Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-01
Local Intelligence.


The want Of a good wallet designed for
silver as well as greenbacks can be supplied
at Cheney & Clapp's
The sale of Ferdinand Tyler's property
has been postponed to February 9Th, at II
o'clock, A. NJ
The subject Of the lecture in the Univer-
saist church next Sunday evening will be
"what believe about human destiny, and
Why believe it,"
A sleighride party of twenty couples,
from Dummerston, passed through town on
Tuesday, on their way TO Vernon and spent
social evening (more or Less at Bur
rows's"
Mr. James f. Estey has sold his interest
in the Valley Mills to Edwin Earle of this
place and W. W. Lynde of Marlboro. Gen.
Lynde will shortly take up his residence in
this town.
The next meeting Of the public school
teachers will be held on Tuseday evening,
9Th inst. Subjects: Hints on teaching draw
ing: reading. A full attendance is particu-
larly requested.
In accordance with an announcement
made in our columns some time since, the Su-
preme Court for this county will begin its
February term at the lower town hall in this
village, on Monday 18th inst.
The asylum patients now take their daily
airing in a handsome and substantial new
three-seated sleigh, made by J. & F. French
of Keene, n. H., to replace the one which
was destroyed by fire year ago
H Fletcher has sold his meat market to
Frank Emerson and Waldo H. Young, two Of
his late employees. Messrs. Emerson Young
will continue the business at the old stand,
and we wish thcnr abundant success in their
new venture.
A table of plain figures which the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company Of New York,
Cudworth & Childs, agents, publishes in our
advertising columns to-day, speaks in the
strongest possible terms Of the merits of that
substantial and enterprising company.
Judge Barrett has refused to grant the
injunction asked for by J. Estey & Co., to
prevent the erection Of c. L. Browns new
block near Main street bridge and as the pc
titioners have declined to take an appeal, the
erection of the block will doubtless go forward
in the spring.
The lectures to be given at Fayetteville
next Monday by Prof. Cressy, which are du-
ly announced under our Fayetteville heading,
should receive the attention of all the farmers
in Windham courtyard especially of those
on the line of the Brattleboro 4 Whitehall
tSo-feet-gauge railroad
The Choral Union will present the can
tata of Ruth at the town hall on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of next week. 4 stage
manager from abroad has been secured for
the occasion, with scenery. calcium lights,
etc, and great pains has been taken in every
way in preparing for the representation.
At the directors meeting of the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, held
Jan. Goth, the following officers were ap-
pointed TO fill vacancies Geo W. Hooker,
vice presidents Richards Bradley, James VI.
Tyler, James F. Estey, Mrs. A. J. Hines, di-
reetors. James F. Estey and Vim. Waite were
appointed deputy special agents.
We learn that d. L. Crandall route agent
between Springfield, Mass, and White River
Junction, Vt, has been promoted to a postal
clerkship and transferred to the Troy Il Bos-
ton route. Sumner Minis of Keene, y. H..
late assistant on the Connecticut River road
lKeene 10 Springfeld) succeeds Crandall, and
A. S. Whitcomb of Fitchburg, Mass former
ly of Brattleboro, succeeds Minis
From announcements made to day under
their appropriate headings, it will be seen
that meetings are TO be held-at Fayetteville
on Saturday afternoon, and at North and
South Londonderry on Monday afternoon and
evening next--for the discussion of topics
pertaining to the proposed two-feet gauge
railroad through the West River valley.
The military aud civic ball by the Estey
Guard and Fuller Battery, which is set down
for Wednesday evening, Feb IS, at the town
hall, promises to be a very elegant affair. Col
Beals of Boston will furnish the decorations,
the banquet will be given at the Brooks
House, and the Orange, Mass, brass and
string bands will furnish the music Invita-
tations will be extended to Gov Fairbanks,
and TO all the members of his staff.
From letter to one of the teachers in
Atlanta University who is now stopping for
time in Brattleboro. We learn that the pro-
fessors and pupils of that institution. a -four
ishing college for the colored people in
Georgia, are finding much pleasure in the use
of an Estey New Chapel Organ which was
present from the firm of J. Estey & Co. of
this village. The writer says We are all de-
lighted with the instrument"
An editorial which appeared in the last
number of the Bellows Falls Times. entitled
The Bellows Falls, Townshend and Grafton
Railroad ought to serve to remind us of this
section that, whether or not we are alive to
our own best business interests, our friends in
the north part of the county are ready and
eager to embrace every possible opportunity
to promote their present and future growth
and welfare-even if they arc obliged to open
their purses to do so. The suggestion open
ly made, that the good people of Chester
would like to help build railroad from their
thriving town up through Londonderry, may
also serve as a hint in the same direction
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro &
Whitehall railroad company was held at the
Brooks House last Thursday Afternoon. 94th
inst, in accordance with previous announce
ment, and the following board of directors
was chosen: Francis Goodhue and c. f.
Thompson, Brattleboro; A. b. Bailey DUN
merston; o. L. Sherman. NJ. Davidson. New
fame; l.. Osgood, Brookline, j. L. Martin,
Londonderry L. L. Waterman, Jamaica A
j. Dexter, Wardsboro A. Stoddard. A. c.
Howard, Townshend; William Harris, Jr..
Windham; NJ. S. Colburn, Manchester; d.
L. Kent, Dorset C. L. Reed, Pawlet. From
a notice elsewhere given it will be seen that
the board is to meet at Fayetteville on Satur-
dag for organization.
When the votes We're counted at last Sat
urdays town MEETING IL was fourd that d, n.
least seven separate instances more than one
negative vote had been cast by the same per-
son at the same time In one case four mo"
votes We're found together in one bunch in
two cases three such ballots were together