Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-11

Ills VIII De Ielu tonight. Inc important
matter for consideration will be that of
street lighting. The Bratuebopo Gas
Light company will submit a proposition
with view to securing q contract for q
term of years
The Equitable Life Assurance societys
officials took pride Saturday in paying
to the estate of Charles A Otis of the
Otis Elevator company of Yonkers, n Y,
S1196 on his life Insurance policy. Mr..
Otis, who was well known through his
local connections, carried S225,O00 in
various companies.
Several accidents which happened dur
ing the period that the arc light machine
was disabled and the arc lamps were in
disuse have raised the question as to
the responsibility of the village and its
liability for damages. Village Attorney
Schwenk says the village Is in no way
responsible because there is no law COM
pelllng lie village to light the streets.
The railway mail run between Brattle-
boro and South Londonderry is now in
charge of A. c. Jackson, who covered
the route before he was transferred to
the Fabyans and Springfield run for the
summer. w. c. Reed, who has been on
the Brattleboro and South Londonderry
route the past summer has charge of
the run between Rouse's Point and st.
Adams. The transfers were made Mon
day
A hearing before Referee z. H. Allbee
of Bellows Falls in the case of the Hudson
Betting company of Worcester against +.
l.. Burbee of South Windham was set
for Monday, in Brattleboro, but on ac-
count of the illness of the plaintiffs lead
ing representative it was continued The
defendants counsel A. f. Cudworth of
South Londonderry came to Bratteboro
as 1t was impossible to get telephone con-
nection out Of Brattleboro to head him
off.
The suit Of Knight & Walker Of West
Brattleboro against Adm Worden OF
Marlboro, and trustee, was heard by
Justice MeFifeld Monday. 1t was
| brought to recover a bill of $2S for phos-
phate. The defendant put in a bill of
| $l2 in offset for potatoes, wood, etc
The court allowed 81 of the defendants
bill and gave judgment for the plaintiffs
| to recover $22 and costs. F. II. Laugh
| ton was attorney for the plaintiffs and
o. E. Butterfield of Wilmington for the
| defendant.
There was no meeting Of the village
| water committee Saturday night. on ac-
count of the absence of some of the mem
| bers. While the committee has not fig
| ured out the probable cost of a village
water system, it is not unlikely that It
will be such that an enabling act will
| have to be passed by the legislature be-
fore the village can issue the required
amount of bonds, in which case the es-
tablishment Of a system would have to
| be delayed until the next session OF the
| legislature in 1906.
Mrs. H. B. Larkins case against Peter
| Alexander, which was an action to re-
| cover 500 for house rent. came before JUS
| tice Stowe Tuesday. The defendant was
| not present, but was represented by his
| attorney, r. c. Bacon. Mrs. Larkin's
| attorney was F. L. Barber. Mr.. Bacon
called for q jury, and the following names
were drawn: F. w. Kuech s. A. Dam
| iels, ]. w. Knight c. o. Robbins, E. B.
Barrows and R. E. Gordon. An agree
ment was reached, whereby Mrs Larkin
was paid SIS and the costs were divided.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will have a basket picnic at Deer
field Wednesday, Aug. 16. going by either
the train at 800 or at lois, as the men,
bers choose. All will meet in front OF
Memorial hall at 1.S0 to arrange for the
| return to Greenfield later in the after
| noon by trolley car. where the chapter is
invited to be guests of Mrs William Sew
erance, a member of the Brattleboro
chapter, for 5 O'Clock tea and the regular
business meeting, after which a program
of music will be presented. Any who
| wish to go to Mrs. Severance's. but not
to Deerfield, may leave Brattleboro by the
| train at 3 o'clock
Amideo De Angels and Miss Elvira Dl
Scipio were married by Rev. Father NJ. ].
Carmody at the $50 o'clock mass in st.
Michaers Roman Catholic church Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Bernard AIancini stood up
with them. The bride wore a white silk
dress. reception was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mancini at IA Green
street during the afternoon. On Monday
the young couple started on a wedding trip
to visit in Boston, Springfield and Hol-
yoke. The bridegroom is a nephew OF
Mr.. Mancini and the bride is Mrs. Man
cinis sister. They will live at IA Green
street. The bridegroom is employed
by his uncle in the shoemaking business.
Haskins & Schwenk, attorneys for the
| plaintiff, filed specifications Wednesday
in the case of the Franklin p. Shumway
company of Boston against the Brattle-
boro Manufacturing company. The plain
tiff has placed an attachment on the de-
PENDANTS factory to the amount of
5000. The specifications state that the
| plaintiff will seek to recover upon a
promissory note of the defendant dated
Nov TO- 1904, which is signed by C. F.
| Thompson, treasurer, and C. H. Thomp-
son, president, and reads as follows:
six months after date we promise to
pay to the order of ourselves $1,000 at
their office l Arch street, Brattleboro,
| Vermont"
| OHlN Il rev people ASIDE from dog fan-
ciers have known that f. Z. Perry has
| been the owner of the most valuable
| pointer dog of his age in the United
States. Mr. Perry has sold the dog,
named Dots John, TO banker in Roch-
ester, N. Y, who paid 1850 for him. The
| dog was shipped yesterday. Dots John
| is by Alfreds John, the premier field
| trial winner in the country, and his
mother, Dots Pearl, holds the record as
a producer of field trial winners, but she
| is now through breeding Dots John
was one of a litter of four, and they are
| the only representatives of their strain
| He was a year old last June and has
| been used in the field one season. Not
| only is he highly bred for his specific
| use, but he is handsome dog and would
score well in bench show.
The members Of st. Michaels Roman
Catholic church Of Brattleboro will hold
a picnic at Central Park in Vernon We'd
nesday, August 16. If the day is rainy
the picnic will be held the following day.
The sporting events, which will be called
at 1890 a. m, will include a 100 yard
dash, 80 yard dash for boys, putting To-
pound shot, three standing broad jumps,
potato race, hop, step and jump, running
broad jump. Dinner will be served by
the ladies of the parish from ~. 80 to 2. 80.
The crack Hinsdale base ball team, which
has beaten the three clubs OF the Brat
tleboro league, will meet the Brattleboro
aggregation at 2 p. m. Leitsinger's or
chestra will furnish music for dancing
throughout the day. There will be other
m a Tapiaf xr Of Y~af.