Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-29

nelu III Grange nail next Monday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The surface water from South
Main street flooded the south end
of Morningside cemetery Saturday,
causing a pad slide on the embank-
ment above the Hunt farm.
The Womans club met with Mrs.
J. c. Dewitt FRIDAY afternoon and
elected Mrs. Charles H. Thompson
secretary to succeed Miss Annie l..
GrOut, deceased. Suitable resolu-
lions on the death of Miss Grout
were adopted.
Blodgett & Dewitt will build an
Office over the driveway between the
Crosby store house and the gas house,
which VIII make the present Office
available for store purposes. The
new once will also be much lighter
than the present one.
Mr.. and Mrs j. a. Stafford will give
pink tea party at their home in
West Brattleboro Tuesday evening.
April 8, from to O'Clock, the occa-
sion being the 18th birthday anniver-
sary Of their daughter, Miss Ella J.
Stafford.
The bequest to Brattleboro by the
Thomas Thompson will was spoken
of in several Brattieboro pulpits Sun
day he ministers dwelt upon the
necessity of exercising wisdom and
good Judgment in the disbursement
of charity in order that it might not
become a curse rather than a boon.
Lawyer f. W. Gibson. a member of
Company /, has been appointed bat
a it1f Of
with the rank of second Lieutenant.
by Major f. l.. Howe of Mortified.
He is a graduate of Norwich uniyer-
sity and was captain of the High
school battalion in Chester. where he
was principal
c. =. ellison has subleased the Ches-
terrified stage route from w. NJ. Rankin
Of Chesterfield. Mr. ellison plans to
run coach to Spoffurd lake during
the coming season TO carry passengers
and to take supplies ana articles to
all points on the lake. He will have
an attractive coach drawn by two
horses with a reserve pair at the lake.
Judge Wheeler ordered Saturday
that the subscription paper represent
ing the subscriptions to the amount
OF $4,000 to the White River Valley
electric railroad be returned to the
court for further examination. This
is in the suit of Receivers Rufus w.
Sawyer of Maiden and Charles l..
Page OF Brookine against John r.
Upper and others
Richards NJ. Bradley Of Boston. one
of the trustees of the Thomas Thomp.
son estate, will come to Brattleboro
soon to look over the field with
view TO appointing a committee to ad-
minister the Thompson bequest. 1t
is interesting to note that the compro.
mise decree in the controversy over
the bequest is to take effect from the
death OF Mrs. Thompson. a year ago
last July.
An accident in the Centrevile pow.
er house has interfered slightly with
running of the street cars this
week. The main shafting broke. ne
cessitating the running of the street
railroad machinery from one end of
the shaft by electricity and the overall
factory from the other end by water.
The large pulley on the new engine
also broke, and the old Estey engine
is furnishing power for the railroad
while the break is being repaired
Z. Wales, the dancing master, filed
a petition in bankruptcy Monday.
His Liabilities are $3.50, of when
Slb4O Is owing to unsecured creditors,
largely in Brattleboro and $50 to
creditors holding securities. His
assets are bills due, amounting to
$3.50. Alr. Wales's debts We're con
tracted for the most part prior TO
three years ago. Since then he has
paid numerous bills and would have
made an effort to pay the rest if
his creditors had not crowded him.
An attachment was placed upon the
stage property used in the production
of king Jollity" Saturday by \. f.
Schwenk, attorney for persons in
Adams, Mass
Lawyer G. G. Fits has brought suit
in the United States circuit court in
Boston in favor of Michael Moylau
of BraUtieborO against the Central
Vermont hallway company, to recover
damages in the sum of $4,000 for
personal injuries received by Moylan
while in the employ of the company. |
1t is GAINED that Mr.. Moylans collar
bone was broken, his shoulder and
back were badly injured and he was
otherwise seriously hurt while load |
ing car trucks, which had been taken |
from a wreck to car at North |
field Farms, Nov. l. 1900 A heavy |
iron rail upon which the trucks were |
being rolled was thrown against him. |
knocking him down and rendering |
him unconscious. Mr. Moylan lives /
on Vernon street.
Wesley Edwards, formerly of Brat
tlebOro, but whose home lately has |
been in Springfield. Mass, was ar
rested Sunday night by Policeman |
Thayer for assaulting his sister Jen-
ME with an umbrella, and on Monday |
was committed to the Brattleboro |
Retreat. Up to few weeks ago Ed |
wards was undergoing treatment in /
Deertield, Mass. His sister persuad- |
ed him to come TO Brattleboro. and |
because he did not employ the ply |
sican whom his sister intended Ed |
wards says she made life miserable |
for him. hey CHANGED to meet |
Sunday afternoon not far from the |
Main street bridge. A few words |
were exchanged and Edwards raised !
his umbrella and struck his sister a
heavy blow over the head. causing |
blood TO now. He was examined by |
in Justice Newtons Office |
Monday morning and was adjudged |
mentally irresponsible.