Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-12
Local Intelligence.



FIVE rooms for rent on Main street
The Crosby hall assemblies opened last
Friday evening with upward Of 80 couples in
attendance.
Mr. George j. Brooks left Brattleboro
on Monday. en- route for his usual winters
stay in San Francisco.
The Brattleboro Savings bank has de
clared a q per cent semi-annual dividend,
payable Jan lst
The Uniyersalists will hold their annual
parish meeting for the election Of officers
next Tuesday evening.
The ladies should examine the fine line
Of embroideries now on exhibition at the
store Of / X. Barrows
The Unitarian ladies will hold their this
winters series of sociables at the Brattleboro
House The opening one occurs this eve
ming
Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach in the
Universalist church next Sunday morning
In the evening he will lecture on The Re
lgion Of Poetry"
Tho subject Of Rev Mr. Green lecture
next Sunday evening will be, What in ren-
son We ought to think Of man, or the rational
Christian doctrine Of human nature"
The third lecture in the citizens course
will be given OIL Thursday evening Of next
week 10y Dr. H. D. Holton Subject Tho
Old and the New
Sherman ~ Jennc announce in our advor-
Using columns to-day their agency for the
Hetr0pols fire insurance company Of Paris al
organization which is evidently on a financial
basis to eutitle it to the confidence Of it, pol
icy holders.
One OF the most attractive musical en-
tertaiumcnt- Of the season. undoubtedly, will
be the concert to be given at Crosby hall, Oh
Christmas night, toy tn Centennial Jubilee
singers. Full particulars will be given by ad-
vertisemeut next week.
The old and indispensable Walton's Yer
mont Register for 1850 is promptly at hand
from the press Of Its publishers, the Glare
mont Manufacturing Company. l; Is filled
a. usual, with carefully collected and collnted
/ statistical and other information which makes
/ it invaluable to all Vermonters
/ The very alarming and precarious condi-
/ tiou Of health IN which Mr. C. c. Waite. the
/ well-knowu New York hotel proprietor. lay
/ during las; week Ia, given place since Sun
| day to condition Of marked improvement,
and his friends believe that, with perfect rest
/ and iudicious treatment be will soon be re-
stored 90 his usual condition Of health--au
announcement which is hailed with a sincere
/ feeling Of RELIEF and pleasur. boy "a host Of
Ny Waites old-time friends III this vicinity.
The school committee tax, exception 10
our item Of last week Rttributug negligence
10 them beuaus, the High school house was
] not open for til. recent examination OF
teachers 10y th' town superintendent. IL,
High school room was warmed and put N or
der for tine occasion by the janitor under the
I direction Of the chairman Of III, board. and
the fact that the superintendent found the
house locked il the morning led him TO sup
pose that no preparation had been made
Not very long ago We gave al account Of
the great temperance work done IL Iowa 10y
John W Drew. Of Concord. n. H. the young
reformed man who was associated with Mr.
Osgood il the original Temperance reform
movement il Brattleboru and now We learn
that Mr. Drew mas set going d strong TEN
perance movement al Atlanta. ia. v Inch
promises 10 sweep the State. Three thous-
and persons have signed the pledgc, and Gov.
Colquitt and other prominent citizens have
taken hold of the work.
w e are promised anovel and highly artistic
entertainment, within the next fortnight which
will consist Of recitation Of Longfellow 3 beau
tiful historic poem, The Courtship Of Miles
Staudish Interspersed with vocal and instru-
mental music, and illustrated by powerful
stereopticou. This entertainment was arranged
by Dr. Ebeu Tourjee, and Ii given by pupils
of the Boston School OF Execution. and New
England Conservatory OF Music In tho Vi
cinity Of Boston 1t Is proving one Of the most
attractive features Of the entertainment sea-
son
The completion Of the outer walls Of the
new building OF tn, old Revere House cor
uer. and the removal Of the staging ha- re-
vealed 10 view piece Of novel and effective
architecture which is a decided ornament to
our village and a credit to the tast, and skill
Of its designer Mr g. A. Hines The choice
of material was a fortunate one, the hand
some marble trimmings, which are from Gov
Proctor Sutherland Falls quarries, giving q
pleasing relief to the pressed brick walls
| Mr. j. u. Plummer, the builder, has pushed
his operations along with vigor, and has been
abb, to complete the outside work without
detrimeut from the frost Work on the il
side Is now proceeding rapidly. The cage
for the Peoples bank vault. massive and
substantial affair, made by Morris a Ireland
has been placed IL position and now the
construction Of fre-proof safe or vault, for
the second story, is in progress. The whole
building will be ready for its occupants dur
ing the winter, or by early spring at the far
| thest.
Last Saturday afternoon Nelson Evans Of
| Dummerston was brought before Judge Tyler
for examination on d charge Of the larceny Of
pocket book containing SlGi, and was
bound up for trial in the sum of 500 The
facts a. indicated at the examination, are
that or the evening previous John Under
wood Of West Dummerston, while engaged Of
q turning lathe il his shop, had diary con-
tanning S1G4 in bills IL the pocket Of his coat,
which hung il the shop. Several people
were IN the shop during the evening, Evans
among them. and & son Of Mr. Underwood
had the coat down il a wheelbarrow and lay
down upon it. After going to his house Mr..
Underwood missed the money, and, his sus-
picion falling upon Mr.. Evans, he took Dep
uty Sheriff Puffer and went TO Eyanss house
al o'clock Saturday morning and demanded
the money, when Evans handed it over, say
ing that he found it on the floor Of the shop
and kept it, intending to return it to a neigh
Dor to whom he supposed it to belong. Evans
was afterward arrested and taken here for eX-
animation, as stated.
The Reeves Original Park Garden Com
pany promise TO return 10 Brattleboro
in about six weeks for the purpose Of
putting the entertaining little opera called
the Chimes of Normandy" upon our stage.
The extent Of the expected treat can only be
understood by those who were fortunate
| enough to be present at the representation