Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-09-17

BrattIebOro.
Kate Claxton plays in the Two Orphans
at Crosby Opera hall tonight.
The Republicans Of Oentreville also pro-
pose to have flag-raisng.
The Democratic celebration of the 'glo-
rious victory in Maine" is indefinitely post
poned.
Attention is called to the advertisement,
in another column, of the loss of a valuable
| Irish setter dog.
Quarterly meeting at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning. Love feast at
| $50 sermon and sacrament at 1880.
The ladies of the Episcopal society will
give an entertainment at Crosby Opera hall
on Wednesday evening Of next week.
The funeral Of Chas. X. Field will take
| place from his late residence on Walnut street
on Saturday afternoon at half-past two.
-Hawley has a general opening Of Fall
goods this week He has lots Of new things,
and socts visit Of inspection from all the
ladies.
The smoke which filed the air hereabouts
| during the latter part of last week undoubt-
eddy came from the burning forests in Can
! ada.
Rev. Mr.. Green having been called
away to attend the funeral Of friend, there
! will be no service at the Unitarian church
next Sunday.
Rev. f. W. Whitney is expected home
| from his vacation this week, and will occupy
his pulpit next Sunday morning and preach
at Vernon in the afternoon.
Our loys might as VOL have gone to
Bellows Falls Tuesday evening to help the
Young Republicans of that place celebrate the
Vermont and Maine victories, after all.
The second annual convention and fes-
| tiyal Of the Episcopal church choirs Of Yer
mont will be held at Burlington on the Both
inst. The choir of st. Michaels church will
attend.
We regret to learn that the Detiimer boy
| has found it expedient to make himself
scarce" since Wednesday morning Come
to Grandmother, Charles if you are in
| trouble.
Somebody asked General Phelps, the
other day, why the Anti-masonic party hadn't
hung out a flag, like the rest of EN-. The
old Generals reply was, 1--WE don't measure
our patriotism by the yard"
Mr. H. H. Inman, formerly of the Rec
ord and Farmer, has accepted a permanent
situation as foreman and business manager
of the New England Observer, recently estab-
lished at Keene, N H., and his family have
removed TO that place this week.
The depressing pensiveness which had
previous appeared to be hopefully relieved on
Tuesday morning, but since Wednesday the
old trouble has returned in an aggravated
form. Cheer up, boys, you will need all your
courage to help you through November.
At the town meeting held last Saturday,
the town refused to rescind the vote passed
at the previous meeting, authorizing the Sc
lectmen to expend $1,000 in repairing the
town hall, and it is expected that work will
soon be commenced
Gen. W. w. Lynde has been lying dan
gerously i'll at Jacksonville for week or
more, from an attack of congestion of the
brain, caused by an injury received on the
cars some years since. His physicians think
that he will recover, but his improvement is
slow.
1t is understood that Deputies Starkey
and Herrick were given a ha.ful of sum
monses on Tuesday morning for various Brat
tleboro people to go to Fayetteville and tell
the grand jury where they obtain their daily
supplies Numerous mysterious disappear
ances resulted, and We are not informed how
many of those wanted were found.
Conductor Wheeler of the New London
road informs us that he brought thirteen In
dian girls up to Mortified from Millers Falls
on his noon train on Thursday. They were
aged from 10 to 20 years, came from the In
dian Territory direct, and are to be educated
at Mr.. Moody's school. The girls came
through from their starting place. 220O miles
distant in a Pullman car without change and
without charge.
Capt ID. C. Gilmour, the officer in com
mand of the steamship annie" Gray a Co.,
owners, which brought over the iron for the
Brattleboro a Whitehall road, was in town
on Tuesday for a few hours visit. The cap
tain sailed, as he informed us, with his cargo
of iron, from marlborough, on the Northern
Yorkshire coast of England, the rails having
been made by Long Il Co. ut their mills near
that town. Seventeen days were occupied in
the passage, some three days having been
lost on account of the weather, which the
captain pronounced the most tempestuous he
ever experienced on the Atlantic this season.
Capt Gilmour expectsto have his cargo of iron
discharged at the New London wharf on Satur-
day or Monday, and he will then proceed to
Norfolk, Va, to take a cargo of cotton for
Liverpool
The Active fire engine, which was bought
by the village of Barton, this State, evidently
gives its new owners much satisfaction. The
Monitor of that place, in its issue of this
week, has the following;
The fire engine recently purchased was
tested ON Tuesday and showed excellent work
ing qualities. Without any difficulty, water
was thrown through 200 feet of hose to q
height of from ten to twenty feet above the
top of the Congregational church spire. All
parts of the machine work perfectly. Five
hundred feet of hose have been purchased,
and all other necessary things for the success
full operation of the engine are provided
fire company has been organized and are
drilling to make themselves efficient in the
use of the engine and fire apparatus.
THE MARRIAGE OF MISS MARY HARRIS.
The marriage of Miss Mary b. Harris,
daughter of Hon. and Mrs. b. ID. Harris of
this village, with Mr.. John S. Wood of New
York took place at St. Michaers Episcopal
church at - O'Clock. noon, on Wednesday of
this week, Rev. w. II. Collins, the rector,
performing the ceremony. The church has
never been made more lovely with flowers
than on this occasion. Three floral arches
spanned the broad aisle; the font was filled
with beautiful flowers the sanctuary was
handsomely decorated, and flowers and twin
ing vines hung over the chancel. The body
OF the church was reserved for the inv tied
guests, who, by the terms of the general in
vitation given, included all those friends of
the bride and her parents who saw fit to man
ifest their friendship and esteem by their
presence. When the hour for the ceremony
arrived every seat was filled, and many were
unable to ind even standing room. Prompt
ly at II o'clock the bridal party entered, the
groom awaiting his bride on the chancel plat
form, accompanied by his best man, Mr.
Henry b. B. Siapler, college and law school
classmate, who is also Mr.. Woods law part
ner in New York. The bridal procession, as
1t marched up the broad aisle, to the music
of the wedding march from Lohengrin, Miss
Mary Burnham presiding at the organ, was
led by the trademarks, ten in number con-
slsting, first, of five young cousins of the
bride, Misses Mabel and Emmie HOLSTER