Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-04-02
Local Intelligence,


gans, valued at S35, 4sS.5s.
The Lawrence Hotel has just been pur-
chased by John Knowlton, late of the firm
of Francis & Knowlton, for $4,000.
Another lot of those cedar shingles Just
received by Allen & Works; also n carload
of pine lath, from Canada. A superior ar
ticle.
Robbins q Appleton, Of New York, adj
vertise the celebrated Waltham Watches in
our columns this week. Trip & Go. have
them.
You can buy at A. B. Simonds & Co.'S
new store, No. Union Block, Main Street,
10 pairs ladies' white Cotton Hose for si,00.
8 " Gents Cotton Hose for sl,0O
Z" Atwood Hose for 81 90.
dozen pure Linen Hdkfs., for s1,OO.
-Messrs. Estey & wyman have pur-
chased the lease of the Valley Mills for
three years from the LIST of April. Their
Office will remain at their old quarters, near
the gas-housc.
"A. d. Crabtree, NJ. D., the Sanato&n,
whose visit to our place in 1865 will dta6t-
less be remembered, Is soon to revisit us.
as per advertisement. Look out aE.the
PHOENIX EXTRA, which will appear csNt
week. The afflicted will read Of the Doe
tors coming with joy.
AT meeting of the stockholders Of the
Vermont National Bank of Brattleboro,
held on Wednesday last, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Samuel Root, of tho
Presidency of that institution, Wells Good
hue was chosen to fill that Office, and Lafa-
yette Clark to be Director, in place of Mr..
Goodhue.
The town meeting held on Wednesday
was a rather stormy affair, and az was to
be expected, resulted in the reconsidera-
ton of the votes passed at the regular
March meeting in relation 10 the town liq-
uor agency and the library. The liquor
agency will thus be continued, and the
friends of the library win have to adopt
other measures to ensure its perpetuity and
growth.
-Kilpatrick's lecture on Saturday eve
ming, the 9th ult., under the auspices of
the Grand Army of the Republic, was well
attended, and notwithstanding the dsad-
vantages under which the lecture was
given, 1t proved in every respect success.
The only fault found with the Generals
lectures is that they are too brief. 81 could
sit all night to hear him. was the common
observation ofthose present.
Goodrich is drawing unto himseli an
unusual number of customers by a stroke
of policy not heretofore attempted by our
merchants. His zone Dollar Department"
advertised elsewhere, offers attractions
which cannot fail to meet the wants Of the
IL 10, n N..,f,r
those who may be incredulous that the
lone dollar system, as conducted by him,
is no humbug, but pleasing and money
saving reality.
"A large number of our citizens assem-
bled at the Brattleboro House, last Wednes-
day evening, for the purpose OF adopting
measures to improve and enlarge the VII
change of views in relation to the matter, a
committee was appointed, consisting of
Richards Bradley, S. NJ. Waite, DftA<ost,
II. w. Clarke and c. N. Davenport, who
were directed to report plan of org uiza-
ton at an adjourned meeting, to be-lyden
on Saturday evening, April 10th.
Perry & Holding have a splendid and
full assortment of American watches, Of all
grades, which they are selling at the lowest
possible prices. Mr.. Perry being intimate
with the various watch manufacturers in
the United States, and having been with
the American Watch Company at Waltham
several years, they are able to give their
customers the advantage of buying watches
that have been carefully selected and
bought at the very lowest prices, and sold
correspondinglyl low. The American Watch
Company employ no agents except in Bos-
ton and New York.
The decease of the wife of the venerable
Elder Samuel Fish, formerly of Halifax, we
notice under its appropriate heading. Her
death, we are informed, had for some time
been expected by her friends. Not So
however with that of her son, Judson d.
Fish, whose sudden death at South Deer
field, Mass, on the 3Oth ult., has added
double weight of sorrow to the hearts Of
the mourners. News of his sickness not
having been received, he was sent for, in
company with other absent relatives, to at
tend his mothers funeral, which was to
have been held on Wednesday. Instead,
his own body Is brought on to be buried
with that of his mother. Both were in
tered at Halifax on Thursday.
AT the annual school meeting held at
the High School building, District No. 2,
Tuesday evening, March 30, the following
board of officers were chosen for the ensu-
suing year: J. NJ. Tyler, s. NJ Waite, II.
d. Holton, Prudential Committee Is. f.
Bingham, Asst. Committee C.. H. Stevens,
Clerk; s. n. Herrick, Collector; ]. w.
Frost, Auditor. From the Committees
report for the past year, we learn the entire
cost of enlarging and repairing the High
School building was s4,5O2.9l, of which
Sl424.96 was expended for furniture. The
amount paid teachers was $685. In conse-
quence of the extraordinary expenses in.
CURED during the year, there is now due
the treasury the sum of S6s4.sl.
The following letters were advertised
at the Post-office, Brattleboro, wedsesaay,
March 81, 1867
Gents-Henry NJ. Abbott j. G. Bingham,
Timothy Bellows, V. w. Bruce, Hon. ID, C,
Dennison, Henry l.. Davis, III. w. Downs,
Ed. Il. Emerson, j. NJ. EdSon, Sam'l Hill,
g. A. King, Dwight NJ. Mather, John MAY,
Elbridge NJ. Sargent, l.. NJ. Sargent. s.
Smith, James b. Thomas.
Ladies-Mrs. Eliza Akeley, Selma Alex
ander, Mrs. John Brown, Nellie Bartlett,
Mrs. l.. A. Boutwell,, Margaret Couphlin,
Mrs. Parmelia Henry, Mrs. L. Morris, Mrs.
Julia Il. Shepardson, Maggie Stuart, Mrs.
c. A. Wardour, Ellen Wilson, Florence
Wales, l.. 8. Werden.
Miscellsneous-Mess Slate Il johnson,
S. Houghton & Co.
Held for Postage-Mrs. Minerva w. God
dard, No. Orange, Mass
DEATH OF HON. GEORGE FOLSOM.
"A cable dispatch announces the death
of Hon. George Folsom, of New York,
which occurred at Rome, in Italy, on satur-
day, March 9th. Mr.. Folsom had for some
years past made Brattleboro his place of
summer residence. He was formerly a
member of tho New York State Senate. and
at one time represented the United States
government az minister TO the Hague. He
was a prominent member OF the New York
and Vermont State Historical Societies, and
his private library is said to have been one
OF the finest in New York. His wife was