Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-05
BRATTLEBORO.

BRAT GEBORO.
The probate court appointed S. Otis
Thayer administrator of the Esther w
Thayer estate yesterday.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. c. f. Sargent on Cherry street
Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 10, at
o'clock All are requested to attend.
Edward Eckels, son of John j. Eckels
fell on the ice in the Crowell park We'd
nesday and broke bone in his left arm
between the wrist and elbow. He was
skating.
Fred Bean was struck in the right eye
by a piece of potash which he was cut
ting up in Whitneys restaurant Monday
afternoon. He has been unable to see
with that eye since then, on account of
Inflammation.
Patrick Clarity was arrested by Night
Waterman Will Warren Saturday night,
for intoxication. Clarity was fined So
and costs by Justice Newton Monday
morning. Being unable to pay he was
taken to Newfane Jail for 10 days by
Constable f. R. Thayer.
At the last meeting of Alpha lodge. No.
$40, knights of Honor the following Of
fcers were elected: ]. w. Simonds, past
dictator; John o. Stone, dictator; N II.
White, vice dictator; j. p. Elmer assist
ant dictator; c. l.. Piper reporter; ]. w.
Simonds, financial reporter; w. d. Perry,
treasurer; w A. Cunningham, guide; A.
Baldwin, guardian; Fremont Hamilton,
medical examiner; j. w Simonds and w.
A. Cunningham, trustees.
Conductor Robert F. Wheeler's pas
senger train on the New London road,
George Vassar engineer, picked up a tie
south of Belchertown Tuesday night.
When the train arrived at Belchertown
the tie was found wedged in between the
sIak ,nI-e ,YNI
moved with some difficulty. The tie
evidently was placed on the track with
a view to wrecking the train Officials
are investigating the matter.
The suit of Roswell Frost of Brattle-
boro against j. Edison Gates of Halifax,
brought to recover damages in the sum
of $50 was heard by Justice J. H. Merri-
field yesterday. The plaintiff alleged that
the defendant failed to keep his part of a
division fence in repair, The court rem
dered judgment for the plaintiff to re-
cover $21. The defendent put in no evil
dence, but appealed to the county court.
F. E. Barber appeared for Mr.. Frost and
F. d. E. Stowe was counsel for Mr..
Gates.
The elected and appointed officers of
Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows were
installed Monday evening by District
Deputy E. W. Trask of Bellows Falls.
About $50 people were present Refresh
ments were served The list of elected
officers was published in The Phoenix last
week. Following are the appointed Off
GERS: Right supporter of the noble grand,
w. T. Haigh; left supporter of the noble
grand, George Metcalf; right supporter Of
the vice noble grand Frank e. Barber;
left supporter of the vice noble grand
Wilson Brown; right scene supporter, F.
E. Dyke; left scene supporter, Harry
Learned; warden, A. w. Roel; conductor
vi n II a.
Cain; inside guardian, G. c. Whitney.
AS a result of active work by the
chorus committee of the Choral Union
the attendance at the rehearsal Wednes-
day night was much larger than for sew
eral weeks. A letter had been sent to
members stating that 1.-THE success or
failure of the Union depends upon the
attendance art the rehearsal next We'd
nesday." and quoting Mr.. Cof1ns state
ment that unless a change took place
he should decline to go on. The organiza-
ton has taken up some excellent music
and has engaged one of the finest concert
sopranos in the country Anita Rio, and
from now until the date of the concert
every member is asked to make a special
effort to attend the rehearsals. At this
weeks meeting E. H. Miller sang two
solos in a delightful way.
George Somers an old soldier and
pioneer of this city, planned suicide and
committed the deed last night" says a
despatch from Albuquerque, New Mexico,
dated Dec. Is. "a friend called at his
one-room hut this morning and found
the notice Please call ]. c. Baldridge
tackled on the door. Mr. Baldridge was
summoned and, opening the door, found
Somers sitting, dead, in an old rocking
chair, with a 44-calibre revolver clutched
in his right hand and a bullet hole in
the left side of his head just above the
ear. notice on the table read: I did it.
No one to blame No cause is assigned
except the fact that he feared paralysis,
and being 73 years old, would rather die
than be an invalid. He drew a pension
of S12 a month from the government and
had In the bank about $1,000 in cash, be-
sides owning half a dozen valuable lots.
A short time ago he made application to
the soldiers home at Santa Monica, Calf.
but received a reply that there were 600
applicants ahead of him. He served i'm
the Union army from Vermont, and has
relatives living at Brattleboro and Barnet
village, that state, and at Biddeford, Me
In his will he left $500 to a cemetery
association at Brattleboro."
A. F. schwenks account as adminlstra-
tor of the Robert Gordon Hardie estate
was allowed at the session of the probate
court Saturday. DR.. II, d. Holton's ac-
count as executor of the will of Rev |
Lewis Grout was allowed. The account
of John f. Gale, administrator of the |
William A. Putnam estate of Wardsboro, |
was allowed. j. A. Miller's account as |
administrator of the Sarah S. Taylor |
estate of Dummerston was allowed. The |
will of Mary L. Rose of Brattieboro was |
allowed and Francis II. Rose was APP |
pointed executor The account of N. e. |
Thurber administrator of the Daniel B. |
Collins estate of Halifax, was allowed |
Mrs. Thurber was appointed guardian Of |
II
Bert M. Reed, administrator of the Elmer |
%. Prouty estate of Halifax, to sell the
real estate. The account of Mrs. Joseph
A. Clark, Administrative OF the Joseph A.
Clark estate of Gullford, was allowed The
petition of Horace S. Smith, administra-
tor, to sell the real estate belonging to
the Thomas Smith estate of Halifax was
granted. The will Of Hannah A. w. Howe
OF Newfane was allowed and James F.
Howe was appointed executor In the
Francis G. Adams estate Of Marlboro,
license was granted c. e. Brown, ad-
ministrator, to sell the real estate