Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-11

streets.
The lecture at the Unitarian church next
Sunday evening will be on 'Athanasius, Arius
and the Emperors." The hour is o'clock.
There will be a vesper service in the Uni
versalist church next Sunday at P. NJ. The
pastor will speak upon John, the Beloved
Disciple"
The Odd Fellows are to have a series of
assemblies at Crosby opera hall this winter,
the FIRST Of which will be held on the evening
of the 22d inst
Recent copious rains have filled the
ground and repleuished the streams here
abouts, putting them in excellent condition
for the coming winter.
The Springfield Republican remarks that
il the broken Newark bank ''is wound up az
cheaply per cent as the Brattleboro bank was
by Receiver Price, the creditors will be for.
tunate."
While Louis Stelman was making some
castings of Rabbits metal at Barrett's ma
chine shop, Tuesday, he spilled some of the
molten metal into one of bis Shoes burning
his foot severely.
&C. w. Stewart believes in advertising
He advertised his South Londonderry house
in The PHOENIX last Friday aud before the
end of the week the property was sold and
the papers passed over.
"A company from the Madison Square
theatre, New York, will play Hazel Kirke"
at Crosby hall on the evening of Dec. 1st A
special train will be run over the narrow
gauge road on the occasion.
-Music-loving people should bear in mind
the fact that the opera to be given at Crosby
hall next Monday evening" with Mile Ltta as
prih1d donna, promises to be the finest enter
tainment of the kind ever put on our Brattle-
boro stage.
Morris Bowler sgnazes his accession to
the management Of the OConner property
by beginning the repairs and renovation of
the old 'Omnibus" on South Main street-a
move which is more than satisfactory to all
the dwellers in that neighborhood
"A wandering cur, which had bitten one
OF Prof. @. +. Schusters boys, was shot dead
on Main street, Tuesday, by VIM Leonard.
The dog had shown no symptoms of madness,
but was one Of many whose presence on our
streets could well be dispensed with.
Mr.. f. Homer has removed his family
to So. birmingham, Mass, this week. where
he has bought a snug little farm aud will en-
gage in farming and market gardening. Mr..
Horner has many friends among his old Gus
toners here who wish him success and pros.
perity.
Telephone connection was completed
yesterday between the Brattleboro exchange
d.
Smith 4 Hunt in Guilford. Mr.. Simonds,
who is slowly recovering from his recent in
juries, expressed himself Hs much pleased at
being able to converse with his Brattleboro
friends from his sick bed.
Mr.. Richards Bradley is preparing the
foundations for new cottage in the Queen
Anne style to be built on his grounds near the
entrance from North street On its compile
ton the cottage will be occupied by his new
gardener, who comes here from New Jersey,
and the house lately occupied by the Homer
family will be sold.
If it is all the same to the selectmen and
surveyor the Main street people would like to
have those granite blocks laid crossvise of
the sidewalk before snow comes and a few
chunks of rock filed in between. This would
prevent any attempt at keeping the walk
cleared during the winter and would save doc
tors, deacons and others from the sin of pro-
fame swearing
The Michigan-su iferers-beneft entertain
ment, given by the Star Ministries last Satur-
day night, was a success. The sum Of $l20
was realized. This will be sent to the Gov
ernor of Michigan with the request that he
place it in the hands Of whichever OF the re-
lief committees he deems proper. II we mis-
take not Brattleboro leads the state in contri-
buttons in this direction.
Nobody owes the railroad company any
spite, but there are lots Of people, neverthe-
less who wouldn't fluid it possible to drop a
tear il the old railroad station should quietly
tumble in" about the time it gets well start
ed on its final journey back to the edge of
the bank. There would be a sort of eternal
fitness" in such an ending of the old shells
career which human nature couldn't help APP
preciating. II il were practicable to finally
move" the building with a can of dynamite
we warrant that bigger audience could be
| gathered on the rocks above to see the show
than was ever before called out in Bratile-
| boro.
The last heard of Dick Fleming, who
| committed the assault at the Stamps house
last week, he was at Whately Mass, from
which place he indicted an epistle to Mr.
Herrick expressing his good will for that Off
| cial, but saying that he preferred not 10 be
| caught Just yet and that he didn't propose to
Ego back on his friends" of
course, the man who sold him his liquor
| His arrest is sure to come in due time how
ever. We wish once more to remind peo-
pie with the true missionary and philAn-
thropic spirit in them that in Fleming's
house, up on the Marlboro line, are eight lit
tie children and helpless old grandmother,
who haven't proper clothes to wear or food
enough to eat-and a long, cold winter is
coming on. The heather are not all in Far
Their India nor the sufferers all in Michigan.
"A considerable number of people found
AN hours fun and amusement last Monday
morning, over w. H. Alexander's attempt TO
stop the express agent from delivering a sus-
pioious-looking key to James Cain, who makes
| cigars in the Market block cellar. The keg
or the jug inside, was supposed to contain
new rum, an article which cgars-makers use
in their business. Cain probably "smelled a
rat, and his shop was not open at the time
| rafar IN hut
finally delivered. Mr.. Alexander says he was
informed that there was a row in Gains shop
| on Saturday night, and he proposed to put an
end to such proceedings. We doubt, howev-
or, If an express company can be prevented
from delivering goods committed to its care,
though ''contraband" goods may be seized
under due legal process either before or af-
ter they are delivered.
Many Brattleboro and other Windham
county readers will be interested in the intel
| ligence as given in the London Court Circu-
lar, that Mrs. E. Aline 0sgood was rendered
farewell reception at the Marlborough
Rooms, London, Oct. Goth, just before she
sailed for America. If we may Judge from
the accounts given of the affair, the reoep.
ton must have been very brilliant. The
company included many distinguished must
cal persons and there were musical perfor-
mances by several eminent London singers
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan and Mr.. Fred Cowen
presiding at the pianoforte, and upon the
programme appeared some original verses en-
titled "a Farewell, from the pen of Mr.. Sa-
vile Clarke. Mrs. Osgood made her first pub
lie appearance since her return to this coun-
try in a concert at Music hall, Boston, Wednes-
day evening. She had been abroad two years,
her appearance in Brattleboro in the concert
for the benefit OF the yellow fever sufferers
having been not long prior to the date of her
departure for Europe.
New London Northern and Central Yer
mont officials met here last Saturday for CON
sultation in regard to depot and other faoili-
tiles in the railroad yard It was decided to
move the old passenger station back so as 10