Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14

Gently in NeWtane1 al ABOUT NiOO' I
A horse owned by L. S. Higgins, hired {
by Groceryman Roberts and attached to |
MIR. Robertss delivery sleigh, took fright 9
at an electric car Friday night and ran to
MIR. Robertss house on Western avenue.
The Estey Organ company held its an {
nual meeting Monday and elected j. j.
Estey president. j. @. Estey vice presl-
dent and j. IL. Estey secretary and treas
urer. The reports of the officers for last
year were read and accepted
Freeman SCOTS delivery horse, which
was severely cut a few weeks ago, was
killed the first of the week. A delivery
horse owned by the Farmers Il Mechan-
les Exchange died Saturday night. Gro
ceryman Roberts has bought horse this
week for use on his delivery wagon.
According to a report from Dummerston
Slab Hollow the dance which took place in
Johnson's hall last Friday night was not
productive of specially pleasant results.
1t seems that three West Dummerstonltes,
including the champion slugger of that |
burg. attended the dance and. according 10 /
their report they were not treated as gen |
tlemanv as they deserved They resented |
this apparent insult and pugilstic en-
counter followed between the West DUN
merston boys and a like number from East
Dummerston The latter were victorious,
and as one man saws. EAST DummerstOu
holds the belt
The thaw Of Wednesday and the thun-
der storm Of Wednesday night caused the
ice in West river To break up yesterday
morning with the result that the wooden
trestie supporting one end OF the MARIO"
gauge railroad bridge at the "SaImon
| Hole" this side Of Townshend. was carried
away. The bridge did not fall, but 1t was
considered unsafe and passengers and mail
/ matter have since been transferred from
/ one train 10 another at the bridge. The an
/ Choir ice tioated IN large quantities into Inc
/ Connecticut river and it has lodged IN the
/ river back of the Main street blocks so
! that the river is white as far north as one
can see from the bridge
An order has been issued by the dis
trct court. county of Hennepin, MINI
/ directing that all creditors OF y. f. and l..
Z. Kelley"and all other persons interested,
appear at a special term OF the court TO be
held at the court house in Minneapolis,
ian. 20. TO show cause if any they have,
why an order should not be made allowing
the account of the assgnees OF and fixing
the amount of compensation to be paid to
them and to their said attorneys for ser
vices from the time OF the assignment of
said insolvents to the time OF said hearing,
and WHY the several recommendations OF
the assignees set forth in said report
should not be adopted
A decided improvement is being made by
the Central Vermont railroad company in
the part OF the depot occupied by the West
ern Union telegraph company The win
dow on the west side and Just south of the
baggage room has been removed and door
will be put in its place The door al the
southeast corner of the room has been re-
. moved and a window substituted Thu,
changes the entrance from the southeast
} / corner to the west side. A PARTITION has
, been built through the room, running north
and luth and dividing it into two rooms
The room next TO the railroad vii. be tttet
with shelves and will be used as a register
/ room by conductors The two telegraph
instruments displaced by this room will be-
placed near the new window
An over-heated stove set ire to a lounge
in the tenement occupied 10y d. p. Dewitt
IS in W G. DoolIttle's house on Cana
IL street Yesterday afternoon. No one wa
IS in the tenement but the odor OF smoke wa
'l soon detected by Mrs. George T. Merrill
" who lives in the tenement over MI De
10 Witt. and she notified W. L. Combs, VIII
lives in the same house. MI Combs en-
tered Mr.. DeWitts apartment and foun
the lounge. which stood near a coal stove
in flames. He opened the back toor an
threw the lounge out. but IN doing so hi
wrists were somewhat burned and his hal
n. was singed Meanwhile Blacksmith Wa
DIT ter Jacobs pulled in an alarm from box 3
which called out the fire department, br
= no water was thrown. A. W. Childs
Co. adjusted the loss at SO.
eff The second evening at whist in the We
ST mont Wheel clubs tournament reSulte
Tuesday evening in a victory for W. I
e. Perry and c. O. Robbins over @held of te
st pairs. In chess Pettee has beaten Gu
of worth and Bacon has won from Dewitt
Other games of the week are as follows
al Three ball billiards, Bacon 90 w. II. Pc
.. ~ So: Howe 100, Robertson =; Child
il / 12O, Bracket 3d. Shumway 80. Howe 3
of Shumway winning on handicap four ba
:, billiards, Landry 1870 Foster %: Child
800, Stockwell 50: Bailey 200. knight $
al Harris $50. Hubbard %; Robertson Is
Ie Pratt So: Munger 23O, Wood $50; Brac
ooHn ett $50, Harris l4l. Bracket winning
% the handicap: Randall 100, Howe -
SsH Randall winning on the handicap: poo
NC Wood IS. McRae 40; Robertson so. Land
27; Stockwell 60, Jordan 33.
ar The national banks held their annu
is meetings Tuesday forenoon according
10 law. The officers elected at the Nermo
no National we're: Directors, c. j. Amido
he W. H. Rockwell II. D. Holton, +,
inn Brooks, G. c. Averill; president, g.
Averill: cashier, c. W. Richardson; tellc
-, c. II. Thompson; book aeeper, c. A. 30
N den The Peoples National elected:
il9 rectors. T. j. b. Cudworth, o. L. She
~ man, J. j. Estey, S. A. Smith, G.
i.' Greene, W. II. Bracket, II. P. Wellma
Ia president, j. j. Estey; vice president,
20 l.. Sherman cashier, W. II. Bracket
-. tellers, C. F. Bingham and c. l.. Stickne
=" bookkeeper, A. F. Pettee The prom
ny ton of Mr.. Stickney to the position
30 teller at the Peoples bank was DESERVE
pa recognition of his ability and his sew
, , years of faithful service in that institute
ne Christmas GINS to an Italian Missile
sts For several years the Congregation
or SUNDAY school has sent various amour
er of money. clothing and other articles
be Rev. Antonio Alright, pastor of the ltali
md Evangelical church of Broome street, y
Y ork, for use among the children of
asst SUNDAY school. Last Christmas they 5,
the him $50, a quantity of apples and 400 b
can of candy for his Christmas fiesta" X
ion | Mr.. Day read Mr. Arrighi's response to
oh school last sunday 1t said in part &C
The Christmas fiesta was great success.
AL think il was the very best we have q
Mr.. had, and all honor is due yourself and
of kind people of Brattleboro. may h