Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-02-04
Local Intelligence.


! u N. SlOuSnlOn mas taken lhe place oil
Oscar Smith as night Waterman.
Lecture in the Universaist church next
Sunday evening. Subject, Jacobs Dream"
L. w. and +. w. Smonds, recently Of
this village, have opened a retail shoe store
in Chicago.
"A. p. and J. u. Thomas of this village
have bought Lcander Thomas's farm in
Ilinsdale, n. II.
The five Brattleboro banks will proba-
bly, put on special night Waterman to take
care of their institutions.
Mrs. c. Fanny Allyn will speak in
Harmony hall on Sundays, during the
present month, at . aud O'Clock p. M.
Mr.. L. a. Day, formerly clerk at c. T..
Thompson & co.'s, and Of late engaged in
thcr mercantile trade at Marshfield, W.,
has recently removed his business to New
bury.
The Estey Guard have received their
new uniforms. They were made by Brooks
Brothers of New York, ard are precisely
similar TO those worn by the New York
Seventh regiment.
Eight persons were baptized at the
Baptist church last Sunday evening. Meet
ings arc held every evening this week, and
the revival interest continues. There will
probably be other baptisms next Sunday.
Preaching services are being held ev-
cry afternoon and evening this week, at the
Methodist church, under charge of the pre-
siding elder Of the district. The services
ale largely attended, and lively interest
| is manifested.
~ oft D.,
NJ. II. IIarris's sociable last Thursday eve
ming. The exercises opened with quartette
singing, charadc, Iccitalions, ETC., aller
which refreshments were served and a
| general good Time prevailed.
AT the State encampmeut of the Grand
Army of the Republic, held al Montpelier
last week, Post Sedgwick of Brattleboro
was represented by p. s. Chase, delegate,
VIM. c. Butler, Commander and II. L.
Taylor, post inspector general.
We learn that $1,000 has recently been
offered and refused for the six year old
Young America colt Frank" owned BY
Frank Fox Of Now York and now kept at
George Salisbury's stable. The colt was
raised 10y T. j. Miller of Wilmington.
The long-loUked-fors snow storm, which
should give us good slcghing, came on
Tuesday night, when almost six inches
fell, but the high wind of Wednesday
didn't permit il to lie very still. On Thurs
day morning the thermometer marked
10 10 IA degrees below zero.
The town superin,endonts OF education
who have ordered copies OF the New Read
cr for their schools, and all others who wish
G..r. 81
Cheney q Clapp's in this village. where
they will please call or send for il, in such
numbers as they may desire. Price d
cents per copy,
-GoOdyear's Pocket Gymnasium is the
simplest, and at the same time. the most
practical and effective apparatus for deyel-
oping the muscles and increasing tbo
strength. that VIC have ever som Rv
means Of the series of elastic tubes. Of
which it consists, the advantages of all
sorts Of gymnastc exercises are secured. At
a small expense. Mr.. Harry Lawrence has
the agency for the invention.
We learn that tbe selectmen b.vo IN.
cer,Iy nod ,I,o Ia,,;rr IN, ~ n'o|,,r
ii i'""N
made snrvo,, If ,I,o rn,,,a rsa'', Dn'
~ hat In -. .ls
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yaior nin,s ma also .,a,o,, ,ta, 80.
ihlo nartv ofrors IN mia ,ho ro,d 49,.
foo, ,,t,,o o,d ,,.rr,,,, !, g.. a. 49,.
so5oo t,nr rorio,, ro,s,r- ho,,'o,'a,. 49,,
,e,oc,,,,or h,,,,o do,;do,1 80 ~, ,'
thcr action ON the suhioc+ TO- ~ n ,,roso,,,
I'm view of tho stron, fcoIir,, ,ytioh xis,a
relative to tho p,a,ter this docioion tt
doubtc,lv n WHO nm.
On Tuesday evopipg p,,riol, T,,,oi,
Michael Manning and Michael Martin v,oro
arrested for drunkenness and disorderlv
conduct. and amor hoirc mn, +, ,,,o lool--,,
they commenced .mosbir,, ,b,nrs l., s,,ar
a way that it was NECESSARY IN orr.r,on,
them with bracelets for tho nigh, Wodnos-
dav mornInc they rere ta,,or hororo I,d,o
Tyler and Lynch was tinoJ soo and co.ts
and N,nninr and Martin e15ond oos,s oooh
They vcrn ordsrod ,o stand oo,,,r,i,,oa
III Tho dnos warn r,id and IN ,loc,,,I, =,
tho stomns TvroL ord NI,r,;, 81,
sleigh ride to Newfane, Manning's fine |
was paid, and lac was released.
1t is not often that our citizens become
so deeply interested in controversy that |
does not directly concern them as they |
were in the suit last week at the Brooks
House, before Judge Wheeler. The fact that |
the father, VIM. rockingham, was seeking
TO recover possession of his child from its |
maternal grandparents, to when it had |
been committed by the mother before her
death, and that he at the present time, how
ever Incorporate he lad once been, seems
fully competent TO assume its care and cd
ucotion annoreutlv mazda lint ma ,osnI, Of