Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-26


of about IS of his friends at his home on
North Main street last Friday evening.
A bountiful dinner was served and the
remainder of the evening was spent in
playing 5S and 500.
The management of the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital has appointed Miss
Elsie p. McCloskey superintendent to
succeed Miss Anna Barrett, resigned.
Miss McCloskey came to Brattleboro from
Philadelphia about three weeks ago.
The creditors of William C. Davis of
Saxtons River, in bankruptcy. held their
first meeting Monday In the office of f.
D. e. Stowe, referee in bankruptcy. After
an examination the creditors elected Her
mon e Eddy trustee of the estate.
George Eels has bought the Barthol-
omew ORlley place on South Main street
and will repair It for John Moynhan to
occupy. He also proposes to remove the
shed in the rear of the house to make
room for the erection of new dwelling
A. " Mays agency has sold for W. A.
Ramsdell his store and tenement building
on Central street to s. b. Emerson, who
makes the purchase for an investment
Mr. Ramsdell, who went to Los Angeles
Calf last year. returned to that city re-
Gently after visiting in Brattleboro and
other Windham county towns. He has
made large investments in real estate In
Los Angeles and intends to have his per-
manent home there.
The October term of the supreme court
convened in Montpelier Tuesday the
Windham county cases being taken up
first. The Brattleboro case of Barney
against the state treasurer, brought to
recover collateral inheritance taxes which
the estate claimed were collected unjust
~. was the first case printed on the Dock
- I,.,f 10 ~ fri
been adjusted. Attorney General c. c.
Fits, Judge e. L. Waterman and Lawyer
A. f. Schwenk went 10 Montpelier Mon
day to attend the session.
Morse Bond, son of william II. Bond
was burned badly about his face Friday
noon in Bond & Sons back office. He
was watching a toy engine which Walter
Timson had bought for a child, when
the alcohol in the lamp which was part
of the toy caught fire. In separating the
lamp from the engine the lamp was drop
ped on the floor and the alcohol spat-
tered over the boys clothing His cloth
ing was on fire in an instant and the
flames burned his face so that nearly all
of the skin on the left side and part OF
that on the right side fell off. The boys
father extinguished the flames and sum-
moned a physician. The lad has been
in bed ever since.
A 5OO-mile mileage book will be placed
on sale Nov 1 by the Central Vermont
railway. 1t will cost so and will be good
on all branches of the road south of St.
Johns, Que. ]. e. Bentley, general pas
senger agent, has received from the in
terstate commerce commission permission
to place the book on sale Nov. /. Or
dinarily a notice OF 30 days would be
given by the road for such an action.
There is no restriction made with regard
-.
in the use of the book. This action makes
the rate two cents mile. The Central
Vermont and the Boston & Maine are
among the few railroads in the country
that have adopted the 50O-mile book.
Mrs. Emma L. Perkins. Al. wife of
Charles P. Perkins, died Friday at their
home 1863 Mt. Vernon street. Fitchburg,
after an illness of Is months with cancer
of the stomach. Her maiden name was
Tebbetts and she was born in Boston.
Besides her husband she leaves one
daughter, Mrs Gertrude b. Jenkins OF
New York city, and two brothers and Il
sister who live in the West Mr.. Perkins
was for many years the owner of the
Brattleboro dye works and moved from
here to Fftchburg about six years ago.
The BODY was brought here Monday for
interment in Prospect Hill cemetery &C
companied by Mr.. Perkins and his daugh-
ter.
The first number of The Dial. the Brat
tleboro high school paper. for the pres
ent school year, was Issued Monday.
Besides the usual amount of interesting
reading matter 1t contains a notice of a
reorganization Of the editorial board Ar
thur r. Kenney, '07. is editor in chief
and the assistant editors are Halsey w.
Bardwell. OF, f. Murray Frost o. Paul
inc s. Miller. '07, Marion F. Simonds, o.
and Florence L. Strong, o. The re-
porters are Margaret G.. Barber, 'OS, Ell
len H. Sherman. '0S. Paul p. Jones, '0s
Robert P. Kenpey. 0S, Helen r. Martin
09, and H. Lawrence Putnam. 90. Glen
ham Jones, '07, is business manager and
Hyland D. Tasker, 'Os, Is assistant bust
ness manager.
Rev. Father M. ]. Carmody returned
last week from trip of six weeks abroad
| He left here September and sailed OF
| the Hamburg American steamer. Bluch-
er. landing at Cherbourg, France. From
there he Travelled south visiting Marsellles
| and Nice and then crossed over into Italy
After a brief stay in Genoa he went &c
Milan where he spent two days at the
| international exposition. He also spent
| a few days in Venice before returning tC
| Genoa where he took ship for home. He
| touched at Naples for a glimpse OF Pompei
| and Mt. Vesuvius and sailed past Glib
/ raltar ana the Azores arriving at New
| York Oct. 10 on the Moltke, the Butchers
| twin ship. The weather was favorable
throughout the journey and Father Car
mody thoroughly enjoyed his vacation and
is somewhat improved in health
The Chicago Record Herald OF Oct II
contained a two column portrait ovei
which was the heading ''Welcome l. Ca
pen, Who Has Won Promotion in the Pos
| tai Telegraph Company" Beneath the
picture was the following: welcome
Capen, who has been appointed superin-
Postal Telegraph Gable company was SUI
! perintendent of the Chicago district when
promoted He succeeds +. j. Nally, who
was recently elected vice-president OF
the company Mr.. Capen's headquarters
will be in Chicago, and he will have
charge Of all the lines west of here He
was born in Brattleboro, VT, in 1854 and
began his telegraph career as a messen-
| ger. His first promotion from the Key
was as manager at Baltimore for the Au-
tomato Telegraph company, and then ne
became wire chief for the Western Union
and manager Of the Cincinnati. Baltimore
and Ohio Telegraph company In 1890
Mr.. Capen was appointed manager for
the Postal at Cincinnati subsequently
he was made superintendent at Indian
apolis, and in 1899 he came to Chicago as
local superintendent" Mr.. Capen is a
son OF the late James II. Capen OF Brat
tleboro, one OF the pioneer telegraph OPP
orators OF the country. The younger Ca
pen learned telegraphy under his father
in this town.