Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-06-16

TOOLS necessary Tor the WOrk OF manufacture
is to be Immediately begun.
Early risers on Green street say that that
was very amusing and vigorous little fracas
which occurred in that usually quiet neigh
borhood between a couple of dealers in tho
tactical fluid last Sunday morning.
The Brattleboro and Wilmington tele-
phone company have made q dividend of
per cent. on their capital from the business
done since it commenced operations showing
a net profit Of 70 per cent. on its capital stock.
The telephone exchange wishesto remind
subscribers that If they will always be sure to
ring of when through talking, an endless
amount Of trouble and confusion will be saw
ed for the exchange and everybody connect
ed with it.
The ladies' of tho Baptist society have
decided to hold their annual lawn party on the
4th of July, ON the grounds Of Col. j. j. Es-
tey. Should the weather provo unfavorable,
adjournment will be made TO the town hall.
N. A. Plummer, son Of Mr.. ]. D. Plum
mer Of this town, formerly assistant engineer
of the New York state works. has received
an appointment under the supervising archi-
tect of tho treasury at Washington, through
the kindness of Col. Hooker.
Republican caucus at the town hall on
Saturday evening. There should be a full
attendance Of voters and q representative del
egation chosen. Those who stay away can
have no reasonable ground of complaint about
what is done by those who do attend.
"A new workman at Estey's, named In.
gram, lately from Williamsville, was hit in
the abdomen by q piece of board thrown
from circular saw last Saturday, receiving
injuries which might easily have proved fatal.
Frank Bruce was similarly hurt at the same
saw week previous.
As we have already announced, the new
Congregational church organ will be first in
troduced to the public at a grand concert to
be given in the church on Thursday evening
June 30. An Organist from Norwich, Conn.
will preside at the instrument on that occa-
sion, and a celebrated soprano soloist from
New York will be present and assist.
The "Molly Stark" concert on Tuesday
evening was as we anticipated, one of the
finest and most thoroughly excellent enter
tainments of the season. Mrs. Carter, Mr.
Emerson, Mr.. DeSeve and Mr.. Glider were
at their best, the singing by the Cutler sisters
was pleasing feature, and Miss Chamberlain
whistling possessed every element of novelty
and excellence which has been claimed for it.
-Children's day was duly observed last
Sunday at tho NJ. e. church. In the morning
an address was given by the pastor There
was profuse display of flowers, while the
birds filled the church with their glad songs.
A collection was taken in aid OF the Sunday
school fund OF the board of education. In
the evening an appropriate responsive service
was carried out, together with excellent select
music by thechoir and singing and Rotations
by members Of the school,
Street runaways Monday, o. L. Miner
horse Tuesday, DIR. Blakeslee's of Williams
vile. Result, two broken buRgies and some
injuries to Blakeslees horse. There was also
a narrow escape Monday, when Knowltons
coach, containing one or two lady passengers,
was left by the driver, Kent, for few min
utes on Main street, and the horses started to
run but were caught by Geo. Bliss, who for
tunately was standing near.
At the general convention of Congrega-
tional churches held at Manchester on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday of this week,
the church here was represented by Rev. G..
e. Martin and Deacon @. F. Thompson, and
the church at West Brattleboro by Rev. @.
IL. Merrill and Deacon q. S. Clark. Among
the resolutions adopted was one expressing
great satisfaction with the result of the
Shurtleff- Stevens SANDER trial, also one rec
ommending the second Sunday in June to be
observed as Children's Day.
The Brat:leboro & Whitehall road has
this week received five new platform cars
The numbers run up into the sixties, but the
road is still short of cars to accommodate its
rapidly growing freight business. We are
glad to know that there Is a prospect for a
very large business for the road from the
Dummerston granite quarry. Mr.. Lyon, the
proprietor, is figuring on large contract for
paving Ftones for Chicago and on q contract
for the magnificent new building which the
Board of Trade Of that city is to erect. To
carry out both these contracts the work Of
more than 100 men would be required at the
quarry for the next two or three years.
Yesterday morning little four-yeRr- old
son of Samuel Boyce, cigar maker, fell of the
foot-bridge, just above the iron bridge, into
MILESTONE brook, receiving severe bruises,
and might most probably have been drowned
had not two young lady artists who were
sketching near by heard his screams and gone
to his rescue. One of the young ladies, we
learn, bravely plunged into the brook and
dragged the boy out and took him home, in
stead OF exercising woman's prerogative OF
screaming and running away.
Rev. S. NJ Crothers has accepted the
call recently extended to him to become the
pastor of the Unitarian society and will be-
gin his work here on the first Sunday in July.
Next Sunday morning Rev. Francis @, Will
llams of Boston will occupy tho pulpit. Mr..
Williams will be remembered as the pastor of
the society from 1860 to 1862. In the latter
year he resigned his charge TO enter the army
as chaplain of the 9Th Vermont regiment.
There will be no evening service in the church
and on the following Sunday the church will
be closed
A very interesting season of matched
games of old-fashioned round ball has opened
among the Estey workmen during the past
week. The first game was played last Satur-
day between the second floor of shop No 8
and the third floor of the same building.
The victory, after an exciting contest, was
with the Sd floor men, they scoring the 21
tallies of which the game consists against II
for their opponents. The success of the vic.
tors was largely due to the superior manage
ment and discipline of Capt Flynn, who
maintained remarkable degree of "steadi-
ness" among his men during the whole con-
test Capt. Dennis Moran of the I'd floor
club was unfortunately disabled in the early
part OF the game, thus depriving his men of
his valuable services. The superior playing
of Capt. Flynn, Maj. Applin and Sylvester
Foster of the Sd floor club was a marked fea-
ture of the game, as also was that OF Michael
Dundon, Thomas Geiss Theodore Chamber
lain, VIM. Jno. Pentland and Barry Sullivan
of the eontesting club. The stakes, we un-
derstand, were a half bushel OF Gorborino's
best peanuts Yesterday forenoon the tuners
of No. beat those of No. G in a similar
game, 2l TO 10. The stakes were bushel of
peanuts. Other games, We understand, have
been arranged for the near future.