Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-04

L. U. Cole of Burlington has been APP
pointed the general agent for Windham |
county of the Vermont Life Insurance
company of Burlington and will locate in |
Brattleboro.
Mrs. James Reed of Green street fell
while thawing out the water pipes in her
cellar last Monday night and sustained a
fracture of her hip. Mrs. Reed is 10 years
old, and the age makes the accident more
serious.
The next lecture in the Fortnighty
clubs college lecture course will be deliv
cred in the Congregational church next
Tuesday evening when Rev. A. Il. Mer-
riam of Hartford, Conn, will speak upon
"Some Literary Utopias.' The lecture
will be preceded by a supper in the chapel
and parlors as announced elsewhere.
The state board of health, in connection
with its meteorological laboratory at Bur
lington, has established throughout the
state local depots of supplies for the use
of physicians who desire the aid of a lab
oratory. The drug stores of f. H. Holden
d Co., Brattleboro, and j. f. Pierce, Bel
lows Falls, are the local depots in this
county.
A misstep caused Col. II. L. Taylor to
fall about half the length of flight Of
stairs at his home Saturday afternoon.
He struck partly upon one wrist and part
ly upon his head, with such force that he
was stunned and lay motioness for a few
minutes. He was found by his son, L. d.
Taylor, who heard moan. Col. Taylors
injuries are not as serious as was al first
feared.
L. A. Webster of Orangeburg, S. c.,
brother of DR.. ID. p. Webster, was con
tirmed by the Senate last week as collector
of internal revenue for the district of South
Carolina. He was nominated last Novem
Der, and has been holding the position
since then. He was collector under pre-
vious administration, and as the Republican
national committeeman from South Caro-
lima acts as referee in the post. office cases
and in the disposal Of other political APP
pointments in the state The salary of
the collector is $500 a year
The St, Adams correspondent of the
Boston Globe touches upon military mat
tiers in his Sunday letter, and has the fol-
lowing of local interest: The resignation
OF Capt. j. Harry Estey, adjutant OF the
LIST regiment, is a matter of regret TO many
friends in the service. He has been a very
popular officer, thoroughly democratic aud
always genial, and the peculiarly perplex-
ing duties of his position have been dis
charged with an ever present regard for
the convenience and advantage of the vari-
Gus company commanders who have dealt
with him in regmental affairs. II had
been hoped that he might assume some
other office where the duties were less bur
densome.'
The exhibit in amateur photography
which began in the parlors Of the !. NJ.
{. a. last Thursday night was well pat
ronlZed up to the time of closing Saturday
between 80 and 800 persons paying ad-
mission. The judges. Henry Haywood.
George II. Clapp aud Miss Belle Emerson,
designated what they considered the most
creditable specimens Friday afternoon. No
prizes were offered. the work being simply
marked according to its excellence. The
best work in the competitive exhibit was
credited to Mrs. c. ). Pratt, the second
best to Francis W Nichols and the third
best to II. F. Jordan. Honorable men
ton was made Of the work Of Miss Grace
Emerson and Miss Florence Pratt. The
proceeds of the exhibition are for the ben
etit of the Woman's auxiliary of the Young
Mems Christian association. Ii is prob
able that there will be a similar exhibition
each year hereafter.
Lower Insurance Rate Asked.
The local committee. consisting of ]. L.
Martin, John Calvin and G. W. Hooker.
appointed to confer with the New England
Insurance exchange relative to a reduction
OF tire insurance rates in Bratteboro met
the representatives OF the exchange in the
office OF Waterman, Martin d Hit last
ri I4rat }. a.. II
Hatch, the exchange committee. and local
insurance men were among those present.
The claims of the local committee were
presented and were backed up solidlv by
statistics, in the light of which the ex-
change committee admitted that the rates
were high but they would not admit that
they were eXhorbtant.
The local committee showed that for the
past tve years the premiums paid to the
exchange by the policy holders in Brattle-
boro had been 100000 year while the
amount returned TO pay f:e losses had been
but about $4,000 year. and they we're
OF the opinion that $4,000 profit on a
business of $40 OO0 and that al the en-
pense OF BrattlebOrO property holders, was
not just the thing OF course the cost of
running the business must be considered,
but that would not materially lessen the
profit. The committee also showed that
with three independent sources of water
supply Brattleboro has better facilities for
lighting fire than have Montpelier, Rut-
land, Middlebury and like towns which
have much lower rate of insurance
Other arguments of equal force were made
and the exchange committee took the mat
ter under consideration. The result will
be announced, 1t is expected, in about two
weeks.
Probate Court for January.
The January session of the probate
court for the Marlboro district was held
last Saturday before Judge Waterman.
The will OF John Greenwood of Dunn
merston was allowed. The final account
of Mary f. Winchester, executrix of the
estate of Clara NJ Winchester of VII
mingt0n, was allowed and the balance in
her hands was ordered distributed accord
ing TO the terms OF the will. The final ac-
count of Mary F Winchester, executrix
of the estate of Lottie +. Wheeler of vii
mington, was allowed and the balance Or !
dered distributed. The will of Jane l..
Chase of Newfane was allowed, BENJAMIN |
c. Eager was appointed executor and i.
c. Benedict and n. NJ. Batchelder were
appointed appraisers. The will of Laura |
A. Wetherell of Brattleboro was allowed. |
A license to sell all the real estate at pri- |
vate sale was granted TO John Z. Gale. ad- |
of the estate of Charlotte Z. |
Squires OF Guilford. Mr. Gale also mo- |
toned that the final settlement of the es- |
tate be made on the last Saturday in |
F.hruArV The final appount of No