Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-05

man nj work, the Jam above the bridge was
sneedly picked out, and the stranded logs on
tbe island and shores below the bridge got
into the stream. The whole force moved on
down the river Monday. Il would be inter
estino 10 know how many thousand people,
ali told. aocked 10 the river 10 watch the jam
and the riyermen at work during the week
the logs we're here.
H. M. Currier, mail messenger ON the
Brattleboro a. Whitehall line, has this week
been notified of his promotion TO a route
agency between Springfield, Mass, and
Newport. Vt. This promotion is highly
croditable 10 Mr. Currier and is undoubtedly
due to the efficiency which he has shown IN
his work on the narrow gauge line. lie be-
gan the service without previous experience
or special instruction and has never received
a mark for an error. He begins regular trips
In his new service next Wednesday Chas.
b. HYDE of Bellows Falls takes Mr.. Curriers'
place on the Brattleboro a Whitehall line,
his health not permitting him TO continue in
the Springfield and Newport service whore
he has been for year.
Two important patent cases have been
heard here this week by Judge Wheeler sit
ting in chambers. The first of these cases
wns that of p. Borillard & Co., the famous
tobacco manufacturers, VS.. Michael j. Dohan,
the point at issue being the right to use tin
tag on plugtobacco, q patent for which was
granted TO Chas. Siedler, member OF the
firm Of Lorillard q Co. In this case MIR.
George Clifford of New York, one OF the most
distinguished patent lawyers in the country,
and his son Livingstone Clifford, appeared Tor
the plaintiff and s. s. Boyd Of st. Louis for
the defendant. This case was heard ON
Tuesday. On Wednesday the case OF John
McClosky VS.. Frederick N. Dubois was
heard, the question involved being a patent
for a soft-metal sewer trap. Peter Van Ant.
werp of New York and Rodney Mason Of
| Washington, ID. c., another eminent patent
| lawyer, appeared for the plaintiff and james A.
| Whitney and VIM s. Beaman of New York for
the defendant.
-Brattleboro loses one Of its old and we'll
| known residents in the death of Mrs. Elisa
beth Pomeroy Wheeler, which took place last
| Sunday morning. On their marriage, forty
years ago last April, Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler
removed to the house on Spring street where
their whole married life was spent, and where
| Mr. Wheeler survives at the age Of "a. At
that long-ago time the wilds of what is now
| Green street and the region beyond, only n
| few rods distant from the Wheeler home,
| were not considered safe place for children
| to 90 alone for blueberries or a halliday s
ramble. From such small beginnings Mrs
| Wheeler saw the East village grow up to its
present busy and thriving estate, herself al
| ways an interested witness OF the march OF
| improvement In the Unitarian society Mrs.
| wheeler's loss is one to be long felt. A life
| long and consistent member of that church,
she worked in season and out Of season for
its success aud prosperity, never yielding be-
| fore an obstacle or cast down by adverse cir
cumstancos. The remarkable patience, for
| titude and sweetness with which long and
distressing Illness, admitting no doubt as to
| its outcome, was borne, gave unmistakable
evidence OF the genuineness Of her Christian
| faith and trust
On Monday morning last u. s. Deputy
| Marshal Sprague OF Jamaica unearthed and
arrested gang of four ''moonshiners" in
Plymouth in the western edge Of Windsor
| county and brought them 10 Brattleboro by
the afternoon train. They were brought be-
fore U. S. Commissioner Waterman the same
evening, when they waived examination,
recognized in the sum Of $500 each, and were
released The authorities have for some
time had q suspicion Of something crooked
in the direction of Plymouth. Last Friday
Deputy Sprague drove to Mt Holly and un.
der pretext of a visit to a friend managed to
get at the bottom of things during that and
| the two following days. The arrests were made
before breakfast. Monday morning. The
names of the parties are Chas. G. Sawyer,
James s. Salter, Ira @. Webster and Edwin
]. Coolidge, The locality where the still was
found is known as Frog City" The appar-
atus, 42-gallon cider brandy still. was found
in the bottom of deep rRvine, on a little
brook, where the water for condensing the
vapor in the worm was brought to the tank
or barrel in a single length of three cornered
caves spout. The apparatus had evidently
| seen lots of service. Stout oak pins stuck in
the sides OF the barrel to hang the worm on was
rotted of. and it was stated to Capt. Sprague
by parties who protested to know, that a
worn-out worm from the same establish
ment" could now be seen in a junk shop at
Ludlow. B. f. Whelden, Ludlow tinman,
was arrested on Tuesday and brought here,
charged with making stills without paying a
special government tax. His case was con-
tinued till Aug. Both.
OAK GROVE RANGE, SATURDAY JULY 80.
Only a few members were present. The
following were the best scores made