Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-05-09
Local Intelligence.
Rrafffebero.


their way home from Europe.
--Kittredge Haskins, Esq, Is TO deliver
the Grafton here on Decoration day.
The sorg of the whip-poor-will was
heard in Vernon on the 18th of April.
The Wilmington stage went through
last Saturday on wheels, for the first time
this spring.
An attempt Is about to be made 10 run
n lot Of logs down the West river from ia
maica to Massachusetts,.
The Congregational Sunday School
hold their anniversary concert next Sun
day evening, commencing at o'clock.
New tobacco sheds have been built this
spring In District No. l by Alfred Sar-
gent, Geo. B. Sargent, and Eli Clark.
The old bank building, adjoining the
Congregational church, offered at auction
last Saturday, was bid In for the society at
$500.
L. X. Fuller and wife departed on
Monday for New York, whence they sail
for Europe for an absence of several
months.
"A new tea store has been opened ON
Main street, one door below Trips jewel
TY StOTet ny hOStnitlut WuOSt huNtTs
tisement appears on Sd page.
We notice that Cheney & Clapp have
opened largo assortment of stereoscopic
views, among which are some from the
Yosemite, at about half the usual price.
The horse of George +. Spauldng,
which he lost at Northampton on the Goth
ult., proved to have been taken through
mistake by an Easthampton man, and was
returned the next day.
Six persons were admitted Into the
Congregational church last Sunday-two by
baptism aud four by letter. At the Bap-
fist church five were admitted-four by
baptism and one by letter.
-"Old Probabilities has forwarded his
bulletin board to Postmaster Clarke, and
hereafter his weather representations will
be daily "hung on the outer WALL" for the
Information of the public.
Although many of our farmers have
failed to receive rcmunerative prices for
their last years crop of tobacco, there will
be larger acreage devoted to the weed the
coming season than ever, in this vicinity.
-Chas. c. Lynde and wife OF Gulford
and Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hines of this viii
lage returned on the 9Th inst, from their
| winter sojourn in Florida. s. l.. Morris of
| West Brattleboro is expected in day or
| two.
Geo. +. Spauldlng has sold his barber
shop on Main street to F. w. Green, who
after much experience prefers to exercise
his narrowing and reaping propensities on
faces more easily lathered than that OF
Mother Earth.
The new dry goods store of D. B. Sils-
by q Co., in Brooks House block, was
opened Tuesday evening. Between the
hours of and 0, probably nat less than
500 people called to examine the fine stock
of goods displayed.
The concert by the Ingleside Quartet
Troupe, last Friday evening, was quite
we'll attended, notwithstanding the rain.
The performance is highly spoken Of The
troupe is expec ed to come again in Au-
gust, when 1t is to be hoped they will be
more fortunate in regard to weather.
The attention of horsemen Is called to
the advertisement of the II. II. Horse Med
icine in another column. II Is said to make
cures on horses that astonish the best vet
erinery surgeon, by removing those blem-
ishes that injure fine stock without leaving
scar or injuring the growth of the hair.
The district sci DOL meeting on Monday
evening was thinly attended. 1t was vot-
ed to build new primary school house on
Washington street, and to borrow money
for the purpose. r. w. Clarke, Henry
Holden and Albert Harris were appointed
a committee to locate and build the house.
-Orrin Fowler, young man from Ches-
terfeld, N. H., employed in Halls black.
smith shop, was kicked over by horse he
was shoeing, Tuesday afternoon. He was
struck in the breast and again in the hip
but though knocked senseless and badly
bruised, his injuries, probably, are not OF
q serious nature.
"A couple of fox squirrels, on e1hibi
ton at III. c. Willard & Co.'s, attract thu
attention Of passers-by. They are from
Florida, and were brought home by Col
G. A. Miles, who returned from a southern
trip on Monday. An infant alligato r
brought by the same party, died Tuesday
night, probably from homesckness anC
disgust.
&C. E. Allen offers for sale 500 very fin
one and two years old grape vines at low
rates, Of the following varieties Concord
Delaware, Hartford, Iowa, Diana, Adiron
dac, Martha, Walter, Eumelon, Salem
Rogers, Nos 4, 8, 10, 10. Also 1000 Hud
son River Antwerp raspberry plants, ex
ira fine, and $4,000 Wilson's Albany straw
berry plants.
: Monday night, young man name,
Henry Wood, intoxicated and noisy, Will
endeavoring to escape the clutch Of a pc
liceman, fell over a hitchlng post in from
Of F. s. Bracket & Co.'s store, strikin
one leg on the granite eurbing in such
way as to break both bones below the knee
He was promptly cared for by q surgeon
and though not under arrest will have am
y, pie leisure for repentance.
i One morning In the early part Of Marc
last, person wrote to the First Nations
Bsnk of Brattleboro, inquiring for stoc
for sale. In the afternoon he received ali
i swer that in the settlement of an estate
: shares could be had at S1O5; next mornin
I the bank had word they would be taker
and in few days the certificate was pas,
u ed The same person designs, il none
. matters work favorably, TO purchase nor
Of the same stock, deeming it the best IL
vestment he knows OF. .
Tho following IL the list Of letters r,
naming in the post Office in this vilae
), May 8, 1878:
Gents.-J. Channin, John Doodle, Ge
IS r. Fellows, Roscoe Fisher, Warren He
l. cock, f. G. Ingram, s. l.. Jackson, ].
IS Jones, Frank Putnam, Henry Pond, I
o C. shepardson, Hiram Stevens, Henry
Scudder, VIM. Stark, A. A. Thompson
Rev. d. G. White, Chas. Wellman, w.