Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-07-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LECTURE NY REV. Mn. CLArf-In another portion
Of this paper is an announcement of Lecture, on
Wednesday evening next, by Rev. A. H. Clapp, for
merly pastor of the Congregational Church in this
village Both on account Of the favorable reputation
of the lecturer and the worthy object to which the
proceeds arc to be devoted shall look for full
house,
A NrisANcE.--We arc credbly informed that sew
cral ladies have been insulted by obscene language
and disturbed by stones and other missiles used and
thrown by the Irish children on Elliott-strcct. We
trust the village fathers will that this nuisance is
nbated. During the summer season this street like all
others in the village is much rcquencd by strangers
ms well as citizens for tho purpose of II ride
or walk and hence this disturbance is the more an
noyng.
COUNTY CoNvENTIoN-The call for the Republic
can County Convention appears in our columns to-
day. and appended to the call the resolution under
which II was called as Delegate Convention, and
the number Of delegates to which each county is
titled. As the several Town Committees, if any were
last year chosen by the Town Caucuses we have not
their names. 1t is their duty to call the meetings to
elect delegates to the Convention and to elect their
successors It is desirable that this matter should be
attended to in season.
MARBLE WonKs y essrs. Kathnn & Briggs Of this
village now manufacturing some exceedingly fine
specimens of wrought marble. Besides monuments
of which they make every description, they are got
ing up beautiful mantcs and fronts for fire places Of
Italian marble for Mr.. Cabots house Pleasant
street. Their work will compare well with the Jobs
done in Boston or New York. They also manuf,c-
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variety of work in their line. Their monumental
work may be seen in all the cemeteries in this and
the adjoining towns. They are pains-taking, indus
,rous young men who arc bound to do good work and
to give full satisfaction.
"SrUMrTAiL" CoNvESrIoNs-The "Stumptail'
democracy ofhs County have called n convention to
meet at Fayetteville on the 18th Of August. The
time originally fixed upon July 23d, but it was
probably thought that the enthusiasm Of the State
Convention would not have sufficiently worked of
by that time. arrangements in progress, is the
language of the call, "whereby the attendance Of dis
tingiishci speakers from abroad will be securedr-
We hope the managers will not choke OF the home
talent Of which there is great abundance. The dis
tnguished official who two years snccs spoke OF "Chrs,
and his thirteen apostles" should have another chance
cr words, tue source from which he sucks his pap
is still "sick with fever" Trot him out
The District Convention of the same party are in
vited to meet ut Bradford the 18th Of August, to
90 through with the farce Of nominating candidate
for Congress. In both the "Stumptails' might
follow the example of their State Convention and
nominate the old ticket, for any ticket they bring
into the field is Of about as much consequence rs
last years crows-nest.
FIRE.-A fire broke ont on Tuesday, July 10, about
10 o'clock, A. NJ, in the tavern stand OF Freeman
Wyman, Stmtton. The house, barns. and sheds were
all consumed but their contents saved. Insured in
the Wndham County Mutual for s50o.-Argus.
CRors.-The long drought ended on Sunday and
was succeeded by most genial rain. The crops arc
now all looking finely and arc growing rapidly, ex-
cept the democratic party-and even that is growing