Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-23

Gen. Fitzpatrick is announced to speak
here August 2Oth and Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford later in the month.
j. II. Williams, g. o. Guild, N. II. Farr,
and w. F. Ballou were delegates to the Dem
ocratic State convention.
A Hancock and English club is to be
formed on Saturday evening.
Hon. Geo. T. Edmunds was a guest at
the Island House one day during the past
week.
1t has been decided by the executive
committee of the Connecticut River Valley
Musical Convention, to hold this years festi-
val August oath, 25th, 2Gth and 27th with
Prof. S. b. Whitney of Boston as director.
| This is the week when the Cheshire county
convention has usually been held at Keene,
| but the committee hear from the officers of
that organization that it is doubtful if they
hold any convention this year, and if they do
1t will be considerably later in the season
The week chosen comes during the vacation
OF most of the musical people of the cities
and therefore it is expected that the conven
ton will be able to secure the assistance of
considerable moro talent than heretofore at a
much less expense, as many of them spend
vacations in this vicinity
On Tuesday afternoon the foreman in
the card room OF the shoddy mill at Cam
| bridgeport drove INTO the village here with
| face pounded to jelly and both eyes entire
ly closed by blows which he said had been
given him by his employer Robert Hill of
Boston. warrant for the arrest of Hill was
at once placed in the hands of officer Lowell,
but Hill drove to Walpole and took the after
noon train for Boston, thus evading arrest
Tor the present. The foreman's name is
John Leigh, and be is reported as a quiet,
Woodworking man. According to his story
the assault was entirely unprovoked, but
there may be two sides to the story.
Monday afternoon two canoests Gear
ried" around the falls here on their way
down the Connecticut to the Sound. They
were Rev. c. A. Greasy, pastor of church at
Lisbon, n. H., and Judge Rand of the cir
cult court, who resides at the same place.
The judge is over 90 years old, but hale and
hearty as if forty years younger Both in
this way were enjoying their vacation. They
were expecting to meet G. Z. Chase of the
canoe Bubble" at Springfield, Mass, and
cruise with him down the Housatonic. Chase
VIII be remembered as the correspondent of
the Boston journal who passed down the riv-
err two years ago in a similar craft
Quite party of our citizens, represent
ing six different families, left here tuesday
morning for sojourn of some weeks at Rye
Beach.
-Farnsworth a Co. of Saxtons River have
just shut down their wooden mill for month
or more for repairs and additions They
have been running portion of the night in
addition to regular hours in order to keep up
with orders for the past few months. Mr.. II.
q. Wiley and Mr.. Smith of the firm have
spent some weeks in Ohio buying wool and
It is now arriving every day. They have
bought in all 40, 900 lbs. of the best wool to
be found in that State at from 40 TO ~ cts.
per pound, paying out about $50, 600 for it,
They use but very little domestic stock and
manufacture fine grade of cassimeres which
command the highest prices in market.
Pullman aud Hamilton's circus is billed
for this place on July eth. 1t is to be held
on the Morgan grounds at the north end of
the village.
Fisk & Co.'S Japanese soap team from
Springfield has been at work in the vicinity
Ter the past week advertising and is the finest
turnout seen here for some time. Four dark
dapple-gray horses in fine order, with har-
nesses and wagon 10 correspond, make a very
snowy advertising medium.
Miss Cora Moore, daughter of A. C.
Moore, was taken suddenly i'll in the store of
Royce and Dewey, Monday, while shopping,
and for an hour or more was insensible and
IN critical condition, but rallied and is now
doing well. The doctors think it difficulty
about the heart.
For an hour or two Tuesday evening our
village was blest with the smartest rain storm
of the season thus far.
Six or eight families of our residents
spent last Sunday at Chesterfield lake
Arrangements are going rapidly forward
under the direction of Prof Brown for the
entertainment of large number of school
teachers here during the first week in Au-
gust. At that time the State Teachers Insti-
tute Will be held here, and from present pros
poets it promises TO be more largely attended
than usual.
Last Friday evening Post f. II. Slough
ton, No. 81, q. A. r., was organized here
with l.. M. Read as commander A detach-
ment from Post Sedgwick, Brattleboro, was
present, and about twenty live comrades
from this vicinity made it very promising
send of.