Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
BRATTLEBORO.

9. S. Stockwell returned Saturday from
Manchester, N. H., with a handsome pair
of Kentucky bred horses which he bought
for Howard & Yearly
The Boston & Maine railroad will run
a special excursion train to Lake Suna-
pee next Sunday, leaving Brattleboro at
o'clock and arriving at the lake at 1890
Returning, the train will leave the lake
5.25. The round trip fare from Brattle-
boro is $3.50.
John Moynihan's horse slipped and fell
on the Main street bridge Saturday even
ing and was bruised in several places,
particularly on one shoulder which came
in contact with the iron curbing. The
horse was being speeded up in n friendly
driving contest
Two hundred and fifty tickets were
sold at the local ticket office for the Block
Island excursion last Saturday. OF this
number 73 were Today tickets. Two
hundred and fifty-five We're on the train
from north of Brattleboro, and $50 ar
rived in New London.
Lawyer Frank E. Barber had little
vacation trip in the rain Tuesday. Two
weeks ago he sent writ to Townshend,
which was returnable Tuesday. He sum-
moned his witness and expected to have
a hearing, but when he arrived he. found
that writ had not been served.
Adm F. Miller executor of the will of
DR.. S. N. Bemis, will sell by auction a
quantity of personal property at the late
residence of the deceased, on the Putney
road, about two miles from Brattleboro,
Friday Sept. l. at 2 o'clock p. m. A. w.
J. Wilkins of Putney will be the auc-
tioneer. The property includes farming
tools and household goods.
In memory of Rev. Father Patrick Cum
ningham, who died in August, 1904, an
anniversary mass was held in st. Michaels
holt l1Vr
The priests who participated were Rev.
Father Cahill of Boston university, for
merly of Springfield, this state, Rev.
Father Dwyer of Ludlow, Rev Father
Reynolds of Bellows Falls and Rev. Father
Ling of Hinsdale
A hearing was held Wednesday before
Judge George NJ. Powers at the Van Ness
House, in Burlington, in the case of Mary
Blakeslee Piggott against DR.. H. d. Hol-
ton. H. G. Barber, for the plaintiff,
and c. c. Fits, for the defendant, went
to Burlington Tuesday to be ready for
the hearing. At the last day of the April
term of the Windham county court, at
which Judge Powers presided A. e. Cud-
worth of South Londonderry referee,
filed his report The court gave each side
60 days in which to file exceptions. Both
sides filed exceptions, and the hearing
Wednesday was on the exceptions.
Lawyer H. G. Barber, as administra-
tor of the G. II. Phillips estate of Put
ney, brought suit Friday against ]. S.
Henry to collect the judgment of the
probate court against the defendant.
Mr. Henry's property in Putney, Dunn
merston and Brookline was placed under
attachment by Deputy Sheriff E. r.
Thayer. The suit is to collect $4,000. The
commissioners of Mr.. Philipss estate,
after numerous hearings, found that Mr..
Henry was indebted to the estate $5S24
and so reported to the probate court for
the Westminster district The court ac-
cepted the report. On Saturday the day
after Mr. Barber brought his suit,
Haskins & Schwenk, as attorneys for
Mr.. Henry, filed a petition for an appeal
from the decision of the commissioners,
two days before the expiration of the time
limit for filing such petition.
Reports came to Night Waterman VIII
Warren a few nights ago that different
girls in the village were being Rugged
against their wishes while walking on
the sidewalk at night. Two specific
instances came to his attention one on
Grove street and one on Oak street. on
Sunday night stranger crowded him
self into a doorway on Canal street, in
which two girls were sitting. On Tues
day night Mr.. Warren's attention was
called to a man on Canal street whom
It was thought might be the mysterious
hugger. The man acted suspiciously and
Mr.. Warren asked his name. The man
replied that it might be Alexander, but
that it was not. Mr.. Warren took him
away from the crowd which had
gathered and questioned him closely. He
found that the man had been in the
Retreat and had been on parole two
weeks. He was taken back to the insti-
tuition.
Matthew Sullivan, SO, a well known
Irish resident, died at his home at 20
Clark street Sunday On March %, 1904,
Mr. Sullivan fell and broke one hip, and
his decline dated from that time. He has
failed rapidly the past summer He was
born in County Kerry, Ireland, Feb. IL,
1922. He came to America SO years ago
and lived in Virginia and other places,
coming to Brattleboro from Lowell, Mass,
43 years ago. He was laborer and was
employed principally by the town. He
married Honora Austin in Lowell So years
ago last February. She died Oct 4, 1892.
Mr.. Sulivan's funeral was held in St.
Michaers Roman Catholic church at 9
o'clock Tuesday, Rev, Father Cahill of
Boston university officiating. The burial
was in the family lot in the Roman Catho-
lie cemetery. The bearers were Patrick
Fenton of Elliot street, John Devine, Job
Long and John Lynch. Mr.. Sullivan
leaves a brother, John Sullivan in Ireland,
and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Brosnahan
of Maiden, Mass, and Miss Bridget Sull-
van, of the firm of Brosnahan & Sullivan,
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The Port Huron, Mich, Times reports
the death in that city on the 18th inst, of
S. d. Clark, 49, the father of w. e.
Clark for long term of years track
master of the Vermont Valley railroad,
and well known in Brattleboro; IS. d,
Clark was born in Chesterfield, N H., on
January 2S 1920, where he grew to man
hood and learned the builders trade. In
1856 he came west. and located in Port
Huron. He afterwards had charge OF
erecting all of the buildings of the Grand
Trunk railway, from London to Sarnia
and to st. Louis, Mo-, and built the fac
tory for the American Plate Glass works.
When the Port Huron & Northwestern
railway was built Mr.. Clark had charge
of the construction gang. He afterwards
served as superintendent of public works
and was for years superintendent Of GEM
eteries. For the past Is years he has led
a retired life. He leaves one son, W. E.
Clark, OF New Hampshire, and three
daughters, Mrs. w. w. Jones, of Toledo
and Mrs. Walter Sanderson and Mrs. L.