Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-09-14
Local Intelligence.


jesse Knight has sold his house on
Illness hill, TO Eugene Moran, for S14l5.
Fountain Engine Co., No. 4, will attend
the iiremen's muster at Athol, Mass, FRI
day.
The collector says: Pay your taxes on
or before tho first day Of October and save
the discount.
The local peach crop is coming into the
market this week, and ID generally of
very fine quality.
&C. T.. Alexander has removed his meat
market to the cellar in Market block under
Barber's dlning-rooms.
MIR. ]. b. Smiley, we'll known TO all our
younger people, who has been spending
several weeks with his uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. b. Ranger, left on Tuesday on his
return to Toledo.
"A. V. Cox a. Co. have removed their
goods 10 the store recently occupied by d.
Rosenberg q Co. An advertisement which
appears in our columns informs the public
that the firm is still alive and wide awake
for business.
Crosby & Co. have this week extended
an iron pipe through from the pipe which
supplies their building with water TO the
roof, where hose will be kept for instanta-
neous use in connection with their new
steam pump.
-Nlcssrs. S. ii. Sherman aud George T..
| Crowell have laid some twenty rods Of con-
crete walk in front of their residences on
| Spruce street, west side Of Forest square,
and there is prospect of having a concrete
walk the entire length of the street.
/ a, l., H.. g. Lii, Al.
place Of the present Valley railroad bridge
across MILESTONE brook with new struc-
ture, TO be entirely of stone, with a single
arch. About two months will be required
for its completion.
l. Perhaps the school boys and girls may
be interested TO know that Prof Guyot, the
author of the series of Biographies used in
our public schools, has been spending a
vacation at the Taconic House, in Manches-
ter, this State, where he occupied himself
with verifying a previous measurement of
Equinox mountain.
| Under the new arrangement of the
course of study at the High school Greek
has been added, and fine class in this Ian
guage has been formed under the tuition of
Mr.. William Bradley. The pupils are for
tunate in enjoying the services ar so COM
petent and accomplished an Instructor in
this branch, by the addition OF which the
High school now affords an opportunity for
full preparation for college course.
-Dunklee, Fairbanks q Co., manufacture
ers of sewing silk, have dissolved partner
ship, aud the business is to be conducted
as branch factory by Messrs. Ziegler &
Downs of Boston, who are extensive man.
ufacturers of sewing silk at Boston High
lands. Mr.. Downs of this firm is New
| fame man, being brother of Geo. A. Downs,
Esq. Under the new man lgem9nt 1t is ex-
pected that the working force of the iacto-
ry will be largely increas ed.
A very perceptible ripple of excitement
was caused on Wednesday morning by the
announcement that some twenty-five or
thirty well-known citizens of this village
had received summonses at the hands of
the sheriff TO appear before the grand jury
at Fayetteville this Thursday morning,
prepared TO give such testimony as might
at that time be required OF them. In the
absence of any official intimation as to the
nature OF the evidence which is expected
from these gentlemen, we are, of course,
len in ignorance as TO the cause of their
summons, but the matter has nevertheless
afforded subject for some very lively guess
ing. Meanwhile the public patiently await
developments.
"A correspondent of the Boston Journal
ruthlessly dispels the pleasant illusion,
which many people have enjoyed, of be-
lieying that they had seen the satellites of
Mars by securing a reflection of the planet
in mirror. He says that "Lhe delusion is
caused by reflected reflections between the
silvered back and the front glass face of
the mirror" and the same effect may be
produced by securing reflection in plane
glass mirror, Of the rays OF Venus or any
other Of the brighter planets. The image
of a candle thrown very obllquely in q mir
ror will also show several of these multi
| piled "moons." 1t is not without regret
that We thus throw cold water on a newly
developed interest in astronomic study.
Mr.. c. II. Mansur was suddenly called
away from his duties at the post office last
week by summons TO attend the funeral
at Lowell, Mass, of his only remaining
sister, Miss Maria Mansur, whose death
took place at Wilton, n. H., on the 9Th inst.
BY the death OF this sister Mr.. Mansur is
len the only surviving representative of a
family of eight children, and it is some
what remarkable fact that The sad summons
of last week makes the sixth time within
seven years that he has been called to Low
ell by the death of a member of his family.
During this length of time his mother four
brothers aud two sisters have died, and
when we remember that it is also within
this period that Mr.. Mansur has buried
three children of his own, 1t will be seen
that the hand of death has fallen with unus-
ual severity within the circle of his family
| connections.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming at the post Office in this village
Sept. 10:
Nellie C. Adams, Mrs. +. r. Barrett,
Mrs. Mary Brosnahau, Sarah Hart, Mrs.
Emma Letcher, Mrs. Sarah J. Reed, Miss
L. A. West.
Gents.-John Austin, 3, Henry Cole,
Alexander Duheld, b. b. Guion, Patrick
Griffin, Rev. Tbos. J. Halpin, VIM. d.
Harris, Frank Knowlton, Edwin Mercer,
p. II. Mullin, Henry Reed, Henry l..
Smith, Lucius Tuokerman, J. r. Willard.
Miscellaneous.-Mrs. Nichols, care Miss
Billings, Brattleboro, VT.
SATURDAY NIGHTS FIRR-THE REVERE
HOUSE WITH ADJOINING STABLES AND
oUTBUILDINas, TOTALLY DEsTRoYED-A
LOSS OF UPWARD OF S35, 900.
On Saturday night last, about i've min
utes before II o'clock, fire broke out in