Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-24
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The body of Edwin Wilder was removed
from Meeting House Hill cemetery and
taken to Cornish. N. H., yesterday.
The women of the Methodist church
will serve their annual creamed fish
supper in Grange banquet hall Dec 7.
There will also be a sale of aprons and
fancy articles
o. 7. Dodge has bought George E.
Crowells large building lot on Spruce
street. He will build a house there next
spring. Mr.. Dodge has moved this
week to a tenement in the Douglas house
on that street
The interior of the Pavilion hotel
stable in Montpelier, owned by Thomas
j. Heaphy formerly of Brattleboro, was
burned out yesterday morning causing a
loss of $4,000. The cause of the fire is
not known. The stable was occupied by
j. NJ Coates. All the horses were saved.
AS directed by the statutes, Judge
W. R. Daley, Immediately after the con-
viction of Harold Shaffner for reckless
driving of an automobile notified Sec
rotary of State Guy w Bailey of the
particulars of the conviction and thus
the matter officially has been called to
his attention.
Mrs. Emily Allen, treasurer of Sedg-
wick Woman's Relief corps the past 10
years, was given a surprise party in hon
or of her birthday anniversary in Grand
Army hall last Friday evening by MEM
bers of the corps. The evening was
spent pleasantly in playing 500 and in
enjoying short musical program. Mrs
Allen was the recipient of several USE
full presents.
Richmond Wall, II, of Providence. r.
l., died Nov. 16 in that city He was
superintendent of the Browne & Sharpe
machine works IS years. Besides his
wire he leaves one son, William and two
sisters. Miss Lizzie Wall and Mrs Mary
Wheeler all of Providence. Mr. Wall
was cousin of the late Frank A. Rich
mond of West Guilford, where he Wis
tied frequently, and where he made
many acquaintance.
In the annual meeting of the Vermont
chapter of the American Red Cross in
burlington Wednesday Dr. Henry d.
Holton of Brattleboro was elected chair
man of the chapter Governor Mead has
appointed him delegate to the Red Cross
congress in Washington Dec. 4. In the
annual meeting of the Vermont society.
Sons of the American Revolution, in
Burlington Wednesday DR.. Holton was
elected a member of the board of man
; ayers and first delegate to the national
| convention. Frank l.. Greene of st. AL
bans was elected president and Walter
| II. Crockett of Montpelier secretary.
Justice John E. Gale OF Guiford has
been designated to hear the suit of the
town of Brattleboro against Frank O.
! Carpenter, which Is an action to recover
taxes. Judge w. r. Daley is disquali-
fled to hear the case. being a taxpayer in
! town. The hearing was scheduled for
| yesterday, but Mr.. Gale was unable to
| attend to 1t then and it was continued
| to Dec ?. The suit is to recover a bal
| ance of $15.19 of the 1909 tax and the 1910
Mr
pay on the ground that some of the land
for which he was taxed in Brattleboro
/ was in the town of Dummerston. He
| has appealed from the 1911 assessment
to the state tax commissioner.
| In recent report of C. l.. Stickney
and c. A. Harris. commissioners of
| claims upon the estate of the late Nancy
A. Esterbrook of Brattleboro two claims
were disallowed. One was that of Rollin
S. Childs for board, care and supplies
which amounted to s2S19.69, and the
| other was a claim of the estate of Julia
| A. Childs for care and nursing, amount
! ing to 1920 Appeals from the probate
! court in both cases have been allowed
by that court and have been filed in the
county clerks office. One is entitled
Rollin S. Childs, claimant, appellant
| against the estate of Nancy A. Ester
brook, John l.. Roess administrator The
other is entitled Rollin s. Childs, admin
|
claimant, appellant, against the estate of
| Nancy A. Esterbrood. John L. Roess ad-
ministrator. Gibson & Waterman and J.
X. Batchelder are attorneys for the ap-
pellant.
John w. Shea, 3d. brother of Edward
j. Shea and d. Frank Shea of this town
and a well-known hotel man in New
! York city, died in New York yesterday
| following an operation Monday for a
tumor affecting his stomach. f. ]. Shea
started for New York this morning to
attend the funeral tomorrow. John w.
Shea was born in Brattleboro and was
a son of the late Timothy Shea. When
a boy he began work as bell boy in the
Brooks House, going to New York when
about II years old. He filled various po-
sitions there, from bell boy to manager.
and had experience not only in New
| York. but in California and other parts
of the country Among the New York
hotels with which he was connected
were the Brevort. Quincy and Grosvenor,
being manager of the latter and he also
managed the Hamilton club In Brook
Ign. He leaves a wife. who was Emily
Leonard of New York, and four broth
ers, M. j. Shea of Brooklyn, p L. Shea
of Derby, Conn, and f. j. Shea and ID.