Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-13


Roman Catholic church Sunday by Rev.
Father Cunningham.
a meeting of the Brattleboro branch of
the United Irish League was held in the
Parochia school house Sunday to con-
slider financial matters.
Albert II. Harris had the end of his
right thumb cut off on n circular saw in
Holden & Martins factory Monday
Parts of his thumb ana first finger on the
left hand were cut off in the same fac
tory last year.
At the Friday night meeting of the
Congregational church Judge f. l.. Wat
erman was elected a delegate to attend
the meeting of the ecclesiastical council
to settle the new minister in jamaica
next Wednesday.
f. w. Harlow who will be the manager
of the Montpelier Grocery company at
Montpelier, sold some of his household
goods Ivy auction Saturday. G. Z. ellison
was the auctioneer. The articles sold
well, and the attendance was good
Iloratio S. Josselyn. who has been in
business a merchant tailor in Eur
! lnSton, has fled n petition in bank
| ruptCy. His liabilities are $500S. of which
| $309S are secured. Ills assets are SlGSG,
of which $1G75 are claimed as exempt
From the Springfield Reporter: Col
! Julius C. Timson of Claremont has formed
! a partnership with Mr.. Bavier, who sold
n tract of land on Clinton street a few
weeks ago. They have bought tract Of
| Ga lots in Windsor, which they will dis
pose of by auction soon"
The hearing in the case of c. H. Dav-
| export against G. Il. Crowell and the
| CARPENTER company which began We'd
nesday of last week, was continued on
! Friday night to next Thursday, when 1t
will be resumed before o. NJ. Barber Of
| Bennington. special master in chancery.
H. H. Mower has sold his grocery store
on Central street to William w Macia
who has been n clerk in the store ever
since MIR. Mower bought 1t. Mr.. Mower
! has built up n good trade. He will move
! to Sheldon to engage in the same bust
ness His family already have moved
there.
Fred Gale is n cripple this week, suf-
fering from a badly burned leg. The in
jury was sustained while bathing in the
Wheel club bath room. Potash had been
| used in cleaning the tub and il had not
been washed out thoroughly. The potash
collected on Mr. Gales leg and burned
| so deeply that skin was taken of.
Edwin Clyde Peck, 6. son of George H.
and Sarah Peck. died at 10 Vine street
| Friday after an illness of about four days
with pneumonia. The funeral was held
| at the house at o'clock Monday Rev.
George r. Lawson of the First Baptist
church. officiating The body was placed
in the tomb in Mornlngside cemetery.
The Inter- State Journal. published at
White River Junction, devotes a large
part of the space in its issue for Novem
Der to an article entitled Why the Val
ley Fair is Successful" The praise for
the management of the fair is unstinted
and the Illustrations show Main street in
decorative dress, the grand stand filled
with people. and other views on the fair
grounds
The first part of the Sunday afternoon
service in the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms last
Sunday was devoted to prayers for young
men in observance of the week of prayer.
The latter part was given up largely to
talk by Rev n. A. Wood of West Brat
tleboro, who took for his subject the
words of David in the Sunday school les
son for the day, " Is the young man
safe?''
a large buck with spreading antlers
was seen Sunday by several persons who
were walking on the railroad track In the
rear of the Bradley estate. The buck was
first seen coming across Col Bradleys
moving. He crossed the railroad track
went leisurely along the field at the east
OF the track, remaining several minutes
within few rods of men the track.
The animal finally plunged into the river
and swan through the current to the
New Hampshire side, disappearing on
Wantastiquet.
DR.. Charles d. Severances suit against
the Central Vermont Railway company
will probably come up for hearing in the
Suffolk county court in Boston some time
this month. DR. Severance was one of
the passengers injured on Thanksgivine
day of last year when a freight train ran
into a passenger train at Millers Falls
Tuffield Barraby. who was one Of those
| injured, recently received $1,000 as n
compromise settlement DR.. Severance
sued for $4,000, claiming that the injuries
which he sustained have made him an in
valid ever since the accident took place
An alarm from box on Main street
called out the fire department about
10 80 o'clock Saturday on account of the
burning out of a chimney in G.. o. Abb
bolts house. Little damage was done,
as the fire was eXtinguished without
turning on a stream of water When the
alarm given the town horses were
on Maple street and the village horses
were in the north part of the village, so
several minutes elapsed before the de-
partment apparatus could be moved
The chemical engine was taken out by
the village horses and the firemen started
with one of the steamers, pushing 1t to
Main street before the town horses ar
rived.
Fred Sharon. who undertook to escape
from Chief-of- Police Hall after being led
from the lookup Friday morning, pre-
paratory to being taken to Newfane Jail,
attempted to escape during the trip to
Newfane On reaching the woods north
of the pumping station Sharon attempted
to get out of the carriage, although his
hands We're in hand-cuffs and his feet
were tied together. Chief Hall held him
in the carriage until he reached n farm
house. when he tied his halter around
Sharons hands and legs in such a way
that he could not get away even If he
should succeed in getting out of the car
riage. Sharon was landed safely in New
fame Jail.
short but exciting runaway took
place Monday afternoon, when a team
cred the distance from Freeman SCOTS
grocery store to the ton of High street
hill in record time. The horses We're
standing in the rear of the store when
a whistle from a locomotive frightened
them. They started with their load of
empty barrels, scattering them along the
way. One of the rear wheels collided with
the town pump and was removed. The
team headed straight for one of the
American Express comp7ny's teams but
Charles Allen, driver of the express team
started his horse so that the runaway
horses could pass in the rear The two
wagons did not clear, and a number of
cases of shoes with which the express
companys team was loaded were thrown
out. Mr.. Eames horses were caught at
the top of the hill.
The story of a tragedy among the Ital-
ians who are employed by Cutting & Co
| in hIildino the stOne work Of the ThOmD-