Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-16
Local Intelligence.


Mercury --l5O Thursday morning--the
coolest yet.
The Universalist festival occurs next
Wednesday evening.
Several new books of interest are TO be
found at Cheney e. Clapp's.
Joseph Prescott has sold his house on
Green street to u. u. Stedman. Prise |
s3500.
Carriages will call for ladies who at |
tend the calico ball this evening. Per or
der committee of arrangements.
In digging for the repair Of the water
works near the Revere House, the other
day, frost was found ut the depth of three
feet FIVE inches.
-Rev. NJ. II. Harris will give lecture
in the Universalist church next Sun day
evening. Subject "Manners and Gencr-
osity." All are very cordially invited.
The Supreme Court for Windham
County, Judge Pierpoint presiding, is in
session at NewGane. The business will
probably be completed This week.
DIR. l.. c. Barker of Bellows Falls,
whose professional visits to this place have
been continued for the past two years with
monthly regularity, has terminated his en-
gagements here, having decided to 90 West.
Tho lecture committee announce lee
ture by Miss Minnie G. Swayze, TO he Civ
en- at the town hall next Monday evening.
Subject "Woman and her Abilities" The
lecture will be free to holders of season
tickets.
- -Crosby's hall was filed 10 overlooking
by the Good Samaritan meeting last Sun
day evening. Remarks were made by
Prof w. X. Shipmnu of Boston, l.. X.
Fuller, President Tyler, and Allen Day.
Singing by the Universalst Sabbath School.
The southwark bound passenger train
Wednesday morning ran into saloon car
at South Vernon. damaging the car con-
siderably and smashing the forward part of
the locomotive, though not enough to pre-
vent its continuing TO CIRCUITS Corner. A
mispl aced switch caused the mischief.
The winter term of school in district
No. &, closed on the 9th inst. During the
term of "A weeks the pupils had no tardies
and the following are the names of those
who had no absences: Burr Taft, Frank
Taft. Frank Bemis, Cortiss Boutwell,, Hat
tie Roadway, Nora Taft, Addie Bemis Jen-
ME Chamberlain not absent for IL weeks.
CLARK & Wizards occupancy Of their
new quarters at No. i, Brooks House, COM
pletcs the line of new stores on Main street;
and a better appointed or more attractive
set Of stores than Brattleboro now boasts,
II would be n difficult matter to find in
PioVlhclal town I'hc OURS 80 say '""se
/ VINO Know an" WE c"i Ie""'IS oclicNc 'ne
statement.
That was GOOD sized Io8 when NJ H.
KoDpins hau'eu 10 ha'hsoh ihi'l one uaF
last week, from his farm near the Dunn
mers'oh lihe' II il'eaS"reu .o'r lee' iouF
men oS across the stump teu ieet III lehe'h'
ana weigheu 900 pouhuS' masking VINE"
sawed "-' icet ol po"F"S' Inc 'ieo was
80 years oiu' II was purcn"sed ny MI.
Morse OF NeW'ahe Ior i'"s'on ilr''' anu
Is destined lor shipment 10 loreiSn port
Mr. hinsha'Ii gave the tcac"crS "''u P"-
pms u 'ne "'sn scnooi rue ~ "u'''o'"
centre SATURDAY afternoon WIN supper
1t tnc springs HOUSE, Inc party cNc'"-
s'Ne VI "''e"""uts' ""'i'poie" 40 anu W.
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lour-horse siei9h Which hau t"e"'y-o"c
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"chlo"leuEes WIN sla'''uue 'ne 'e'P' "
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pour co"ol''o" VI '"c i"'u"c" - Vi NUT
account; but there are places, A. at tho
bridge near Iamson's mill. where "A skit
tyh or r,inLtanad horso mi ,,l,, ,.,oa.,i,,,, ,
80" v, '0''1 "''7" ~"
hrst-claSs accldehl ana corresponding
suit for damages against the town. 1t i
p, ho bonod that ,bo yh6lo not,er of ~,
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nual repairs ana improvements VIII be
talked up at the coming town meeting
and that mo c,lse idoas Of ocnnomv will
-. IT.
prevent INC "uoP''on VI Hlo"s"reS "hlc'
will secure radical Improvement in th'
condition of our highways.
John w. Abbott. formerly o; the place
, where for some time he carried on thesew
ing machine business. died at his residence
In st. GATHERINGS Ont. ON Friday of las