Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-30

The Rev. Father Cunningham held
memorial service at the Roman Catholic
church last Monday morning.
The Episcopal fair, Wednesday evening
passed of very pleasantly, and the attend.
ance was good. Receipts about $3.50
A special and important meeting Of the
Choral Union will be held at the lower town
hall next Monday evening at 1880.
Mr.. G. W. Bryant, the pianist, assisted
by some Of our best local talent, gives con.
cert this evening at Stewards piano rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Miner left for their
home in Peoria, Ill. on Monday. They were
accompanied by Mrs. David Goodell, who Il
en- route for her home in Cheyenne, Wyom.
ing
u. w. Frink is just home from market
with some choice new goods which he will
soon have displayed in some handsome new
show cases, bought 10 accommodate his in.
creasing business.
Hanger Il Thompson have some practical
hints in another column on the care and nres.
ervation Of the eyesight, with sundry remarks
on opera, field and spy-gasses and kindred
subjects.
e. J. Carpenter thinks he can 20 TO the
head with product Of one hill Of Burbank
Seeding potatoes which weighed 81 pounds.
a single potato in the hill weighing pound
and a half.
H. W. Simonds is soon to re-occupy the
house where he formerly lived, on Forest
Square. Leonard, the printer, will move in.
TO DIR. J. NJ. Clark's house on Green street
lately occupied by j. L. Simonds.
We are glad to call the attention OF our
readers to the new advertisement Of RettinQ
Bros, which appears in our columns to-day
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store has the reputation of being good place
to secure bargains.
Two Redemptorist Fathers from Boston
will begin Emission, to continue one week.
at the Roman Catholic church next Sunday
morning. A service will be held every morn.
ing and there will be preaching every eve.
ming during the week.
Mr.. Frank Sprague. brother of the late
Mrs. G.. w. Holbrook Of this place, and him.
self a well known singer and music teacher
died on Sunday at his residence in Boston, Of
paralysis of the brain, after an illness of about
three weeks. He leaves a widow aud one
child.
-Myron Miner and wife left for their home
in Jacksonville, Florida on Monday after a
visit here of two months, undertaken in the
vain hope that Mr.. Miners health might be
improved by the change. On account of the
doubt felt whether Mr.. Miner would be able
to complete the journey, Capt. Chase, father
of Mrs. Miner, accompanied them.
The death of DR.. and Mrs. J. N. Clark's
twin son, which occurred on Wednesday is
announced elsewhere. The little one made a
stout struggle for life, and the parents have
the sincere sympathy of wide circle of in
terested friends in their loss. The funeral
services were held in their home at the Con-
uya0aiional raraopa M on Thur11av ofiar,,non
Miss Frances Z. Willard, president of the
National Woman's Temperance Union, and
well known as gifted and eloquent temper
ance advocate, will speak in the town hall to.
morrow, Saturday, evening, at 1880. On
Sunday evening at O'Clock, she will speak
in the Baptist church. Both lectures will be
free, and the attendance of the public is in
yited.
The professional club resumed their
meetings for the season on Wednesday eve
ming There was large attendance and the
paper, OF address, was given by Mr.. Dorman
b. Eaton who, by special invitation, favored
the club with talk Of one hour on the sub
ject of civil service reform, during which he
glanced briefly but comprehensively at the
salient points in this most vital subject in our
American politics.
Subscription books for the Garfield mon.
ument fund are open at both national banks
at Thorn i Sons and Greene's drug stores, at
@. F. Thompson & Co. s and at Estey 4 Co. S
Office in this village, and at Eaton & Newelrs
in West Brattleboro. Subscriptions of one
dollar or less are asked for. No person need
hesitate about giving fractional part of a
dollar the leading idea of the monument fund
being that it should be popular and spontane-
GUS
just as the New York mail train due here
at 5:43 P. NJ, was leaving Springfield, Mass,
ON Wednesday afternoon, freight train back
ed up across the switch which the train was
leaving and through the carelessness of the
train men the rear car Of the freight struck
the passenger train and smashed in a corner
of one of the cars DIR. Bruce, who was seat
ed near the end of the car, en- route for home,
was somewhat hurt in the leg and side,
though not seriously. The escape OF the pas.
sengers from dangerous injury was marvel
A moderate-sized audience witnessed
Deacon Crankett" at Crosby hall last even
ing aud found the play worthy all the good
things which have been raid of it. In the
Deacon Mr.. Habberton has drawn life-like
picture of an honest, hearty, whole.souled
and right minded New Highlander in the rural
districts of the olden time. Mr.. Ben Magin-
ley takes the part with rare fidelity and nat
uralness, and the support is excellent As
given by this company the play is one to en-
joy thoroughly and be the better for.
The Kingston, Canada, Daily News brings
an account Of a meeting held at city hall in
that city last week. in response to the call of
tho mayor, to express sympathy with the peo-
pie of the United States in the calamity which
has befallen them. The mayor presided
many prominent citizens spoke, and suitable
resolutions were adopted. At the close of the
unaafino An Al. - -
people for their generous sympathy and as
sured them of the pleasure he should have in
transmitting the resolutions adopted to his
government at Washington.
The petty burglars who operate at inter
walls on Market block seem disposed 70 make
clean thing Of that building Last Friday
night they bored a hole through E. ]. Car
penter's back door, pushed back the bolt and
entered and carried of about two dollars in
small change. The door had evidently been
marked by daylight TO indicate exactly where
to bore. The night previous some one broke
into the cigar shop in the basement Of
the block, and carried of a box of cigars,
which was all the goods the shop contained at
the time.
Major A. D. Tenney of st. Albans has
been selected by Governor Farnham to COM
mand the Estey and Ransom Guards ON their
trip 10 Yorktown. It is announced by the
commissioners having the celebration in
charge. that the military and Masonic bodies,
as well as all others who attend, will find no
difficulty in obtaining lodging and subsistence,
-Four good-sized hotels are being erected on
the grounds, there are numerous restaurants,
and there will be hourly ferry service between
Yorktown and Fortress Monroe, Norfolk and
other points, The Vermont companies will
leave for Yorktown Oct. 10.
On Monday morning about one O'Clock
Truman L. Howe, a brakeman on the New
London Northern road, was killed while coup
ling cars in the railroad yard, just previous to
the departure of the night freight for the
south. His foot caught in the guard rail and
he was thrown down and car passed over his
leg below the knee, and up across the groin
and over the shoulder. He was taken to the
Brattleboro House, where he died about Ave
o'clock. His body was taken home TO Ely by
his brother on the 1890 train the same morn