Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-03


Main street Nov. 18th, when the following
officers were chosen for the ensuing year,
Job Long, foreman John Maguiro. lat az.
sistant Dan Cavanagh, I'd assistant; limo.
thy Fitzgerald, clerk and treasurer Martin
Austin, Chas. McMiniman, James Bowler. n
II. Pratt, suction hoseman =. J. Fintop.
James Boyce, John j. Lee, j. j. Lis. lead
ing hosemen Michael Higgins steward
Pat. Mcguire and Pat. Finton, aHemen.
"A new timetable went into effect on tho
Brattleboro and Whitehall road, Monday
consequent upon the running Of passenger
train separate from the mixed. The passsp.
ger train now leaves South Londonderry Al
GAO A. NJ, arriving at Brattleboro at $50
and leaving hero at 5:50 2. NJ, or on the ar.
rival Of the mail train from the South, reach.
es South Londonderry at 8:55. The mixed
train leaves Brattleboro at Gas A. NJ, meeting
the other at Newfane and reaching South
Londonderry at 11:45 A. NJ. and returning,
leaves there at 12:45 P. NJ, reaching Bratte.
boro at 5:20.
Levi Troot, who some time since, leased
the Bratteboro wooden mill on Birge street,
and has been engaged in fitting it up for the
manufacture of lumber, was arraigned before
Justice Newton on Tuesday, charged with the
larceny OF about fifty feet of betting from
the mill Of Clarence j. Torrey in West Ja-
maica, in October last. Mr.. Torrey claimed
to identify his betting found in the wooden
mill and Troot was ordered TO find bail in the
sum of 500 for his appearance before the
county court. 1t is reported that the bail was
procured by means of Mrs. Pentland with
whom Troot boards, and who has large
family of children to support executing
mortgage Of her little place to secure his
bondsman.
The death Of Mr.. Albert A. Miner on
Friday last, at the early age of 3G years, was
an event Of peculiar sadness. Mr.. Miner was
the senior member Of the firm Of Miner A
Barrett machinists, successors to L. H.
Crane, with whom Mr.. Miner learned his
trade. He was young man of irreproacha-
BILE character and habits, an ingenious me-
chanic. and with fine business prospects was
looking hopefully into the future when the
fell destroyer came. Some two weeks before
his decense he was seized with typhoid fever,
with strong bilious symptoms, from which
his system failed to rally. He leaves a moth
err, wife and three little children who were
dependent upon him for support.
The gentleman, Mr.. Edward b. Drew,
an officer in the civil service OF the Chinese
government, and who is to give one of the
lttiuEth VI Nut NlAlAtub NOuTbts IL wen tiuhL-
fed for the task he has so generously con.
scented to perform He was one of the young
graduates of Harvard College whom Mr. Bur
lingame recommended to the Chinese govern
ment some fifteen years ago. He went 10
| China at that time and now chances to be at
his native home near Boston, on a vacation.
His lecture China what l have seen
there, or common life in China" cannot fail
to be interesting and instructive. We owe it
| to ourselves AZ well as to the Chinese. to
know more about them.
Tine repairs upon the town hall, now in
progress call forth considerable dissatisfac.
ton. 1t strikes us that before undertaking
| the repairs, steps should have been taken TO
ascertain just what would best satisfy the
needs of the public aud Of those from whom
| it is expected that the chief income from its
use will be derived At least it would have
been easy 10 ascertain how similar halls Of
modern type are constructed elsewhere before
expanding the money appropriated for the
purpose of repairs. However, it is not yet
| too late, perhaps, to remedy some of the de-
fects which have often enough been pointed
out in these columns.
The semi annual election of officers in
the w C. T. u, resulted in the election Of
the following ladies President Mrs. Frank
Hastings vice presidents, Mrs. w. Il. Ged.
| dis, Mrs. Henry Tucker, Mrs. A. j. Stearns.
| Mrs. Z. b. Barrett secretary, Mrs. j. s.
Brown; treasurer, Mrs. Henry Tucker; ex-
ecutive committee, Mrs. Isaac Bailey, Mrs.
Henry Tucker, Mrs. John Drown, Mrs. A. J.
| Stearns, Mrs. j. Orion, Mrs j. s. Brown ;
visiting committee, Mrs. John orion, Mrs.
| G. Robertson, Mrs. Rufus Rawson, Mrs. Z. b.
| Barrett Mrs. W. r. Geddis musical direc-
tor, Mrs. L. B. Barrett The meetings OF
the W. C. T. U. are held at the free reading
room every Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock.
instead of o'clock as through the warm
weather. This branch of the temperance
work in our midst is growing more and more
| interesting.
AUCTION SALE oP THE WAITE PROPERTY.
Most of the real estate and personal prop.
erty belonging to the estate Of Silas NJ. Waite
was disposed of at the assgnees' sale on
Wednesday. The sale was held at the organ
shop on Flat street, aud was quite well at
tended, but most of the property went at very
low prices The gas works were struck od
| to Mr.. Geo, ]. Brook. owner of the Brooks
| House, for 81, 900. The organ shop on Flat
street was bought by Mr. Geo. E. Crowell,
proprietor of the Household, for SO, 200 who
also took the adjoining building formerly used
for a carriage shop, at 81 800. The dwelling
house on Canal street was struck off to John
Retting at $4,000. Owing TO heavy attach
ments the Walnut street house was not sold.
Most of the machinery and other persona
property was disposed of, the heaviest pur
chasers being the Rollstone Machine Compa.
ny of Fitchburg Mass, Geo. Robertson Son
of Hinsdale, N. H., ]. NJ. Estey of Owosso
Mich. and S. A. Smith of Guilford. The to-
tai proceeds of the sales amounted 10 about
$l4, 500. The other property advertised will
probably be disposed of at private sale By
mutual agreement the attachments upon the
property sold were removed upon the as
signees consenting to deposit $4,000 of the
sale in lieu thereof, pending the decision OF
the United States supreme court upon the
Hampshire, including the HinsdAle toll bridge
remains unsold
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
1t is Just thirteen years ago this very
month that the General Assembly of the State
of Vermont enacted a law authorizing towns,
cities and incorporated villages to establish
and maintain public libraries for the use Of
the inhabitants This act allows of tax
for the first year, of one dollar per rateable
poll, and for each year thereafter for the
maintenance and increase of the library, fl
ty ceuts per rateable poll One is led to won
der how many towns in the State in the last
thirteen years, have availed themselves OF
the privileges of this act. A resident Of
Brattleboro wonders, when lie finds his owl
town, one of the most prosperous and wealthy
in the State, has not cared to avail itseli
of the act. If Brattleboro has not, what reason
is there to suppose that any smaller town
has and if not, what could it have been
which induced sensible representatives and
grave senators to frame and enact the law
Gan II ha that tho ,NanFla tnn iunoraut tC
appreciate the advantage which such an in
stitution would be One does not like to ad
NIT this. Can it be possible that all the PEG
pie are sufficiently provided with the best
reading? No doubt some, perhaps many, dc
not fail to provide well for all their needs IL
this respect. But one takes no risk in saying
that there are scores of homes where the