Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-26

A correspondent of the Utica Globe
has been in town this week to gather
material for an illustrated story of the
shooting of Sidney Bristol.
The sidewalk on the north side of
High street is being repaired. 1t has
been broken badly for years by the
pressure of the growing roots of trees.
Mary e. wilkins authorizes the
statement that there is no change in
her relations with Charles Manning
Freeman, her affianced and that state
ments recently published by the New
York and Boston press are erroneous
and entirely without foundation.
Henry o. Carpenter, who was en-
gagged as manager of the Brooks
House, will not come to Brattleboro.
Arrangements have been made where
by he will again assume the manage
ment of the Hotel Bardwell in Rutland,
with which he was connected more
than 80 years.
The house on South Main street
occupied by Fred Patterson, in whose
family diphtheria appeared three
weeks ago, has been fumigated and
taken out of quarantine, the patients
having recovered The last of the
fumigating was done Sunday There
Is a suspicious case of sore throat in
Dummerston.
w. II. S. Whitcomb of Burlington,
general agent of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, has been in Putney
and Brattleboro this week trying to
establish the fact of the death of
Perley |. Blanchard of Putney, who
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that the society will nave no hesitancy
in paying the amount of policy which
the young man held.
Judge Jonathan Ross of st. Johns
bury, Judge L. M. Read of Bellows
Falls and H. S. Bingham of Benning-
ton, the railroad commissioners of
Vermont, and their clerk, e. M. Har-
vey of Montpelier, came to Brattleboro
on Monday, and on Tuesday they made
a regular inspection of the Brattleboro
G. Whitehall railroad. This was the
beginning of their annual trip of in
spection over all the railroads of the
state, which will occupy about four
| weeks.
| Miss Dorothy Cray, who was hurt
in a collision of electric cars in Man
chester, N. H., last week, is COM
| Portable and is improving, but her
condition is still serious. The upper
part of her face is badly swollen on
account of cut over one eye, both
eyes being closed in consequence. It
is feared that the sight of one eye may
be affected, and an eye specialist will
make an examination as soon as the
swelling disappears. A portion of Miss
Cray's body is kept in a clay cast on
account of her broken ribs.
A hearing was held before Justice
Merrifield Monday in the case of DR..
F. G. Pettee against H. G. Smith. milk
man, to recover $3.50 for rent. DR..
Pettee's testimony tended to show that
Smith hired the plaintiffs farm May
/, 1900, for one year. He moved after
II months paying his rent in full up to
that time. The plaintiff claimed that
he was entitled to recover for the 18th
month inasmuch as the defendant hired
the place for full year. The defendant
claimed he hired the place by the
month. The court rendered judgment
for the plaintiff to recover $3.50. H
G. Barber appeared for the plaintiff
and A. F. Schwenk for the defendant
After being dark two weeks the rus
l
opened next week with the Orpheus
Comedy company as the attraction
The charming soubrette, Vina Mas
cote, is at the head of this company
which will appear in refined vaudeville
and comedy. This company has the
best of recommendation from Super
intendent Holton of Barbers park, Bel
lows Falls, where an engagement was
played recently. This week the com
pany is playing at Battlefield park in
Bennington. The papers there speak
in high praise of the organization, pro
nouncing it the best comedy and
vaudeville company yet appearing al
the park"
Five lives were lost by the capsizinf
of the trim yawl Venitzia in Long Is
land Sound off Captains Island neal
Sands Point Friday. A squall strucE
the yacht and she foundered with hel
cabin full of water. Arthur Colburn o.
Philadelphia, owner of the boat, ant
his daughters, Miss Ida E. ColburI
and Miss Nettie Colburn, were drown
ed, also Captain Flint and a Swedt
seaman. Mrs. Walter ]. Sprankle
a daughter of Mr.. Colburn, and James
Stanbridge, the steward, were savet
by clinging to the tender. The bodie!
of the Misses Colburn were recovered
from the cabin of the yacht Mr.. Col
burn evidently fell overheard and hi
body has not been found. Mr.. ColburI
was a millionaire tea and spice dealel
in Philadelphia. He was an uncle o
Mrs. Mathison, wife of Rev. E. T
Mathison, the Episcopal rector. Thu
Colburns were on their way to Clinton
Conn, to join Mr.. and Mrs. Mathison
who are there for their vacation.
A fire broke out at the concretinl
plant on Frost meadow about Ill
o'clock Friday but little damage wa
done. One of the men dipped boiling
tar from a kettle and some of the Ia
fell into the fire. The flames leapet
into the boiling tar and soon Their
was roaring fire which the mel
could not handle. An alarm was rum
in from box 35 and the chemical en-
CINE, steamer No. and the hose cart
responded. When the apparatus al
rived the roof over the works was OF
fire in several places. but the fire wa
easily put out by the chemical en-
CINE. 1t is a good time now to cal
attention to the vote at a recent vii
lage meeting to have a reservoir bull
in that part of the village. The ser
vices of the steamer fortunately wer,
not needed Friday, but if they ha,
been the steamer would have had Il
suck water from the brook to the Elm
street bridge before it could pump