Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23


Jan. IL.
IIolbrook d Bgelow, the granite and
marble dealers, with works in Centrevlle,
have dissolved partnership. The business
will be continued by Mr.. Hobrook, who
will settle The affairs of the firm.
S. A. Wells of Newburyport, Mass, has
been engaged as cutter for Pratt, Wright
n Co. He will come here next week. Mr..
| Wells knows the customs clothing business
| thoroughly, and during his experience Of
! - years as a cutter has been employed In
| leading tailoring establishments in Boston
and other large cities.
Mrs. Orrel c. Brown has been appointed
administrators Of the estate of George w.
| Brown of Brattleboro A. =. Bishop and
George Plumb have been appointed APP
praisers and commissioners OF the estate of
Milton b. Bishop of Wilmington. John
| H. Merrlfeld has been appointed guardian
of Emeline NJ rsc of Wiliamsville.
bingham Chapter. Order of Eastern
STAR elected these oil 'ers Tuesday even
| ing: w. NJ, Emma + Il I'VE; w. T.,
Arthur Norris: A, NJ, Mary Randall
treasurer. Carrie Hamilton; secretary,
Florence Clark conductress, Maverette
! Fisher: assistant cnnductress. Mary Fletch-
er. These and the appointed officers will
be- installed Jan. 3.
Charles CLARK was arrested by Chief-of
Police Hall Saturday and was arraisned
before Justice Newton on the charge Of
disturbing the peace 10y assaultng Kern
Adams i'm the night lunch room on Wed.
nesday night of last week. The scrap
was mentioned in The Phoenix last Friday.
Clark pleaded guilty and was fined - and
costs, amounting to 1911.
Miss Samantha Robbins, 81, died Mon
day of old age and heart disease The
funeral was held Tuesday at the home Of
her niece, Mrs. II. +. c. T0dt, Rev. F. +.
Marble officiating. The burial will be in
the Robbins family lot in Wardsboro.
Miss Robbins was daughter of the late
Erastus Robbins of Wardsboro and a sis
ter of Marcus Robbins of Brattleboro.
Charles Miner had sent to him by ex-
press Saturday a Shetland pony which he
bought while attending the horse show in
| New York Mr.. Miner claims that this
pony is the smallest Shetland pony in this
country except those whose growth has
been stunted by artificial means. 1t is five
years old, weighs l75 pounds and stands
344 inches high. II was raised in Ohio.
The Vermont letter in last weeks issue
of the Waterman, the Baptist journal,
contained the following about a former
Brattleboro boy; Sumner K. Ninton,
who is travelling in the interest of the
Student Volunteer movement, visited
Burling' on recently and gave several in
terestng addresses. Mr.. Ninton is a son
of Brainard Nintou, the missionary, and
expects, after completing his studies, TO re-
turn to Burmah and labor as a mission.
airy where both his parents and grandpar.
ents have labored.'
There was a hearing in the probate Office
Saturday on the petition that Mellen n
Proctor asking the court to order the as.
signees to sell pasture in Marlboro con.
sisting of about - acres which was deed.
ed to them 10y Hugh Adams to secure them
for signing a note. The note was signed
four days before the deed was made out.
Seven days after the deed was made out
Mr.. Adams went into insolvency and nine
days later the deed was recorded. Prior
to the signing of the note Mr. Adams had
been sued by II. p. Smith to recover a
debt. The assgnees claim that to sell the
real estate would be giving Mellen Il
Proctor unlawful preference.
The First Baptist society held its annu,
al meeting in the Baptist chapel Tuesday
evening. These officers were elected
President, S. II. Warren; vice president,
L. W. Hawley; secretary, II. b. Chamber
lain; treasurer, 5. w. Edgett; collector
II. b. Chamberlain; auditor, H. F. c.
Todt; trustees, DR.. ii. ID. Holton, l.. j
Retting, G.. S. Phillips, c. b. Crowell and
{. S. Hopkins The reports of the officer.
were accepted and adopted The treasur
er's report showed the society TO be in a
better financial condition than for several
years past. 1t was voted TO change the
time of the annual meeting from the third
Tuesday to the first Thursday in Decem.
Der. II was also voted to continue the
envelope system of raising money, each
person pledging a certain amount and pay,
ing it in weekly instruments.
Warner Stowe of Halifax has been
granted an appeal by the probate court this
week from the disallowance, by the commits.
| sioners of the estate of the late Israel Stowe
of Halifax of his claim against the estate
Israel Stowe died last year. He and his
brother Warner lived together on a farm in
Halifax for many years, but their accounts
were kept separately. Previous to the
death of Israel Stowe Warner sued for an
accounting, but the accounting was pre-
vented by Mr.. Stoves death Warner
Stowe presented TO the commissioners a
claim for 10000, but the commissioners
disallowed il. The matter will probably
come up at the next March term of county
court. The court has also granted TO
John f. Gale of Guilford an appeal from
the allowance, by the commissioners of the
Nelonia p. Keyes estate, of the claim of
Roy c. Haynes for $50 Nj. Gale is adj.
ministrator of the estate.
Has Liabilities of SS7OOO
Henry 5. Bingham, a prominent manu-.
facturers' agent of knit goods in Benning-
ton, is financially embarrassed, with labil-
tiles of SS7 900 and assets of $50, 900. He
owes the knitting concerns of Bennington
S3S, 900, and the largest out of town cred
itors are the New England Knitting com
pany of Winsted, Conn, ST. 900; +. A.
Brown Il Co., of Troy, n. Y, $4,000 and
l.. A. Narrower of Amsterdam, n. Y,
$500. A compromise is being made with
the creditors on the basis of 80 cents on
the dollar. Mr.. Bingham has been in bust
ness % years, succeeding his father. The
business was profitable up TO 1898, but
since then Mr.. Bingham has met with
large losses. Mr.. Bingham has been prom
inent in public affairs, and has represented
Bennington in the legislature He is well
known in Brattleboro, having been a stu
dent at the High school here years ago.
seIectmen WIN Assist Parmenter.
The petition to the state supreme court
for writ of mandamus preliminary to or