Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-02

SWer. AS the March term OF TINS year
is the one at issue we give the following
facts lating to that terms actual bust
ness as furnished us by the records:
Number of jury cases tried, 2; number
of contested court cases tried, 3; number
of judgments in court cases with no APP
pearing parties or witnesses in court, 4;
number of divorces granted, 16; total
number of judgments rendered, %.
In the two jury cases tried the parties
and witnesses numbered about 80, of
which number Newfane was more access
sble to 30 and Brattleboro Is.
The parties and witnesses in the three
contested court cases tried numbered %,
of which Newfane was more accessible to
%, and Brattleboro to g. The parties and
witnesses present in the trial of the 16
divorce cases, allowing as the average,
were SO, of which number Brattleboro
was more accessible to 50 and Newfane to
-.
The summary shows that of the 1856 per-
sons present parties and witnesses In
the % civil cases actually tried and judg
ments therein rendered at the March
term Newfane was more accessible to 81
and Brattleboro to %. Business relating
to cases on the docket other than the %
in which judgments were rendered was
transacted through attorneys, but with
out the presence of parties or witnesses
with possibly two or three exceptions as
regards particulars.
Newfane, VT, April 80, 1902.
f. a. DEWITT.
GEORGE K. DAVIS
d. A. BENSON.
w. C. BALLOU.
AMASA CIRCUIT.
Mrs. c. =. Dewitt is at Mrs. Davidson's
Miss Mabel Wood of Manchester N. H.,
is at the home of her parents in this
place
The w. c. r. L. will hold its annual
meeting at Mrs. \. CIRCUITS on Wednes-
day at p. m.
The skaters. Willard & Field, are cover
ing several roofs in the village, including
the tower house of w. y. Chase. which
took a weeks work.
a meeting of the Congregational society
is called at the church vestry to follow
the weekly prayer meeting of Thursday
evening, May S. \ good attendance is de-
sirable
Local friends of Mrs. w. II. Goodnow
will be glad to learn that after nearly
four weeks in a Boston hospital she has
returned to her home in North Cambridge,
having made gratifying progress up to
| last accounts.
What small Olive Eager called little
| bossy cows" was really a company of
several deer which have fed on h. c..
| Eager's Burlingame farm this winter and
| spring. TN q recent DAY tne NUMBER was
observed to be eight.
w p. Eames, by the slipping of an axe,
| and Benny Ruell boy working at NJ. O..
Howe's, by falling from a wagon received
wounds this week. which necessitated
stitches by Or. Roberts Both had mar
row escapes from severe injury, but were
about their work speedily.
Mr.. Brown of Springfield, this state.
spent Tuesday here discussing with citi-
| Zens the advantages of organizing a
| Grange in town. preparatory to coming
again for the purpose. He gave the num-
Der of Grange members in Vermont as
| about 5000, while in New Hampshire the
number of local societies in the order Is
| % more than the number of towns in that
| state.
In a recent article concerning the late
William Chase of Meridian, Tex, a
| brother of w. n. Chase and Mrs. D. A.
| Benson, it was stated that he was post
master of Chase n place named In his
| honor; when in fact what was meant to
| be stated was that under Grants ad-
| minstration he was postmaster of the
| city of Waco, Tex, where the office paid
| largely.
Samuel c. Stevens. who died last week
| AT the age of about 70, was the son OF
William Stevens of Topsham, this state.
| Most of his years were spent in Newbury
| and vicinity. For the last eight years he
| lived in this town. He left a brother and
| two sisters In Northern Vermont and n
brother in Providence. Mr.. Stevens enlist
| ed in Company l. ID Vermont regiment.
| i'm 1862. and was discharged on account
| of sickness in SO al White Oak Church.
Va. BY his first marriage son, George
| y. Stevens. of Rutland and by his second
| marriage to Mrs. Randall a daughter,
| Georgianna Stevens, survive, besides his
widow. There is also a grandson of Mrs.
Stevens an orphan lad whose father was
| a German, who was cared for as son by
| Mr.. and Mrs Stevens. The funeral of Mr..
| Stevens took place at the Congregational
| church. Rev. r. F.. Danforth officiating.
| Nine old soldiers We're present. This was
| the third funeral of war veteran in the
J church since the first day of January. all
| being buried In Woodlawn cemetery