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


The Connecticut River railroad directors
elected Chester W. Chaplin president OF the
company, on Tuesday, in place Of Daniel i.
Harris, deceased.
The rear of the big drive of logs is re-
ported as having passed through the Narrows,
near Wells River, on Monday morning. One
hundred and fifty men are at work ON the
drive.
The Sunday schools of the several evan
gelical societies in town are to picnic at Lake
Pleasant on Friday of this week, leaving
BrattloLoro Mt 80 A. NJ Everybody is in
vited to join.
zone man, says the Refouner besides
Mr.. Davenport" thinks the new railroad is
not being properly and honestly construct
ed" Do any of our readers remembers sto-
ry about a boy who saw a hundred boarsY
The selectmen have at length decided as
To the exact location of the Elliot street bridge,
and commenced work on the piers. 1t is
proposed to have an iron bridge, instead OF
wooden one. since it is found that the cost
will be but little more.
Our venerable townsman, Willard Frost,
narrowly escaped death last Thursday eve
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now nearly recovered from its effects, how
ever, and probably will soon be able to return
! to his business.
No further services will be held in the
Unitarian church until September Rev. J.
b. Green still holds his call TO the pastorate
of the society under consideration, and the
society are unanimous in hoping TO learn of
his early acceptance.
A letter from Mr.. Burchard, received by
! Mrs Burchard last Saturday, announces the
reverend gentemans safe arrival on the 9th
err side of the water. Mr.. Burchard writes
that he experienced no sea-sickness during
the voyage, and slept as he has not slept be-
fore for years May his vacation delights
continue.
Mrs. Freleigh of Detroit, Mich, is stop
ping for short time in this village, giving
instructions in the laws Of health and the cure
of disease without the aid of medicine. Her
teachings are based on science and natural
laws. and she is endorsed by people of cul-
ture and high standing in the communities
where she has been, as well as by those of
our own citizens to whom she has given in
structions
1t will be remembered that, at the time
the Kelley boy got drunk, II month ago, and
was sent to the House of Correction, he dis
closed on Patrick IIassen and l.. p. Weber,
testifying that he obtained one glass Of lager
beer at Hassen's saloon and two At Webber's.
Both Weber and Hassen, however, swore
positively that they sold him nothing but
tonic" beer, and Justice Newton reserved
his decision, being in doubt as to the intent
of the law, and the weight to be given to such
conflicting evidence. After consulting emil
nent legal talent in the State, Mr.. Newton
finds that the testimony of the prisoner must
be accepted, and that under the statute, the
saloon keepers must submit TO a fine. On
Wednesday afternoon he accordingly notified
Weber that he had been fined $50 and costs,
and Hassen that he had been fined $40 and
costs. Both parties have appealed.
In the death of Mr.. ]. A. Stevens, our
well known village truckman, which occurred
on Sunday last from heart disease, the COM
munity loses one of its most respected citi-
zens, and the world an honest man. hide
pendent in all his thoughts, strong in his con-
victions of right and duty, and fearless in his
expression Of them-a man of extrcmes-he
yet held to remarkable degree the conf
dence, esteem and good will of all with whom
he came in contact. Few of our citizens
would be more generally missed than will he.
His funeral, Tuesday afternoon, was largely
ate nded by the business men of the place,
and all the stores and offices on the street
were closed. The services were conducted
by Rev. j. F. Moors of Greenfield, Mass.
Mr.. Stevens leaves a family consisting of a
wife and five children, the oldest son being
cashier of the First National bank at Green
field.
The ticket Office of the railroad station
was entered by parties on Tuesday night who
rolled the small office safe out through the
gentlemen's room to the back door, placed
it on a baggage truck and wheeled it down TO
the end of the woodshedr where they opened
it 10y picking the lock, and made of with the
S3j to $40 in silver which it contained Eu-
trance to the building was apparently first ef-
fected through a window in the telegraph Of
fee, but failing to get into the ticket office
through the ticket window, the burglars evil
dainty then went around to the outside and
forced window and afterward opened the
ticket room door by taking off the catch.
Nothing in the room was disturbed except the
safe, and nothing was missing from the safe
except the silver. Judging from their tracks
the operators were three in number. They
had their labor for their pains in carrying the
safe down through the yard for they might
as well have picked the lock in the Office but
they were undoubtedly prepared to break OF
blow the safe open had not the lock readily
yielded. Wednesday night John Wood went
down to Millers Falls, and there learned of q
suspicious character who appeared there early
that morning and hired a team in great haste
to carry him to Orange. On his arrival al
Orange he took the train back through Miller,
Falls and the tunnel, and this was the last
heard of him. No attempts at any arrest,
have been made.
1t was brave trio of old salts that sailct
out of the boat-house harbor at Chesterfield
Lake one fine afternoon last week. Two o.
them hailed from the port of Bnttleboro, anC
the third came from place farther back
called Boston. They all knew how to fluff
and wear" and the skipper in particular
could tell the tiller from the main stay sal
every time. Under such circumstances i
was no wonder that these weather-beaten tar
won the envy and admiration of the crowd OF
the shore as they sailed proudly forth. Blu
suddenly, when their sail had diminished t.
about the size of blanket in the distance,
squall struck the craft from some hitherto un
known quarter of the compass, and the cap
tain tried sailing under the water to escape it
but that didn't work, and, somehow, in les
time than it would have taken the mate Il
figure the profits on a box of cigars (pur,
Havana filings, the boat was gracefully lynn
over on its side, and the trio were sporting il
their native O. element, The Boston man
unfortunately, had never learned to swim, bu
he made up for this lack in his early educa