Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11
Local Intelligence.


tisement of DIR. Shiloh's remedies, which APP
pears on our fourth page.
Rev II. L. Hubbell of Amherst, Mass,
will preach in the Congregational church next
Sunday, morning and evening.
Rev Mr.. Burchard is assisting the pastor
of the Baptist church at Greenfield, and is en-
gagged to preach every evening this week.
The subject of the lecture in the Univer-
salist church next Sunday evening will be
Gods Kingdom How men plan TO get
there"
The brick block, machine shop, grist MILL
water power, etc, belonging to the Ferdinand
Tyler estate is to be sold by auction on the
Both inst
Two of Murphys workers. Dr. searle and
Mr. Puler, are announced to begin a series of
Temperance meetings at the town hall next
Sunday afternoon
Harry Bloodgood's Ministries, who played
at the town hall Tuesday evening, are put
down AS one Of the best troupes of the kind
that ever visited Brattleboro.
The First National Bank has declared
se,ni-aunual dividend of 1 per cent At the
annual election of officers, on Tuesday, the
old board was reelected.
The temperance lectures given by Mrs.
AIolloy on Thursday and Friday evenings OF.
last week were marked by her usual earnest
ness and ability, but for various reasons the
attendance was light.
The Peoples National Bank has declared
a seIn-annual dividend of 3 per cent The
new board of directors consists of }. j. Estey,
A. c. Howard Farley Starr. r. J. b. Cud-
worth, O. l.. sherman, S. L. Hunt, II. W.
Simonds
Vim. s. Dady, the alleged thief and for
ger, whose arrest and arraignment before
Justice Vim. s. Newton of this town we noted
last week. waived examination and was bound
over for trial under $500 bonds, in default of
which he was taken to Newfane jail
The lecture given at the town hall Wednes-
day evening. by Edith O'Gorham the escaped
num- proved highly interesting to those in at
tendance. It will be seen by announcement
elsewhere that She is to be here again next
Saturday afternoon, when She will speak to Ia
dies only.
The present being the week of prayer"
among all evangelical churches. the Baptists
Of this place are to have services every eve
ming except Saturday. the Methodists every
evening, and the Congregationalists on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Lafayette Clark, Esq, for four years
president Of the Vermont National Bank, has
resigned, and the new board of officers chos
en- at the annual meeting is as follows Presi-
dent. W. p. Cune cashier Geo. s. Dowley :
teller C. II. Smith directors W H. Rock
well, John Robertson, Geo. S Dowley, II. d.
Holton The bank has declared a seminar
nual dividend Of per cent.
Tie excursion from the West River val
ley towns to visit and examine the Billerica
and Bedford narrow gauge railroad. left Brat
tleboro on the 1905 train this. Thursday
morning. The party numbered about 30 per
sons and included representatives from Win
hall, Warishoro, Londonderry, Jamaica,
Townshend, Fayetteville. Dummerston and
Brattleboro.
The annual meeting Of the trustees of the
Vermont Savings Bank was held at She bank
ing house of the institution on Wednesday.
Tho old board of officers was reelected with
the exception of two or three cases where it
was necessary to select new men TO fill vacan-
cies caused by death or resignation. At the
close of the meeting the annual dinner of the
corporation was eaten at the Brooks House.
Although the young man whom we re-
ferred to two weeks ago as having attempted
to swindle Weeks Potter by pretending to
be n son Of l. n. Thorn, did not succeed in
that instance, he, or another very much like
him. did contrive TO victimize Geo f. Fogg
Il Co. OF Boston, fancy goods dealers. to the
tune Of about $500, by representing him
self as Mr. Thompson of the firm of Ranger
& Thompson. The goods were bought
Dee ~, but nothing was known of the swim
die until Fogg 4 Co. sent their January state
ment TO their supposed Brattleboro customers.
There is strong suspicion in many minds as
to the personality of this interesting young
sneak thief
Winter though long delayed in his COM
ing, asserted himself on Monday and Tuesday
with grip whose force there was no mistak-
ing. The mercury, Monday morning. in this
vicinity, ranged from Il to 90 degrees below
zero, and on Tuesday morning from - to 80
below. At l. o'clock Tuesday noon. the
mercury stood ut : below zero, but it grndu-
ally rose, and Wednesday morning was 10 de-
grees above, being rise of between 80 and 10
degrees in twenty-four hours. To render our
weather record complete it should be said that
the first snow Of the season came on Friday
last, when about six inches fell hereabouts.
The sleighing is only passable, owing to the
large amount of surface dust and dirt which is
mixed up with it,
The following paragraph, referring to the
recent death Of Mr., William II Fuller, the
father of Mrs. Capt. Henry Devens of this
village, appeared i'll the New York Times of
the sth inst
The flag of the Produce Exchange was at
half-mast yesterday in token of grief at the
death Of two of its members William H.
Fuller died on Saturday last at the age Of 81.
from pneumonia He was born at Cambrige-
port, Mass, and was brother of Margaret
Fuller, Countess dOssoli, the poetess. who
was lost off Fire Island in May, 1850, iu the
wreck of the ship Elizabeth. Mr.. Fuller was
formerly member of the firm of Mcdonald
q Fuller, provision brokers, but during the
past -four or five years was not actively en-
gagged in business. He occasionally did a lit
tie in n speculative way, but devoted his en-
orgies principally to the management of the
Folsom estate, left by one of his relatives
He was a member of the New York Club and
was in the habit of spending his evenings
there. He leaves family of married chill
dren and Il wife who is now travelling abroad
His funeral took place at o'clock yesterday
morning from ST. Marks Church"
(Iho other death referred to, of a member
of the Produce Exchange, was that of Robert
F. Sage the New York representative of
prominent Chicago firm
The following is the list of letters remain
ing at the post Office in this village, Jan. TO-
Ladies.-Amelia Butterfeld, Mrs. B. l..
Bartlett Mrs. f. Z. Crowningshield, Ida NJ
Carey, Mary Flynn, Mrs. A. o. Goodnough,
Mrs. c. NJ. Gibson, Bessie Houghton, Nettie
Harris, Mrs Nellie Mahoney Nellie May,
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Simonds, Agnes Wallace, Hat
tie A. Warner,
Gents.-James Austin, John q. Cross, F.
G. Davis Ira w. Dellehant, Watson DeWolf,