Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-28
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The grocery stores will be closed
Thursday, July 4.
The funeral Of DR.. Charles E Sever
ance was held Saturday afternoon at l
o'clock in the home on North street In
the absence Of a settled rector Of st.
Michaels Episcopal church, Rev. D. L.
Sanford of Bellows Falls officiated The
bearers were Col. Kittredge Haskins Col.
e. A. Miles. Col. II. f. Taylor William
II. Vinton. Farley F. Crown and J. B.
Randol The body was taken to Shell
burne Falls for burial
The Brattleboro society Of seamstresses,
needlewomen and shopgirls held its an
nual meeting in Festival hall last night
and elected officers as follows: President
Mrs. A. j. Currier; vice president, Miss
Addie Fay: secretary Miss Helen Leahy;
treasurer. Mrs. Herman Cook: executive
committee. the president Miss Mary Don
nell and Mrs. c. II. Welcome. The at
tendance was small and little definite
business was transacted, although the
affairs of the society were dis
cussed at length informally. The
| special committee on the adjustment Of
| the differences Of opinion between the
| shop girls and the trustees Of the Thomp-
son fund did not report
A hearing was held Yesterday in the
| county clerks Office before A. f. Cud-
| worth. special master in bankruptcy, on
a petition Of II. f. Eddy, trustee Of the
| bankrupt estate Of William c. Davis OF
| SaXtons River, to compel the bankrupt "a
| turn over his interest in certain real and
| personal estate left him under the will OF
hts grandfather. the late Chauncey Hunt
| Of Norwich Mr.. Davis was declared
| bankrupt last fall and in his schedule OF
assets did not put in his legacy. The
| legacy, a house and lot and $1,000, was
| left to his father and mother for use dur
ing their lifd and on their death was tc
| 20 to him His father is dead and hi:
mother is in advanced old age. The
| bankrupt claims that by the terms Of th'
| will the house and money is not giver
him outright but is for his use during hi
life and is then to revert to the origina
heirs. The petitioner. represented by F
e Barber. claims that the legacy is u
become his outright on the death Of hi
mother and il thus entitled to be place.
in the schedule Of assets II. D. Ryde
Of Bellows Falls appeared for the bank
rupt.
Mrs Alice Marilla Kimball. 3;
wife OF George P. Kimball. died Sunda
evening in her home. % Western avenue
after a long illness. For several year
she had been in III health and for fiv
months had been failing rapidly. Fo
the past 20 years she had lived in Brat
tleboro and had identified herself ac
lively with the Baptist church and III
W. c. T. L. She was born in Putne
Nov. %, 1853, and was the daughter {
Lowell and Phoebe (Fletcher) Wilbu
When she was about IS years old he
parents moved to Keene where she live
until her marriage. April Is, 1875, to NJ
1 ! Kmbal. then a liveryman in Holyok
They afterward lived in Keene, whel
Mr. Kimball was a fireman and engine,
! on the railroad, and in Fitzwilliam,
=, II. For about IS years -ir. Kimball d
! a trucking business in town. He is no
employed by the Brattleboro Cabin
@ company. Mrs KimbaI leaves OF
y | brother. Wesley Wilbur OF Keene, a so
Harry Kimball of Clyde, Ohio. and
daughter, Miss Bertha Kimball OF tn
town. The funeral was held Wednesd;
e afternoon at | o'clock. Rev. G. B. Law
g son officiated and the burial was in Nor
- ingside cemetery.