Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-12-14
Local Intelligence.


Hardie closed his Bratteboro studio Sat
urdoy. and on Monday left for his winters
stay and study in New York
Edward Harowe has sold his dye house
on South Main street to Nathan j. Hale Of
New York and gone to Keene.
The annual rental of pews in the Centre
Congregational church win take plncc on
Thursday evening of next week at T.30
/ O'Clock
No Central Vermont freight goes over the
Valley road as yet. but there seems to be %
general understanding that freight trains will
begin to run again in few days
Tho nomination Of G. H. Mansur to be-
/ postmaster at Brnttloboro was sent to the Sen
nte 10y the President last Thursday. and wa
confirmed ia executive session on Iuesday
The Revere House furniture and effects
saved from the fire were sold 10y auction III the
town hall last Saturday afternoon and evening.
As rule the property brought good prices
The wristlet festival held by the Baptist
/ society wednesday evening was o. pleasant
and successful socinl event. som, four hun
bred persons being present Receipts. about
$3.50
Rev. Dr. Alattesou, formerly of this place.
/ has resigned the pa.torate Of tine Fifth Street
Baptist church in Troy, N. T.. and has re-
+ cciyca call from the Baptist church IN Cert-
land, bus it is not YET known whether he viii
acccpt
Howe, Photographic. makes timely sug-
/ gestiou TO tine public 10 our advertising col
/ umu- to-day All OF hi. work Is 80 artistic
and so genuinely good that j. H. always
/ pleasure to shy word IN hearty commendu.
/ ton OF d.
At the semi-auuunl meeting of the direr-
tor- of the Vermont Savings Bank h,ld
/ wednesday "a dividend of th-ee per cent. was
declared from the earnings of the past SIX
months. which viii be- payable after the first
wednesday IN Jauuar.
The ombier pmnus which Nj Chr L.
( schuster ndvcrJs,s iu our columns Tins week.
take high rank among tine best instruments
manufactured in this country. and are espse-
I ially commended on account OF Tia. purity
and fullness of their tome
The second sermon of tine special course
boy Bey. Dr. Walker at the CONGREGATIONAL
church. will be- given next SUNDAY evening
( at O'Clock. Subject Tho Witness aud b,.
Testimony. or Christs declaration. concern
ing the finally impeniteu.
-Wmtmore q CArks mins,rel- drew O.
good house as usual. Tuesday evening Their
entertainment embraced some new and orig
inal feature. and III point oi excellence. wa.
fully up to the old mark maintained during
some twenty years of travel
Rev Dr Walkers sermon ou SUNDAY
evening. tine first Of ID series on doe.rilal sri-
ieets uow under general public discussion.
WAS upon the future state Of the impeniteu,
a- Indicated or revealed by the natural cnar,,-
ter and constitution Of the human soul.
beginning with next Monday the Jama,-
ca and Iowusneud stage viii arrive IN BRITTLE
boro at O'Clock Is. N. and leaye nj B =. n
Under TINS arrangement the stag. will leny,
Jamaica 90 e. o'clock IN the morning and ar
rive Their, on it, return at 10 O'Clock at uieht
Prank Stoddard is having a run of decid-
cd il luck. After getting up from q long run
Of fever Ae thought himself well enough 10
return 10 has work at Estcys shop. Monday.
when. day or two after. ne had his left hand
caught Ia pianer losing ms fore-hnger and
badly mutiiating the next
Post SedgWlck. @. 4. T.. viii hold their
annual festival and dance at the town hall on
"Wednesday evening. the 18Th inst All con
'tributIOns for the tables will be thankfully re-
ctlyed ana may be left at the hall any time
during that DAY. or II word Is left at Iayiors
storl they VIII be called for
Mr. Waite. chief engineer. mas appointed
john +. Nlntou, c. Y. Fairbanks. L. l. Davis,
ana Noyes H. White us his assistants. The
organization known as the TIRE police viii NOT
De retained III Tie department during the pres
ent yeilr and IL It's place twelve men from the
hook and ladder company VIII be detailed to
remove and care tor goods and effects, and 20
perform other like duty. IL case of mr..
A concise statement of facts in regard to
the merits Of johnson new Universal Cy-
ciopedia viii be found IN another column.
Numerous gentlemen of TINS village. VINO are
amply qualified 10 Judge IN such matters have
expressed opinions highly favorable To the
WORK anu several subscriptions nave alread!
ueeH reo'I'eu py M Allu.f' VINO represents
Johnson " 'on' 'Ae puolslers' ii TINS place.
-Nicnohs Ryan. slater, while engaged IL
repairing the roof Of Walter Chiids house, ON
Green street. saturday morning. lost his foot
ing and fell on 20 tine frozen ground, Dis
lance OF about twenty feet Probably he
would have been Killed, had II not been that
III falling lac caught hold of small twig Of
tree which suthced to hind linn on hls feet.
No bones were broken, and though terribly
shaken up, he seems-to have received no seri-
Gus internal injuries.
The company OF boys which mas been or
gained TO man the No . hand machine is Of
ticered as follows Foreman. Arthur d. Wv