Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-28
Local Intelligence.

winter arrangement next Monday leaving
here at = O'Clock, =. NJ, instead of &.
Rev. DIR. Walker and Dea. c. +. Thomp.
son will attend the annual meeting of the
American Board at Providence II. l., next
week.
The parties who have been prosecuted for
liquor selling have not yet received notice to
appear for trial, and it is probable that the
cases will not come on till next week
DIR. Preston Sweet, author, Lecturer.
and Health Reformer," will deliver lectures
at the town hall on Health Reform" on
Monday and Tuesday evenings, next, at $50.
r.. G. Hardie closed his studio and went
to New York on Tuesday for a fortnight stay,
during which time he will finish one or two
portraits and assist in opening the art stu.
dents league for the winter.
Mr. George Fox of Litchfeld, England.
the celebrated breeder and owner of famous
thoroughbred Short Horn stock, was at the
Brooks House Tuesday night, with his wife,
en- route for the White Mountains.
j. b. Simonds, piano and organ tuner
in the employ of c. w. Stewart, was thrown
from his carriage while coming home from
Vernon one day last week, and dragged some
distance. He held on to his horse, however,
and fortunately sustained no serious injuries.
Old age and the dry weather begin at last
to tell upon the forest leaves, and Wantasti-
quet is putting on its beautiful autumn colors,
with dots and patches Of flaming red, and
yellow in various shades set against the back.
ground Of green which most of the foliage
still wears.
The j:lj New York train was an hour
and a half late Wednesday night, the delay
having been caused by an accident on the
New York q New Haven road. While run
ming between Bridgeport and New Haven the
train struck two cows which were on the
track. throwing of the drpwing-room car but
injuring no one, fortunately.
The petition asking that Main and Elliot
streets may be widened at their junction, and
that the grade of the Main street hill may be
reduced, as finally passed in to the selectmen,
contains about 50 names and includes many of
the heaviest tax payers in town. The select
men will meet to-day, Thursday, or to-mor-
row. to consider what action they will take in
the premises.
Mr. c. b. Rice, late Of the firm Of Z.
Crosby & Co., flour merchants, has formed
co-partnership with A. NJ. Thompson, of
Worcester. Mass, in the flour business, and
goes to that city this afternoon to remain per-
manently. Mrs. Rice will follow in course Of
a few weeks Mr. Rices connection with the
firm of Crosby d Rice, real estate owners,
remains the same as heretofore.
Mr. and Mrs. II. X. White. being about
to remove to Meriden, Conn, were surprised
on Wednesday evening, bya party Of twenty
five or thirty of their neighbors and friends,
who presented to Mn. White as a memento a
handsome silver card receiver. Several songs
and piano duets were given by Miss NJ C.
Cooke and Mr. J. H. White, and Messrs. Max
ham. Hawley, Taylor and Taft sang several
very fine quartetts. The affair was a genuine
surprise to Mr.. and Mrs. White, and was very
happily executed.
Fall apples, such as, year ago, found
only tardy sale at dollar per barrel, now
sell readily at dollar per bushel, and up
wards. and much of the fruit is of only an in
different quality. Pears continue cheap and
plenty. The grape crop is large, and excep-
tionally fine and well ripened. Choice varie-
ties. of home raising sell at ten cents by the
single pound, and less price in large guam
titles. few Malagas, brought all the way
from California, are offered at 40 cents per
pound Winter apples are very scarce and
raisers are holding them in anticipation of
getting three to four dollars per barrel later in
the season.
Michael Shea, the Elliot street tailor, i'm
bibed too much bad whiskey on Wednesday,
and when the officer was sent for in the after
noon to attend to his case he found him diver
styling the usual routine of his life by smash
ing furniture tearing down partition in
his house, etc. He was put into the Lookup,
but, about hnlf-past seven, having become
somewhat sobered of he was allowed to go
home on his promise of good behavior. On
getting home, however. he Immediately re-
commenced operations by knocking down his
sister. and Mr. Wood was again sent for and
Shea was returned to the lookup where he
spent the night This morning, Thursday,
his sister could not be found, and, it appear
ing upon consultation with the bailifTs that
prosecution could do no good, Shea was let
of on his promise to keep sober, and with
the understanding that in case of further
turbulent demonstrations he would be sent to
the county jail. The rum which did the mis-
chief came from Boston.
The one thousand feet of new hose, which
the bailifs ordered soon after the Revere
House fire, have been received, and Wednesday
6, -
the steamer to Frost's meadow and gave the
hose n careful trial. 1t was tested up to 24O
pounds of water pressure TO the square inch
and showed no signs of weakness or imper-
lection. The hose is of linen, rubber lined,
and is warranted to stand a working pressure
of 800 lbs. for five years. With such an arti-
Gle ready for instantaneous Use there ought to
be no more village property burned on account
of bursting hose. The new steamer is found
to work in satisfactory manner under all
circumstances. After repeated trials the en-
gineers find that with cold water in the boiler
to start with, they can rely upon getting up
steam enough to begin effective work in eight
minutes from the time the machine leaves the
house. 1t is probable that during the winter
heating pipes will be connected with the boil
or, from the coal stove in the engine room, so
that the water will be always warm. By this
means one-half the time will be saved in get
ting up steam. Dennis Tasker, the assistant
engineer, sleeps in the engine house, and pine
kindlings saturated with kerosene, are con-
stantly kept in the fire box, ready to be in
stantly lighted.
On Wednesday Mr.. Nash employed Mr..
George II. Clark, surveyor to fix the line of
his Revere House property on Main and Eli
OF streets To do this involved the running
of the street lines and the greater part of the