Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02
Local Intelligence.


Gus artist in soap who decorated the STORE
windows about town on Wednesday.
Hon. Clark Jillson, ex.Mayor of Worces-
ter, Mass, was in town on Wednesday, on
his way TO visit his old home at Jacksonville.
At the meeting Of creditors held on
Thursday, DIR. W. H. Rockwell was chosen
assignee of the estate Of H. G. Willard, in in
solvency
Hon. and Mrs. Royal Tyler go TO Oak
Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, to-day, with their
two granddaughter, for their annual vaca-
ton
Next Sunday, July lth, will he observed
az Ohildron's Sunday at the Unitarian church,
the children taking a prominent part in the
morning service.
viii j. Clark, son Of Barna A. Clark has
Just completed his examinations for Amherst
without conditions, and will enter upon the
course next September.
The room on the second floor of the
Crosby operaha building, formerly occupied
by the Record, has been fitted up and opened
as q Democratic campaign club room.
The Vermont National bank declares a
semi-annual dividend Of per cent, the Peo-
pies National one of per cent, and the two
Savings banks p per cent. each
All the county stages now delay their de-
parture until the arrival of the White Noun
tain express train and the distribution of the
New York through mail which il brings.
The attendance on the weekly temper
anco meetings at the reading room steadily
increases, and the managers begin TO feel the
necessity for moro commodious quarters.
Last Sunday was Temperance day" at
the Methodist church--the sermon, Sunday
school lesson and evening concert, all being
vigorously devoted to the temperance cause.
Somebody, through either accident or NAL
ice, broke hand of one Of the statues OF the
Fisk monument last Sunday. The perpetra-
tor of this sorry piece of vandalism is not
known.
The band, by invitation, visited the resi-
dence Of Hon. +. Crosby, last Tuesday even
ing, and gave an open air concert upon his
grounds to the enjoyment of the noighbor-
hood.
Quarterly meeting at the Methodist
church next Sunday. Rev. II. A. Spencer
will preach and administer the sacrament at
the usual hour of service. Love feast at $50
A. NJ.
Charlie Brazor, lad about 10 years of
age, was playing with n revolver, last Sunday,
when it was accidentally discharged, the ball
passing through his hand, fortunately with
out serious injury to bone or artery.
Rev. s. b. Partridge of Swatow, China,
a missionary of the Baptist Missionary I'm
ion. will speak in the Baptist church next
Sunday, at the morning service, ON mission
Work in China, and in the evening on "Chi-
ma and the Chinese"
OF the members of this years High
school graduating class Misses Jennie Morse
and Annie Wyman go to Smiths college,
Miss Nellie Wright goes to Wellesley, and
Harry Harris to the school of Technology,
Worcester Mass.
The Democrats announce a ratification
meeting TO be held at the town hall uext
Monday evening f. J. Phelps of Burling-
ton, Asa Dickey of st. Johnsbury, and A. p.
Childs of bennington are expected to be pres
ent in addition to local speakers.
"A party of IL or 100 loggers encamped
on the island Tuesday night and on wednos-
day cleared up aud pushed on with their
drive of 90, 600 900 feet of logs Thirty mil
lion feet, as has already been stated, remain
ut Mclndoos, on account of the low water.
Tho boys say that rs soon as Selleck
got his nomination for High BailiG on Tues
day, he took them straight across the Fay
etteyllo common to the pump and treated
them i'll the most lavish manner. just like
him.
Monday last was tho banner day of the
season thus far for heat, oppressive sultriness
and positive discomfort The protracted
drought is having disastrous effect on grass
lands, and promises TO become n serious ca
lamity to the farmers, unless soon relieved.
The next meeting of the Garfield and Ar
thur club will be held at the town hall on
Saturday evening, July 10, at y o'clock,
when speeches will be made by Hon. j. n.
Bales:ier, Hon. J. NJ. Tyler and others, which
will be well worth hearing. We bespcak u
full house.
On Thursday afternoon, while standing
in front Of c. F. Thompson's store, Wares
heavy four horse team from Townshend sud
denly started up and the leaders swung
around the First National bank corner, bring
ing the wagon against the lamp post and
breaking it short oil.
A stalk of sweet corn growing in the gar
den Of Geo. Lawrence Of this town, shows a
curious freak of nature in the shape of
growth of what seems to be a combination of
blossom or tassel, ear and silk from the point
where the ear should be. The specimen
shown us numbers what might be eight or
ten ears or tassels, all connected, with silk
nine inches long attached.
The total population of Brattleboro, as
shown by the census which was completed on
Wednesday, is 1911 The population of
Capt Clark's district, comprising that por-
ton of the village north of the brook, is
2,9l9; of Curriers' district comprising that
portion of the village south of the brook, l, $50
making the population of the village 4, 400,
and showing the population of the town out
side the village limits TO be ,4OS. The gain
since 1870 is l022-a very handsome and sat-
isfactory increase.
The White Mountain express began It's
trips for the season last Monday. Its run
ming time is the same as last year, the up
train passing BrattlebOro at 2:5O p. NJ, and
the down train at 3:42. The season opens
promisingly, there having been good loads on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, while on
Thursday there was one of the largest train
loads ever carried up. The up train COM
prised three palace cars, with baggage car,
smoking car and common passenger coach,
and carried ll9 passengers.
The English postal service, although con-
ceded to be the best in the world, is not alb
solutely infallible. On Thursday nowspa-
per put in au appearance at the Brattleboro
Office directed to "H. l. Dark, Esq, Wood
ford House, Wellington Somerset" The
Somerset" was little blindly written and
had evidently been mistaken by the English
postal official for vermont" and the paper
forwarded accordingly. A little investigation
showed that it was intended for Wellington,
Somerset county, Eng. instead of Yelling
ton, VT, and the parcel is now retracing its
journey of 5000 miles and more.
The store in Crosby block, formerly oc-
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