Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-18
VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY,

A deer was seen near the mouth Of
Broad brook recently.
The granite curbing in front of Whet-
stone block has been raised and straight
ened.
Liveryman Browns tally-ho brought
over a party from Pine Grove Springs
Tuesday
Rev. John W. Buckham Of Cambridge,
Mass, will preach in the Congregational
church next Sunday.
The Vaughan g. Sargent Electrical com
pany is wiring G. o. Robbins's house on
Chaplin street fer electric lights.
The new Main street bridge across Whet-
stone brook has been repainted this week,
and concrete sidewalks have been laid
across it..
Judges Worden and Kellogg will be in
Brattleboro today TO designate the towns
from which jurors are to be drawn for the
coming September term of the county
| court.
The Sunsetpaper mill has been closed
this week on account OF the inability TO
get material from the mill where the stock
is manufactured, the manufacturers being
hampered by low water.
| Chas. StOckwell who has been motor
man on the electric railroad, will open
fish market in the building occupied by E.
II. Thomas on Flat street. Mr.. Stockwell
expects to be ready for business week
from Saturday.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for George
r. Goodenough his house in Atbol, Mass,
to William Langley of Boston. Mr.. Good
enough takes in part payment Mr.. Lang
ley's farm in Guilford known as the War
rem Fessenden place.
Mrs. G. G. Messer gave a tally-ho ride
to Is of her friends Monday afternoon.
They rode to Vernon and upon their re-
turn took supper AZ the Brooks House,
after which they attended the exhibition in
hypnotism by Santanelli.
The annual excursion TO Watch Hill and
Block Island under the auspices of the
Willimantic Christian Endeavor society
will be run Tuesday, Aug. %, via the Cen
trail Vermont railway from Palmer and sta
tions south to South Coventry, Conn. The
fare will be s12j from Palmer, and the
train will leave there at 35 A NJ.
The lack of interest which the people Of
Brattleboro take in the election of school
district officers was shown at the special
meeting Tuesday evening, which was
called to elect a third member of the
school board in place of Major ]. Gray
Estey, resigned. Hon. j. L. Martin was
unanimously the choice of an enthusiastic
crowd of three persons.
A foot ball team, to be known as the Y.
NJ. G. A. team, is in process of organiza-
ton. The players, so far as they have
been secured, consist of Charles Mann, C..
L. Stickney, c. B. Crowell, II. r. Horton,
Walter Cooley, Louis Thomas, John
| W.
levy and Perley Holmes. The team will
begin practicing next week.
NJ. L. Chi!ds, SS, died Tuesday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. II. l.. Searle,
in Hartford, Conn, where he had been
since last April. He is survived by a
daughter and three sons, one Of whom is
F. L. Childs of Brattleboro. Mr.. Childs
was native of Hardwick, Mass, and
lived many years in Springfield, where be
was engaged in the brick making business.
Mr. Childs's wife died last February
D. Mackenzie of New London, superin-
tendent of the southern division of the
Central Vermont railway, has resigned
and r. w. Baldwin has been appointed
superintendent of both northern and
southern divisions. G. f. Soule of Quincy,
ILL.,, has been appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the southern division with office
at New London. Mr. Mackenzie has
made many personal friends in Bratteboro
during his connection with the road, and
his retirement will be generally regretted.
Michael Callahan, a. died Monday at
the home of Mrs. Jennie Whalen on Reed
street. The funeral was held in the Roman
Catholic church at o'clock Wednesday
and the burial was in the Roman Catholic
cemetery Mr.. Callahan was born in Ire
land and he formally lived in Dummers-
ton. He leaves a son Michael and daugh-
, ter, Mrs. Eliza Healey, in Holyoke, Mass,
both of whom attended the funeral, Mrs.
Healey coming last Saturday. Mr.. Gala
hans son John was drowned in the Con.
necticut river at Millers Falls during
, the June freshet of 1897 boat in which
he and another person were rowing being
swept over dam.
, The stockholders of the BrattleborC
Street Railroad company held their annual
meeting in Grange hall Monday evening
about 25 persons being present. The an
, nual report of the finances of the road had
: already been made through printed circu
lars, and it has been published in this pa
per. The stockholders voted TO sustain
the action of the directors in buying the
Centreville factory and other property, and
at some length The old board of director:
was reelected, including f. L. Waterman
S. S. Hunt, Fl. l.. Emerson, j p. Sargent
and c.. A Smith. The directors after
wards organized by electing Judge Water
man president, S. S. Hunt vice-president
G. L. Stickuey clerk and treasurer and c.
K. Jones superintendent.
The hearing in the case of Blodgett d
Dewitt against F. o. Downs of Drummer
ston was concluded in the Office of the
county clerk Wednesday, but the decision
was reserved. The suit was to recover a
balance of $50 on a book account, the last
, item of which was charged early in 1892
The principal controversy was over a
counter which Downs sold to Blodgett d
Dewitt. Downs claimed that the sale OF
the counter was made in February, 1892
, 1t appeared that the counter was taken "a
store in DummeIston and was not re,
ceived by Blodgett & Dewitt until Octo.
} Der. Blodgett & DeWitt's books showed
that the counter was credited in October
II the court finds that bona fide sale was
made in February Downs will win under
the statute of limitations, six years having
elapsed before the suit was brought. II
he finds that the credit made in o ,tober
constituted the sale Blodgett & Dewitt
| will win for the cOnVersa reason