Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-26
Local Intelligence.


William Martin has closed his saloon on
Elliot street.
The creditors of Mr.. ]. G. Davis are to
hold their first meeting Aug. Goth.
There were 500 passengers over the mar
row-gauge road last week-tho best week yet.
--Brattleboro is turning out double its us
ual number OF visitors to Lake Pleasant this
season.
Rev. J. b. Green is to exchange pulpits
next Sunday with Rev. Edgar Buckingham
of Deer6eld, Mass.
The concrete walk on Main street is soon
to be extended from Mr.. Herrick's to the Wal
nut street corner.
Some 25 persons from this place went
Wednesday to attend the Methodist camp.
meeting at Claremont Junction.
Tho excursion train to Lake Pleasant
last Saturday evening carried about 100 pas.
sengers aud brought 200 back.
%. j. Pratt is opening very large and
choice selection Of new fall goods, this W eek
at extremely low prices.
The Mechanics Gas Light Company are
engaged in putting in new aud improved gas
works, and re-laying their main pipe on Flat
street.
"A coal car which ran of the track near
the freight depot, Wednesday, caused the
White Mountain train from the north u delay
OF half an hour
F. A. Whitney is making new fatigue
coats and dress pants for members OF the Es-
tey Guard, who are TO 60 into camp at Rut-
land Sept. 9Th.
Rev. DIR. Burchard OF New York, uncle
Of the former pastor, preached at the Baptist
church last Sunday. Next Sunday Rev. ].
II. Cow is TO oficiate.
The lEtna fire insurance company. Cud-
worth & Childs agents, settled the loss on A.
f. Doolittles barn and contents, "Wednesday,
paying him the sum Of $1,000.
The new excursion cars for the b. q W.
II. r. have arrived. They are of different
arrangement from the other excursion cars,
aud can be readily utilized for other purposes
A New Hampshire man made his ap.
pearance on Main street, Thursday, with a
three-y ear-old steer hRrnessed TO two
wheeled vehicle and driven with reins, horse
fashion.
In naming the older resident natives of
the town, Israel Wood who celebrated his SOth
birthday on the It'll inst, aud Cromwell Car
penter, who was so on the 9Th Of July, don't
wish to be forgotten.
An entertaining letter from Rev. G.. b.
Cow will be found on our first page Mr.
Cow has returned from Marthas Vineyard
and goes to-day to Montreal where he is TO
preach next Sunday.
Miss Jennie Corbe,t from Lewes Del,
is spending few days with friends in Brat
tleboro. She returns next week to Dover,
Del, Is teacher Of mathematics in the Will
mington Conference Academy.
The new comet is now plainly visible in
the early part Of the evening. The two stars
of the great dpper next the handle point d.
rectly to where it stands, with its tail stream.
ing nearly up TO the bottom OF the dipper.
Some Of the residents of High and Green
streets, in removing their dooryard fences,
have set an example worthy Of general imita.
ton by their neighbors. We're all highway
| fences removed from our streets it would add
very much to the beauty Of the village.
Rev. E. W. Whitney is expected to &C.
cuDy his pulpit next Sunday, his vacation,
mostly spent in the vicinity Of Boston, hav-
ing brought him renewed health and strength.
This week he has been in attendance at the
| Universalist state convention at Barre
The next regular meeting OF the Band of
Hope will be held Saturday Sept I'd, at 3
O'Clock p. NJ, in the reading room full at
tendance of the officers and board of direc-
tors is desired, as the quarterly election Of
officers occurs at that time.
The third annual basket picnic of Pro
tective Grange, p. of H., is to be held at
| Bradley's grove Sept. 9Th. Prominent speak
ers are to be present, the narrow-g gauge road
| will bring attendants for half fare, and it is
hoped to have big turnout.
The agricultural fairs to be held in Wind
ham county this fall, so far as their dates are
| fixed, are Windham County Agricultural So
ciety, Newfane, Sept. 2l, % Jamaica Agri-
cultural Society, Jamaica, Sept. IS; Halifax
Agricultural Society, West Halifax, Oct 4.
There can be no doubt but that the town,
at the special meeting next Wednesday, will
| sustain its previous action in the matter of
freeing the Hinsdale bridge and empower
the selectmen to fulfil the terms of the pro-
posal already made in case the report of the
commissioners is favorable A movement so
plainly ia the interest of all our citizens
SHOULD DE heartily sustained.
Our last weeks item inquiring as to who
! is now our oldest native resident, brings out
the fact that Mr.. Joseph Steen at the time of
his decease was not the oldest native Of the
town resident here, bat Of the village. Capt.
Benajah Dudley of West Brattleboro is, and
has long been, the oldest native resident OF
the town. He was born on the place where
John Liscom now lives, and was 30 years old
last May.
The following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post office, Aug. 26:
Ladies-Mrs. Anna Allen, Lillian Allen Esther Clan
eey, laura Cook, Mrs. n. T. Clark, Mrs. n. ". Dunk
lee Henrietta FrAnkenstein, Johanna Grimm, Mary
Harrington, Mary d. Miller-2, Nellie Moore, N. A.
| Niles Mrs. Alex $. Smith, Miss @. A. sturtevant,
| Jennie Z. Webster.
Gents-E. II. Bryant, John E. Benton, Geo. Clay,
c. W. Fletcher, H. X. Fuller II. A. Farnsworth, John
| Fitzgerald T. n. GATES, Prot. C. II. Hitchcock, Ed
mund Howe, J. y. Howard, J. P. Henderson, Prank
| Mner-2, Lacy MeKathern, s. S. May David Perry,
Jr.i Frank W. Pettee, d. B. Sylvester John W Tyler
A, Worms, Clinton Withheld. L. Wright
| Miscelllneous-Novelty Knitting Co.
Held for Postage-Mrs. G. A. Vail, Box 965l, New
| York city.
In practice at the Vernon range Tuesday,
! @. II. Howe tied the remarkable score made