Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02

both quite low with Brights disease.
Elijah Wales has sold his house on Canal
street TO E. L. Cook for $500.
H. L. Bond is building a carriage house
near his residence on Cemetery bill.
Van Doom ~ Son this week announce
their annual special sale Of crockery, etc.
The Rockwell, Chase and Maney fam.
lilies left on Thursday for THAR winter homes
in New York and Louisville.
Mr. Geo E. Crowell has begun the foun.
dations for house on the new tract which
lie recently purchased Of the Goodhue estate.
Services will be held in the Unitarian
church next Sunday evening at o'clock A
cordial invitation TO attend is extended to all.
The road commissioners having in charge
the matter Of laying street across the Char
lier property Rre expected TO meet about the
18th inst
The subject of Rev. Mr. Towers dis.
course next Sunday morning at the Baptist
church will be The Great Necessity"
Mrs. L. I. Housh of the Woman at
Work left Monday afternoon for Detroit to at
tend the National W. c. 7. t. convention
Merchant II. F. Houghton has been con-
fined to his bed for nearly two months with
sciatc rheumatism, and is still unable to sit
~.
school soon to be opened here by Mr.. T. A.
Holland are given in a paragraph at the head
Of this column.
Hon Farley Starr is now so much i'm.
proved in health that be takes his meals at
the table with his family and manifests an
interest in business affairs.
Rev. 5. VI. Crothers assisted on Thurs
day At the ordination and installation Of Rev
Chas. /. st. John pastor of the Unitarian
church at Northampton, Mass.
Mr. VIM. Hyde and his daughter. Miss
Josephine left on Wednesday for Galesburg.
H., where they will spend some time with
Mrs Chittendsn, an elder daughter of Mr.
Hyde.
A fon Of Linus Cooley. while engaged In
Stacking cars for the midnight freight train,
Tuesday night, bad his right hand jsmmed
between the bunters, in consequence Of which
one Of the fingers had to be amputsted.
A novel feature OF the weather Of the
past week, which has been a curious comb
nation of April aud November, was the we'll
defined midday rainbow. which hung for
some minutes on the edges of clouds in the
north last Tuesday about noon.
Our young Italian resident Angelo Cor
borino, was called to Athol, Mass, last week
Thursday to attend brother SO years of age
sick with pneumonia, who died Friday morn
ing and whose body was conveyed to Brook
Ign, n. Y, for burial.
j. H. Vincent has been engaged by the
Young Mems Christian Association to deliver
lecture on Wednesday evening. Nov. 2lst
The subject will be That Boys Sister, -
the lecture being companion to "Tha; Boy.
which was delivered by Mr.. Vincent here last
season.
In the case of Ma5e1 Il. Botoker's sstate
rersus The estate Of RO1aHd D. DdreHp0rt
heard before Hon. W H. Walker. AS com
missioner, al the office of Haskins 4 Stod-
dArd Just before the session Of the county
court, to which report was made, Judge Row
ell renders judgment upon the report in favor
of the plaintiff for So, - damages
Post Sedgwick, G. A r.. will hold fair
festival and dance on Thursday. Nov ! ., the
proceeds 90 be devoted TO the charity fund Of
the Post. Merchants and business men will
be asked TO contribute useful and fancy arti.
cles for sale, and contributions for the refresh
ment table will be gratefully accepted. H. o.
Leonard is chairman Of the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge.
A few Of the oid-time friends Of Miss
Ella Woodward called at the house Of W. E.
Banks in Centrevile On the evening Of Oct
81, and gave her pleasant surprise. They
left substantial tokens Of their regard in the
way Of money, silver and other articles. and
an enjoyable evening was passed. Miss W
soon leaves town. She has made many warm
friends during her stay here and the kindest
wishes Of all will 60 with her. l.
An item in this mornings Springfield Re.
publican says Conductor Charles S Hol-
man Of Bratteboro, for % years employed
by the Central Vermont railroad and running
between Millers Falls and Brattleboro, has
resigned to go upon 276-acre farm in Brain
tree. Holman drove a merchandise team
from Omaha TO Denver years ago, and had
some uncomfortable experience with the In
dians.
If there seems to be lack Of local news
this week it may safely be attributed to the
fact that the Massachusetts, election is the
only thing thought of or talked of about
town. The merits OF the canvass are dis
cussed on every street corner and in every
place Of business, and il a luckless Bay State
resident chances in town he is at once pounc-
ed upon and compelled to predict the out.
come and to give the reason for the faith that
is in him. 1t is entirely safe TO say that not
every Brattleboro man will go to bed prompt
y at hRlf-past nine next Tuesday night.
-Crowells improvements at Highland park
are going forward with satisfactory rapidity
The large bridge has been completed, and
workmen are now engaged upon another,
which is to span a little ravine a short dis
lance north of the reservoir, and which will
be of rustic design The erection of the
towers will not be undertaken until another
season. Meanwhile the work of excavatinp
rock for the enlargement of the reservoir Is
in daily progress and there is promise that
another season will witness the substantial
completion of both reservoir and park in Il
manner that will reflect credit upon the en-
terprising protector.
1t is understood that the new standard
time will be adopted by all the railroads on
Nov. is. The Cambridge observatory, which
practically regulates the time for all New
England, will also adopt the 18th meridian
time, and this will undoubtedly involve its
adoption as the universal local time. It is to
be hoped so, at any rate, as any other course
would result in endless confusion. The Brat.
tleboro jewelers. will set their regulators by
the new standard, aud it is safe to say that all
Brattieboro timepieces and the business of
the town will be conformed to it. The differ
ence between it and the present Boston
time is lG minutes-not enough to make any
appreciabe difference to anybody when the
change has been once made.
There really seems to be probability
that Brattleboro will soon have skating
rink of the kind now 80 popular in the cities,
where roller skates are used and hard wood
floor takes the place of the more frag-
lie and treacherous ice. An association of
our young men have the matter in hand and
have fixed upon suitable location and set
Architect Hines at work upon plan. The
location is to be on Elliot street, on the site
of the old carriage shops, where it is pro-
posed to erect building for the purpose
some 80 by 1875 feet in dimensions. If this
project is carried out as contemplated, our
young people Of both sexes will be provided
with q long desirAd ODnortupitv Inv ind,lof,,r,
in an amusement morally Of not always
physically harmless, and one in which there
Is ine field for graceful exercise and the de-
velopment of skill
The work Of developing and improving
the asylum park has been going steadily for.
ward Tor the past two months, and great