Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-14

seated conveyance to the trains while
the barge is being repaired.
The report Of the committee appointed
to investigate water supplies for the vii
lage will be completed within a few days.
Eleven members were initiated at the
regular monthly meeting of the Garment
Workers union held in Grand Army hall
Monday evening.
Several loud explosions provoked much
inquiry Wednesday evening. Charles
Cushman and friend were at work
breaking up old iron which had been col
lected near Little river. After one ex-
plosion pieces of iron landed on the main
Connecticut river bridge.
The collar and cum machine in p l..
Shea's laundry viii be sent away to be
adjusted and for that reason the laundry
will be shut down Saturday night for two
or three weeks. The machine is a fine
one, but 1t Is not properly adjusted. An
expert from the factory in Philadelphia
examined 1t yesterday.
Frank Martin, about 81, who was en-
ployed in the hay field on Fred Marsh s
farm in West Brattleboro, was overcome
by the heat yesterday about noon. He
was wildly delirious for a time and was
unconscious two or three hours. He was
given medical attention as soon as posi-
BILE. 1t is thought he will recover.
Touring automobiles I'm large numbers
have passed through the streets this
week The Stevens Duryea car which
will take part in the above the clouds
climbing contest at Mt Washington made
the journey via Brattleboro. The garage
| contained last evening a Mercedes car
which cost $4,000 and a Pope-Toledo
listed at $500.
Mrs. ANGELA L. Frost, SO, mother of
oil la
Saturday of acute brights disease. She
underwent an operation two weeks be-
| fore her death. The body was taken to
Mr.. and Mrs. Noyes's home In Colrain
Saturday and the funeral was held there
Monday. Mrs. Frost was a native of Mt
Holly and was the widow of Ransel Frost
''Steeple Jack" Cavanaugh is painting
the tower of the Congregational church.
| the top OF which is 161 feet from the
ground. He was caught In the rain while
on the tower yesterday. He says a posi-
ton on the top of the tower gives a fine
view of the surrounding hills. Mr.
| Cavanaugh has no hesitation about look
ing down to the ground from the dizzy
height, in fact he has to look down to
take the supplies which are passed up to
! him.
Two cases entitled the United States
against Peter McGettrick have been de
days. Mr.. McGettrick appealed from the
| decision o. the collector of customs as
| sessing duty on a by-product of oats and
| the appeal was sustained by the board OF
| general appraisers at New York. The
| government through District Attorney
j. l. Martin, appealed from the decis-
| ion of the board Of appraisers and Judge
! Wheeler sustained the collector His de.
| Cislon Is final.
l. 7 % IA
| the remaining $4,000 OF treasury stock OF
| the Montpelier Grocery company so that
! the entire capitalization of S25, 900 is nov
| taken. He also has bought d. Frank
Sheas interest and all but $1,000 of ID. p
| DeWitts interest, which gives him control
of the company. He went to Montpelier
| from Brattleboro Tuesday. Mr. Dewitt
| remains as president of the company. Mr.
Shea does not intend to move to Mont
| pelier as formerly planned. He and his
family will go to Canada soon on n vaca-
| ton.
The farm buildings on the Charles Bart
| lett place in Marlboro were burned be.
| tween and 10 O'clock Wednesday night
| The flames lighted up the sky and at.
| tracted the attention OF many people IL
! Brattleboro and other towns. The cause
| Of the fire Is not known. but as the build
ings were unoccupied there is a dispo
| sition on the part of some to think thai
| II was incendiary. The hay harvest ed
| last year was in the barn and was in.
| sured for $500 but there was no insuranc,
on the buildings. The property was own.
ed by George Robbins of Springfield
Mass, and probably was worth $500 aside
from the hay.
Norris f. Skies, who sold the Shole.
farm two weeks ago to Mrs. Emma Buck
man of Athol. filed a petition in bank
ruptcy Wednesday, his financial affairs
being brought to a crisis by the suit OF
| Herbert Clark OF West Brattleboro &c
collect a debt Of over $500 which is re.
ported elsewhere in this paper The Sc
| cured and unsecured claims amount t.
| approximately $27, Following is tn,
| list Of secured creditors: George L.
| Townsend of Putney. mortgage on llv,
stock. 1904; Brattleboro Savings bank
mortgage on Sholes farm. $1,000: William
| b. Skies of Dummerston, deed of farm IN
| Gilsum. n. H., $4,000: r. H. Briggs OF
| Brattleboro lien on corn harvester, 800
| Charles Miner of Brattleboro. lien on two
| tracks Sl55; Emma F. Buchanan of Athol
! mortgage on saw MILL $S01; Peoples Ma
uonal bank of Brattleboro, two notes
| signed by w d. Skies as surety $40
| The value of the securities given for this
Indebtedness is Sl1 500. The total of the
secured claims is 1880. and of the un-
secured claims $l1,394. The unsecured
creditors whose claims exceed $50 are as
follows; II. G. Clark Of Brattleboro. 1920;
]. Il. Mellen of Brattleboro. ST.; NJ. G.
Williams Of Putney, SIS: w. n. Wilbur
OF Putney, 800; Valley Grain company OF
Brattleboro, $751; Warren Fessenden OF
| Brattleboro, $50: f. E. Blood of Putney
$lOO; r. w. Blood of Dummerston, $50: E
A. Strout farm agency of New York, SlOl
| w. d. Skies of Dummerston, notes and
account, $lO,lOO. The assets, besides the
value of the securities named above, in
clude standing crops worth about $1,000
personal property amounting to 1862 and
| debts due amounting to about $3.50.