Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

posal from the committee Of the Windham
County fair, TO furnish music for them this
fall
The engine house of Abenauqui Hose Co.
and other organizations of the village fire de.
partment, has been greatly improved recently
by two coats of paint Of a lighter color than
the last.
-wP Wentworth, an architect from Bos.
ton, has the building Of the dwellings Of N.
II. Farr and A. II. Fisher in charge, and he is
doing very creditablo work.
Two or three families from here are
camping at Warmers pond this week. and a
number of camps of young men are pitched
on the shore of Minards pond. Boating par
ties are frequent up the river and the village
already has its full complement of summer
boarderB.
A paper is in circulation to raise money
to make extensive repairs on the Methodist
church. 1t is proposed to expend over $1,000
and of this amount over $1,000 has already
been pledged and work is TO be commenced
at once. The building is to be raised up, and
vestry put under it, with new windows and
new furniture throughout. Rev. Mr.. Bee
man, the present pastor, is very popular, and
is working hard to raise the requisite funds
The boat to carry a dredging machine is
being built at the head of the canal for the
purpose of dredging out the whole canal
making it deeper and wider than heretofore
The mills have increased so fast for the past
few years that the amount of water drawn has
been fully equal to the capacity of the canal
and when all are running the water is lowered
so much as TO decrease the power Work
has been commenced upon another addition
to the mills of the Fall Mountain Paper Co.
this week
1t is rumored that o. F. Woods had
slight stroke of paralysis last week. 1t was
very light, and he is at his store again as
usual
&C. L. Capron, merchant tailor, is turning
out some very creditable work from his shop
| Just now.
A letter received from DIR. ]. w. Reyes
last Saturday written Immediately upon his
arrival in England, with DR.. Tourjee's expe-
dition) reports the party as having had very
| pleasant and quick passage-about two days
shorter than expected-all enjoying them
selves to large degree and looking forward
to the doing" of the old countries with high
| expectations.
- During the severe thunder storm of Tues
dar evening the buildings of a brother. of A.
F. Holden OF this place, situated about two
! miles north of Charlestown, n. H., were
struck and burned to the ground so quickly
that the family barely escaped with their lives.
| Nothing Of any amount was saved. None of
the family were injured.
John Moore, of the firm of Robertson,
| Moore & Co., is at the beach with his family
this month. together with the family of Mr..
Pierce of Putney. Otis Arms and family.
and perhaps Ed Arms, will join them there
this week.
WIN. p Barker, one of the old residents
and business men of Bellows Falls was
brought here and buried last Saturday He
died at Burlington, where he had lived for
about eight years. He was for many years
connected with the meat business here, in
which business he gathered together quite a
little property. He was nearly ninety years
old and has two daughters living in the place
1t is considerably over a year since we
have had a general fire alarm in our village,
but there have been recently two narrow es-
capes from fire. One was in the new dwell
ing near the coll bridge, built by Mr.. Kining
the fire taking among some clothing owned
bya boarder, probably from pipe or matches
Considerable damage was done to clothing
and the room was badly smoked, but by en-
ergetic efforts after it was discovered the in
mates of the house put the fire out. The
other fire would have been much more disas-
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cred few moments longer. 1t was in the
boiler room of the canal company's wood
working shop No. l, and caught among shaw
mgs left near the FIRE, and was spreading rap
idly when discovered. The building is
large one and stands near other mills which
it would be hard to save in case that should
burn
A new hose company, mo. 9" has re-
Gently been organized, using the carriage for
nlerly used in connection with the old engine.
| A paper circulated this week TO raise money
for new uniforms met with the best of sue
cess among the business men. We now have
two frSt-class hose companies aud an engine
company with one of the best engines in the
State, but owing to our splendid water pow
er aud hydrants always being ready for ser
vice, the engine has not been used for about
six years.
Our police court has been full of bust
ness during the past week or two On the
10th JAS Mansfield and Michael Drisco were
brought in and sentenced to 100 and 1871 days
respectively at the State workhouse on charge
of larceny. They were both concerned in
stealing runners valise of samples from the
steps of l.. G. Il @. +. Towards hardware
store some time ago, and would probably
never have been suspected had not Driscoll
got mad at his wife and kicked her out Of the
house. Whereupon she 'peached" on them
and told where it could be found. They were
taken to Rutland Thursday Saturday Jas.
Chapman, truckman, was convicted of an
assault upon officer b. F. Phelps mot while
in his official capacity, and made to come
down with $40 and costs. On Monday Thos.
Fhviu Eugene Keefe, Walter Hayes, David
lynch and James Mack We're all tried for dis
turbing the peace Saturday night. Fhyin
was fined 81 and costs aud appealed Lynch
and Mack So and costs and paid. Keefe and
Hayes We're discharged. Edward Lynch was
the same day fined 81 and costs for intoxcA-
ton aud paid it. These were all tried before
Justice Bridgman, and so large a number
shows either an increase of crime or an in
crease in the vigilance of our officers. We
hope the latter.
A practical joke which caused considers
bic fun among those who saw it was played
upon prominent member of the Vermont
Editors and Publishers Association during
their recent excursion. While at Coney
Island knowing that the renowned musician,
Levy, was playing somewhere on the island,
this gentleman, being interested in music
somewhat, looked around to find him. Hear
ing music in bathing pavilion near Hotel
Brighton, where the party were stopping, he