Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-22

Rev. Roy NJ Houghton. pastor OF the
Congregational church, will preach sun
day morning on The gospel Of health
The James F. Hooker residence on Ty-
Ter street and the Sawyer house on North
street which was owned by Mr.. Hooker,
both of which were bought by Charles
Miner last week. have been transferred
this week to William II. Proctor. Mr..
Proctor will rent the Sawyer house, but
he is undecided as to what he will do
with the Hooker house.
The Mohawk Overall company has
just received another consignment Of
Singer machines which are being put up
in the plant on Dock street." says the
Schenectady Union. The company is
now employing 225 hands and increasing
the number each week An addition to
the present factory will be constructed at
no distant date to take care Of the COM
panys western trade
Bertram q. Spencer Of Springfield,
Mass, who confessed to the murder Of
Miss Mary b. Blackstone. which occur
red in Springfield March 81 and who also
admitted having broken into DR.. c. 5.
Pratts house in this village in 1908, was
arraigned on the murder charge Friday
in Springfield. He waived examination
and was bound over without bail to the
grand jury, which will convene in May.
He was in the court room less than five
minutes.
Robert G. Bacon has made known to
some of his friends his intention to be a
candidate for the office Of town rep
resentative from Brattleboro this fall
on the Republican ticket, although he
will not enter into in unseemly scram-
BILE. Mr. Bacon has practiced law in
Brattleboro 10 years, demonstrating
marked ability in the trial of cases and
wide knowledge OF the law He is
Dartmouth college graduate, and since
his admission to the bar in 1900 he has
served as village attorney, village bailif.
trial justice and states attorney for
Windham county, being nominated unani-
mously by reclamation for the latter
office in 1906.
Gold was discovered Saturday in
small brook by Daniel r. Cutler who
owns the general store in Esteyvine Mr..
Cutler has had experience in gold mining
in the West and he has said frequently
that the conditions in the southern part
of BrattlebOro were favorable to the dis
covery Of gold He did a little placer
mining in small way, taking his mate
rial from the bed of the brook. when the
sand was washed away from the pan Mr..
Cutler found several tiny flakes OF gold
and one piece Of more than the ordinary
size under such conditions. 1t is improb-
in quantities sufficient to pay for the la
Dor. Mr.. Cutler has examined the rocks
i'm the country about the headwuters OF
the brook and has found traces of gold n
many places The Esteyville boys have
become somewhat exited over the dis
covery, and they are washing the sand
vigorously
\. J. Norton, the PinkertOn detective
who was in Brattleboro recently looking
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Spencer the murderer Of Miss Martha Il.
Blackstone OF Springfield, with the Brat
ueDOro burglaries was in town again the
latter part OF the week on the trail OF
the men who set fire to the Westminster
at Walpole bridge two weeks ago.
Norton succeeded in ferretng out evil
dence against Arthur Norriugtou, a
Walpole some time. When Morning
ton was confronted with the evidence
he could not account for his actions Mr.
Norton investigated the burglary a a. u.
WAITS house and went to Williams
Vile to look into the robberies there the
same night He secured some interesting
data but he did not connect Norrngton
with the burglaries. He is in possession
Of some facts about all these burglaries
which may develop into important eV-
idence. Mr.. Norton also went to New
fame to see the county Jail and TO look
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'Nd HiS uAchmcn out sundays shovel
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-tl lheT engines ''Northheld' ana
,T'ehheld' out of the round house
MONDAY mornings. They got no extra
pay ana sang Moody 5 song, Satisfied"
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