Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-08-05
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and second degrees Wednesday evening.
The parish picnic of st. Michael's Ro-
man Catholic church will be held Aug is,
either in Barber park in Bellows Falls or
in Central park, Vernon
Mrs w. G.. Rockwell of Frost street
has cat which catches fish from Whet-
stone brook every day. Already 1t has
brought 16 fish to the house.
Glass No y of the Baptist Bible school
met in the home of Miss Cora Hatch on
Cedar street last evening. The time was
spent socially and with music. Refresh
ments were served.
There will be two band concerts next
week one on the village common Tuesday
night and one on Estyevlle common
Wednesday night. At the Esteyville con-
cert the Ladies' Enterprise society will
serve ice cream and cake.
The check list for use in the freeman's
meeting Tuesday, Sept 6, has been posted
by the selectmen in the town hall corri-
dor. The board of civil authority will
meet in the seleCtmen's room Saturday
Sept. 3 at p. m. to revise the check
list
Twenty-Five Of Lester Moores friends
gathered at the home of his sister, Mrs.
G.. o. Russell, on Washington street
Thursday evening and held a lawn party
in recognition of Mr.. Moore's 21st birth
day anniversary Ice cream, cake and
played and a very pleasant evening was
spent
Complaints concerning vicious dogs,
one in Esteyville and one on South Main
street, have been made to the selectmen
this week. The Esteyvile dog is alleged
to have bitten a man and the South Main
street canine is so threatening in his
manner that people are afraid of him. In
both cases the selectmen will endeavor to
have the owenrs dispose of the animals,
but if they fail to do so the selectmen
will take the responsibility
The 2Sth session of the general confer
once of Christian workers opened in
Mortified, Mass. last evening with more
than 1000 delegates. The speaker will
be Or. G. Campbell Morgan of Lon
don. who has been the principal speaker
at these conferences a number Of years
past The special feature of the confer
ences will be the children's choir. which
will he heard Sunday for the first time.
The Sunday services in the Auditorium
will be open to every one. Dr. Nor
gan will speak at the morning service.
The speaker for the evening will be an
nOunced later.
Mimic war on the most extensive scale
attempted since the blue and brown armies
met at Manassas, Va five years ago
began at Pine Camp, y Y, this week
with the assembling of United states
troops and National Guarismen for joint
army and militia manoeuvres. The sol
diers are under command Of Major Cen
eral Frederick Dent Grant, who COM
muded the battle exercises at Pine Camp
two years ago The LIST Vermont Regi-
ment. headquarters Brattleboro, 2l Maine
Regiment and 9th Massachusetts regiment
and three troops Of cavalry from Rhode
Island designated To be in camp from
Aug. 81 to Aug 81.
The class races for the coming Valley
fair have been decided upon and some
good racing is assured The class races
will be 2.2i pace purse $500: PA trot,
purse $500; 2.lS pace, purse $500. Another
free for-all for a purse of $1,000 will be
run and from the inquiries which have
been coming in it is expected that this
race will eclipse that of last year, which
was without exception the best racing
ever seen on the track. Another three
county race for a purse of $3.50 will be
run. Horses may be entered from Wind
nam, Franklin or Cheshire counties. Ac-
cOrdng to the regulations horses must
be owned at least two months before the
entries close in the counties from which
they are entered, and any horse with a
record of 225 or better is barred out. The
entries for the class races will close Sept
%
suit for $4,000 damages for alleged
alienation of affection, brought by Leon.
ard B. Lee of South Newfane against
Bert williams of the same place, wa;
fled in the county clerks office thi:
morning Mr. Lee alleges that on July l
1903 and at various times since, the de
PENDANT has advised and induced the wife
Of the plaintiff, Cora !. Lee, to leave him
and that he corrupted her mind and de
stroyed her affection for her husband
also that his relations with the wife Of
the plaintiff were improper. There are
three children, aged 10, eight and siH
years Divorce proceedings have beer
started in the Lee family three times bu
each time the suits were called off before
they came up for trial. Mr.. Williams was
arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff c
i. Mann, and was released on bail fur
nfshed by Mrs. Matte Williams Ingram
The suit was brought through the office
Of II. G. & f. f. Barber.
Don w Felch of Keene and Frank w
Pier of Jacksonville, who have formed
partnership to manufacture chairs in tn
williams factory oil Williams street, vii
utilize the chair stock factory in Rawson
vile, formerly owned by Judge Fred B
Pier, now of this town, and which ha
been operated by his son, Frank w. Pier
since Judge Pier moved to Brattleboro
Fhe firm owns a large amount of timbe
Eand in and near the town of Jamaica, ant
the logs will be drawn to the Rawsonvill'
mill and worked up into rough stock an'
then shipped to the Brattleboro factor!
TO be made into finished chairs ready 10
the consumer This will be much mor'
convenient and satisfactory than it woul'
be to haul the logs to Brattleboro and /
viii do away with the necessity of main
tl.n.rg big saw I'm the vlrl here. Rougl
stock also will be shipped here from othe
pTlc when the right kind of lumber can
NOT be obtained in Jacksonville. Mr.. Felcl
hrs a quantity of material in the Keen'
mill and Mr. Pier is similarly situated II
RaWsJnVffle and after that has beef
worked off the local plant will be started
The new firm hopes to get the business II
Brsttleboro under way the coming au
SUNNI
4 hearing was held Friday before Judg'
J. L. Martin in the bankruptcy proceed
ings which were instituted recently b.
sOme Of the creditors of George Fred
srick, who left town several months ag'
and has not returned. When TIN
bankruptcy proceedings were brough
Mrs Frederick filed an answer in protest
The principal part OF the Frederick es
Ifte is a portable saw mill now located
on a lot owned b Warren G. Doolitte II
Marlboro, near the Newfane line. Mrs
Frederick claimed that she advanced
$1,000 for the purchase Of the mill and tina
recently she sold the mill to her husband
through Frank p. Barber, and took
mortgage note in return. She claimed
fhe transfer was not an act of bank
Tuptcy and she claimed further that tn
claims of the creditors joining were no
enough in the aggregate to allow lega
Bankruptcy proceedings. Enough credi
Joined TO ODViate tina