Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
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The three years-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Clune of Vernon street
died Friday of spinal meningitis The
burial was in the Roman Catholic GEM
etery Sunday morning.
Jerry race. who has served time in this
state and Massachusetts,, is under arrest
in Fitchburg, Mass. He is wanted in Hud-
son, N H., and in Wilmington, where he
stole team a few months ago.
The Brattleboro Gas Light company
will pass it's usual semiannual dividend
this month on account of unusual eX-
penses due partly to the cost of the West
river dam and partly to the hlgh cost oil
coal.
An opportunity will be given all, from
Z o'clock this evening. until tomorrow,
to take last look at the face of Rev.
Father Cunningham, while the body lies
in state in st. Michaels Roman Catholic
church.
The marriage of Jesse Charles John
son and Miss Caroline Mae Keneston will
take place at o'clock next Wednesday
evening at Miss Keneston's home in West
Brattleboro, to be followed by a recep-
ton from to 10 o'clock.
On account of necessary changes at
the carhouse the street railroad mana
gers may not be able to start the cars on
time Sunday morning. By working all
Saturday night. they hope to have the
cars running by noon. or little later.
The members of st. Cecelia's Altar
society and of the Sodality of ST. Mi
chael's Roman Catholic church will meet
at the convent at 7.30 this, Friday, even
ing, to make arrangements to attend
Rev. Father Cunningham's funeral in a
body.
The auction sale of personal property
at the home of the late c. p. ellison in
Esteyvlle came to an end Saturday
night 1t was attended by large num-
Der of people, and the property brought
good prices Mr.. Anterior of Bernard
ston was the auctioneer.
Daniel Rooney. who is demented, fired
with a shot gun at Motorman Kinney
who was on his car in Castleton Monday.
Kinney dropped just in time and the
shot went over him Rooney had had a
grudge against Kinney some time.
Rooney was brought to the Brattleboro
Retreat Wednesday.
The double marriage in South Vernon,
recorded in another column, was a
double elopement The two young men
are under 81 years of age and the brides
are about 10 each. 1t was the intention
of the young people to keep the marri-
ages secret but one of the brides gave
the story away after four days.
John Calvin has been notified that his
application for letters patent on an au-
tomato fire eXtinguishing apparatus has
been granted. The device is for homes
as well as factories and stores, and is
so constructed that when the heat in a
room reaches a certain temperature a
sufficient quantity of gas is generated tc
instantly fill the room and absolutely eX-
tinguish all the fire in the room without
damaging the contents 1t has worked
perfectly in various experiments.
C. II. Davenport has been travelling
throughout the state this week in the in
tereSts of the Democratic state commit
tee, making arrangements for buying
advertising space in large number OF
the Republican papers. The Democratic
committee propose to use this space IL
general attack upon Republicans, anC
in a discussion of state issues. Mr.
Davenport is now in Boston to arrange
with the American Press association tC
furnish this campaign material in PLATE
form.
Arthur Scott, older son of Mr.. and Mrs
Freeman Scott. was operated upon fo
appendicitis Tuesday afternoon by DR.
Prouty of Keene. The operation was sue
cessful. The young man started for st
Louis a few weeks ago. intending to e,
slowly and work his passage for the ben
eft of the experience. He was taken il
at Buffalo and returned home on Tues
day of last week. Although he did no
1eel well ne ulu not give up, ana was a
his fathers store much of the time unit
Saturday
Chief -of-Police Hall wishes now tina
he had taken into custody a man whom
he saw at the railroad station when HI
arrested ]. F. McCarty, suspected of be
ing connected with the Newfane banl
robbery, but there was nothing to indi
cate that the second stranger was impl
Gated in the robbery. When Chief Hal
went to the station he saw a man on
passing freight car, peeking from behinC
granite block, and thought he was
tramp. He spoke to the conductor an,
Station Agent Burke, after the trail
stopped, and the three went to the ca
and made the supposed tramp get off
He appeared to have been drinking, bu
was not drunk enough to warrant ar
rest. He bought ticket for South Yer
non and went out on the 1910 train. l
was learned afterwards that he got OF
the freight train at the north part of thu
village and that on reaching South Yer
non he paid his fare to Palmer, bough
a ticket there for Stafford. Conn, ant
paid on the train from Stafford to Nor
witch. He did not look much like a tramp
and it is believed he was entirely sobe
and was shamming drunkenness.