Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

The intelligence of the DEATH in Boston.
of Mrs Mary Sprague Holbrook brings sad
ness to many a heart in this community
where she was so well known and highly re-.
spected, and whence she so lately removed
For some twelve years the central figure in
the choir of the Congregational church and
teacher Of music, her rare musical gifts and
kindness of heart made her a general favor.
ite Her husband and other immediate rela-
tives will have the heartfelt sympathy of all
She died Of q nervous fever, leaving a son
only two weeks old. The funeral will be
held at Chester, VT, her old home, Saturday
afternoon.
In reporting the marriage of Mr.. Adolph
] Fngstrom, formerly of Brattleboro. which
took place at Erie, Pa, last week. the Herald
of that city says
after the ceremony the newly-wedded pairtook an
east-bound train for trip. Upon their return they
will take up their residence at No. A20 West 7th street.
which was recently purchased and furnished by Mr..
Fnestrom for his future home. The bride Is a popu-
lar young lady, and Mr.. Engstrom is designer and
foreman in the Burdett organ factory, where he ia
highly priced artisan and a faithful empiove
The good wishes Of many friends gowth the happily
mated couple"
Mr. and Mrs. Engstrom have been in town
this week, and received the congratulations Of
many friends, who cordially second the good
wishes of the Erie people.
OulluIbhb Lay was OQheINeQ at the
Methodist church. last Sunday. with a speo.
tally attractive service. The floral display
which graced the new church on the occasion
was one Of the most pleasing which we re-
member to have seen in Brattleboro, and en-
braced several tasteful designs in cut flowers,
including beautiful large cross for the altar
and one for the organ. A pillow of white
flowers, with the word 'Sadie" in carmine
letters, called to memory a little daughter of
Mr. Fuller, the superintendent of the Sunday
school, whose burial took place on Children 8
Sunday last year. Some 10 or 10 cages of
singing birds hung in various parts of the
church and furnished sort of vocal back
ground for the exercises, which consisted Of
an appropriate address by the pastor, with
responsive readings by the choir and school,
Rotations by Josie Truax and Emma Fuller,
and a select reading by Carrie Houghton.
In view Of the disposition which has
been manifested by some persons to carp at
the narrow-gaugo road because of rock and
land slides which it has experienced this
spring, it is interesting to note the fact that a
boulder was loosened by the rain last Friday
afternoon and slid down on the track of the
Old Colony road at North Weymouth, Mass.
delaying all travel for several hours. The
Old Colony road has been built nearly 40
years. runs through a comparatively level
country, and is one of the first class reliable
and steady going roads of New England. If
such a road is liable to rock slides, what may
we not expect on a new line in billy coun-
try, with every thing soft and unfinished
We remember very well, because we saw the
wreck, when, IL or IL years ago, o freight
train ran into q rock slide ON the well-built
and well-managed Cheshire railroad, in our
neighborng town of Westmorelnnd, the loco
motive boiler exploding from the shock, the
engineer being killed or seriously hurt and
two petroleum tank cars taking fire and burn
ing on the spot. Three years ago last March
Vermont Valley passenger train came with
in an ace of being sent 80 feet down to the
bottom of the Connecticut river by a rock
slide Just this side of the Dummerston sta.
ton
OAK GROVE RANGE, JUNE IL.
The practice shooting last Saturday was
as follows. Owing to the small attendance
the medal WAS mt cOmnatad for.