Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-01
Local Intelligence.


| hummer drnI'i@, NHN' "l~H"NF' F''th'i-
ship.
The Unitallan services IT. the Congre-
gational chaprl viii he omitted next Sum
day.
TIE catholic. re- To have an oyster
supper and d,uoc at The town hail, New
| Years eve.
our village police has Teen ,duced To
two Mesels. Warren L E,s'n sud John
W,od
The Srid club are 10 have another
| dance At Brooks House hall on Friday eve
nus, N,h inst.
The week or rtnNcr will lie observed
! hy the ". =. church. Prayer meetings cv-
! cry evening at > o'clock.
-Thr Christmas fc'tivilicS ut the Epis-
coptl AMI Birlisl churchc, wcr" largely at.
tended and iichly enjoyed.
R'y. NJ. II. lIifris's lecture In the Tn
iver,tlist church ney Sunday event &,
viii hc upon "CiArar;cf."
II. p. Ducios. formerly in the insur-
ancr hrsincSs here, is engaged IN railroad
| buildin. nesr NicE -hurs. Mis-.
The r.u,icc, o. the Vermont Savings
Bank will meet next Wednesday, the 9th
lust, to dcclar" the 57th dividend.
--Thnmas Titus, late proprietor Of an
cUin- >a'opn Ia this place, has bought the
Mans on House saloon In Greenfield. Mass.
--'hc young people Of the Congregation
at scccty held their first sociahle of the
season at their c1apcl on Wednesday eve
ming.
b. NJ. Buddington has opened a new
meal and feed store in the rear of Tyler's
block, and is 10 put in a run Of stone for
grinding.
Died. In Bratilcboro, Dee. 20, aflcr n
! lingering illness, the Good Slmah
| temperance society, aged four and half
! years.
The pastor Of the Baptist church invii-
| cd from his pulpit, last Sabbath, his church,
congregation and friends to call upon him
New Years day at the parsonage.
The Catholics seem determined TO pro-
coed with their school project, and are pre-
| pairing To- build n = hool house on their
| parsonage lot, on VALIANT street, 10 be Of
wood, 90 10y - feet, and twp and half sto-
rics high.
The annual mcetiu. Of the Braitl5boro
East society will be held at their chapel
Monday evening, Jan. ith, at y o'clock,
ald the annual rental Of pews at Center
Congregational church Tuesday evening,
Jan. 7ih, at = o'clock.
The Methodist Sunday sch sOl &c Jrgan-
lied last sabbath, ci,cting the following
| Officers: w. IL. Fuller, sup't: $. O. Min
| er, asst Sup't aud usher; W. Il. Gcddis,
| librarian; W. NeWcomh. asst librarian !;
| u. 4. Henry, sec'v and treasurer.
~. T. Loavcrworih, formerly princi-
| pal Of Hraulchpro Academy, and # late
in charge of the academy al New Haven,
| VI, has bern appointed principal Of the
| state rmIl school at Randolph, vice l..
| Conant, who VA, elected al the last Leals-
lalu:c aN state superintendent Of public in
struciion.
The title Of Rev. II. NJ. GIl!aLcr's lee
turc, next Wednesday evening, will be
''Put money in thy purse" The /. ciurer
doubtless comes here mainly in obedience
to his own precc but those who know
the man vii! not hesitate to believe that he
will return full equivalent for the mon
ey he receives for his lecture.
Tie Spring field Union-w which ought
To be good authnrity-say that T. p.
james, the Dickens medium, is 'contem-
plating Starting a daily morning paper In
Brattleboro. l. it possible! Well, con-
temptation is good thing, and the more
of it be be-tow' upon this project before
Istar,inc, the better for his pocket
Rr9ler.ive Grange, No. -. held their
| first amman meeting on Friday evening,
| 18th u!t., ard c,pc;ed the following officers
for the year enstnqg: II. X. Chamberlain,
master; T. W. Ets9i, overseer; l.. b.
ran, lecturer; 1. Noycs, chaplain; John
| p. Gooicnough, treasurer, Geo. Il. Slr-
gent, secretary; T.. Reed, gateheencri Mrs.
II. *. Chamberlain, Ceres; Mrs. J. Is,
Miller, Pomona; Mrs. L. Reed, Flora (;
Mrs. Chas. Harris. lady assistant steward.
A Council OF the Sovercigns Of Indus
| thy was organized on Wednesday evening
| of last week, with the following officers {:
President, L. l.. Cook vice president, H..
| +. Mathews; secretary, 4. II. Harris (;
treasurer, J.. NJ. Davis; lecturer, A. T..
Thomas; steward, +. c. Perkins, assist
ant steward, l.. 4. Witt; inside guard, A.
c. Loomis outside guard, f.. F. Adams.
Dana Bickiold, John l.. Simonds, b.
u. Harris, Frank W. Harris, j. E,loy &
Company, c. +. Thompson & Company,
rave formed joint stock company
with capital OF $4,000, for the manulac-
ture of the Bickford knitting machines In
this town. The company is called the
BickfoId Knitting Machine Manufacturing
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