Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
Local Intelligence.


Sunday evening services at the church
os, hereafter, during the winter, will com.
monoc at o'clock.
IS. L. Dutton has gone into partnership
| with II. T.. Taylor. Their advertisement
appears on next page.
Next Sunday, Row. Mr.. Mighill will
exchange pulpits with Rev. j. L. Gleason
of Williamsburg, Mass.
Edwin Shaw, The Dridgowatcr ncon-
diary, was committed to the insane asylum
in this place on Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Granger will address the
Good Samaritan society at tho town hall
on Sunday evening, 21st., at o'clock.
Tho tin anchor lately stolen from Miss
1igginson's lot at the cemetery, and adj
vcrtisod in last weeks PHuNIx, has been
returned.
"A tenement is wanted by responsible
person, for small family. Sec advertise.
mont in another column, aud apply ut this
Office Immediately.
Monday and Wednesday mornings
were quite frosty in this section. Some
late fields of tobacco were nipped, but corn
il mostly out of the way.
Engine Co. No. 4, while out tho other
evening for squirt" were SO unfortu-
nate rs 10 burst their cylinder, and il win
take a week or moro 10 mako repairs.
Henry w. Simonds, who removed with
his family 10 Kansas, last spring, has lately
returned TO Brattlcboro, for the reason that
the climate disagreed with his wiro's
health.
From the description ii is believed that
the body found in the Connecticut river at
Vernon is that of Adolph Frederick, who
was drowned in MILESTONE brook in the
ireshct of 1869.
&C. A. Miles, formerly Principal OF
Burnside military academy, is to leave fol
Germany in few days, accompanied by
few young men who have been placed ur-
dor his instruction for study.
-Mcssrs. J. Estcy & Co. are making
considerable increase in the number of
workmen at their cottage organ factory,
and expect TO turn out instruments at the
rate of about 1000 per month.
The assessment in the VT. Mutual Fire
Insurance Company on the premium notes
is two per cent. Policy holders arc re-
questod 10 call and pay the same at the of
flee Of i. II. Jonno & Co. in Drattleboro.
"A 400 cent store" for the sale of fancy
goods, etc., will be opened in Ryther's Ar
cado next door north of Prouty's jowelry
store) on Saturday Of this week, by Messrs.
Hallett & Currier, late of Northampton,
Mass.
Albert L. Curtis and Fred Williams,
two young men from this village, aged re-
spectively is and 16, DESTROYS of battling
with the world on their own account, went
10 Boston the other day and joined the reg
ular army.
In consequen &C of the sudden illness of
the pastor, Rev. L. ]. Maitcson, there was
no preaching at the Baptist church last
Sunday. Mr.. Matteson is now absent on n
short trip TO New York state, but will re-
turn The last of next week.
The New Orleans Mins,rels are advcr-
tised TO appear at the town hall on Monday
evening next. This troupe is one of the
best that travels. Nothing vulgar is allow.
ed TO appear in their performances, and all
who feel the need of good, hearty laugh
arc advised to hear them.
The Eagle Moving Machine, invented
by VIM. a. Wood, attracted good deal of
attention at The Stale Fair. Farmers in this
locality will do well 10 examine The ma
chine, which will be exhibited at our Coun-
~ Fair by l.. d. Thayer, agent for South
crn Vermont.
Willie the o'clock accommodation
train was unloading at the depot, Thursday
afternoon Of last week, an explosion oc-
Cured amongst tho baggage, which was
the cause of no little CONSERVATION, and
came near proving n serious matter. A
small hand trunk containing quantity of
explosive materials, among which were
caroessly left a little powder and few
matches-a rather delicate combination of
materials TO place in the hands Of "bag-
ago-smashor'-wa The cause of the disas-
Ter. One lady who stood near was tempo
rarily disiigurod and few other persons
slightly singcd. The trunk belonged TO a
gentleman Of this village.
Experiments are being made by chief
engineer S. NJ. Waite, with view TO de-
eide rs 10 the praclicability of converting
Indian pond, in Chesterfield, N. H., into
reservoir for the supply of wafer to this
village. a siphon composed of four-inch
pipe three hundred feet in length has been
connected with the pond, discharging at
the rate of about 235 gallons of water per
minutc-a much larger quantity, doubtless,
than would ever be demanded. At the ex-
piration of seven days the pond was found
10 have lowered twenty inches. Should
the exhaustion continue at the present IA
ito, the project will he abandoned The
pond is about four acres in extent, and the
greatest depth is twenty feet. There is at
present no visible escape Of water except
through the sphon, hence the question of
supply will soon be determined.
Ten engine companies have thus far sig
niiied their intention of being present ut
the muster on Saturday of this week, as
follows: Cataract of South Gardner, Mass,
70 men; Alert, No. l, of Winchendon,
Mass, 65 men, with band of 20 pieces; Ii
ger, OF Baldwipsville, Mass, rs men Ath.
lotic, No. 3, of Lebanon, N. H., So men
Torrent, No. l, of Marlboro, N. H., So men;
Orange, No /, of Orange, Mass, 60 men,
with Mechanics band.of IS pieces; Ewing,
No. l, of Erving, Mass, so men; Abena-
que, No. l, of Bellows Falls, so men; Nep-
tune, No, 2, of Winchester N. H., 40 men,
with Winchester corhet band; Manhan,
No. l, of Easthampton, Mass, 45 men.
Playing will commence at 2 o'clock, p. NJ.
Preparations are being made for large
gathering.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming in the post Office in this village
Sept. Is, 1878:
Henry w. Abbott, John A. Kelley, A.W.
Bartlett, John ii. Baker, VIM. III. Carver,
Cermas Farnsworth, Geo. ii. Howard.