Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-10

afternoon at 2.SO.
The ladies' of st. Michaels Episcopal
church will have n supper and sale in
Grange hall Wednesday, Dec. G.
It is understood that the Vermont Cen
trail Railway company will buy 10 new
locomotives within a short time, to be
shipped direct from the factory.
The Unitarian ladies' will serve their
first supper of the season at Wells hall
Tuesday, Nov IA, at $40 o'clock Supper
will be followed by an entertainment
entitled Then and Now"
Thomas Foley has sold his cottage house
on Clark street to Charles Cassidy fore
man of the freight house. Mr.. Foley and
family will move Saturday to Springfield,
Mass, and Mr. Cassidy will move from
Elliot street to the cottage.
The creditors of Charles H. Mlnchen,
proprietor Of the Newfane House, held
their first meeting Saturday In the Office
of F. ID. E. Stowe. referee i'm bankruptcy
They elected Amasa Grout of Newfane
trustee of the Minchen estate.
The w. c. T. U. win open their head
quarters on the second floor of Emerson
block on Elliot street Tuesday. Nov II,
at o'clock, The meeting will be In the
nature OF a prayer and conservation SER
vice conducted by Mrs. A. Allen and Mrs
Harriet Tucker. The public are invited
to attend.
Col. John Hunt, pension attorney, has
been notified that an original widows
pension has been granted to Addie NJ.
Roberts of Putney. John W. Esterbrooks
of Westminster also comes under the list
of original pensioners. Hiram c. Win
chester Of Brattleboro and Truman
Nichols of Saxtons River have had their
pensions increased to $24 month each.
Harry Walter Fisk Dunklee OF Lowell.
Mass, and Miss Alice Fernald OF Boston
were married i'm Boston Oct. 2S. They
will be at home at 1870 Westford street.
Lowell after Jan. l. Mr.. Dunklee for
merly lived in Brattleboro going to Lowell
about five years ago. He has a position
with the Lowell Machine Works. Mrs
Dunklee Is a daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James Fernald Of Boston.
Harry Adm Coburn and Miss Alice NJ.
Baker were married Tuesday at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. Ida Il. Baker
at l6 Chestnut street Rev. George Il.
Lawson. pastor of the First Baptist
church. performed the ceremony I'm
the presence Of only near relatives OF
the wedding couple. The bride wore a
blue travelling suit. Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn
left on the 4.35 train south for short
wedding trip.
The members OF the Young Peoples
Christian Union, OF the Universalist
church. met Sunday evening to elect Of
ficers. but instead of carrying out the
scheduled program they voted to dlsband
the organization. Sessions win be kept
up until the regular Sunday night meet
ings Of the church begin after Thanks
giving. The lack of interest I'm the So
ciety by its members is not peculiar to
this society alone.
The auction sale OF live stock on the
Sholes farm Tuesday which was held
by f. S. Hall, trustee, by direction OF the
United States bankruptcy court, was at
tended by large number. A. w. ]. Will
kins was the auctioneer, and he secured
good prices for everything but a few
horses which were not specially valuable.
The sale included n number of cattle and
horses which John Barrett OF Putney
claimed as belonging to him by virtue OF
trade with n. F. Skies. owner OF the
farm, but which were returned to the
farm by order OF Judge Wheeler
The body OF George w. Clark. who died
in the city hospital in Worcester Monday.
WIS brought to Brattleboro Tuesday night
and was buried In Prospect Hin cemetery
Wednesday morning. Mr. Clark formerly
lived In Brattleboro and was n carriage
maker in the Miller shop, which stood
where the Doolittle apartment house now
stands on Elliot street For a number OF
years he was leader OF the Brattleboro
orchestra. He went to Palmer from Brat
ueboro 10 years or more ago. He was
"A wdower and was &c years old. Death
was due to senile exhaustion. Mr.. Clark
was a veteran OF the civil war
The following appeared in the Rutland
Herald Tuesday as a despatch from Bran
don: Adam Center jr.. has sold his
chestnut stallion Sirock to l.. d. Herrick
of Brattleboro for $500. and the horse was
shipped today to the Willowmere stock
farm at Sound Beach, Conn. The horse
Is a four-year-old registered Morgan,
stands 1873 hands. and weighs ITO pounds
He was bred and raised by Mr.. Center.
and took first premium this fall at the
Middlebury. Rutland and Brattleboro fairs
Sirock Is promising young stock horse.
Some three years ago Mr.. Center sold
a stallion for $500. and he has another
two-year- old colt. which is very promis-
ing"
An inquiry as to the cause and manner
OF death Of Engineer Almar w. Shattuck
who was killed at the Sand Hin curve
on the West River railroad Aug. 28 by
being scalded while pinned under a derail-
ed locomotive. was held in the Brooks
House Wednesday before H. s. Bingham
of Bennington and George T. Howard OF
! Craftsbury. members Of the state board
of railroad commissioners. States At
torney H. ID. Ryder Of Bellows Falls rep
u.
Adams the West River Railroad COM
pany. and G. c. Fits OF Brattleboro the
Shattuck estate The witnesses examined
were members of the train crew at the
time of the accident. Conductor Frank
Clark. Fireman Joseph LaForest, Brake
man William Allen and Brakeman William
Bemis. also Patrick COnnarn of West
Dummerston, who was foreman of n Sec
tion gang in charge OF the section of
road on which the accident happened
The details brought out were substantially
as published in The Phoenix Sept l. Mr.
Connarn's testimony was that two rails
where the accident happened were iron,
whereas all the other rails on the curve
were steel He said that the two rails
were badly bent and one was broken.
Asked how much they were bent, Mr..
Connarn replied: 'fWell, they would fit
into a turn table all right" All the
witnesses testified that Engineer Shat
tuck was a very careful engineer
Protective Oranges annual fair and
chicken-pie supper Tuesday evening
was big success. Twenty minutes or
more before the dining room doors were
opened a crowd began to assemble, and
when F. w. Mcclure began to take
tickets the crowd was as dense as that
seen around n ticket wagon on circus day
The tables were filled quickly, but people
kept coming and when those at the first
sitting were ready to go out there were
as many more waiting to get In. The
excellent supper justified whatever in
convenience the patrons went through,
either in crowding in for the first table
or in waiting for the next one. After
supper many people went up stairs to the