Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-25

Thomas Foley has bought the Emily
Brown house on Clark street
There were six trains each way over
the narrow gauge railroad Wednesday,
The locomotive No. 8 made 224 miles
in the "a hours.
A meeting of the newly organized
branch of the United Irish League
was held Sunday, when some 20 new
members were voted in, making the
present membership over 100.
d. X. Butterfeld, formerly steward
at the Brooks House, has sold the
Union House in Cuttingsville to Mrs
Florence B. Cramton of Rutland. Mr.
Butterfield will sell his personal prop
erty at auction April 30, and will give
up possession of the hotel May 1.
Miss Nora Cummings of Bennington
died at the Brattleboro Retreat Tues
day and the body was taken to Ben
nington Wednesday for burial. Miss
| Cummings mother. Mrs. Thomas
Cummings of Bennington, came to
Brattleboro Saturday on account of
| her daughters illness.
The rummage sale, which was open
ed Wednesday afternoon in Vinton
tian Union of the Universalist church.
is being well patronized. The sale will
close Saturday evening Any one hav-
ing articles to contribute may send
word to the sale ROOM
j. Henry Kidder, trustee of the
bankrupt estate of F. L. Head. rem
dered his account to A. f. Schwenk,
referee, Saturday, showing a balance
| of Sal. A dividend of 81 per cent
was ordered paid to the preferred
| creditors. The first meeting of the
creditors of Edwin F. Kendall was set
for Saturday, but no creditors APP
peared.
At a meeting of the Brattleboro citi-
zens, held to consider the question of
moving the county seat to Brattleboro,
| a committee was appointed to have
charge of the work, gather and present
facts. etc. It is stated to be the pur-
pose of this committee to present sew
eral statements of fact relating to
this question. The first one is given
! herewith:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Hunt have is
| sued invitations TO the marriage and
the wedding reception of their daugh-
| ter, Marion Ruth, and Frederic
/ Charles Adams, Wednesday evening.
May Z. The wedding will take place
at 1:3O o'clock and the reception will
! be held from to 8 o'clock. at 5 Tyler
! street. The invitations announce:
AT home after August first. Brooks
| House"
The administrators sale of the |. B.
! Taft farm and household property was
held Wednesday and was attended by
a large crowd. Three auctioneers were
in attendance, C. P. Gibson and A.
| Starkey of Brattleboro and Mr.. Davis
/ of Newfane. The home farm was bid
off by G. e. Gilman for $500. The 90
acre lot known as the Prouty lot was
bought by George w. Pierce. who bid
! S475. High prices were realized on
practically everything sold.
Mrs. Mary Burnham Newton. SO.
who was known in Brattleboro and
nearby towns, died recently in the
Masonic home in Walingford. Conn.
She was the widow of Irving r. New
ton of Hinsdale. n. H., and sister Of
Mrs. S. X. Stoddard whose husband
! formerly kept a grocery store in
Brattleboro, Mrs. Stoddard is now
Mrs. H. J. Orne of Boston. Mrs. New
|
ham of Westmoreland, n. II.
Caroline c. Knight, 70. died at her
home in Milestone building Tuesday
morning after an illness of several
years with cancer. She was the
mother of Mrs. c. F. Thomas. whose
death from cancer occurred two weeks
ago. Mrs Knight was born Oct. 10
1881. She had lived in Brattleboro
about three years, but had been con.
fined to her home practically all of the
time. The funeral was held at 8
O'Clock Wednesday. Rev f. s. Morse
officiating. The body was taken Wed
nesday night to Burlington, where the
burial took place yesterday. Mrs
Knight leaves brother in Burlington
Mrs. Luona W. Knowlton. 80, widow
of George Knowlton, died Sunday al
her home on Fairview street after an
illness of several months with con
sumption. The funeral was held at the
house at 2 O'Clock Tuesday, Rev. II. r
Miles and Rev. +. S. Morse officiating
Frank Brasor sang. The burial was in
Prospect Hill cemetery. Mrs. Knowl
ton was born in Granville, this state
in December, 1868. Her maiden name
was Luona Wood, and she was a
daughter of Martin Wood. She was
married to Mr.. Knowlton 10 years ago
and they came to Brattleboro about Il
years ago. Mrs. Knowlton leaves a six
year-old daughter, Laura, in Brattle
boro, brother, Albert M. Wood. in the
West, a sister, Mrs. James Beckwith
in RoXbury, this state, and a grand
father in Granville. Mr. Knowlton
died March II.
Charles Cushman was arrested Sat
urday afternoon by Chief-of-P Police
Hall while attending an auction neal
the American House. The warrant
charged him with selling liquor in
Vermont, and was issued on the
strength of a disclosure which is not
made public. Cushman was placed
in the lookup, where he was kept I'M
til Monday morning. when he was
arraigned before Justice Newton. He
pleaded not guilty. Lawyer r. c.
Bacon, counsel for the state. asked for
continuance for two weeks, stating
that two of the states most impor
tant witnesses had not been reached
with subpoenas although an effort was
being made to find them. Lawyer
John e. Gale, counsel for Cushman
objected to so long a continuance, but
the court thought the prosecution
should have ample time and continued
the hearing two weeks. Bail was
fixed at 5000. the defendants counsel
becoming surety.