Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-15

school board of the Methodist church
will be held Monday evening at 7.45 in
the league room.
George Edison Burroughs of Hinsdale
and Mrs Mabel A. V. Martin of Man
chester, N. H., were married Monday
Methodist parsonage.
Crosby & Parker have entered an APP
peal from the municipal court decision
allowing Merritt c. Stanton of Eliza
BEETHOVEN, n. J., to recover 1892 from
them for an alleged breach of contract
Suit has been entered in the county
clerks office by the Connecticut River
Power company against T. L, Stockwell
of Vernon to recover S23S for standing
srass on the Pike place and Higgins
farm.
Mild weather for the past two weeks
has caused several bushes in different
parts of the town to begin to bud and
one lilac bush in the north part of the
town is growing leaves many of which
are half an inch in length.
Albert Cadwallader Buzby and Miss
Daisie Lucy Clough were married Sat-
urday aftrnoon in the Unitarian parson-
age by Rev. f. @. S. Osgood. Mr.. Buzby
is a tuner in the Estey organ shops and
Mrs. Buzby is a daughter of David F.
Clough of South Main street
A small amount of straw in a freight
car in the yard near the coal sheds was
discovered to be on fire shortly after :
O'Clock Saturday morning and an alarm
from box SO was rung in. Flremen
kicked the straw out of the car ana IL
was not necessary to use water. 1t Is
not known how the fire started.
DR.. and Mrs. F. w. Gwyer, who live
near Sunset lake, were thrown from
their carriage Monday morning, their
colt becoming frightened ana starving
IN an embankment Dr. Gwyer fell III
| a way to fracture three ribs and Mrs.
| Gwyer sustained sprains about her ankle.
| DR. c. r. Anderson of this village was
called Dr. Gwyer was out in few
| hours.
As in former years, the Congregational
| Sunday school will send box of cloth
ing and toys to Rev. Antonio Arrighi,
| pastor of the Italian evangelical church
| of New York city, for the Christmas
fiesta of his Sunday school. Gifts for
| the box may be left at the chapel from
today to Monday The recently publish
ed autobiography of Rev. Mr.. Alright
| entitled antonio, the galley slave,
may be found in the public library
Town Clerk C. S. Hopkins has received
! the card index system for which grea
need has been felt several years. He
will begin at once to index quit claim,
mortgage and warranty deeds and mort
gage assignments that come into the
office and also will file those that have
| been written in the last two books lie
| also has about completed the work or
| dered by the last session of the leglsla-
ture in getting the records of births,
deaths and marriages in the town pre-
vious to the year 1857 and for the year
! 1855 These will be sent to the secre-
tary of the state about Jan. l.
The Connecticut River railroad, by Lu-
cius futile, president has filed with the
secretary of state in Massachusetts, for
| presentation to the Legislature petition
for authority to acquire the Vermont
| Valley railroad, or to consolidate. The
| Vermont Valley operates from Brattle-
boro to Bellows Falls. 1t is owned by
the Connecticut River railroad through
ownership of IS per cent of stock, the
| Connecticut company in turn being
| leased to the Boston Il Maine for pc
Rod of SO years from Jan. l, 1893. Dur
ing the last fiscal year the Vermont Val
ley reported gross income of $476,16l.
Prucius Washington Manley, formerly
of Dummerston and now a BrattleborC
resident, and Miss jeanette EVelin Rob-
bins of Cambridge, Mass, were married
Monday forenoon by Justice Carl 5
Hopkins in the town clerks office. Mr.
Manley, who is rs years old, was fol
many years a Dummerston farmer ant
for a side line grew beautiful pond lille!
which he sold on the streets of Brattle
boro About q year ago he bought {
house at 80 Chestnut street. EsteyVille
which he and his bride will occupy. Mrs
Marley, who is 80 years of age, is
graduate nurse and has practiced sew
elal years in and near Cambridge.
Fritz Hanson, of this town, the cham
pion welterweight wrestler of the world
won from John Kilonis, champion mid
dleweight of Greece, Thursday night IL
Claremont in two straight falls. Hanson
received some heavy punishment iron
the Greek, who tore his face, ears ant
part of his body with his fingernails
After the match the Greek claimed tina
he had been suffering from a sore ca
and injured leg and asked for anothe
match. He and Hanson probably vii
meet in the Auditorium. Hanson
wrestled a Pole in Shelburne Falls las
week and won in two straight falls. TIL
men wrestled until after l o'clock in tn
morning.
Frank Worden and Edwin L. Hastings
assistant judges of the Windham count
court, have levied the usual tax of on
| per cent to meet the expenses of tn
county the coming year The tax las
, year was omitted, there being on nan
, sufficient funds to cover the past year
; expenses. The financial statement jus
made by Treasurer George c. AVerill
as follows: Income during the year end
ing Dec. !, 1911 $172.76; balance Dec.
, 1910, $20l7.24; total $3.50; amount dis
, bursed, $1469.S0; balance Dec. l, 1911
, $4,000. The balance in the repair &C
, count a year ago was $575.75. There wa
! disbursed during the year on order s.
, leaving a balance of $56S.75.
r Three lawsuits growing out of the dis
5 solution of partnership between Waite
NJ. Ware of Alstead. n. H.. and r. {
LOOMS and II. C. LOOMS of PutneI
l formerly allocated together in a cattl
< business in East Putney, have bee
filed in the county clerks office. Warne
o G. Townshend of Rockingham has sue
9 Walter NJ. Ware individually and War
I and the LOOMS brothers as a firm fC
Z $500 to cover what he claims is du
O him for cattle sold to them. His al
9 torneys are Gibson e. Waterman Wal
n ter NJ. Ware has sued r. G.. and II. {
q LOOMS for $4,000 through Chase
= Daley's Office and attached their cattl
- horses and tools. He alleges that undt
: the partnership agreement he was {
furnish half the capital, stock, tools an
-. supplies and half the labor, the two dc
I PENDANTS to furnish the other half an
! that he was to have half the profit
$ He says he furnished more than his ha
e and that the defendants refuse to az
q count to him. John II. Ware of Towns
Il hend who disposed of the property,
r named as trustee in these suits.
= Finding that they were facing a p,
= culiar legal situation the attorneys il
y terested in the case of the town