Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-06


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ptcrunr FRAMES are cheap at Cheney 4 Capps
Bratueboro.
Geo. Il. Greene has bought J. q. Smith's
house on Canal street
"A cablegrap was received yesterday from
Col Estoy ut Hamburg.
Tho Centreville sewing mnchinc shop IL
closed, to be rCUpened on the 10Th inst
A union gospel temperance meeting will
be held in the vestry Of the Baptist church
Sunday at =. NJ.
Fred Burdick started last evening on
visit to his brother Hon. +. N. Burdick Of
Vermillon, Dakota.
Tho military band gave their second
opon-air concert last evening. Tho third ono
will be given in due course next Wednesday
evening
Mr.. W. G.. Hudson, an East Indiaman
who is obtaining his education in this cuun-
try, will speak on India at the M. T.. church
Sunday evening at 1880.
MIR. Fred Lsghtsinger, leader Of the
military band, has been engaged az organist
at the Universalist church, and began his
hcINlCth lubIe lhhl OuuuNy.
A party consisting of j. 4. Hall and fam
lily, MIR. and Mrs. @. Il. JENNIE aud Miss Della
sherman, go to Marblehead Neck, Mass, on
tho 10th inst, for brief outing.
Strawberries were marketed hero up to
tho 9Th inst. Though the local crop was
large one the demand exceeded the supply,
and prices held at ! I to 20 cents throughout
the season.
July came in with cold wave, the mer-
curry Sunday morning sinking to &C. In
some parts Of the state there was 10 slipht
frost. On Wednesday and Thursday the
mercury rose above 30.
A number of Brattleboro people. mcul
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Il W. Harlow. Mr. aud
Mrs. Edwin Whitney, Mrs Il. N. Davis. and
S. A. Smith and family, are rusticatiny for
few days at SpolTord lake.
Illness prevented Rev. Mr. whitney from
preaching last Sunday, and his pulpit was
supplied by Rev. s. NJ. Crothers Mr. Croth
ers's pulpit being in turn filled by Rsv. A. W.
Jackson of Santa Barbara, Cal
The Uuiyersaist Sunday school picnic at
tho Bernardston grove last Saturday was nt
tended by three carloads of young people
from this place and G smaller number from
Springfield Mass. The weather was fine
and the occasion well enjoyed
Letters were received yesterday from Hon.
p. Starr and wife who at the beginning Of
this week were in River Falls, Wis, visiting
Mr.. Stars brother. From there they were
to 90 to Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago
They are expected home carly next week
-Forepaugh's stcreopticon exhibition drew
II big crowd last evening. Tho great show is
well advertised, and reports from all places
which it has visited indicate that Mr.. Fore
paugh is maintaining his reputation for full
II
is good Brattloboro will see one of the largest
of its circus day crowds next Tuesday
On Monday evening at their residence
on Washington street, Mr.. and Mrs A. S.
Nichols were assisted by large party OF
friends in the celebration Of the 20lh ami.
yersary OF their marriage. The presenta-
ton OF numerous handsome presents was
made by Rev. A. b. Truax, Mi Nichols re.
spending. bountiful supper was served
and the evening passed in very happy
manner
The Windham horse thief, mentioned
under the correspondence from that town,
was brought to Brattleboro, with the horse.
Sunday night. He had his examination the
next day, plead guilty, and is now in jail at
Newfane. The thief was overhauled through
the good and always ready offices of j. J..
Ray, who sent kilograms in every direction,
and soon had him edectually hommcd in.
Last Saturday evening the military band
gave Quartermaster-G General Idc OF the State
regiment a serenade at the residence of Col
Hooker, and, we need not say, were hospila-
bly, received We learn that Gen. Ide stated
that he should use his influence to have our
band appointed AS the regimental band. This
years muster will undoubtedly be held at st.
Johnsbury, and in case the band receives the
appointment they will furnish the music on
that occasion.
The work Of improvement upoa the com.
mon has begun in earnest. The buckthorn
hedge next the asylum property has boon re.
moved and in its place, just over the edge Of
the bank, wire fence will be put up through
to Asylum street. The weaker and least desir.
able trees arc being cut away aud the trees on
the bank are being trimmed up so as to give
several delightful views up the West river
The fence is to be taken away, the grass
mown and the turf put in proper condition.
-Estey & Co.'S old steam fire engine fig
ured in Marcus p Norton's patent relief
watervalve case against certain New Hamp-
shire cities which was tried last week and
decided against Norton. The old steamer.
which Estoy a Co. bought of the city Of Bos-
ton showed that the patent valve for steam
fire engines which Norton had bought up as
a speculation, was in use long before the date
of bis patent. The engine was shipped to
Portsmouth and Col Fuller attended as a
witness for the defence.
The following item from the Athol Mass
Transcript refers to a Brattleboro boy-the
son of Mrs Geo IL. Ryder "Mr Walter
Boyden, bookkeoper in the Mllers River,
bank, has been offered the position of teller
in the Easthampton bank, and has accepted
the same, his place here being filled by gen
tleman from the Peoples bank of Brattleboro.
Nc n lOga Mr. RnyHap 10 l.,
gentleman-every inch of him" Park Swift
takes young Boydens place in the Athol bank.
Letters received from Col Estey and
family state that until the last day or last but
one out the weather was fine and the voyage
a smooth one, causing comparatively little
trouble frcm seasckness. Col and Mrs Es-
tey were evidently deeply touched by the
beautiful floral gifts which Estey q Co. 3 Ham
burg agents sent on board the steamer at
Queenstown. As the vessel neared her Eng
lsh port Maud Essex grew quite elated over
the prospect of seeing her father and mother,
but she nevertheless announced her readiness .
to return to Brattleboro with the Esteys in .
September.
Under the change of railroad time which .
went into effect on Monday, the morning owl .
train leaves Brattleboro at $50 and the night
train at IL o'clock-this train being 40 min
utes later both ways than formerly. The af-
ternoon down mail train is discontinued as a
separate train, and is run as a part of the
White Mountain express train. The up and
down White Mountain trains meet here, pass
ing at 3;15 The New London Northern
train leaves at 4:25 p. NJ The
time of all other trains is the same as former
ly.
The library trustees have bought VIM.
T. Ryther's files of The VERMONT PHGNIx,
from 1888 to 1872, and the vol
umes are now in the library, where they will
constitute one of the most interesting and
valuable features among the works of refer
ence. 1t is to be hoped that these files will
not suffen the Same fate as did those belong
ing to this office which were in the old libra
ry and were burned in the great fire of 1879.
At a meeting held on Monday the trustees
voted to buy 800 worth Of new books The
librarians record for the month of June
shows that 1912 books were taken out, dis.
Lributed among the several departments as
follows; Fiction 1911, history 233 miscela-
neous "A, poetry PC, science 81, theology 7,
Agriculture l. law and politics 3. art lOi.