Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-12
Local Intelligence,


nrntti"b"r".
Charles Harris of West BruttlCboro has
our thanks for some fine specimens Of Early
Rose potatoos
Rev. Geo. i. Martin of New Haven h.-
gan his years engagement with the Centre
Congregational church last Sunday.
last Sunday Rev NJ. H. Harris entered
upon his ninth year ms pastor Of the Onivcr-
salist church. and Tie ninth year Of his mini
istry
Rev Mr. Burchard of the Baptist
church is expected 90 return from his vacation
this week and occupy his pulpit as usual next
SUNDAY.
We are sure that ail our viliag' readers
viii find themselves amply repaid for % visit
TO the lawn party ON Col Estey grounds this
evening
Pomona Grange will hold it's next qunr-
terly meeting Mt Bmttlcboro, Thursday. July
18th. in the hall over Pettee.s dental rooms.
at ten o'clock a. 80
"A match game OF hnse ball between tin
printers and the cigar mixers Of This village
was played ON Frosts meadow last Saturday
afternoon The printers won the game u 90
lu
-C Col Hooker presented the Fountain boys
with $50, and the Westerns with SD. 10 rec
oguiuono Of the credit which they won Tor them
selves aud the b"ttlehorn department at
heenc on the Fourth
Tho tiremen viii all be Interested ID "
mammoth ''circn' poster which hangs III the
First National baaE. announcing grand
National tiremen tournament TO be ned
at Chicago. beginning september I'd ana con-
tinuine iuur day
-Eeterenee 10 tine railroad time tables III
another column viii SHOW one or two chang
es lu the time of trains which TOOK effect
Monday Tie morning Boston tram now
leaves at 1920. and the morning mail from
the south is due at lo2'-l T. minutes earlier
than formerly
The new gas holder near the railroad -ta-
/ ton. which is now nearly completed isav very
nent structure, and. with other Improvements
/ lately made on the gas buildings, adds ma
terially TO the looks of things IN that vicinity
/ but il makes the railroad station seem shah
| bier than ever by comparison.
1t is probably within bounds to say that,
/ not for years at least. has so much water fail
/ en- IN Brattleboro in the same length Of time
as was the case during She sudden thunder
! shower about one o'clock wednesday after
noon. For about ~ minutes the rain came
! in sheets. gutter- were instantly flooded. aud
/ the marks of tine torrent were left on all the
streets and roads
A train of five or six passenger coaches
/ Oh the White Mountain express Monday af-
/ teruoon took up some two hundred teachers
/ 70 the American institute Of instruction which
/ is in session tins week at the Fabyau House.
| Three Bmttleboro teachers joined the party
/ at this place and several others were 20 go di-
! rect from their Lom,. Nows from the
! mountains indicates @ large attendance and
/ pleasant and successful time.
A painful accident occurred on the Val
[ ley railroad at this place last Friday evening
when Geo. Porter young man employed
/ upon the granite work at the bridge in at
/ tempting to step upon the pilo, Of a moving
/ locomotive, slipped. and his foot was drawn
under one Of the forward trucks which passed
/ over the ankle crushing it so that amputa-
/ ton WAS necessary. Dr. Gale attended the
case. and on Monday the unfortunate young
! man WAS taken 10 his home in Bellows Fall,
! -Our local Young America vented their
4 patriotism on the Fourth in the burning Of
/ the usual amount Of IRE crackers. and in
| blowing fish horns during thu preceding
night till their elders wished they were all in
/ Chesterfield Beyond this with the cxceI,-
/ ton Of the departure Of the 1ramen in the
morning, the day WAS devoid OF unusual incl
| dent hereabout, In the evening there were
few private displays OF fireworks which at
/ tracted some attention.
| Capt. Chas Z. Chase. with his canoe
/ Bubble TO whom our Bellows Falls CORES
! pondeut refers. aud whose letters have formed
/ pleasant feature IN the Boston journal Of
/ late. passed Brattieb0ro in the carly part Of
! Tuesday afternoon en- route for Long Island
/ Sound and New York city. his home and
starting point The sturdy voyagyr anchor
/ "a" here long enough to come mp town and
get lunch. and then cheerily pushed on
down the river quit, crowd having gather
ed in the meantime 10 got look at the
I -Cap'u" and MS suug little craft.
The Bmttleboro base ball nine went to
/ Clar,mout on the Fourth according to ar
raneemeut, and played. IA match game with
| the Central Vermont nine. and got beaten
/ 20 %. The sympathies OF the crowd Were uli-
douttedly with the railroad nine from the
start. which, of course. was disadvantage
TO certain extent. 10 the Batteboro boys
but they received the most courteous treat
meut al the hands of the Ciaremont people
and no complaint is made that the defeat was
not square one. The Brattlcboro nine are
confident. however that they could give the
railroad boys a hard one if they could
have chance TO play them on their own
ground az Bntteboro
The hremcu and citizens who attended
the muster at Keene ON the Fourth. some 30