Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-02


tea party in the home of Mrs James
Clune, Brannan street
Special business will come before the
odd Fellows in their meeting Monday
night and large attendance Is hoped |
for.
A quiet wedding took place Monday at |
the Baptist parsonage when Joseph |
Perry and Miss Mary Agnes Fitch, both |
of Brattleboro, were unitd in marriage |
by Rev. DIR. John r. Cow.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Dewitt. who re-
turned this week from a vacation of a |
month at owls Head, Me, were passen- |
gers on the steamer Belfast, from Rock |
land to Boston, which rescued the pas
sengers of the steamship City of Rock |
land which rammed collier early Tues
day morning northeast of Thatcher's is
land. The $50 passengers were taken
aboard the collier and later transferred
to the Belfast.
The electric iron in ]. Sutherland G.
Co.'S store was left turned on when the
store was closed last evening and when
1t was opened this moknng 1t was
found to be full of smoke. Investigation
showed that the covering of the IRON
| ing board had been burned to a crisp
during the night and that the board and
supports were badly charred A number
| of women's suits were hanging near the
board, but did not catch fire.
| The people of Esteyvile are much
stirred up over the cement sidewalk sit
| uation. On some of the prominent
| streets where wide earth walks have
| been enjoyed and where the citizens
| supposed four-foot cement walks would
| be laid 1t is purposed to lay three foot
| walks. Some of the abutters are will
| ing to pay for an extra foot across their
| premises, while others are unwilling to
do 80, which leaves the matter in an
| unsatisfactory condition.
The funeral of w Dorr Perry was
| held in his home on Clark street Fri
day at o'clock Rev. E. Q. S. Osgood
of the Unitarian church officiating. Miss
| Gertrude Matthews sang to selections
The funeral was largely attended and
| there were many floral membranes
| Those present from out of town were
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Hyland Perry and two
little daughters of New York city, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles w. Perry and daugh-
ter, Margaret of Waterbury, Conn, and
Miss Kate Perry of Greenfield, Mass.
The burial took place in Prospect Hill
cemetery. The bearers were Harvey w.
Sanders. Don II. Miller, Abram ]. Cur
rier and Arthur d. Horton
DR.. Maurice II. Richardson, so. the
foremost surgeon of New England was
found dead in bed in his home on Bea-
con street. Boston, Wednesday morning.
l W
town. He was one of the consulting
surgeons of the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital, and performed operations here
several times and was a frequent Wis
itor to his cousins, Dr. G. F. Barber
and Mrs Joel Flagg of Guiford, DR..
| Richardson was native of Athol and a
graduate of the academic and medical
departments of Harvard. He specialized
in abdominal surgery. He leaves wife
and six children. Dr. Barber went To
Boston to attend the funeral which was
held at IL o'clock today.
Substantial progress has been made
this week on the railroad work on the
Vermont side of the river, the contract
for which and the beginning of work
were reported in an exclusive article IL
The Phoenix last week. Because of the
large number of logs Sin the river the
workmen have been unable to extend the
| temporary trestle farther into the river
so the men have turned their attention
!, | to building a trestle for making fill
| for the permanent roadbed OH the Brat
tleboro side. For this purpose piles have
| been driven for a distance of over 60t
, | feet. Representatives of the Boston &
| Maine railroad have been here this
week. and it is expected that the worl
of blasting on Vernon street will b.
| begun soon.
t Divorce cases have taken up the TIM
in county court this week The end ha
:: not been reached, but it is hoped tina
the last one will be disposed of befor
a recess is taken tomorrow. Chancello
Frank L. Fish will preside at hearing
on the report in the Hooker, Corser
Mitchell company overall case in Brat
tleboro Monday probably in the count
. clerks office. The last jury trial ende
Saturday when the jury brought a yer
= dict for the plaintiff to recover $3.50
in the case of Charles Ingram of Mari
boro against the Bingham brothers c
Wiliamsville and South Newfane A sui
. was brought to recover for lumber sol
- and labor performed. A contested divorc
y case was tried yesterday, Alice L. But
- Ter of Brattleboro against Ralph E. But
. Ter, II. G. & F. E. Barber representa-
u the petitioner and f. W. Gibson the pc
u titionee The court intimated that tn
D petition would be dismissed on tn
ground that the alleged offense of intol
cradle severity was condoned by tn
g | wife.