Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

Der OF the company - the reason given Tor
cancellng the engagement.
The timbers and abutments for the 800.
foot bridge which is to cross the ravine in
Highland park have been completed, and the
work of putting the bridge in place begins
to-day.
-Sedgwick Post, q. A. r., accompanied
by the First Regiment band left by special
train at o'clock this afternoon for Bellows
Falls, on their way to attend the Keene meet
ing of Grand Army posts
An Estey organ has been placed in each
Of the primary schools-an adjunct of the
study of vocal music which has this term for
the first time been carried into the primary
department.
Our friend G. d. Barrett now Of Spring
field Mass, had no need to send us an as
surance, along with a copy of Buffers dirty
Tewksbury pamphlet, that be isn't Butler
man." We never thought so mean q thing
Of him.
MIR. and Mrs. o. A. Marshall have return
ed from their wedding journey, which includ
ed a visit to Rutland, Burlington, various
Hudson river points, and New York. They
will occupy the house on Green street recent
ly vacated by Col. Sswyer's family.
Col Hooker was invited by the Massa-
chusetts Republican state committee to go
out Of respect for the growing feeling among
leading Republicans that an officer of the
government should keep himself outside OF
politics.
The prudential school committee will
hold special meeting at the Office of Has
kins Il Stoddard on Saturday evening at $780,
to consider any matter connected with the
public schools which any parent or other in.
terested person may wish to bring to their at
tentioD.
The Rutland Herald says that very care
full and complete arrangements have been
made by the committee OF arrangements for
the Vermont officers reunion to be held in
Rutland Oct. Is. All officers of Vermont
regiments are urged to attend and bring their
wives with them.
The Congregational church choir, con-
ssting OF the Misses Howe and Messrs. Taft
and Parker, assisted by Mr.. Lucien Howe,
organst and Miss BrazOr and Mr.. G.. II.
Capp, gave a concert in the lecture course at
Putney on Wednesday evening, which seems
to have given great pleasure to an audience
which filled the Congregational church.
Work upon the enlargement aud improve
ment OF the asylum chapel is now well ad-
vanced and is making rapid progress. The
new chapel will be - feet long by lS wide,
with broad transeptl. and arched and paneled
sides and ceiling, and when complete will I'M
doubtedly make the finest audience room of
its kind in town.
The New London Northern road-master
and bridge-builder were here yesterday look
ing the ground over with a view to the remov-
al of the railroad wood and coal sheds down
to THE farm"--a beginning, let us hope, tow
ard the new freight house which is once more
promised for next spring" II the coal
sheds are moved the company will undoubt.
eddy build an elevated track on which the coal
cars may be run up and dumped into the bins,
1t is surprising how little a thing it takes
TO make our Vermont Democrats feel happy.
Our rotund and cheerful friend, p. @. s., the
asylum steward, for instance, in his citation
over the fact that the Republicans have made
gain of some TO-, 600 over last year in Ohio,
asked us to put it in the paper" that "the
country is always Democratic when you give
em fair count" What he meant 10 say
was, undoubtedly, "when you let the Demo.
Gratis do the counting!
The date OF the appearance in Brattle-
boro OF the Boston Theatre company in their
great popular drama, THE World, - is fixed
for oct. is, at Crosby hall. This play, as all
theatre goers know, had wonderful run in
Boston-its popularity and success being due
to its good acting and the remarkably realistic
scenic effects which we're introduced.
The most striking of these stage effects, We
are assured are successfully reproduced by
the company with their own special scenery
on this tour, and the presentation promises
to be one of the best ever given here.
The following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post Office, Oct. 70;
Ladies-Mrs Addio Brown, Mrs NJ Doyle, Mrs
lydia w Eddy (2), Mrs Widow grimm, Mary Agnes
Madden, Annie Murphy, NJ L Sherwin, Mrs Nell
soddard, Mrs William simonds.
Gentemen-Thos Brown, L W Bissell Michael
Baker "a, l. Burgess, Geo Bailey, S Barber, L S
Cooley, W Coane L A Davis, Edwin Dover Orlin
Ellis, Ii W Ford, Z C Fairchild @ Fowler, d II For
roster, W Hancock, Patrick Higkcens, Lewis Hen
dricks L II Howe, Geo Hubbard, Frank d Ho-
bridge, q Halliday, Geo Jayne, Maurice Hugh
OConnor, James O'Connor Ira d Rogers, p Smith,
Lucian StTeeter, W StockWell, Walker, Halle
Webster
This weeks low fares caused a greater
exodus TO Boston from this vicinity than has
been known before. On Tuesday morning
the narrow gauge train brought down l Is Bos-
ton passengers and there were 2ll from Brat
tleboro, making 500 for the day Wednesday
there were % from the narrow gauge and POS
from Brattleboro, or 242 for that day. making
total of 81 for the two days. With the
fall business booming. and with similar rush
from all over New England, will somebody
please guess for us where all the Boston visit
ors sleep and eat Not all of them in first
class hotels we warrant.
Mrs. Anstis b. Dowley, widow of Darius
Dowley, whose death was recorded last week,
died on Saturday, only three days after the
death of her husband, and her funeral took
place on Tuesday afternoon from the residence
of her son, Geo. S. Dowley, in this village
her body and that of her husband being buried
in the same grave. 1t is some 80 years ago
that Mr.. and Mrs. Dowley removed to Brat
tleboro from Wardsboro, occupying for time
the Fort Dummer farm. They afterward
bought farm in Hinsdale, and lived there
for six or eight years, removing from there to
this village 10 or 20 years ago, and living here
till the infrmities of age made it advisable for
them to take up their residence with their
daughter in Greenfield Both were people
enjoying the respect of all who knew them.
The Central Vermont railroad has this
week adopted a new standard of running
time for it's central, Rutland and southern
divisions-these comprising its whole sys-
tenn with tho exception of the New London
Northern. The new standard is based on the
10Th meridian and is ~ minutes slower than
New London time aud l6 minutes slower than
Boston time. At ~ o'clock noon on Sunday
all telegraph offices on the several lines were
open, the new time was given, and all rail
road clocks and the watches of employees
were set to correspond with 1t. The same