Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-20

ana Canal streets
Plans for a bachelors ball are under
discussion. 1t is probable that no Ma
sonic ball will be held this season.
1t is expected that the visit of Brat
tleboro and Columbian lodges to Re
publican lodge of Greenfield will be made
on Thursday March 2.
There was no hearing Saturday in the
Stratton- Morse case, Miss Stratton haV-
ing decided to make no further opposition
to the granting of discharge from bank
ruptcy to Mr.. Morse.
John F. Houghton has been appointed
administrator of the Emily r. Houghton
estate of Brattleboro Ornan Prescott
has been appointed administrator of the
Mary Ann Sargent estate.
j. L. Stockwell accldenty overturned
a lamp in his home in West Bratteboro
Sunday night The carpet and other
articles were damaged. but MIR. Stock
well was able. by quick work. to prevent
serious damage. The loss was about $25.
The Keene Humane society, at a meet
ing last week, engaged Mrs. Jennie b.
Powers as agent Mrs. Powers went to
Keene Tuesday She will read a paper
before the Womans club in Keene today,
reviewing her work, particularly in con-
nection with children.
A firm employing not far from 200 hands
Street Railroad company recently for the
lease of the Centrevllle factory request
ing that no public announcement of the
fact be made A few days ago the rail-
road company notified the concern that
their terms had been accepted but the
firm has since written that they have
decided not to come to Brattleboro.
Waterman & Martin, surviving partners
of the firm of Waterman. Martin q Hit
have brought suit against Beatty s.
Balestier to recover $500 due them and
have served trustee process on A. " May.
Mr.. Balestier sued Mr.. May last week
for $500 which he claimed was due him
as part of the commission on the sale of
the Houghton deer park in Halifax. AS
soon as Waterman & Martin learned of
the suit they trusteed the funds in Mr..
Mays hands in order to secure the
amount in case the court decided the
Balestier suit against Mr.. May in favor
of the plaintiff
The meeting of the Congregational club
In the Brooks House Friday night was
attended by a larger number than the
opening meeting. An excellent banquet
was served, after which DR.. Guy l.. Hun
ner of Baltimore, surgeon at Johns
Hopkins hospital, spoke an hour or more
on Modern Abdominal Surgery" In n
very entertaining way DR.. Hummer COM
pared modern abdominal surgery with
the ancient practices, and illustrated by
blackboard use some of the more i'm
portant and difficult operations of the
present day. DIR. Hummer was very busy
during his stay in Brattleboro, perform
Ing at least three operations I'm the Brat
tleboro Memorial hospital and making a
number of examinations.
Contempt OF court proceedings were
held before Judge j. NJ. Tyler in the |
county clerks office Monday morning.
In May, 1904, Mrs. Leon p. Redfield of |
Grafton filed a petition for divorce on the
ground of intolerable severity, neglect and |
refusal to support. The following day |
Judge Tyler ordered Redfeld to pay his |
wife SIS a month pending the divorce |
petition and enjoined him from cucumber
ing or disposing of any of his property.
In December Mrs Redhed petitioned the |
court to summon Redfield to show why
he should not be dealt with for contempt.
The testimony tended to show that Red
field had not made his monthly payments
the past four months and that his per-
sonal property had been taken possess
sion of by the mortgage. The court
held that Redfied was in contempt of
court, but gave him until to-day to purge
himself of contempt by raising $50 and
the taxable costs. H. G. Barber APP
peared for the petitioner and A f.
for Redfield.
John E. Tasker, on going Sunday to
which he and several other young men
use, saw bizarre looking individual of
the hobo type only short distance away
Winnie Mr.. Tasker. who was accompanied
by his father, d. E Tasker, and his
cousin, Harry Fairfield of New York. was
preparing to open the cottage the stranger
in the direction of the rail-
road track. When the men stepped in
side they found fire in the stove and
that the quarters had been in
habited three or four days. All the eat
ables which had been left some time ago
had been disposed of. and sweater and
revolver were among the articles miss
Ing. A hurried council of war decided
upon pursuit of the culprit and John
Tasker ran up the railroad track as far
as Dummerston station, but could get no
sight of the man. 1t appears that the in
lruder on leaving the railroad track
short distance above the cottage. crossed
the river on the ice. He went to the
cottage of F. X Barrows on the New
hampshire side acted suspiciously there |
ana after asking some vague questions
d {. A. Harris and c. w. Durham. who |
were there for the day. disappeared He
VAS man of medium height, with stub
by beard. and could be easily recognized.
rs he had one white eye.
A trade of $50. 500 was reported for the
past year by Manager Alison Harris at
he annual meeting of the stockholders OF ,
The Grange store Saturday afternoon.
rms was $4,000 more than the previous ,
ears record. Over 40 per cent. of this ,
vas members trade. A dividend of s
Der cent. was declared on the stock and ,
dividend of per cent. on the members
rade. These officers were elected:
directors. Walter F, Goddard Oscar q
T. Ware, Azor Marshall Carl S. I
hopkins and John c. Dewitt auditors.
". II. Bracket, NJ. I. Reed and !
ieorge f. Crowell. At the meeting {
II the Grange Block association, which q
olloWed the Grange store meeting some q
u the stockholders were surprised to $
lnd that a new stakeholder. Linn d. c
Iaylor had acquired over 700 shares a
turing the year, or nearly half the entire t
lock. The Grange Block association de- d
Jared dividend OF per cent. on the Il
tock, substantial amount in addition S
laying been applied on the mortgage T
nd these officers were elected: President h
A. /. Reed; treasurer, w. F. Goddard: n
directors, M. l. Reed w. f. Goddard p I
J. Eames, Herbert Clark and w. e. [
3anks; auditors, w. H. Bracket, L. d. a
'aylor and S. w. Kimban. An in II
ormal vote of the stockholders showed a
hat nearly all were in favor of d
pplying the earnings hereafter on the p
ayment of the debt and of passing the a
ividends. n