Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-16
Local Intelligence,



Evening prayer every Friday evening in
st. Michael's CEpiscopal) church at o'clock
Reform club meeting tonight at the
lower town hall Subject for discussion,
"woman's Influence
The old and reliable firm of ]. W. Frost
q co. have fresh announcement, this week.
among our advertisements.
Mr.. A. " JOY has exchanged his house
on Green street for Illness tenement house,
corner of High and Forest streets.
The Unversalst Sunday School will
picnic at the Bernarlston grove on Friday Of
this week. Both the cornet and quadrillo
bands will be in attendance.
More than the usual number Of Brattlc-
boro people will attend the Methodist camp
meeting at Claremont Junction this year,
which is to be held Aug. 22-9.
A man was arrested and brought here
from Arlington on Wednesday, on whom
strong suspicion rests that he may be the
culprit in the outrage case An investigation
is in progress.
The eclipse of the moon on Monday eve
ming was more of a success" in this vicinity
than was the recent solar eclipse, the shadow
of the earth upon the moons face being OBJ
structed only by an occasional cloud. The
time of the greatest obstruction was about
o'clock.
A second match game of base ball be-
tween the Brattlcboro club and the Central
vermonts will be played on the trotting park
at Springfield, on the 2sth or Doth inst, and
n match game with the Easthampton club is
to come of ut the fair ground in this place
on the 2Gth.
To the mind Of certain member Of the
medical fraternity in this place (his name is
ROCKWELL. there is only one moral to be drawn
from the nomination of Mr.. Tyler to Congress.
Referring to Mr.. Tylors long term Of service
as one Of the asylum trustees, the doctor says
that the result of Tuesdays work simply shows
that it is only a step from the mnd-house to
Congress Can it be that the genial doctor
has an apprehension Of something that may
one day happen to him ;
Horace Brooks Of New York. whose
death is recorded in our obituary column
to-day was brother of George J. and Fran
els W Brooks of this village. Beginning
mercantile life as clerk in Putney store. he
afterwsrd went into business in New York,
and was for many years member Of the
firm of Percy d Brooks, wholesale paper
dealers. having since been connected with
the San Francisco firm Of Geo ]. Brooks &
Co. gentleman of ample means and gen
erous impulses. he will he remembered for
his many deeds Of kindness and beneyolence.
OF late years he has been an almost helpless
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him as a welcome relief. He leaves a wife
and five children.
Without making special reference to the
reputation for rare sagacity in politics and pc
litical management which our worthy friend
DR.. Holton has manifestly. and, perhaps, I'M
Willingly, acquired during the past week, it
may not bc out of place to record a small
joke, apropos Of the result Of Tuesdays con-
ven;ion, which the doctor perpetrated while
on the way home Tuesday night When COM
ing down on the train gentleman from the
north part Of the county expressed to the doc
tor his surprise that be should have lad the
audacity TO bring forward a candidate who
had not been named in connection with the
Office. To this the doctor replied with his
accustomed readiness "Oh, well you know
| it is the business Of my profession to bring
unnamed people before the world -
1t is with no small sense of satisfaction
| that We have received from our friends. the
| past week. their many expressions Of appre-
citation Of the complete and reliable reports of
| important local affairs which We gave in our
last issue. We think we may say without fear
| Of successful contradiction that THE PHENI1
| last week gave the only full detailed and con-
nected reports Of the several unusual local
| events which then so intensely occupied the
public mind. For ourselves VIC fully realize
| the fact that these reports represented a very
| large amount Of continuous hard work. and
we believe that many Of our fir, nds also real.
| ize that. in order to reach the highest succes,
| in this line, along with such hard work there
mus; go a certain amount of that uunamabl,
| journalistic tact and skill which only comes
from carly training coupled with long and pa.
tien; practice.
The man 4. p. Hill alias Albert Hurd
which is his real name who was arrested il
| Greenfield. Muss. last week Wednesday Oh
suspicion OF having been the thief who s,ol,
Mr.. Bigolow's horses and carriage, had his
| examination Thursday and was bound over il
the sum Of $1,000. On Wednesday Of thi,
week he was brought before the grand jury a
| Greenfield. and formally indicted. His tria
will come on at that place next week Tuesday
Ii proves that the man is an old offender, h,
having been discharged from the Massachu
sets state prison only last May, after serving
a ten years sentence lie was recognized by
Mr. Thatcher and Mr.. Davis of Chesterfield
as the man who was at their places the frs
Of June last. The general public opinion
connects him with the theft OF Mrs. Bradley
silver last May, with the theft Of silver da,
or two after at Keene, n. H., and with til,
theft of Davis's team.
Whatever else may be thought OF las
Saturday evening caucus, it is beyond CUES
ton that it was the right kind of caucus Il
hold. 1t was a caucus in which all classes o.
the republican voters Of the town We're wei
represented and in which she rank and fl,
insisted on taking the manage ment into thei
own hands, not allowing it TO be run by or il
the interest Of any man or men The PHGNI,
would not like 20 claim that such IA result wa
directly or entirely due to anything which Ia
been published in It's columns in the past Nv,
or three weeks, but il is nevertheless true tina
this was just such a caucus as We have beei
diligently talking about and urging the peopl
10 hold. If We have had anything TO do Will
bringing it about We are glad of it. IN an,
case the result of the meeting was the selec
ton Of a delegation Of independent represen
tative men, whom no man could claim a
pledged to his support. And that is the kin,
Of a delegation that we ought to have ever
time.
The news Of Mr. Tyiar's nomination a
White River junction was received here b,
telegraph about O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
That the announcement called forth on ever
hand the warmest expressions of satisfaction
it is hardly necessary to say. As night ap
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