Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-25
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the machinery Tuesday
Hcrmon e. Eddy has been selected by
County Clerk f. ID. f.. stowe to serve as
deputy county clerk, the position which
Mr. stowe held under the late John H.
Merrifeld.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. c. H. Davis, Estey street. Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clock instead of
Wednesday, Supper will he served from
6 to s. All are invited.
The annual meeting of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Will
be held next Tuesday evening at 80 in
the north room of the public library.
large attendance is earnestly requested.
The study class of the woman's alli-
ance of the Unitarian church held its
first meeting of the season Monday even
ing Study of the religions of China was
resumed. The class will meet each Mon
day evening for the present
The Vermont Society of United States
Daughters of 1912 is planning to hold its
fifth annual bazaar in March, the arrange
ments to be completed later. This Will
take the place of the regular quarterly
meeting which celebrates the birthday
anniversary of Andrew Jackson.
Two cases Of diphtheria were reported
TO DR.. Henry Tucker. health officer, this
week One was on Elliot street the other
on Washington street. few new cases
of whooping cough were reported. There
have been no new cases of scarlet fever
and the danger of cOntaglon from the old
ones is now past.
Rev. H. r. Miles will speak at the meet
ing in the Congregational chapel this
evening upon the Code of Hammurabi."
the oldest law book in the world. which
was a basis of law in Babylon and As
syria for two thousand years, and eX-
ercised a marked influence upon the Mo-
sale legislation Hammurabi was king of
Babylon 22S0-2245 B. c., and is supposed
to be the Amraphe of Gen. IA, ana con-
temporary of Abraham.
Mrs. S. Belle Thayer, A. wife of Leslie
o. Thayer of Athol, died Friday from
neuritis in the City hospital in Worcester,
where she had been since last April. Mrs.
Thayer was born in Erving, daughter
of Levi and Maria NJ. Bates. A large
part of her life was spent in her native
town but she had lived in Athol several
years, and was a member of Hubbard
V. Smith Relief corps of that town. The
funeral was held in Athol Monday. Mr.
and Mrs. Thayer had lived in Guilford
where they carried on the Broad Brook
House a short time.
Edwin C. Davis and his sister. Miss
Clara Davis, were called TO East Mont
pelier last week by the illness of their
father, whose death took place before
they reached his home. Two years ago
Mr.. Davis was in BrattlebOro three
months and made many friends here. He
was so years old and had been engaged
in religious work nearly GO years al
though he never was ordained a minister
For 40 years his home was in Wolcott
He is survived by a sister 95 years of
age, the only remaining child in a family
of eleven, and by his second wife, one
son and three daughters.
The state railroad commissioners made
a formal report to States Attorney Rob
.ert c. Bacon on the hearing on the death
of Frank ClOugh held Jan 16. The re-
port eXoneratcd the railroad company
from all blame in connection with the
accident and placed the whole blame on
'Clough for his failure to observe the
rule of the railroad that the air hose
should be uncoupled before the cars were
uncOupled. The report held that the
evidence showed concusively that Clough
met his death by being crushed between
the lrawbars of the engine and the car
while he was endeavoring to uncouple
the air hose.
A. hearing in the case of Mary Blakes-
lee Piggott against DR.. II. ID. Holton was
held Tuesday before Special Master A.
r. Cudworth of Londonderry. The case
arises over the handling of an estate be-
longing to Mrs Pggott by the trustee, DIR.
Holton. 1t was tried in the superior
court which directed that Mr., Cudworth
to the court This hearing was to
present the facts to Mr.. Cudworth. Phil
ip Maher of the EasthamptOn National
bank testified as to the investments which
had been made and DR.. HoltOn also tes-
titled The hearing was continued so that
another witness who could not be pres
ent could be heard c. c. Fits and Glib
son & Waterman appeared for DR.. HOl-
ton and II. G.. Barber and John f.. Gale
of Guilford for Mrs. Piggott. The date foI
the continuance of the hearing was not
set.
TWO valuable watches stolen i'm Biz
mingham England, have been traced tC
Guilford and will soon be returned tC
their owner. They were sent by young
man i'm Birmingham as Christmas pres
erts to two Young women i'm Guilford who
were entirely unaware of the manner In
which they came into his possession. The
theft of the watches was traced to the
Young man and when arrested he con
fessed that he sent them to this country
The chief of consJables i'm BIRMINGHAM
wrote to Deputy Sheriff +. l.. WelmaI
of Guilford asking him to do what h,
could to recover the watches. He wa!
doubtful if they had arrived safely as the!
might have been seized by the custom
house officials ana confscated for duty
Mr. Wellman went to one young woman
who gave up her watch promptly. Thu
other watch had been slightly DAMAGE
and had been sent to a Brattleboro jewel
er to be repaired. 1t will be turned owe
10 Sheriff Wellman shortly.
David Newhall, 50, died at his hom
i'm Conway Mass, Monday from paraly
sis of the spine. He had not been Il
good health since last June. He suffer
ed a CONFUSION Sunday and these at
tacks We're continued at irregular i'm
Vervals until his death. He was a so
of OTman ID. and Abigail Wells Newha
and was born in Conway His fathe
died when he was six years Old, and h
then came to BrattlebOro. He attende
school in this town and remained her
until he was 10, when he returned t
Conway to live with his uncle Lore
Newhall. He graduated from the Shell
burne Falls high school and Eastma
business college in Poughkeepsie II
was selecuman of the town 16 years
retiring from that Office two years age
He was chorister in the Congregations
church in Shelburne Falls several years
He was an honest, Industrious, kind heart
ed man, He is survived by his wifi,
who was Mrs. Jennie Totman Boydel
three children and TWO step-children.