Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-22
Local Intelligence.


Tue D~O lhiolhs
Tho board Of supervisors Of the insap.
paid their closing visit to the Vermont Asy.
lum on Thursday.
Tho Universalist Sunday school conc-r,
which was to have been held last Supd.,
evening, will occur next Sunday
This year the Methodist society will loj
their annual festival about the 10Th Of Dee,p,
Der, and not in January as heretofore
1t is understood that Col Hooker will Re-.
main at the National Republican headauar
tcrs until after the presidential election.
%. L. Miner has shipped from this plas.
one car load Of apples per day since last Sal.
urday, aud on Thursday he shipped three.
The Republican bird which slew the
Democratic rooster is on exhibition q, III.
club room.
&C. E. Aliens annual catalogue Of Dutch
bulbs and winter Aowering plants is out. It
is a neat and useful little publication.
We regret to learn that Senator Fuller,
seriously i'll at Montpelier His condition 3.
reported favorable and improving this MON.
ing.
The boys say that walt had his trans
parencies all ready TO celebrate the GLORIOUS
Democratic victory" in Indiana, and they
know it."
On account of the bad weather Rev G
Z. Martins lecture on Romans was not deljy.
cred last Sunday evening but WAS postponed
to next Sunday evening.
The regular quarterly meeting Of Wind
ham County Pomona Grange will be held in
Grange hall, Brattleboro, on Thursday. the
2sth inst, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The attention Of shareholders is called to
the adjourned annual meeting of the Brattle.
boro Library Association to be held at the Il.
brary room next Wednesday evening
u. W. Frink, who has been i'll for fort.
night with congestion OF the lungs, is now i'm.
proving, and will soon be in his accustomed
place Of business.
Rev Z. W. Whitney, with several mem.
bers Of his society, is in Hudson, n y. th.
week, in attendance on the annual session Of
the United States Conference Of Universalists
The public have been sorry to miss Post
master Mansur from his place for the past
fortnight or more. Mr.. Mansur is suffering
from q severe nervous attack which a. vet
shows little signs Of relief.
The young Democrats want Charles to
sail under his true colors and wear a white
feather in his hat from now till the election is
over. Well chip in the interest on our 500
toward buying him one.
The body of Miss Mary A Fuller. sister
Of Col. L. X. Fuller, who died at Springfield.
Mass, last Friday morning. was brought to
Brattleboro on Saturday, and the funeral took
place from Col. Fuller's residence Oh Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. C. +. JENNIE, of the enterprising
insurance firm of Sherman Il Jenne. returned
last week with his wife daughter of his part
nerJ, from q four weeks wedding tour to Nj
agara and the principal seaboard cities Of the
East.
-Leavitt King of West Brattleboro, while
gathering apples in Marlboro. Thursday
morning, fell from the tree a distance Of
some - feet, and received severe bruises Oh
one hip, but fortunately breaking 10 bones
He was able to be brought home in the after
noon.
The "Fsvorite" boot, advertised this
week by Perry Il Greasy, combines all the
good qualities claimed for it. The style of
fastening is the simplest and most sensible
that We have ever That the boot is
made by Jos. L. Joyce q Co. is IN itself
very high recommendation.
Return checks will be furnished over the
Central Vermont and Fitchburg railroads to
persons attending the meeting of the National
WomAus Christian Temperance Union, to be
held at Boston next week. Tickets are good
Oct - to Nov. lst. Round trip tickets will
also be sold over the Concord railroad
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small audience greeted ]. A. Stevens and
company in their drama Unknown" at Cros-
by open hall last Friday evening. Those
who were present were unanimous in praise
Of the play and of the manner il which the
leading parts were taken.
The trAnsparencies in last Saturday even
ing's procession won no end of praise, not
only for the aPtness of the notices, but for
the artistic manner in which they were exc
cuted. 1t isn't every Garfield and Arthur
club that has Charlie Miller 10 ply the brush
and pencil, and this little fact makes all the
difference in the world in the looks Of such
things.
The Brattleboro Garfield and Arthur club
have received an urgent invitation to visit
Keene, n. Il. on Friday evening OF next week to
join in a grand political demon ,tration to be
held there at that time. A large number of
our republicans, young and old, have e1-
pressed desire to go over on the occasion,
and If a train can be secured at Il reasonable
rate there will be large delegation.
-Reighbor Swain, of the Bellows Falls
Times, is quite too modest. In his account
Of the celebration on Monday evening he
omits any mention of his own decorations.
which, both at his Office and his house. were
newspaper men found cordial and welcome
entertainment at Mr.. SWANS hospitable dom
icile during the evening.
As is noted in our South Londonderry
correspondence, the last rail on the Brattle-
boro and Whitehall railroad was laid on
Wednesday, and the whole 81 miles of the
road Is now complete so far rs the iron is
concerned. The work of ballasting aud get
ting ready for the regular running of trains
will be pushed as fast as large force OF men
can do il.
Ora, q little son of o. H. Butterfeld,
Monday aftern Don, while playing near the
Episcopal church with some of his school
mates DIR. Gale reduced the fracture aud
the lad is doing well. 1t was only the SAtur-
day night previous that he was knocked down
ana run over by passing team while he was
standing on the outskirts of the crowd
around the No. steamer at the Main and
High streets corner, during the fire Fortu-
nately he was not then seriously hurt, though
It was only one chance in hundred that he
was not killed or manned for life
The Boston journal of Commerce says
j. d. Whitney of Brattleboro, organ reed
manufacturer, has invented, and been for
manufacture of reeds. 1t is now il operation,
and is an ingenious mechanism, doing is
work automatically in a most satisfactory
manner This one machine punches, heels,
marks, planes to thickness aud hicks the end
five operations in one This machine is