Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-23

pointed superior Judge by Governor
Mead, lived here from 1888 to 1890 and
was a student in the office of the late
Judge Lavant NJ. Read. He had for
merly spent several years in Vermont
academy at Saxtons River and so is in
tmately remembered here by many
warm friends who extend to him hearty
congratulations upon his preferment.
The place made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Fred G. Bowman in the office of
the Vermont Farm Machine company as
head accountant, has been filled by the
appointment of Herman j. Searles who
has filled another position in the office.
Mr. Bowman has been canvassing about
town the last week two selling stock
in the company he has formed for selling
farm products in New Bedford, Mass,
and will go there to assume management
at once
Elder F. w. Stray of Barnstead N.
H.. is to remove to Bellows Falls in a
few weeks to assume the presidency of
the Northern New England Conference
of Seventh Day Adventists, which has
for several years had it's executive offices
here in the Gray building. He takes the
place of w. H. Holden, who resigns the
presidency to accept the presidency of
the New York state body of the same
denomination Mr. Holden will live in
Rome, N. Y.
The comedy of last Friday evening,
| 1.-THE Private Secretary" made as great
success, as was outlined by The
Phoenix. The house was all sold, the
! gross receipts being some over $500, and
the net amount which went into the
| treasury of the Masonic Temple club be-
| ing over $500. An evening of rare fun
was enjoyed by the audience and every
part was well taken. Many who had
seen the production a number of times
elsewhere stated this to have been far
| OH re tbax, bad
Leverett T. Lowell, who owns a num-
Der of farms in various parts of this
town as well as the Hotel Rockingham
and the livery stable on Rockingham
| street, has brought two negligence suits
against the Rutland railroad company
for damages caused to his farms by fires
set by locomotives. One fire occurred
May 49, 1906, and the other April %,
1907, and Mr. Lowell has been unable to
secure settlement. He claimed $500
from the two cases. Messrs. Ryder &
Graham are his attorneys in the cases
and they will be tried in this county.
Fifty years ago on the 30th of this
month widow named Donovon, who
lived near Westminster West, and whose
husband had died but a few weeks be-
fore, was frozen to death on the road
between here and Saxtons River neal
the present residence of Chauncey Beebe
In company with her son-in-law she hao
| been IN North NalpOle uu1lnS tHe dllel-
noon and left there for home just al
night Both were intoxicated and three
jugs of liquor were found in the sleigh
The woman was dead and the man hac
frozen hands and feet when found at
o'clock the next morning Tracks o.
the sleigh showed the team to have
travelled around back and forth all nigh
within a distance of three miles. Tit
town of Westminster had a heavy bill
to pay for the care of the man and bu
rial of the womans body. She was o
English birth.
During the past week a great amour
of progress has been made in the plan
: for establishing a parochial school TO
: the Roman Catholic children. meet
ing of the prominent members of 81
Charless church was held Thursda
evening with Father Reynolds at tn
. parochial residence about 20 being pres
ent. general committee of 10 to hav
charge of the details was chosen an
later this committee chose an eXecutiv
| sub committee consisting of j. j. Fen
ton, chairman, S. j. Cray Dr. j. I
Ridden, ]. D. Cote and H. A. Shaug
nessey to carry forward the arrange
ments and report back to the committe
of Is An article inserted in the war
rant for the town meeting of March
| asks that the town sell to the dioces
the old high school building on Cherr
street, but it is not expected that ar
engagements will be completed so tina
the new school will actually be opene
until a year from next fall.