it was by
Dorman B. Eaton, who advocated many
changes not heretofore contemplated
The sessions of the officers school at the
armory next Tuesday and Wednesday will
/ be open to the public. The officers will
engage in drills and will be called upon to
recite from authoritative military works.
! The officers will be here Monday evening,
| when successor to Major Symonds of
Brandon will be chosen.
The Brattleboro town bonds were re.
/ ceived from the engraving concern Tues
| day and were sent at once to Lee, Higgin-
son d Co. of Boston. The payment on
/ the bonds was received yesterday, aud the
money was at once used in settling the in
! debtedness of the town. The total amount
received in principal, premium and utter
est was sol, 992.7s.
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many years on what is now H. f. Bonds
| homestead, at the point OF the triangle
near the Wells fountain, has fallen a vic
tim to the woodlands AK. The tree was
ruined by being used as a stav for tele-
phone or electric light poles. Wires which
were wound about it girdled it midway
among its branches and the upper part
died two years ago. 1t was piece of need
less, though unintentional vandalism, and
the tree will long be missed and regretted
Rce's Comedians, who are to play a full
week engagement at the auditorium, be-
ginning Monday, have received highly com
plimentary press notices all over New Eng
land, being pronounced by many of the
papers as the strongest organization that
has ever been seen at low prices. The
company is playing to a large business this
Mass. There will be a change of play
and specalties nightly. The popular four
act comedy-drama, Under the lions paw"
will be given Monday night. Seats are
now on sale at the Bratteboro News COM
pany's.
Mrs. Jane Fullerton, widow of Alexap-
der \. Fullerton, one Of the pioneers Of
Chicago, died in that city last Thursday
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skilled musician and her love of the Eng
llsh classics was pronounced. She was
born in England, and came TO this country
as the wife of James Hill, young Eng
lshman. Years after the death of Mr.
Hill she was married to Mr.. Fullerton.
Mrs. Fullerton is survived by two daugh-
tiers and son by her first marriage. Mrs.
Fullerton was relative of Mrs F. W.
Childs and was well known in Brattleboro
having often visited here.
George l.. Clark. the well.known gen.
eral merchant Ct West Halifax, filed a vol
untary petition in insolvency "Wednesday.
A meeting of the creditors will be held Al
the probate office in Brattleboro Jan. Is
for the purpose of proving claims and
choosing an assignee. Mr. Clark's sched-
ule shows that he has liabilities of about
$4,000, the largest creditor being the estate
of L. b. Hall, $500 Some of the other
creditors are Peoples National bank.
signed note, 1896; G. D. Moves, SlOj:
Blodgett d Dewitt, $500; Timothy Cav d
Co., S2S4; c. II. Cutting d Co., Of North
Adams, S3O4; H. Newell a Co. of Shell
burne Falls, SIPS; Wilmington savings
bank, signed note, $500. L. B. Hall is
signer of the Wilmington savings bank
note, and L. b. Hall, L. II. Balou and
L. W. Sumner the Peoples National bank
note. Mr.. Clark's assets are stock in the
L. b. Hall store at West Halifax. not in
Guiding the property of Clark & Ballou.
$1,000, and notes and book accounts.
$1,000
The receipts for the past year of the
post-oiilce show a slight falling off from
those OF the previous year, the cause be-
ing attributable to the smaller Christmas
trade and the industrial depression The
gross receipts in the postal department
were ST., 423 30. In the money order de-
partment, however the number of tran
saetlons, H46l, was larger than in anv pre-
vlous year and represented total amount
OF 500, "O2.4O which, though less by
Sd439.71 than the previous year. shows
the remarkable increase of SjS.j4S. and
S34 1913, respectively, over the years of
lssuej-the largest number in four wears
and representing SO, 1852 81 The number
OF international orders issued was 26q
amounting to S4l6S.S6. The amount re-
celved from other post-oftices was SlO3.-
49,. There were more domestic orders
PAID than in previous years, the number
being 4O93, amounting to $40 904. IA Only
~ International orders were paid. while
the amount deposited at Hartford was
sloO, 2Oo The number of registered let
tiers handled was 1916.
Leslie Fuller of Wilmington, a man 35
years old, was brought before Justice New
ton yesterday on complaint sworn out BIZ
States Attorney Robb, charging Fuller
with indecent assault on his step-daughter.
II years old. The little girl is the daugh-
Ter of Watson French, Fuller having mar
red French's divorced wife. The COM
plant alleges that the act was committed
on the 10Th of September last. The child
told her mother at the time and she WAS |
sent TO relatives in Wilmington, to whom |
she told the same story. 1t is said by the
prosecution that Fuller was guilty of the |
same offence upon the child at another time |
than that mentioned in the complaint. Al |
the hearing DR.. Severance testified that no |
made careful examination of the child |
and it was his belief that she had been ont |
ragged. DR.. Holton said he made a hastv |
examination; he found the child not in a |
normal condition, but did not express an |
opinion as to the cause. 1t was al first
proposed by the counsel for the defendant |
TO Introduce evidence to show his inno- |
cence, but it was finally thought to be bet |
ter for him TO be bound up for a small sum |