Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-02
Local Intelligence.


| MIS- l. avery mas removed 10 ner new
store in Starr a Estey's block.
The evening service at the Unitarian
church will be omitted until further notice.
We notice that Col Haskins is announc.
ed to deliver the Decoration-day address at
| Spencer, Mass.
Business is moving briskly at Pratt
Wright Co. s, aud the firms customers find
Them better equipped than ever for the spring
trade
The Crosby hall assemblies closed on
Tuesday evening with n handsome ball, in
which over 90 couples participated. A fine
supper, or collation., was served ut the Brooks
House.
Engineer Randall began running his To-
eating survey for the six miles OF road to
Hinsdale on Monday morning. He has made
rapid progress, and will complete the work
the first of next week.
The Brattleboro a Whitehall locomotives
have been paid for in full, the freight on
them has been prepaid, and they have been
ordered sent here Immediately. They will
undoubtedly arrive within few days.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of
@'N" eAAcubh Ahtli lbthl hktulh, Auu-
worth q Childs, have promptly paid the heirs
OF the late Moses Stebbins of this village
SlO5144, being the amount of policy with
dividend additional on the life of deceased
The Baptist Sunday school recognized
for the year, last Sunday, with the following
choice of officers Superintendent, j. j Es-
tey; assistants, l.. W. Hawley, Mrs. Bur.
chard secretary Miss Edith Field treas.
urer Fred Cutler librarian II. H. Hackley.
-Brattleboro is evidently bound to be a
railroad centre. The latest announcement is
that, If the Connecticut River company build
the six miles TO Hinsdale, the Central Yer
mont will build line on the New Hampshire
side from Brattleboro to walpole, and 20
thence by the Cheshire road to Bellows Falls.
"The more the merrier," etc.
On Monday evening next Knapp and
Burnetts Orchestra, under direction of Mr..
Schuster and assisted by Miss Annie Stevens
and several of Mr.. Schusters pupils will give
a concert in Crosby hall very fine pro-
gramme is in rehearsal, and the entertainment
will be one of the best OF the season
The caucus for the election of delegates
to the Republican District convention to be
held at White River junction on Wednesday
of next week occurs at the town hall on Sat
urday evening at o'clock There ought TO
be sufficient interest in the matter to call out
full attendance of the Republican voters of
the town.
A. G.. White has removed his gas piping
shop to the basement in Market block under
the Reformer office Davis has bought out
his former partner, Haskins, in their Job shop
business and will remove to the quarters va
Gated by Mr.. White. Morris A Curtis will
occupy Davis 4 Iaskins old rooms for the
manufacture of screws
W. S. Underwood, local agent FOR the
Columbia bicycle, reports fair prospect for
the organization of II club during the coming
season. Two more of the machines are spok-
en- for, and we expect that as soon as the
ground is fairly settled, we shall witness what
Mrs. Darlington alluded to as boys riding
iccles through the streets and calling it fun"
DR.. Tucker has removed to Admiral
Green's residence on Green street. and Mr..
and Mrs HolLrook will occupy the tenement
vacated by the doctor. Rev J. b. Green has
removed to the Unitarian parsonage, and Rev.
f. W. Whitney of the Universalst church
will soon be settled in the tenement in the
Skies house, recently vacated by O. L.
French
We have no hesitation in assuring our
readers that the Evening in Wonderland"
to be given by Prof Marshall at Crosby hall
on Friday evening, will be an occasion com.
bining entertainment and instruction in a
very unusual degree. The Yellowstone Ma
tional Park region is well known TO be the
most wonderful in the world, and the views
given by Prof. Marshall by the aid of calci
um light will give such an idea Of its wonders
and beauties as can be obtained in no other
way short of an actual visit to the region it.
self
School district No. ! lthe district across
West river at its annual meeting ON Tues
day evening, after warm and somewhat e1-
cited debate voted, II to TO- TO build new
school house at an expense not to exceed
$500. A. F. Waite, F. X. Thomas and f.
X. Goodall were chosen building commit
tee, with instructions to obtain plans for the
new house, see if land can be bought 80 as to
set it further back from the road than the old
one stands and report at special meeting to
be called by the committee. 1t was voted to
have p weeks school this year, and hold the
spring term in the old house. The district
has long needed new school house and il
is to the credit of a majority of the voters
that they have now decided to have one.
1t is a novel and pleasing feature of the |
Ideal Uncle Toms Cabin Company" who |
are to present the great drama at the town |
hall on Tuesday evening next, that all the |
colored characters are taken by colored peo- |
plea fact which lends peculiar interest |
TO the presentation. During the recent en- |
Bagement of the company at the Gaiety thea |
tire, Boston, the journal said The play |
itself has been rearranged to some extent, the |
Vermont scenes being omitted SO that all |
the action takes place in the South The |
principal parts were played by Sam Lucas,
who appeared as Uncle Tom, Miss Louise
Hyers as Topsy and Miss Madah A. Hyers as
Eliza Harris. Mr.. Lucas conception of the
character of Uncle Tom was excellent. The |
character of Topsy Miss Hyers has made |
much Of she throws into il an abandon
which few other Topsys have succeeded in
The singing of many familiar
camp meeting hymns WAS pleasing feature,
Is were also the dancing and singing OF Top
~"
The muss in the fire department grows
no less. On Wednesday the bailiffs took the
responsibility of moving the boys engine
over the brook to No. As old house, and
brought the No. 4 machine over to the boys
house. The Chief Engineer protested against
his action but the bailifTs gave the order and
carried it out, believing that they were there
~ meeting the wishes of the property hold
'rs of the village The boys felt affronted
It the action, and at a meeting in the evening
7oted to withdraw from the department, and
will disband at an early day No. 6 likes
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