Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-31

~ JdlntS u. iAdIublls WIN lOOh Bbo
session at once.
From 20 to so persons will go from
Brattleboro to Townshend tomorrow |
to attend the meeting of the Windham |
County Veterans association.
The meeting on the common Sun |
day afternoon. under the auspices of |
the Y. NJ. c. A., will be led by Rev. l.. |
NJ. Keneston of West Brattleboro.
Rev. Father Drouhin of Woodstock |
made an official visit to st. Michaels |
court of Foresters in Red Mems hall |
Tuesday night. There was a large
attendance.
The loss caused by the fire in w.
II. Vinton & Sons paper mill last
Saturday was adjusted Wednesday
and yesterday through H. e. Taylor
& Sons agency.
The street cars which left Prospect
Hill and West Brattleboro at 6:30 last
night had proceeded but a few rods
when the power was shut off at the
station in Centreville and the cars
were stalled an hour.
The selectmen will begin soon the
work of repairing the wall which re-
/ tans the drive way at the southeast
corner of the town hall building.
/ The driveway continues to settle and
crowd the wall out of position.
Mrs William Bean sustained a pain
full injury Friday night, when a glass
can which had just been filed with
raspberries broke in her hand cutting
open nearly all of the palm. After
putting Mrs Bean under the influence
of chloroform physicians closed the
wound by taking several stitches.
special car carrying officials of
the Boston & Maine Railroad COM
pany, including c l.. r. French the
new assistant superintendent of the
Connecticut and Passumpsic division,
came to Bratteboro from Springfield
Tuesday. The object of the visit was
to assist Mr.. French in getting famil-
lar with this section of the road
W. NJ Wares petition for a dis.
charge from bankruptcy came before
F. D. f. Stowe. referee. Saturday for
a hearing. Burt Chellis of Claremont
and George NJ Corey of SaXtons
/, River. objected to the granting of a
/, discharge and were given 10 days the
usual time, in which to file a state
ment of their reasons for Directing.
= Referee F. d. E. Stowe was in Bel
lows Falls Tuesday to attend hear.
ings on petitions for discharge and
, final accounts of the trustees in the
estates of j. Wells Farnsworth OF
Saxtons River and NJ. d. Jackson OF
Bellows Falls. In the Farnsworth es
tate dividend of 1921 per cent. was
D declared in favor of those creditors
> whose accounts were presented and al
( | lowed.
The will of Walter y. Stockwell was
! probated and allowed at the regular
session of the probate court Saturday
; and Sarah b. Stockwell. the widow
l. was appointed eXecutriX. Rev. l.. NJ
! Keneston and John II. Merrifield were
i appointed appraisers and commission
ers No other business was done
4 Judge Waterman being away. The
2 session was one of the shortest in re
5 cent years.
. The planking on the old covered
bridge across the river has been tori
' up this week. the method of operation
being to put a chain around one enc
of the planks and pull them up by
:, means of the steam engine which i:
to be used in building the new stee
!, bridge. The sides of the bridge are
= being removed today. The bridge
n men say that it will be several weeks
= before foot passengers can get across
n Those interested in placing suit
able marker on the old camp GROUND
q in Brattleboro met at the home o.
j Mrs. G. w. Hooker Tuesday evening
!. After considering numerous designs
y the one of a lion, made by Carried
a Brothers of st. Johnsbury after tn,
n style of the Gettysburg monument
r was decided upon Members of tn,
a several patriotic societies in town viii
4 make an effort to interest the differ
r ent Grand Army posts in Vermont il
q raising funds for the marker.
d Sergeant Horace Miller is ISSUING
2 this week uniforms in the Uller,
o building to members of Co. |. Vernon
2. National Guard. who will go int
d camp at Fort Ethan Allen Thursday
d August 6. The train conveying tn
e company TO camp will leave Brattle
IT boro at o'clock a. m. The encamI
II ment will last eight days. The quar-
termaster and four men will go to tn
n camp ground next Monday 10 assis
y Quartermaster Hadley in his work o
n. preparing the camp.
81 1t is an unusual occurrence in tn
4, course of business that John Retting'
S purchase of the furniture stock of Ret
S. ting Bros. should bring him back int
n active business at the old stand from
g which he retired some 20 years age
e Mr.. Rettings card announcing his re
is turn into the harness again" vii
r. be read with interest, not only TO
lie what ii says, but for the eXcellen
n counterfeit of his wellknown fac
e. which accompanies it. We wish Nj
lie Retting many years of health, strengt
ot and business success.
le The stock of furniture, etc, in tn
= Rettlng furniture store on High stree
a. was sold by auction Saturday afte
n noon by f. W. Mcclure, trustee of tn
m l.. j. Retting estate in bankruptcy.
Of small crowd was present and ther
n. were but few bidders. The first bi
w was 5000. In a short time the bi
IN went up to $685. and the property wa
: sold to w. S. Bishop of New Havel
10 Conn, Mr.. Retting's brother-in-lay
re- F. W. Kuech was the next highe:
ii. bidder, offering $3.50. The propert
was bought for John Retting, sr, tn
principal creditor of the estate.
Arrangements were made Saturda
by Ullery &rCo. for the sale of the R
former TO Ephriam H. Crane editC