Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-25
BRATTLEBORO.

Manley Brothers have rented one of the
stores in Rettng block and will open A BIZ
cycle store W. f. Goddard is now NOV
ing his book bindery from Harmony block
to Rettng block.
The competition took place last night for
promotions in the Estey Guard. Corporals
George Whitney, Fred Dunklee and c. II.
Davis will be made sergeants; and Pri-
Yates j. Leslie Elmer, A. V. d. Piper and
l.. A. Whitney will be made corporals.
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision in the case Of Perry vs.. the Vermont
Farm Machine company for damages on
account of personal injuries sustained
while an employe of the company The
judgment Of the county court is affirmed.
awarding Perry Sl29S. This is an import.
ant case, as il involves the question of liza
bility of employers when their employes
meet with accident while performing regu-
lar work.
The Rev. Mr.. Collins, at the request of
the supervisor and the teachers of the Sth
grade in the Grammar schools, made an
address to the pupils of that grade in the
High school room on Monday afternoon.
giving an account of his visit last summer
TO the batteshp Indiana" describing the
modern system OF warfare, the different
apartments and appliances of steel ar
mored vessel, the use OF torpedoes. tor
pedo boats, etc,
The case of the town of Guilford against
Myron Corbett of Bernardston was heard
before !. H. Mortified, referee, Tuesday.
The town of Guilford claimed that Cor
bett while overseer of the poor in Ber
nardston, aided Mary Porter, pauper of
BerdardstOn, in removing to Guilford by
advising her to 60 and by giving her an
order for 50 on the town of Bernardstop
with the understanding that thencefOr
ward she would be assisted and supported
by the town of Guilford Mr.. Corbett
made a general denial of the charges. He
admitted giving the order on the town but
stated that the woman told him that she
had house in Guilford where she could
60 to live and that he told her he thought
it would be the best thing for her to do.
He claimed that that was not assisting her
contrary to the statute,
A special meeting Of the Windham
county board OF fire underwriters was held
at the Brooks House Saturday, for an in
terchange Of ideas on the part of the mem
bers OF the board regarding the recent re-
duction in FIRE insurance rates in Brattle-
boro and Bellows Falls by the New Eng
land insurance Exchange, and the mem
bers were unanimous in expressing their
dissatisfaction over the unequal reduction.
They argued that the ratio of rates pre-
vious 10 the reduction was supposed to be
equitable and that the people were. there
fore, not unwarranted in complaining at
the favortism shown by the recent une-
quail reduction. One example of the in
justice of the reduction is shown by the
fact that the rate on the Brooks House
was reduced 20 per cent while the rate on
the Vermont Savings bank building d.
rectly across the street is not changed.
All local insurance men know that the
Vermont Savings bank building was more
entitled TO a reduction than the Brooks
House. A committee consisting OF Z. s.
Leonard of Bellows Falls, II. +. Taylor
and A. w. Chids of Brattleboro was APP
pointed TO draw up resolutions to be pre-
scented to the Exchange, expressing their
dissatisfaction with the present rates and
asking that the reduction be made more
genera.