Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-01-26
BRATTLEBORO.

A special meeting of the First Baptist So
ciety will be held Thursday evening.
Retting Bros. are putting electric lights
into their store.
Miss Julia c. Wells has presented the pub
lie library with l25 volumes of new books.
Nne inches of snow fell in Brattleboro
Sunday
The woman's club has voted to invite the
state federation to meet in Brattleboro i'll
October.
S. II. Lazelle of Dover has bought half
interest in f. S. Morse's woodward on Will
liams street,
The George f. Lyons granite company is
making frequent shipments of granite to Hol-
yoke.
The ice harvest has been small up to this
time and not half of the dealers have cut
their supply.
The heavy snow storm of Sunday delayed
the passenger train on the Brattleboro aud
Whitehall road two hours Monday morning.
The Vermont wheel club is making unusual
preparatio tons for its annual banquet ut the
Brooks house Thursday night. Some of the
local wits are down for speeches.
The General electric company of Boston is
wiring the Estey organ works for electric
lights. The company will put in 800 light
dynamo.
Several Brattleboro admirers went to New
OrK 10 WlCn6SS MIS- I1dLUt6 DrdSOT TraIU 8
American debut in grand opera there Monday
night
Lieut.. Hovey of the regular army, who is
stationed at Mortified, gave an informal talk
upon military matters to the Estey guard and
their friends at the armory Tuesday evening.
William H. Vinton, the paper manufactu-
rer, cut and badly lacerated his right hand
and broke two of the bones in paper cutter
yesterday morning.
keene had lSl arrests in 1897, of which 134
were for drunkenness. Brattleboro with
about the same population had Al, of which
six we're out-of-town persons, and 80 were
| for drunkenness.
John F. Livingston, alias Sullivan, who
was brought from Springfield, was arraigned
before Judge Newton Friday, charged with
the larceny of $50 worth of goods and not be-
ing able to pay his fine he was sent to New.
fame Jail.
Dea. G. F. Thompson, one of the corporate
members of the American board, went Mon
day afternoon to New York to attend meet
ing of a committee appointed at New Haven
to whom was referred special business
paper from the prudential committee.
Judge E. l.. Waterman was in Arlington
Monday to act az counsel for the defendant il
the case of Smith against the town of STRAIT
ton. The suit is brought to recover on town
orders, which the selectmen claim are forged
cent buyer.
Plans and schemes for electric railroad ex
tension are being talked. 1t is thought tina
by another winter Bratleboro will have
southern outlet possibly connecting Hinsdal
and Northfeld. The scheme to dam eithe
the Connecticut or West river for power, i
also receiving quiet attention. With boil
. these projects secured the town would taxi
: on new life and growth.
Mrs. G. F. r. JENNIE has issued invitation
| to the Sons of the American Revolution t
attend special meeting of the Daughters @
t the American Revolution at her home o.
Oak street next Saturday evening. On tina
occasion an oak gavel, which has been mad
by G. A. Hines from piece of the old cour,
house at Westminster, the scene of the West
I minister massacre, will be presented by tn
Sons to the Daughters of the Revolution.
An adjourned meeting of the farmers an
: mechanics exchange was held Monday after
: = noon to hear the report of special commit
!. tee, who had formulated a plan for the sale {
r the store to the stockholders. The schem
:, proposes to sell the present business for S7l0
. transferring the stock of each member afte
y the division of the assets to the new compan,
= or buying the stock of those who do not wis
:, to subscribe. The new stock wi ] be 50
y share, instead of So, as at present, and IN
u scheme is conditional on 1900 shares bein
. sub cribed. The plan was unanimous
y adopted
n A bit of good news has come from Mimi
q apols to the clients OF A. F. & L. e Kelle
g in the form of decision by Judge Mitchell
e which, while it does not directly involve. u
Kelleys, will without doubt prevent anotht
serious complication in the settlement of Il
firms affairs. The decision is in regard
the validity of the claim of Mrs. d. d. Me
rill to one-third of the estate of her bankru
husband. Mr.. Merrill, being insolvent, ex
l. cuted to the defendant an assignment of 6
IN his non-exempt property for the benefit
A his creditors, four years ago. Included
tie the assigned property was large amount
lie real estate, which the defendant still ho
o. for the purpose of the trust. Mr. Merrill di'
III in 1896 and his widow claimed an undivid,
st and unincumbered third of the real estat
ry Judge Mitchell says that when the husband
rs estate is administered IN the probate cnu
er the widows third in his real estate is sube
., to the payment of its just proportion of
b. debts and that the wife has no greater RICH
In when her husbands estate is administered
e. bankruptcy than when it is administered
id probate. Had Judge Mitchell's decision be
he in favor of Mrs. Merrill, it is probable th
Vn Mrs. A. F. Kelley and Mrs. l.. Z. kell
'e- them one-third of the firms estate. II
er would have meant a proportionate reducti
in of the firms assets to be distributed amo
he its creditors, as the property in its han
on when bankruptcy proceedings were beg
was nearly all real estate.