Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-04

c. f. Gilman arrived at the ellison horse
stables, Elliot street, Saturday, with a car.
load of horses, said to be the best large and
general purpose horses which ever came
into the valley
The seghride to Hnesburg which the
young people of the Baptist church were to
have had last night has been postponed
one week in order to give time for the prep
aration of an entertainment at Hinesburg.
The Williamsburg City Fire Insurance
company of New York who will begin
doing business in this state next month";
have appointed A. W. Chids d Co. their
local agents. The company has been es-
tablished since 1858. Its assets are
$1,000, 900 and its surplus 81 100000.
Real estate sales at F. j. Baileys agency
this week are as follows: Mrs. 4. G.
Thorn's house and lot on Forest street to
Farley f. Crown. Mr.. Crown will move
there and take possession about April / !;
also a building lot on Forest street owned
by II. Seymour Josselyn to Dr. II. II.
Dinsmore. This lot adions the place re-
Gently bought by the doctor and he buys ii
for an addition to his grounds.
Mrs. G.. X. Lyon was called to Chicopee
Mass, this week TO attend the funeral of
her brother Joseph II. Frary, A., who died
suddenly Saturday from apoplexy in
Springfield He was found unconscious in
the street and an hour later was dead. MIR.
Frary formerly ran cigar store in Chico
pee, but of late had been employed by the
Ames Sword company He was an Odd
Fellow and United Workman. He leaves
widow, son and daughter.
At the regular meeting of the Choral
Union Wednesday evening the designations
of President +. G. Crosby and j. +. Hall,
chairman of the executive committee, were
read and accepted Mr.. Crosby felt it his
duty to resign, as he was out of town so
large a part of the time, and Mr.. Hall
wished to relieve himself of the RESPONSE
! bility which the Craftsmanship of the exec
utive committee involves. Arthur W.
! Childs was elected to succeed Mr.. Hall,
and the election Of a president was put
over until the annual meeting, which oc-
ours next month.
United States District Attorney J. L.
| Martin received an order from Attorney
| General Griggs Monday transferring the
official Office of the district attorney from
! Burlington to Brattleboro. At the time of
| MI. Martins appointment he was informed
that the office would be kept at Burlington.
| but upon Mr.. Martin making representa-.
! tions to the department as to the inconven-
! fence of having the office there the change
was ordered. The government and Mr..
Martin will benefit by the change Mr..
Martin is allowed a certain amount for
mileage and before the change was made
! this mileage was computed from Burlng-
| ton Thus in case of a hearing in Bur
! lington he would be obliged to travel from
! Brattleboro TO Burlington while no mileage
urgr ha oil IN ~ Mt ar,l . la.a
! government will effect a saving from the
fact that a large majority of the cases
| heard in the state before Judge Wheeler
are held in Brattleboro. In those cases,
| the attorneys office being here, no mileage
| will be involved. Another Inconvenience
in the old arrangement arose from the fact
that a large part of the district attorneys
mail was addressed to Burlington.
The first runaway OF the week occurred
Monday morning while Ned Stoddard was
taking orders On Prospect Hill with Free
man SCOTS grocery team. His sleigh
! dropped into a dip hole on Central street
striking the heels Of the horse The ami
| MAJ started on the run. Mr.. Stoddard was
thrown out at the corner Of Central and
Pine streets and the horse continued
through Pine. Canal and Main streets to
age. NJ. H. Chickering left his covered
milk sleigh near the water-cure buildings
on Elliot street Tuesday. The horse
turned out of the road drawing one run
ner over a snow bank, overturning the
sleigh. The horse ran to the foot OF School
street, where it was caught after having
spilled 80 or more quarts of milk and have
ing broken the top OF the sleigh. One of c.
+. Aliens sons left Mr.. Aliens horse near
the office Tuesday afternoon. The horse
started slowly but in making a turn the
sleigh struck the corner of the barn and
was upset. The horse's gait increased
rapidly until near David Downer's on
Canal street where it was stopped by get
ting its feet entangled in the reins The
sleigh was demolished.
Mrs. Coolidge Controls the Property.
Interesting developments have taken
place this week in the case Of Mrs. II. O.
Coolidge VS.. Chas Miner, involving the Steb-
bins building at the corner of South Main
and Canal streets, by which Mrs. Coolidge
has regained possession of the property. 1t
will be remembered that at the time of the |
failure of the late Z. II. Van Doom, Mrs. |
Coolidge held mortgage of $4,000 on the |
block. The equity was bid off at auction |
by Mr.. Miner for SIS. Mrs. Coolidge |
was unable to collect the amount due on |
the mortgage and she began foreclosure |
proceedings and was granted decree at |
the last term of the county court. Her
counsel then asked the court to shorten the |
usual time of redemption, which is one
year, on the ground that Mr.. Miners pur-
pose in obtaining the property was to Sc
cure the use of il for year (the building
rents for $500 a year. and that he had no
intention OF ever redeeming it. Chancellor
Ross shortened the redemption seven
months and ordered that Mr.. Miner pay
5000 on March to show that his inten-
ton was good Mr.. Miner then traded his
equity with Massachusetts man and the
latter traded it with another man from the
same state This last man came 10 Brat
tleboro the first of the week and turned
the property over to Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs
Coolldge's counsel now advises her to
bring suit TO recover the rent of the build
ing, since the building was sold by auction.
Mrs. Coolidge has leased the upper part of
the building to Mr.. Miner for a term of
five years.
Death of Charles II. Gray.
Charles r. Gray, for many years a resi-
dent of the Bratteboro Retreat, and a ia
miliar figure in our streets, died at the Re-
treat on Monday. He was born in Dor
chester, Mass, Feb. IL, 1919, being one of
4 family of six sons and six daughters.
He was son of Henry Gray, a large ship
owner, and grandson of William Gray, ia
mlllarly and widely known as Billy GRAY !