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

Miscellaneous.
Golden wedding anniversaries have been
celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Hazelton Rice,
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Plummer, Rev. and
Mrs. Lewis Grout, West Brattleboro; Mr..
and Mrs. j. G, Weatherhead, Vernon; DR..
and Mrs. Daniel Campbell Saxtons River;
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Babbitt, South Lon
donderry; Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Scott,
Brattleboro; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Morse,
South Newfane; Rev. and Mrs. p. F. Bar
nard, Dummerston Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Croser, Halifax. Dea. and Mrs. Leroy
Wilder of Dummerston celebrated their
Gath wedding anniversary in January.
The healing powers which Bradley c.
Newell, the famous Vermont "Schlatter,"
claims to possess, were first mentioned in
January and have since earned him $780,
600 besides an almost national reputation.
The remodelled town house was thrown
open to the public February /, with i'm
pressive services.
At the annual meeting of the Brattleboro
Street Railway company in February it was
voted to increase the capital stock to S7j,-
600.
The supreme court of Vermont rendered
a decision on the Marlboro South pond case
in March, reversing the judgment which
Judge Taft of the county court directed to
be given TO the defendant, George MatheT,
in 1894, and remanded the case to the
county court. Final judgment for the de-
PENDANT was rendered Nov. 10.
The Central Vermont railroad was placed
in the hands of receiver in March, through
an action of the Grand Trunk company in
its suit TO settle difference in traffic bal
ances.
Dedicatory services of the Advent church
of Brattleboro were held in April.
A caucus decision, placing in nomina-
ton a new board of bailiffs, was reversed
at the annual village meeting in May, and
the old board was reelected.
One hundred and fifty of the states in
sane patients were transferred in Nav from
the Brattleboro Retreat to the state insane
asylum at Waterbury.
The county convention of the Womans
Christian Temperance union was held in
Brattleboro June "a.
The Universalist association of Wind
ham and Bennington counties held its an
nual convention at Brattleboro June %.
A special town meeting was called June
20 to consider the questions of building
retaining wall in Centreville and of expend-
ing $500, in addition to 5000 previously
voted, for the purpose of equipping the
new town house with electric lighting. The
questions were left TO the selectmen, who
decided them in the affirmative.
The ravages of the army worm in the
Connecticut Valley form a part of local
history. Its depredations were the worst
in Westminster, where so acres of crops
were destroyed.
The Valley Fair association held a mid
Iulv d urba int
ing races took place.
The 10Th annual field day of the Pocum-
tuck Valley Memorial association was held
Aug. IS, near the site of old Fort drummer
and was a memorable occasion.
The Vermont Wheel club scored another
success at its annual race meet, Aug. IS
Although no records were broken there
were many excellent features, especially
the riding of r. F. Ludwig of Chicopee,
Mass, and the close finishes in the pro-
fessional races.
The Brattleboro Jelly company was re-
organized into stock company September
10, with capital of $40, 200.
The failure in September of the mort
gage loan firm of A. F. & l.. f. Kelley of
Minneapolis was a disaster which was Sc
riously felt in Windham county. OF &c.
600, 10000 loaned on real estate over 81 ,000,-
600 was Windham county money.
Two important suits-those of S. II.
Sherman VS.. the Estey Organ company,
and Helen B. Clark VS.. the EMPLOYERS
Liability company-were decided by the
county court in favor of the plaintiffs.
The 18th annual Valley Fair, Sept. 80
and Oct. l, surpassed all previous exhi-
billions and was the most complete fair of
the year in New England.
A thousand Republicans were in line in
Bellows Falls and again in Brattleboro, in
November, celebrating the election of Nc
Kinley and Hobart.
1t was voted at a special town meeting,
Nov. 81, TO issue town bonds to the amount
of $50 600, bearing per cent interest. Bel
lows Falls also voted, Dec 10, to issue
so, 900 bonds to pay the cost of its new
High school building
The New England manufacturers of
newspaper stock, including the Fall Noun
tain paper company of Bellows Falls, held
a conference in New York the first week
in December and decided to form a combi-
nation.
The Racine Fire Engine company
brought suit the first of December against
a conn ittee representing the citizens of
Putney to recover the price of a chemical
engine.
Thu Grange Fire Insurance company,
chartered by the state legislature, was or
ganized at Brattleboro, Dec. II, with John
E. Gale of Guilford as president.