Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-10-10
Local Intelligence.



Brooks House on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Charles ID. Noyes has bought out the in
terest of his partner, J. q. Taylor, in the
grocery business, and will continue the
trade on his own account.
The Indian pond experiment seems to
indicate pretty conclusively that our viii
layers cannot depend upon that source for
thoir future supply of water.
An unusual number of deaths has oc-
Cured in town during the past week, but
not in consequence of any prevalent dis
ease.
The readings given by Miss l.. A.
Washburn, at the town hall on Thursday
evening of last week, were very credtable
in performance, but the attendance was
slim.
Pat Austin was yut in the lookup last
Sunday, for drunkenness, and on Monday
Charles Mixer of West Bratteboro was
fined by Justice Newton $40 and costs for
selling him the liquor.
The Sunday school concert at the Uni
versalist church last Sunday evening was
of the most interesting character, and was
largely attended, the house being filed 10
overlooking.
"A cold northeast rain set in on Mon
day, unheralded by the weather prophet at
Washington. The rain continued all that
night and nearly all day Tuesday, filing
mp the ground and streams in good order.
AT an adjourned meeting of the Brat
tleboro Library Association on Wednesday
evening, the old board of officers were re-
elected. The library now contains about
$500 volumes, of which SO have been added
during the year.
Pat Doolan was brought before Justice
Newton on Saturday for assaulting French
man named Isaac Beasley with a stone, a
day or two previous. Examination show
ed that the offence was of an aggravated
character, and Doolan was bound over in
the sum of 500 for trial at the next term of
the County Court.
AS the family of Prof. Schuster were at
breakfast few mornings since, they were
considerably startled by The appearance of
partridge which dove through one Of the
windows and aighted in the room. Being
good deal stunned as well as frightened,
the bird was easily caught. The cause of
lis singular conduct did not transpre.
The Records claim that its last weeks
report of the premium list awarded at the
| county fair was complete in every depart
ment," will hardly bear investigation. Be-
| sides a dozen or so minor errors, the pre-
NUNS on Garden Vegetables were omit
| ted entirely, while those on Roots, as pub
lished, belonged to last years report.
The improvements at the Insane Asy-
| lum are in an advanced state of progress.
About one million brick have been used
in building the two wings, the boiler house
and the horse shed, all of which have been
finished upon the exterior. The interior
work with the new steam heating apparat-
us, ETC., will not be completed this season.
Mr.. Geo. b. Wheeler, son of Dea. Asa
Wheeler of this town, has taken up his res
idence in New York, where-at 55 Ann
street.-the is engage ed in the manufacture of
tin ware for the drug and grocery trades.
The manufacture of countersnks, in which
he has been engaged at Contradiction
which the Stanley Rule and Level Compa-
ny at New Britain are the agents-will,
however, still be continued.
| The disease which occasioned the death
of Mrs. Henry Sinonds being the occasion
of some doubt, a post-mortem examina-
ton was made at her own request by DR..
Dearborn, who pronounced it to have been
a species of dyspepsia the interior coating
of the stomach being in diseased and ir-
ritabe state, particularly in the region of
the lower aurce, rendering it impossible
for food to romain in the stomach for diges-
ton.
"A Frenchman named Joseph Rogg was
lately arrested for drunkenness and thrown
into the lookup. On examination as to
where he got his liquor, Rogg insisted that
three glasses of lager obtained of VIM. Pa
penhimer, keeper of saloon on Elliot
street, were the sole cause of the mischief;
and Papenhimer, consequently, was
brought before Justice Newton, who fined
him soften dollars per glass for the lager
and costs, amounting in all to S34.G2
The freuan's muster at Athol, Mass,
on Thursday of last week, was largely at
tended, and was quite n successful affair.
There were present twelve hand engines,
four hose companies and two steamers.
The first prize for hand engines, 5000, was
secured by the Rough and Ready oil West
field N ass, "a Button machine) ia play
| Vi -uU lttl, luCutS. VI I1uuSOU,
Mass, took the second prize, 800, in a play
of 1875 feet, II inches. The play made by
Hydropath, No. 3, of this place, as fate
would have it, was but 10 feet, 8 inches
though at home, few evenings previous
she made play Of over 200 feet.
The new chapel of the Congregational
church is nearly completed, and this socie-
| ~, hn oil ho nf a
modern church structure. Tho chapel pro-
jects to the south from the rear of the
church, and will contain the most attrac-
tive audience room of its size in town, be-
ing 34x3Sl feet on the ground, with walls
IS feet high, capable of seating 800 persons
The large parlors, which are connected by
folding doors, can be thrown open when
necessary and will seat 100 more. The old
chapel has been divided into the two par
, | lors mentioned-whch are models of ele-
gance and convenience-a library, dressing
room and organ loft. Below is the kitch-
en-, which is furnished with dumb waiter
connected with tho paror above, also wa
ter closets and stable. The latter is directly
under the new chapel, the floor of which is
rendered impervious TO cold or sound by q
simple process. The new structure viii
be fronted by lawn where the "Old Bank
building" stood, through which broad
walk will lead to the entrance. This is no
, only an important improvement for the So
! ciety, but will add much to the beauty o
Main street. The repairs on the churcf
commenced Tuesday and are 10 be thor
ough. The organ will be moved TO the real
of the pulpit, which will be replaced by
. one of modern style. The side pews ano
part of the centre arc to be placed at an an.