Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-09-11
Local Intelligence.
HrattlelbOrO.

their customers full stock of Fall goods
See crtiscmont.
Rev. o. G.. Dickcrson, (CuugrrgalionaD
has resigned his position ~ County mis-
sionary To accept \ call from the church in
Owatonna, Minn.
Conductor Flint of the fowl" train
from Bratlrboro to White River Junction
counted forty-ive babies on his train last
Thursday night. aud says it wasn't much
of Il night for babies either.
Moses William, for drunkcnncs. aud
disOrderly conduct, WAS brought before
Justice Newton on "Wednesday, who order
cd him to pay fine Of $500 and costs, and
stand committed to Jail at Ncwfane until
paid.
E. +. Slockwell has sold hi. farm Ia
the west part of the town To Lowell Barn.
cy, Gr 5000, taking n portion OF Mr.. Barn
| ey's farm IN part payment, aud will put up
u house for hnisclr on Forest square. His
auction sale OF Stock etc, will Ice found Ia
another column.
The fall term of the village schools be-
gan Monday morning. Miss Alice II. Starr
succeeds Miss Bacon Ms teacher Of the
Washington street primary, aud Miss An-
ma Blanchard takes Miss Tullle's place ~
first assistant in the High school. Miss
| Emma Blanchard. after long absence,
having recovered her health, resumes her
former position in the Grammar school.
The dwelling house Of Archibald Mel
len, ON Chestnut street, was discovered to
DO on fire last Saturday night, about mid
mi Ia a ~ xKa tat i
| ly absent, aud an alarm was raised 10y the
neighbors, who, hIwever, sucree led in OK
| tinguishiug the fire before the engines ar
rived. The fire seems to have originated
| in a 81 set on the first hupr, and il believed
| To have been the work OF an in ccndiarv.
| The house was damaged to the amount OF
three ar four hundred dollars. and clothing
| and furniture To- the amount Of SJ8.ij. as
estimated by u. II. JENNIE " Co., through
| whom it vas insured.
-Frc'lrrirk r. Van corn Of Roche ter,
n. Y. tbruthcr OF the late Antony Van
| Donrn, aud himself former resident of
this place while on his way to visit his son
aud daughter in brooklyn, was taken sick
| Of typhoid pneumonia. and died very sud
| denly at the residence Of his nephew, the
Rev. d. d. Read, in Pulaski, Aug. 10Th.
| The Rochester Evening Express says Of
him:
| lie was born in Bristol, X. l., Oct. OH,
| 1879, aud came tn Rochester in lSI3. Mr.
| Van Dourn was one of the founders Of
| Plymouth church, aud until recently an
active member. a, he passed away while
hymns were being sung, he asked for one
| l,Xp nf mi l,tI al
| ded, mot now; | need rest" lie has that
rest prepared for those who love the Lord,
| and We ttust hraas his fdVorite hymn from
| angel chuirs III company with the loved
| ones VINO have gone hPiorc-his beloved
wife preceded him but iew months. Their
| golden Wedding Was celebrated last year
their present union " i'll never be severed,
but their happiness will last throughout
| the ctrrnitiCs the sure continuation al well
| speut lives in this world the sch .ol al the
| future.
The three fire companies from thi.
town which attended the muster at Burl-
iugton last week Thursday, returned with
| mary prize The trial uf hose companies
wa, participated in by nine companies,
each Ia run distance of seventy-two rods,
coupe hose To hylrAnt, lay 800 feet aud at.
tach pipe, the company getting water
ming the prize. Tue Relief of Plattsburg,
y. Y, won the first prize Of 500 in l:29
the Rescue of Plattsburg the second u l:32.
The time made by the =. NJ. Waite OF this
place, as given by the judges, was l:S3
The trial of engines followed in the midst
of a driving storm, which rendered sue
cess in playing a mere matter of chance.
Eleven companies participated, and the
prizes were won by the following compan-
les: J. J. Gray OF Cambridge, n. Y, first
prize of $500, play of 207 feet, inches
Torrent, No. |, of Barre, second prize of
$500, play 1879 H., 10 in. ; Torrent of White
hall, n. ", third prize of 500, play ls6 4.
Phoenix, No. q, of BrattleLoro, on the first
trial made ls3 r.. ill.,, on second | f.,
in: Western, No. l, OF West Brattleloro
made plays Of l63 and ls2 feet respectively.
-Brattleboro had something of sensa-
ton Monday afternoon, when IL was report
ed that an attempt had been made to aSsass-
mate the Catholic priest. The facts Of the
case seem Ia he these : Patrick Shea, a row
irg lrishman apparently b or 40 years Of
age, who has been in Braltleboro only few
weeks, had engaged to marrya young Irish
",
according to custom, the bans were pub
lished in church by the priest, Father Lane.
Another Irish girl, named Kaie Moran,
whose parents reJide in the "omnibus" on
South Main street, afterwards gave the
priest some information derogatorv to the
character of Shea (who is reported to have
one or more wives now living In other
places; learning which Shea, on Monday
afternoon last, confronted the informant at
her residence, aud pointed pistol at her,
declaring that il she was u man he would
shoot her. The girl was very much fright
ened, and learning of the rumpus. Father
Lane, who happened TO be near by, came
in and made the fellow give up the pistol,
and with his cane administered 10 him a
pretty sound thrashing. Officer Wood Of
the village police was promptly informed
OF the affair, and arrested the assailant on
Canal street. lie was brought before JUS
tice Newton the same evening for examin-
alton, and sentenced to Newfane Jail, under
$1,000 bonds, to await the action of the grand
jury now in session.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming at the post Office in this village,
Sept. 10:
aents-Ephraim Brown, John H. Baker Arthur L.
ColbuIn, W d. ellison, p. N. Lindsay, Hugh Meme
lies (1l, Z. A, Pratt ca James s. PichArd, Fred T.
Stewart, Fred Webster, J. ". Wheeler.
LAdies-NorA Austin, Bette A. Cooper Mrs J. G.
Chase Ida Foster, Myra q. Hale, Sarah NJ. Johnson
Mrs Mamie Macarthur, ElectA L. Smith, Mary sted-
Held for PoStage-Mrs Geo NJ Wells, Deerheld
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