Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-10-24
Local intelligence.


The Mystery OF Edwin brood" il now
expected TO appear on the 25th inst.
Tho old Methodist church, bought by
I. G. Chandler, has been converted into
four good tenements.
Tho Estey organ Company of Brattlo-
boro have large variety Of instruments at
the Cincinnati Exposition, now in progress.
F. c. Edwards pays cash for old rags,
newspapers, books, etc.. lie also sells sta
tionery at very low prices. Give him a
call.
Leonard &. Roess, cigar makers, have
discharged about one-fourth of their help
-l2 or Is hands-on account of the hard
times.
An unusually fine opportunity to OK
anime really first class steel engravings IL
offered by Cheney q Clapp for few days
only.
The lecture Of Thomas Mast, the fam
Gus caricaturist takes place next Monday
evening. The most flatterlng notices are
published of his reception in other places.
The largest potato yet reported, we be-
lievc, is one of the Climax variety, raised
by Geo. N. Crosby of Dnmmerston, tho
weight of which when dug was lbs, OF.
Julius Mason, late in the employ of
Messrs. j. Estey & Co. Of this place, died
of fever few days since, at his fathers
residence in Granville, N. Y, after brief
Illness.
There will be trot at the Windham
County Park on Wednesday the Goth inst,
open only for horses in Windham, Frank
lin and Cheshire counties. Purses of s25,
500 and 1926 are offered
The wife of Rev. Mark Carpenter, for
merly pastor Of the Baptist church in this
place, died at South Windham on Wednos-
day, Oct 18th, of typhoid fever, after
sickness of only few weeks duration.
Hon. Luke p. Poland, Hon. c. w. Will
lard and Lieut.. Gov. Taft have signified
their intention 10 be present at the Yer
mont officers reunion to be held in this
place on Wednesday next.
We are indebted to Mr.. o. B. Richard
son for valuable map of the city of Phila-
delpha. Mr.. Richardson lately left tho
drug store Of I. n. Thorn & Co. of this vii
lage, and is now attending the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy.
An indiv dual named Charles II. Smith
was arrested in this place last Monday
night and handed over to officers from
Concord, N. H., from which place he had
absconded with his family while under
$500 bonds for selling liquor.
-Theauction sale of the Bellows Farm"
advertised in another column, is probably
the largest and most important sale of the
kind which has ever taken place in this vi
cinity. 1t is worthy the attention of those
looking for safe and profitable invest
ment.'
. The meeting of the Good Samaritan So
ciety, last Sunday evening, was quite fully
attended. The Congregational Sunday
school sang, and there was speaking by
Rev. Messrs. Mighill and Matteson, f.
Crosby and others, including one or two
strangers.
A new mixed train has been but upon
the Vermont Valley road which will afford
great accommodation to people living along
the line. The tram leaves Brattleboro for
Bellows Falls and White River Junction at
6.l5 A. NJ, and returning arrives at this
place at 1850 A. NJ.
The Temple Quartette are creating
great reputation in Maine. This fall they
start with new songs written for them. So
also does Mrs. Smith, whose popularity is
very great in New York at present. Miss
NJ. a. Bryant, the contralto, earned a fine
reputation in Cambridge the other day.
John Houghton, James b. Starkey and
Michael Maley, railroad hand, were each
last week fined Sand costs by Justice Chas
X. Field, for drunkenness; and on Mon
day last the said Maley was again fined for
the same offence, as was also VIM. Kelley.
another railroad employee. The liquor in
all these cases was obtained out of town.
r. NJ. Lennox writes US from Hartford
to say "ln your last issue I understand il
was stated that ran away, and did not pay
my blls,-which is VIGOROUSLY false"
Beg your pardon, Mr.. Lennox, but we new
or said any such thing, and didn't know
that you had left town. However, if any
body is interested in Mr.. Lennox's where
bouts, they can have his address, which |
he gives as l2S Main street, Hartford Conn.
The lngleside Quartette Club gave a
concert at the town hall on Thursday eve
min of last week, which was well attended
and gave very general satisfaction, though
some of the features were not above crti-
cism. The lady singers were possessed of
very excellent voices, and the violin per-
formances of Miss Liebe were superb The
male voices did not strike us as being par
ticularly wonderful; but in quartelte all
to good advantage and the effect
was very fine.
AT the recent semi-annual election of
officers of st. Michael's Temperance and
Benevolent Society the following officers
were chosen: President, Martin Austin
Vice President, Job Long; Secretary, p. j.
Sullivan; Treasurer, Daniel Brosnahan
Recording Secretary, James Lillis; Trus-
tees, John OConnor, Cornelius Brosnahan,
Cornelius Flanagan. During the 81 months
ust closed the receipts of the society from
fees have been s24490; expenses, sl727O;
balance on hand, S72.2O. Amount of prop
,rty belonging TO the society, purchased
Without the use of the fees, comprising
badges, flag, &C., s435. The total member
ship of the organization In good standing is
low IS.
Uncle Sam Knight has recently brought
o light some of the old records of the Brat
leboro post office, bearing date in 1929,
which are of interest as showing tho differ
nee in the amount of business transacted
through the Office then and now. Though
the postage on letters was then ten cents,
" upwards, the quarterly receipts werc
tut about S30-much less than the daily re-
,eipts now-and the postmaster pocketed
'nly from 81 to $40 for his labor. The num-
Ter of letters received apparently did not
verage dozen per day, and newspapers
nd other periodicals were, of course, of