Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-16
Local Intelligence.


Mr.. Geo. J. Brooks returned on Tuesday
from his winters stay in San Francisco.
-Hawley gives the ladies particulars of
some specialtes in his line of new spring
goods in our advertising columns this week.
F. A. North a Co., music publishers of
Philadelphia, have issued n collection of 'Bi-
Die Ballads" by j. E. Hall OF this place,
which is sold at 1Oc per copy, or Sl0O per
dozen.
- The Congregational church in Westmin-
ster West has contributed So ~ for the Home
for Destitute Children in Burlington, making
the amount received, thus far, from Windham
county S7L37.
Rev. Hobart Clark of Boston will sup
| ply the Unitarian pulpit next Sunday, morn
ing aud evening. For the following Sunday
the services of Rev. John b. Green Of Mon
treal have been secured
The new "Estey Organ Method" is find
| ing II rapid sale, and the work receives the com
mendation of many competent musicians as
| being the best thing Of the kind which has
| been issued. The first edition of 1000 copies
has already been sold, and second edition Of
| 5000 copies is now going through the press.
The land damage commissioners, con-
sisting Of J.. S. Walker of Grafton, John c.
| Richardson Of Westminster and W. +. Howe
| OF West Brattlcboro, held hearing last week
in regard to the damage sustained by Rich
ards Bradley by the passage of the new rail
rond through his farm, and finally fixed the
sum at $3.50.
The BrattlebOro cornet band, which is
now thoroughly organized and in practice
will give an open-air rehearsal on Main
street next Saturday evening, with the fol
lowing programme:
NArch-Chart,r OAk............ ........J b. Claus.
Overture Centennial. McCosh.
MA'A-Sprn gtime ........................La mothe
Select 1u-Buhemiau Bale.
Introducing Baritone Solos.
f'lka-nod and McCush.
The mail brings us a neat circular an
nouucing that our former townsm0n, J. b.
Coffin. who left Brattleboro last fall to return
to his native town and island of Nantucket,
has opened boarding house or summer no.
>tcl th,r. for the accommodation Of summer
visitors Mr. Coffin has evidently not forgot
ten inttleboro, for be calls his house the
"Bnttlcboro House. aud We have no doubt
that hc will take care to make it as attractive
and satisfactory to his guests rs its name i'm
plica it should be.
THERE'S evidently general feeling among
the friends Of the new railroad that the di-
rtctors did well at their meeting on Monday
in voting to lay Mr.. G. +. Thompson letter.
resiguiug tho presidency Of the road, on the
table. Mr.. Thompsons recent failure in
busin SIS has in no wise affected his compe-
tency to perform the duties of president of
the road, md thu cares of private business be-
ing OIL hi, Lands he will b, able to devote
himself NOR. II ctiycly than ever TO the
promotion Of the interest, Of the company.
People at the upper end Of the line
OF the Brattleboro y Whitehall railroad
viii be interested to know that the work
from the north side Of Ball mountain in ia
maica to South Londonderry. distance of
five miles, has been sub-let to Geo. A. Aver
a Co. of Peterboro, n. H.. and the contrac-
tors have already gone on to the section
with their forces. Work, it is unnecessary to
say, Is now being vigorously pushed all along
the line of the road.
"A fire was started on Wantastiquot last
Saturday morning which spread rapidly. and
III spite of the efforts of gangs of men who
were kept at work day and night, burned in
various directions until Tuesday, when it was
finally extinguished. The loss in the damage
to growing wood and timber on the asylum
property is considerable. A. Z. and W. G..
Doolittle lost 200 cords Of wood, and other
parties suffered more or less loss. The set
ting Of the fire WAS a culpable act on
somebody's part and the guilty parties merit
severe punishment.
Our New England climate has rather
more than indicated its established charac-
ter for eccentricity and irregularity, this
week, by the suddenucss of its Jump from
the chill and general backwardness of late
spring into the heat Of midsummer. After
several days Of mild and agreeable weather
during which the snow banks took them
selves well out of the way, and farmers and
gardeners began to ply pillow Az, 80 80. .Se
mercury on Monday su~--nrised everrbodv nv
suddenly vaultng ,.,u ~, i,,o ,,,, o;,I,;l'
and on b. % -" W - w ''s"''s'
-, 90 otu Tuesday and Wednesday it
ed 80 in the shade. This sudden and
=, ntinued heat has caused all forms of vege-
.atiou to advance rapidly, and nothing ex-
cept generous rain is needed to put ell
green things growing in the best possible
shape. The prevailing drought is wide
spread, and not only are the New England and
Middle States parched and dusty, but in the
great wheatgrowing States of the West the
need Of RAIN is urgent
We understand that the railroad contrac-
tors are experiencing considerable trouble
and annoyance from the sale to their men of
whiskey aud cider-mainly the latter by far
mers along the line of the road. One or two
drunken rows have already occurred, and the
men are thus made less reliable TO perform
the service required of them. Harris Bros
Il Co. have therefore given written notice to
some Of the offending parties to desist on pain
of legal prosecution, and they publicly an
nounce their purpose TO prosecute to the full
extent of the law all persons who sell or
furnish, directly or indirectly, any kind of in
toNcatiug liquor, cider, ale or beer to the
men employed on the railroad. Laborers of
this class, though congregated in large num-
beers, when sober are peaceuble and managea-
BE, but dangerous to both property aud life
when madd,ned by drink The whole com
munity will justify and sustain the Messrs
Harris in the stand they have taken to pre-
serve order and protect property and life In
this come ction II is proper to say that We
learn that the contractors have decided to
raise the wages of the hborers on the line of
the road on the first day of June to S1.l9 per
day for common laborers, and s l. - for strik-
ers and holders on rock work. This is the
highest price paid anywhere in the country
on railroad work, and ought to be satisfacto-
ny. Men are coming in as fast as places can
be found for them.
In pursuance of an adjudication of the
Court of Insolvency made on the LIST inst,
that Charles F. Thompson was an insolyent
debtor upon his voluntary petition. the credi-
tors met at Judge Tyler's office on Tuesday,
the 18th inst, to prove their debts and choose
an assignee, but owing to the fact that some
of the creditors of the firm of Chas +. Thomp-
son Co., (of which firm s. +. Howard was
partner had filed petition against the firm
TO have them adjudged insolvents, which was
returnable the 10th inst, the first meeting
nml-r tho NnlnnIarN noiitinn was adinnrnod