Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-10

A supply of Pan American postage
stamps has been received at the post
Office.
Orie Stevens and Miss Kate Phillips.
both employees of the Brattleboro
Hosiery company, were married Sat
urday at the brides home in Hinsdale.
The will have rooms in the odd Eel
lows building.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for
Frank b. Warner his farm in Vernon,
the old Howe homestead, to Harlan
II. Howe, who will take possession
at once. Mr.. Warner has taken Mr..
Howe's house in Esteyville in ex-
change
Sparks from a locomotive started a
fire in the pine woods on j. T. Hill
dreths farm Sunday afternoon. The
fire spread with great rapidity, and
II men who were fighting it had diff
ficulty IN keeping it from the cottage
overlooking the river.
National Lecturer c. e. Whelan. of
the Order of Modern Woodmen of
America, viii speak about the order
in Grange hall at s o'clock tonight
He will be assisted by Deputy A. o.
Palmer of Burlington and Special
Deputy Charles Fetzer of Illinois.
Frank e. Howe, editor of the Barre
Times, and a former Brattleboro boy,
has been chosen president of the golf
club in that city. Mr.. Howe became
familiar with the game during the
two winters which he spent as news
paper correspondent in Palm Beach,
Fla.
At a meeting of the Connecticut So
ciety of Colonial Wars, held in New
Haven last week. Prof Williston Wal
ker, historian of the society. read
sketches of three members who have
died during the past year-Elisha
Turner, Charles Dudley Warner, and
Prof. Salisbury of Yale.
A special session of the probate
court was held Saturday. Judge Wa
terman presiding. The account of
n. 7. Ryan, administrator of the Kate
fitzgerald estate of Brattleboro, was
accepted and allowed. The will of
Emery KnOwlton was probated and
allowed, and Sabina G.. Knowlton
was appointed eXecutriX and G. A.
Boyden and Alonzo Starkey commits
sioners.
A session of the United States cir
cunt court was held at the Brooks
House Friday before Judge H. H.
wheeler in the case of the Champlain
construction company VS.. O'Brien &.
Sheehan on motion of the company
10 amend its complaint. The case is
now with the court. A hearing was
set for the May term of the United
states court at Windsor in the case
OF y Brien & Sheehan VS.. George r
Bottom and others.
j. Gayley, who bought the Hamilton
farm with a view to erecting a hand
some summer residence upon it. is
trst vice president of the United
States Steel Corporation. recently or
Sanlzeu with capital of $l.10O. 600
OOO.. Mr. Gayley, who was a large
stockholder in the Carnegie company.
mas moved his headquarters from
Plttsburg to New York. He will come
10 Brattleboro the coming summer to
make definite arrangements in re-
gard to the erection of his summer
residence.
Justice Frank Stoves decision in
the case of Holden & Martin against
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Mellen. reported
last week, was in favor of the plain
tlIis. The suit was brought to re
cover bill and the defendants conn
sci entered plea in abatement and
moved to dismiss on the ground of
lnsuihclent recogniZance. The court
held that the motion to dismiss was
maze TOO late, the case having been
continued twice, and rendered iudg-
ment Tor the plaintiffs to recover
S2t.i5 and costs. The defendants an
pealed.
Ernest l.. Davis, who visited with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Davis
Saturday and Sunday, went this week
TO New Orleans, La, where he will
play the French horn with the Brooke
marine band of Chicago. There are
90 men in the band and on their return
"Trip they will play in Cincinnati
PlttsDurg, Wheeling, and at the Pan
American exposition in Buffalo. Mr..
DAVIS returned recently from Nassau.
bananas, where he played French
norm in the Prouty orchestra at the
Hotel Colonial during the winter.
The American National bank. which
has been organized in Boston with
100000 capital, will begin business
about June LIST in the siX-story Rand
q Avery building at the corner of
Federal and Franklin streets. in the
quarters formerly occupied by the
Hartford Life Insurance company. on
the corner opposite the store of the
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton company.
W. a. Faulkner, formerly cashier of
the Peoples National bank of Brattle
Doro and later of the Hide &
Leather National bank of Bos-
ton, has been chosen cashier of the
American national bank, and he is
also one of its directors.
Peter Clark of Springfield, Mass.
was arrested Saturday noon by Police
man Thayer on authority of Justice
II. u. Barber, on an affidavit filed by
Lawyer James F. Hooker of the firm
OF Bacon and Hooker, expressing his
belief that Clark was about to abscond
from the state. A hearing was held
before Justice Barber in the afternoon
on the question of Clarks release.
Evidence was introduced tending to
show that Clark had secreted about
his person four $40 bills, which was
more than sufficient, according to the
statute in such cases, to warrant the
court OBTAINING him. A. F. Schwenk,
Clarks counsel, became surety for
pail in the sum of 800 and Clark was
released. The case will be tried in
June. The affidavit was made in be-
half of Osceola Goodnow of Brattle-
Doro, who, 1t appears, sold a horse to
clark. The two drove to OLeary's
blacksmith shop, and on their arrival
there Clark backed out of the trade.
claiming that the horse was not as