Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-16


region poor one, in consequence Of the hav-
oc made by the grubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Faulkner and M. I.
Van Doom are among those who take three
days outing at Montreal.
Conductor II. +. Wheeler has moved
from Cemetery hill into W. E. Wilkins's new
house on Grove street.
H. b. Crosby of Patterson, N j., and @.
H. Crosby of Boston, sons of the late Watson
Crosby of this place, are in town.
Mrs. s. A. Miller and her son Harry leave
town next week to join Mr.. Miller for perma-
nent residence in Colorado.
Highway Surveyor Stockwell has decided
to lay that refractory portion Of Main street
between Rays crossing and the bridge in
concrete.
"A. II. Tufts, who has been studying
medicine with DIR. Gray for some time past
has gone to attend medical lectures at Bati-
more.
AT the Unitarian church next Sunday
morning the topic of discourse will be, Chris
tianity Notwithstanding" "a review OF lnger-
soil and Black.
The Northeastern Life Association of this
pa ce will wind up its business in course Of
next month. Its risks are being reinsured in
the Mutual Benefit company of Hartford.
-Hawley has been in New York this week
making selections of fall and winter fabrics,
and will be ready tomorrow 10 show many
new and attractive goods at popular prices.
For the accommodation of persons at
tending court the narrow-gauge down mixed
train is held ut Fayetteville till o'clock for
the present 1t arrives in Brattleboro about
seven.
Hon. VIM, H. Dubois of West Randolph,
State Inspector of Finance, has been in town
this week on his annual inspection of the saw
ings banks. Yesterday he visited the Viii
mingion bank and to-day takes in Jamaica
and Fayetteville.
Miss Lizzie Waite, sister of s. NJ. Waite,
died at her residence in this village yesterday
morning, Of cholera morbus, after an illness
| of only few hours. Until about q month
ago. Miss Waite had for a time been an in
mate Of Vermont asylum, but since her dis
charge has been in very comfortable health.
her age was A years.
--Messrs Smith & Hunt are making good
progress in the work Of adapting their Frost
street buildings to the business Of manufac-
turing children's carriages on an extensive
scale. delay in the receipt of machinery
ordered has, however, prevented the compile
ton OF the work, and the establishment will
not be in full operation before October.
| Mr.. Columbus Tyler, one of the oldest
and most influential citizens OF Somervie,
| Mass. and brother of the late Ferdinand Ty-
Ter of this town. died last Wednesday, at the
age of &c. He was connected with the Nc
Lean insane asylum for 80 or 35 years, b old
| ing the position Of steward but retired from
that position several years ago. He. was a
native of Townshend, this county.
DIR. and Mrs. Draper landed at New York
on Sunday on their return from Europe, and
reached Brattleboro by the night express on
Monday evening, few friends joining with
the family at the asylum in giving them a
cordial welcome. They express entire salts
faction with their trip, and it need not be
added that it is a great satisfaction to every
body TO see them at home and the doctor on
| the street once more.
The boys are wanting to know how it hap
pens that Charles has been spending valuable
time at Chesterfield this week and why he has
| been ut so much pains 10 keep a weather eye
out for Starkey and Herrick. Perhaps the
virtuous youth will give us an essay on what
he knows about taking refuge from the too
curious world in the old mans private Office
and there performing his arduous editorial
| laboTs.
by last nights owl and this morning.
| mail train passengers between Brattleboro
and Claremont Junction, N H., inclusive.
have had the privilege of going to Montreal
on excursion tickets sold from Brattleboro at
1915, Dummerston $685., Putney, 50. so,
Westminster, 1920, and Bellows Falls and
| stations above 50 90. The tickets are good
to return till next Monday. Thirty nine tick
cts were sold from this station, Is or 20 for a
party from Hinsdale being among the mum.
| Der.
Tho ordination Of Mr.. Powers, pastor of
the West Brattleboro Baptist church, is ex-
pected to take place on Tuesday evening
next, Sept. 20. The examining council
meets in the afternoon at two o'clock. Many
of our people win remember Mr.. Powers as
having supplied the pulpit of the First Bap-
fist church during the absence in Europe OF
the late Mr.. Burchard, and the occasion will
doubtless be one of interest to others in the
vicinity.
The gubernatoral contest for 1882 is
even now agitating the political managers in
Vermont. Barstow, Park and others are
spoken of, and it is said that there are over
40 candidates in the field, including Col.
| George w. Hooker and ]. ]. Estey.-SprfRg.
| field Republican item.
The Republican, or its correspondent evil
IDENTIFY needs a wet cloth lain ON its head.
Col. Hooker is out of town, but Col. Estey
privately informs us that he will sell his own
chances" cheap-very cheap.
The remarkable celestial phenomenon,
which the daily press mentions as having
been seen at all points in the east last Mou-
day evening, was noted in Brattleboro. 1t
was first observed soon after O'Clock, when
a narrow, well-defned band of white light,
tinged in the north with a reddish yellow,
spanned the whole heavens from east to west.
Toward half-p the band began to break
| up at the zenith with the quiyering, shoot.
ing phenomena peculiar to the auroral light,
and then faded away to the horizon in either
direction. In some cases the band is de.
scribed as breaking in the centre and tn en-
rolling up and away in the form of white lu-
minous clouds.
With good weather another week will
show decided progress on the new passen.
ger station. The plastering begins to-day
and the stating will be finished this week.
The placing of the timbers for the covered
platform has begun and next week men will
be here to erect the iron roofing. Broad GOV.
cred platforms, of modern design aud con.
struction, will be built on the four sides of the
station with length or frontage on the track
OF 23O feet. When complete the interior ar
rangements will undoubtedly be of the most
satisfactory character. The waiting rooms
for ladies' and gentlemen will be practically
in one, an open passage-way through the
centre connecting them, after the most APP
proved method in modern railway stations.
This week has seen what may well be
| put down as the annual lodging to escape
summons to appear at Fayetteville and testify
before the grand jury, and lots of fellows,
young and old, have had sudden call to take
vacation at Chesterfield, Greenfield or some
other point outside the state In other cases
parties, with guilty conscience presumably,
have tried to dodge while remaining in town,
and one or two amusing instances are related
where such persons evaded one officer only
to run plump into the arms of another at the
next turn. In all some 10 witnesses from
this place were secured. The officers seem
to feel confident that this liquor raid is not
instigated by any person in Brattleboro ma.
ny of the names of witnesses given being
wrong and some of those summoned being
straight temperance men. The grand Jury
rose last night, but the list of indictments