Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-08

street Saturday. and his horse ran, dam
aging the carriage considerably.
The creditors of Richard II. Timson win
meet i'm the office of r. u. f. stowe,
referee in bankruptcy. at 10 O'Clock to-
morrow to prove claims and eject a truss
tee of the estate
w. f. Ash was arrested by Chief-of-
Police Hall Monday night for iutoNication.
Failing to pay Il fine of 81 and costs i'm
posed by Justice Newton he was taken
TO Newfane Jail by Sheriff wilkins Tues
day night, for Is days.
The second degree was conferred ON
four candidates at the meeting of Wan
tastiquet lodge of odd Fellows Monday
evening. The work was done 10y the Sec
ond degree team from Bellows Falls
There was large attendance.
4 pair of spirited horses which G. T..
Gilman was showing Wednesday jumped
to the Veranda of the house ON Elliot
street occupied by Mrs. Virginia McttcN
and ran the end Of the carriage pole en-
tircly through the side of the house.
The April term of the Windham county
court will open in Newfane next We'd
nesday. \ special train will go to
Ncwfane from Brattlehoro after the ar
rival of the 900 train from the north ON
the Boston & Maine road. Judge John
H. Watson of Montpelier will be the pre-
teria for long term. but many of the
cases are being settled out of court.
There are on the docket 1872 civil cases.
IS divorce cases, 10 criminal cases and
% Chancery cases
The two Putney bankruptcy cases. grow
ing out of the failure of the StoWell
Manufacturing company to pay their note
for 500, 600 to the Vermont National bank.
have been settled this week. In the II. G.
Everleth estate dividend of 2.3O6 per
cent was declared netting SAB to be APP
| piled on the note, and in the James Les
ter estate the dividend was 6.039 pei
cent, netting $500 to be applied on the
| note The banks claim was the only
one proved against the Lester estate.
The special town meeting tomorrow, tc
determine whether licenses shall be grant
! ed for the sale of all kinds of liquors OF
| for beer or matted liquors only. will oper
| at 9 o'clock and the ballot box will be
turned at 3 o'clock. The Australian sys
TEN of voting will be used as at the tow
meeting. Very little interest in the meet
ing has been manifested thus far, bu
! from what little Is heard about 1t on tn,
street it is evident that public sentimen
favors granting licenses for the sale of al
| kinds of liquors
c. b. Dickinson has been notified of th'
tragic death last week in Detroit, Mich.
of his nephew, Clarence Cummings,
native of Baldwinsville. Mass. Mr.. Cum
mings served in Cuba in the Spanish
American war and six months ago wa
appointed to the police force in Detroit
He was on duty, when he heard pisto
shots and cries of murder by a woman
He rushed into the house to the pro
lection of the woman. and her assailan
then fired at the officer killing him in
stantly. The murderer was arrested
The Brattleboro Street Railroad com
pany has withdrawn this week its action
against the Groton Bridge company to re
cover $1,000 damages consequent upon de
lay of the bridge company i'm completing
the bridge across Milestone brook a
Main street. The bridge was built in 1895
and in December of that year an injunc
ton was issued on petition of the ran
road company restraining the selectmc
from paying the bridge company larG"
amount than would leave $1,000 in thci
hands The selectmeu held back 500
for five years but paid it over to tn
bridge company yesterday, the suit hay
ing been withdrawn.
Ignatius sullivan. mayor of Hartford
Conn. was defeated for a second terri
Monday by Judge William f, Henney tn
Republican candidate. in one of the hard
est campaigns that city has ever know
The vote was the largest ever cast there
712S ballots being cast for Judge IIcunp
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defeat is attributed by many To the radic'
speech he delivered at the joint dchat
with Judge Henney Saturday night. Iii
remarks about the campaign We're inter
preted by those OF the more cohSefN"'N
element as an arral@nmcnt OF the c"SS'
against the masses. ihe cohS'fNaNN
Democrats, as result Of Inc Sp'''l
voted and worked against their part
nominee.
The annual meeting of the Brattlehor
| cociotv for tbe Prevention Of Cruelty I
Animals was held in the Brooks librar
building TUESDAY night. DR.. G.. f. Gale
Who has hecn president of the Socict
o. veors resigned that office and wa
elected first vice president. Mrs. Mar
Warder also resigned as secretary Cha'
II. Pratt was elected president ana H''
f.. q. :. Osgood secretary ana treasure
y long list of vice presidents ana dIr'
tors. nearly the old board was elected
Mrs. Jennie Is. Powers was engaged f"
special agent ana T. W. Unison as al
torney. Mrs. Powers report LOT the p"S
year was accepted. she investigated .
cases and did excellent work IN correct
ing and preventing abuses.
Mrs. William Bean went to Holyok
this week after filing n petition for
divorce from her husband. on Tuesda
Roam went to Uolvoke with his four child
ron and loft them for her to support. bl
she and her mother returned with them q
orce 70 Brattleboro. arriving late at nigh
Rean's mother refused to admit them
The house. and Chief-of Police Hall pre-
,ided recommendations for them at tn
RrattIeboro House ON Wednesday tn
children were sent to a home in Burline
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