Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-06-06
Local Intelligence.
Hpafffeboro.

Family Bibles, new Styles, NJ feltOns
book store.
Dat balls aud foot balls, full stock at
Foltons.
New books and music always at Eel
tons, Brooks House.
We are indebted TO Senator Morrill, for
valuable public documents.
The concert by the "IIaymakers" will
not take place until July.
There was smart frost in this vicinity
on the morning of Saturday, May 81.
--Drattleboro people keep posted by taxi
ing and reading over 400 daily papers.
Five persons were baptised into the
Universalist Church last Sunday morning.
Della ware Strawberries have made their
appearance in market aud are sold at 45
cents per box.
Five persons were admitted into the
Baptist church last Sunday, three by i'm
mersion and two by letter.
Newell Brush has sold his house and
lot on South Main street, next south of the
cemetery, TO Gerald b. Kirwan.
For fans in new and favorite styles at
low prices, our readers can perhaps do no
better than TO call at Cheney & Clapp's.
Henry Salisbury, for drunken as
sault Oh ii. NJ. Wilder, was, on Tuesday,
fined $40 and costs by Justice Newton.
Owing TO the inadequate arrangement
for printing, the government postal cards
ordered by Postmaster Clarke have not yet
been received.
Apple trees in this vicinity have BIOS
somed quite fully. Per contra, the apple
tree worms are preparing for vigorous
| campaign. Go for them, farmers!
The prospects for the trot announced to
| take place on the Park course next Thurs
day are not flattering, and it will probably
be postponed to more favorable time.
Three desirable tenements have lately
| Leen fitted up in Esterbrooks block, and
the work -room of Wood & MarshalPs tin
shop transferred from the second floor to
| the basement.
Henry Goodnow of Nottingham has
sent us some fine pickerel caught in Sa-
dawga pond, for which he has our thanks.
May his lines always be cast in pleasant
and profitable places.
The first strawberry festival of the sea-
son is announced by the ladies of the Bap-
lis. society for next Tuesday evening.
variety of useful and fancy articles will al
| so be offered for sale.
| DIR. G. Sawyer, proprietor of the Cham
| pion Non metallic Springless Truss, will
be at the Revere House on Saturday, June
18th, where he may be consulted by per-
sons suffering from rupture.
A protective grange" of the order
known as Patrons of Husbandry, was or
ganizcd at the American House last Satur-
day evening, with II. X. Chamberlain as
master and T.. S. Horton as secretary. The
resent membership is "A.
BY the new time table which went into
operation on the Central road Monday, the
mail train arrives here from the south at
1890, A. NJ, or twenty minutes earlier
than heretofore. and the accommodation at
4.55 p. NJ, or half AN hour later than be-
fore. Otherwise there is no change.
Rev. Mr.. Matteson of the Baptist
church preached his fourth anniversary
sermon last Sunday. In the course of his
remarks upon the spiritual and temporal
prosperity Of that church, he remarked that
the additions during the year has been, by
baptism 3s, by letter and experience 33;
dismissions by letter and by death, IS. The
house is nos: free from deb.
A jury trial was held on Monday be-
fore Justice h. Tyler, in the case of Ches-
ter II. Miller VS.. II. n. Burnett, both OF
West Brattleboro. The contestants are
neghoors, and the action was brought for
the settlement of an account. The jury APP
parenlly became satisfied that the trouble
lay back of the account book, and gave
judgment for the defendant Plaintiff APP
pealed.
The St. Michaels Temperance and Be-
nevolent Society, lately organized among
the Catholics of this place, is reported to be
in prosperous and growing condition.
The present membership is "A. The socie-
ty has reading room located on Walnut
street, which is open every evening, and
where meetings are held lornightly. The
organization seems to be doing good
work.
The picnic al Lake Pleasant by the I'm
iversalist Sunday school is to TAX place
this week Saturday. The Brattleboro cor
net and quadrile bands will be in attend
ance, the former being re-organiZed for this
special occasion. The Sunday schools at
Orange and Shelburne Falls, Mass, and
and Hinsdale, n. H., have been invited to
be present, and should the weather prove
propitious "good time" will be had.
The manufacture of the new Davis
sewing machine is TO be transferred to
Easthampton, Mass, a company with $780,
900 capital having been formed for the pur-
pose, composed mostly of Easthampton
men. The only Brattleboro person, we be-
lieve, who has an interest in the con Germ is
ID. A. Abbott. The machine is one which
long time here in perlecting, and is claim
ed to possess several points of superiority
over other machines.
From the listers returns for the pres
ent year we obtain the following figures
Present value of farms and land over ten
, acres, in Brattleboro, 7,7I2
Value of buildings and building
lots, l,l7O,s62
Taxable personal property, 1878
} Total valuation, 1873, S2,272,37
1872, 2,2l6,4 66
Increase 255, 9O5
, Number of polls 1896
, Number of dogs 25s
, | Firemen, exempt from poll tax, 3l9
, A movement is to he made 10 re-crgan-
ize the Brattleboro cornet band. One OF
Q two of our public spirited citizens have
D taken the matter in hand, and propose to
raise by subscription sun sufficient to
, pay the debt incurred by the band in the
o purchase of uniforms, on which there is
+ balance due of about 500. This debt ex
, | tinpuishod. the band. il Is understood