Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-04-12
Local Intelligence.


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The Reform Club meeting this evening
will be held at the Uniyersalist church.
Nineteen persons received the hand of
fellowship at the Baptist church last Sunday.
H. II. Thompson offers a small but de-
sirable ground-noor tenement for rent on FL
lot street.
Fairs ferry commenced running last Sat
urlay, in charge of Leroy Taylor the same
MS in former seasons.
Rev. G. f. Martin Of New Haven, Conn,
will preach in the Congregational church next
Sunday, morning and evening.
Two beautiful crocus blossoms, the first
of the season, came to our desk from our
Willamsyille correspondent April 9th.
Rev. c. A. Paddock of Hinsdale is ex-
pected to speak on temperance at the town
hall next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Miss Annie Stevens has accepted an en-
gagement to sing in a quartet choir which is
now being formed in the Unitarian church in
Greenfield Mass.
windham County Pomona Grange will
hold its next quarterly meeting at Grand
Army hall in this village on Thursday, 25th
inst. at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Judge Tyler. clerk Of courts, makes for
NAL proclamation this week of the election of
Lucius p Mowrey of Nottingham as County
Commissioner for this county.
The frogA have begun their annual series
of concerts in Illness woods, and may be
heard of a mild evening anywhere within the
distance of n quarter of a mile
Hawley is just home from New York
with new dress goods, and on Saturday will
open line Of ladies' garments and spring
suits Advertisement next week.
-Myron Ward of Westminster former
employe of j. Estey & Co.. is in Southern
France pursuing his chosen art Of painting.
He contemplates visit this season TO Ire
land
We notice the announcement in the BOs-
ton papers that the United Congregational
Church of Newport, r. l., voted on Monday
evening to call Rev. Dr. c. l.. Walker to their
pastorate.
Letters received from Mr. and Mrs. L. c.
Crosby who are now stopping at ST. Angus
tine. Florida state that Mr.. Crosby's health is
slowly improving. They are expected home
about the 10th of May.
An article in the Boston Home journal
of last week gives full and very Aattering
description Of the new Wilcox & White organ
works ut West Meriden. Conn. which are
now complete and in full working order.
At the annual communication of Column
bian Lodge, No. 36, +. and A. NJ, held on
Tuesday evening, the following officers were
elected A. J. Smonds. W. VI. d. L. Her
rick, S. W.. c. II. Dickinson, J. w. Geo
S. Dowley, treasurer; c. L. Piper, secretary
We hope that none of our feminine read
ers will consider it personal matter if we
mention that very bright spicy and sug-
gestve) letter from the graceful pen of Rev.
Edward Everett Hale of Boston is copied in
another column of this paper.
1t is expected that the White Mountain
express train between New Yoik and the
Fabyan House, will be put upon the road
again, for the coming season of Summer trav-
Ell, about the 10Th of June. Its time and run
ming arrangement will be about the same as
last year.
We learn that Prof Storer of Bath, Me-,
who claims the championship of the world, is
to attempt walk of 100 miles, inside of %
hours, without sleep, or rest of any kind, at
the town hall, beginning at $50 on Monday
evening, April -. Exhibitions lately given
by this walkist in st. Adams have attracted
great deal of attention.
People who have hitherto been obliged
to send out of town for castings, particularly
for small castings and those designed for
special purposes, will be glad to learn that
A. r. Gregg, the new proprietor of the Tyler
foundry, proposes to give special attention to
work of this class. Operations at the foundry
have already been commenced.
"A fine cmyon portrait of the late Rev.
n. NHghil was sent on Monday to Mrs.
SIighill, who is still at Grantyille, Mass. as a
gift from friends in the Centre Congregational
society, and as an expression of the tender re-
gard in which they hold their former pastors
memory. The portrait was from Mr.. Howe's
gallery, and is in all respects piece of work
of great excellence.
John Manning, alias "Slyfax, left town
last Thursday in company with two other
young Irishmen, brothers named Sullivan
all of them bound for Virginia City, Nevada.
where they hope to obtain work in the silver
mines, Manning donned the blue ribbon be-
fore he left, and if he succeeds in letting rum
alone he stands a good chance to do well and
redeem his character
Our advertising columns to-day contain
the formal announcement that the dry and
fancy goods business which, for so many
years, has been successfully conducted by
Mr. p Barrows at the stand in Fisk block.
has passed into the hands of Mr. Barrowss
son, Fletcher X. Barrows. This store has al
ways been favorite resort with the ladies'
for large variety of goods, and its trade will
suffer. nothing at the hands of its new propri-
etor. We are glad to know that Mr.. Barrows
senior is to remain in town and that he will
still be found in the store.
Mrs, Morris, wife of Il. II. Norris died
very suddenly about midnight Sunday night,
of heart disease. She had been troubled
with pain in the region of the heart for two
or three days, but there seemed to be little
cause for alarm as to the result Sunday
night, however she awoke in some distress
and wanted her pillows changed. Mr.. Nor
ris became alarmed by her manner and soon
discovered that she was dying but before he
could procure assistance she had ceased to
breathe, Mrs. Morris was Il superior woman,
and during her brief residence here had won
the esteem of many of our people. Her re-
mains We're taken to Rochester, VT, for
burial.
Mr.. Gorham Goodell writes to his friends
here that, on visit to his ranch after the
great snow storm of the first of March, he
found that his herd had strayed away upon
the ranch distance of a. miles to the east,
where they did not get the full force of the
storm, and that less than hundred of his
cattle died from its effects. these beinp min