Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
Local Intelligence.



The annual firemen's parade will be held
on Saturday of next week. the 18th inst.
Mr.. W. E. wilkins has begun the cree
ton of a house for himself on Grove street.
E. N Davis has decided to remain in
Brattleboro and continue business in his Har-
mony block job shop.
The Museum companys photographs,
with William Warren as the great central at
traction, are on exhibition at Wizards.
Rev. J. b. Green preached the sermon
on Wednesday at the installation of a new
Unitarian minister at Charlestown, N. II.
j. Estey a. Co. to-day ship eight Of their
cottage organs to Melbourne, Australia, for
the international exhibition which is to open
in October.
Farmers who know the value of bone
dust as fertilizer for worn-out land are re-
ferred to the advertisement Of +, Gerry, in
another column.
The young man Of this place who paid
| Sll for the privilege Of catching trout from
a private fish-pond few days since has now
gone on to a cheaper diet.
Our only trouble about this combination
arrangement is to know what the Reformer
boy will do with the Record out of the way,
! and none but THE PHOENIX on which to lavish
his terms of endearment.
Judge Tyler is confined to his house bya
slow fever, complicated with neuralgia af-
! from his recent severe Illness aud will soon
| be able to attend to business.
Rev. DR.. Geo. L. Walker. formerly Of
this place, preached the sermon, last week, at
the re-dedication of the Pttsford Congrega-
tional church, which has just undergone ex-
tensive repairs.
Mr.. c. B. Rice, wife and child, came to
Brattleboro last night from their winters
stay in Aiken, S. c. We are glad to learn
that Mr.. Rice regards himself well man and
good for many years Of work.
Conductor Carroll who has returned
home to Springfield from his Southern visit
in greatly improved health, was in town on
Wednesday lie will not go on the road be-
fore the first Of June. probably
referring to the operations of the bicyc-
lists, good old lady on one of the retired
streets says she never would have believed, if
she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, that a
NhBOu wheel hOulu lkht u Ilhu anu run AWAY
with him
Mr.. Fisk's mammoth tent which has been
pitched for the past week on his Western Ave
nue. lot, has attracted much attention from the
curious. The high wind of Thursday blew it
down, causing somewhat serious injury to its
material, We are sorry to learn.
On Saturday evening 18th inst, we are
to have the celebrated actors Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckee Rankin, in Crosby hall, in Joaquin
Miller's great play, The Danites." If we
may judge from the unqualified praise of the
press there can be no question as to the ex-
cellence of the presentation.
The Valley railroad company is contin-
uing the work, begun three years ago of re-
placing its WORKOUT iron rails with steel
Ten carloads of steel rails were received
Thursday morning, which will be laid each
way from Putney. By the end of this sea-
son half the length of the road will have been
laid in steel
One of a pair of team horses got over the
rail in front of the Estey shops on Monday,
and rs it was impossible to get the animal
back. the harness was cut and he rolled head
over heels to the foot of the steep embark
ment. He suffered no injury from the gym
na7tics, and was soon at work again by the
side of his mate
The Hampden watches, for which Mr..
| L. W. Frink has the Brattleboro agency, are
developing splendid qualitie as close and re-
liable time. keepers. The figures which Mr.
Frnk gives in his advertisement to-day of
the performance of one of these move
ments ought to satisfy the most exacting Gus
toner.
The brass band kept their appointment
and gave their opening outdoor concert for
the season last Saturday evening, notwith-
standing the depressed state Of the thermom-
eter. Tuesday evening they were out for
street and marching practice, and tomorrow
evening they will give a second concert from
the Brooks House balcony.
Persons interested in the business of the
probate court should take notice that the ses
sion of the court for this month is called for
the last day of the month, instead of the last
SatuTddy, as is usually the case. The change
is made because the Decoration-day observ-
anccs will be held on the last Saturday of the
month.
Robertson of Bethel reached the age of lOl
years last Friday, April 80. That day was
our West Brattleboro centenarian's lOlst
birthday, and it is a remarkable coincidence,
if true, that there are in this State two wo-
men who have reached the age of lOl years,
and whose birthday falls on the same day.
Our neighbor Swain, of the Bellows
Falls Times has performed q very creditable
piece of journalistic work, last week and this,
in his very full and complete report of the
Foster murder trial at Keene, in which the
Bellows Falls people were so deeply inter
ested The Times was published day earli-
er than usual this week, announcing the re-
suit of the trial
The bicyclistSsrganized May LIST under
the name of Brattleboro Bicycle Club and
elected the following officers President, o.
A. Marshall; captain, W. S. Underwood
lieutenant, L. G. Munroe secretary and
treasurer, A. w. Childs Four of the Go
lumbia" machines are already owned in town,
three more are expected this week, and the
club promises to have q lively summers cam
paign.
The San Jose (Cal.) Daily Herald of
April 2G contains an announcement of the be-
ginning, on the day previous of a series of
revival meetings in that city with Rev. H. G..
De Witt of Canandaigua N. Y, as preacher,
and j. A. Markham of this place as gospel
singer The Herald pays a high compliment
to the style and effectiveness of Mr.. Max
hams singing, and says the opening meetings
were largely attended
The series of articles on the field expert
ments conducted under the auspices of the
State Agricultural College during the past two
years, the closing one of which appears in our
agricultural department to-day, has now been
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