Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-16

tain Monday night, this time on the north
end. 1t burned we'll into the night, burn
ing over large tract.
The Grange Dramatic club have been
engaged to present 1.-THE Flowing Bowl"
at Hinsdale tomorrow, Saturday, evening
under local management
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure will sell the
grist mill machinery of II. n. Wilder of
Gulford April 2S, on an attachment and
execution in favor of Sherman & Jenne
The young people of the Baptist society
held a missionary meeting az the church
Tuesday evening Mrs Rufus Smith read
a paper and Mrs. l. o. p. Smith gave an
original poem.
Arthur and Horace Scott, sons of Free
man Scott, celebrated their birthday ami
versaries by inviting IS of their young
friends to spend last evening at their home
Games and refreshments were enjoyed.
A. w. Childs has rented of Mrs. c. G..
Leonard the house at IL Oak street and
will take possession before the middle of
May. Mrs. Leonard will move into the
house recently vacated by Merchant d. A.
Young,
Beauseant commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, held special concave Wednesday
afternoon and evening. The Temple and
Malta degrees were conferred upon three
candidates. Sir Knights from Bellows
Falls and Putney were present.
The friends of f. E. Blood, now of Put
ney, will be interested to know that he has
added to his business as the stage and ex-
pressman of that village the hotel livery
stable which he took possession of We'd
nesday night. Mr. Blood will add new
livery stock and will keep horses and car
riages for sale.
The Merchant Fire Insurance company
of Newark, n. j., has entered Vermont
for business. This company is one of the
old American companies, having begun
business in 1855 Its assets Jan. 1 were
over million and half dollars and the
surplus exceeded $780, 900. The local
agency has been placed with A. w. Chids
IL Co.
Edward Miles Abbott of Boston has re-
Gently been chosen treasurer of the Kurn
Hattin Home for boys at Westminster in
place of c. II. Thompson of Bratteboro,
! resigned. This transfers the financial
management of the home to Boston. Mr..
Thompson remains as auditor and as one
of the trustees. George Graft of Boston
has been added to the board of trustees. Ex-
Mayor Van Patten of Burlington continues
as president of the board. There are now 30
boys in the home.
A. II. Wright of North Cambridge,
Mass, an old-time Brattleboro resident and
business man, came to town last Thursday
and remained until Wednesday of this
week. He was accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. j. f. Mansfield, who came to place
her son, Fred Mansfield, with the Estey
Organ company TO learn the tuning bust
ness. Mr.. Wrights friends are glad to
know that since his recovery from very
critical illness last fall his health has been
better than for many years
The commencement exerci.es of the Bal
timore Medical college were held in the
Lyceum theatre in that city Tuesday night,
and diplomas were presented to al gradu-
ates by Gov. Lloyd Lowndes of MARYLAND.
Among the graduates who took high rank
were Frank Ketchum and William NJ
! Robb of Brattleboro. Miss Kate Ketchum,
who is guest in the family of DR.. VIM
b, Clark, and Charles Boyden, who is Wis
iting Liston Ketchum, the lawyer. in Balti-
/ more, were present at the commencement
exercises.
A veteran whose name did not appear in
| the list of the survivors of the Ninth Yer
mont regiment, in the account last week of
the triumphal entry into Richmond. is
| Horace l.. Fish, who has been a resident of
Brattleboro for two years. Mr.. Fish en-
listed as private in Company X of the
Ninth Vermont, Sept. II, 1864, and was
mustered out at Richmond. June l3, 1865.
1t was Company X which snatched and
| held aloft the small national flag which
was thrust out OF a window as they en-
tered the city of Richmond.
The board of trade meets this afternoon
to take action upon letters from a bicycle
company which wishes to come here. The
company now employees about - hands.
but it is getting behind on filling orders,
and wishes to obtain larger quarters so as
to be able to employ 80 hands. The com
pany has capital of S25, 900 and wishes
to increase its capital stock to $50, 900 and
to make stock company of the concern.
The shoe factory agitation has been at a
standstill for few days because of the
sudden desire on the part of the company
to make some changes in plans which had
been proposed. The board expects to hear
from the company today.
Harvey d. Hadlock "a, died at the Re-
we're House in Boston, Tuesday, from apo.
pleXy. He was a native of Maine, and
was educated in that state and at Dart
mouth college, He practiced in Bangor,
Boston and Bucksport, and for the past
ten years has had offices in both Boston
and New York. He has been in Brattle-
0oro several times in recent years as coun- |
sci in the celebrated Knibbs valve case be- |
fore the United States circuit court. Mr.,
Hadlock was man of striking presence, |
and weighed between 800 and 100 pounds. |
lie had been engaged in many important |
cases in recent years. His wife brought |
suit for divorce few months ago, and the |
testimony brought out the fact that Had
locks income some years was upwards of |
$4,000, and that he had been paid as
high as $4,000 in single retainer. In
spite of his large income Hadlock died in
solvent. He lived eXtravagantly, and occu-
pied the Prince of Wales suite at the Re
we're House in Boston. 1t is said that he
had paid the proprietors of that hotel $50
700. Hadlock resembled Daniel Webster
in appearance, and he sought to increase
this resemblance by initiating the dress of
that illustriOus statesman. He was last
here last October, when he appeared to
argue before Judge Wheeler exceptions
taken to the masters report in the Knibbs
valve case.
The Ryan Slate Quarry ReOpened. |
The opening of the johnson & Weather
head quarries by the Guilford Slate con-
pany in January last has proved so prom
Using venture that another large quarry.
that of Patrick Ryan, was reopenel last
week, after a rest of sixteen years. The
company in charge of this quarry is COM