Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-03

Rev Crawford Nightingale Of Boston
will preach in the Unitarian church next Sun
day
-Hawley wants a bright active boy to
learn the dry goods business and take care of
a horse Apply in person.
The Fairbanks gave excellent entertain
ments on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
but the attendance was small.
Coy. Hobrook is able to be on the street
once more, though he has not fully recovered
his accustomed health.
Fred Putnam, clerk for b. A. Clark, has
been housed for few days with foot dam
aged by the fall upon it of heavy shelfware.
f w. Brooks aud Willis Bemis at their
residences, and NJ Scott & Son, grocers, are
new subscribers to the telephone exchange.
Next Sunday evening Rev. e. w Whit
ney will give lecture upon The Folly OF
Sinking"
This month Hawley is making special
prices to clear out winter goods, preparatory
to stock taking and the spring opening.
Miss Cora j. Holbrook's school in Dist.
No &, of % members, were photographed at
Emery & Wyatts last Saturday.
The ten cent sociable. held by the Con
gregational society on Wednesday evening,
called out a large company and proved sue
cess.
Freight shipments from Brattleboro south
during the month of January, just closed,
were larger by 1900 tons than in the same
month year ago.
Eight or ten couples from this village
enjoyed sleighride to Mortified, Mass,
Wednesday afternoon, took supper at Pick
ards hotel and returned by moonlight.
We learn that o. E. Randall a Wood
stock ieweller, is soon to come to Brattleboro
to be a partner with A. b. Clapp in his retail
trade.
The Forest square gas nuisance problem
still remains uusolyed, aud by agreement Of
the gas companies the bailiffs have sent for
an expert to locate the cause of the trouble.
The body of the Rev. DIR. Bellows passed
through here on the six O'Clock train last night
on its way to Walpole, n. H, where the
burial takes place to day.
-Seasonable remark from Boston Herald
"While the entire community shivers with a
smallpox scare, consumption and pneumonia
are industrousiy filling the cemetery lots
&C. b. Rice writes from Aiken, s. c., that
the January weather there was for the most
part cloudy or stormy, with few pleasant
days. Very few Northern visitors are at Ak
on.
H G. Rollo, Central Vermont baggage
master on the night express between st. Al
bans and Springfield, Mass, is i'll at his
home in st. Adams with light case OF small
pox, but will soon be out.
The Commercial Union Assurance Co.
of London, England, capital Sl2, 500, 900
with assets in the United States of over 81
| 600, 900, have reappointed Sherman & JENNIE
agents, in place of Cudworth & Childs
We learn that Mr.. Lyon, the new owner
of the Black Mountain granite quarry, is fig
uring on a large contract for paving stones
for Chicago. Business at the quarry prom
ises 20 be lively as soon as the season opens.
The school committee contemplate a gen.
eral examination of the High, Grammar and
Intermediate schools, to close the present
term, on Thursday, Feb. %. The examina-
tions will take place in the High school room.
Col. Haskins went to Montpelier yester-
day to represent the government at the ex-
animation of Henry Bowers, a dissolute
youth. charged with stealing mail bags and
mails at the Central depot, Montpelier.
COL Fuller returned horGe with Mrs.
Fuller, whose health did not permit her to
take the proposed southern trip, last Friday.
On Monday morning Col. Fuller left to
visit several places in the South, as mentioned
last week.
--Brattleboro Odd Fellows evidently stand
well with their brethren in the state. As will
the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge and
Grand Encampment, Just held at st. Johns
bury, L. j. Retting was elected to the highest
office in the Encampment and Timothy Vim
ton and H. NJ. Currer were not forgotten.
"A meeting of the Brattleboro Library as
ISOLATION will be held on Monday evening,
| Feb. 49, at Crosby hall, to consider the ques-
ton of making the library of more general
use to the people of the town Every share
holder ought to take interest enough in the
subject to give it careful consideration and to
be present at the meeting.
A. p. Childs of Bennington, acting under
authority from Gov. Farnham aud the execu-
tive committee of the Bennington battle mon
ument association, left Brattleboro this morn
ing for Boston to make arrangements for
series of ~ grand concerts by leading artists,
to be given in Western Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire and Vermont, the proceeds to
be applied toFard the monument fund.
Fred A. Walker, young man well and
favorably known among the young men of
the town. has received an appointment to a
place in the city post Office, Washington,
d. G., through Col. Rockers influence. He
left for Washington on Monday. On the
same day Geo. NJ. Taylor left to take his
place as deputy sergeant-at-arms. His wife
accompanied him.
The affairs of the Northeastern Mutual
Life Insurance company have been practical
ly wound up and its books and effects have
been removed from the Office over the Yer
mont National Bank Gen. w. W. Lynde
now occupies that Office and we understand
| will do Wholesale business in -four and
| grain. He has hired the old railroad station
building for storehouse.
There was a large assembage at the
town hall Sunday evening to hear Mr.. j. X.
Osgood speak again on temperance. Though
much broken down by recent sickness and
affection, Mr.. Osgood is still a very interest
ing and effective speaker, and we trust he
may long be spared to do battle in the ser
vice to which the remainder of his life is con-
secrated.
Superintendent Hobart of the Central
| Vermont railroad has issued an order to sta
ton agents and baggage masters not to take
dead body for transportation unless they
knew personally of what disease the person
died, or have physcian's certificate as to
the nature Of the disease. The order is, of
course, intended to prevent the possible trans
portation of smallpox subject
| Mr.. Bingham of the High shoool has
been suffering severely from neuralgia in the
head this week and has not been in school
since Monday. The school was continued
till Wednesday noon by Miss Howe, assisted
| by MIR. Bradley, and was then dismissed by
the committee for the remainder of the week.
Mr.. Bingham was much better last evening
and his physician believes he will be ready TO
resume his work next Monday
The vital statistics of the village district
for the year 1881, of which we gave a sum
mary last week, show that, of the 60 deaths
which took place during the year, ii were
from consumption, from pneumonia and
lung fever, and 3 each from old age, heart
disease and paralysis The fact that there
was no death during the year from typhoid
fever, and only one each from scarlet fever
and diphtheria, indicates good sanitary con-
dition and-a high degree of health in the
community.