Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22


and Dining Rooms furnish to an cusiomorH meals
from 4. ~. to o r.. NJ. Free from any intoxicating
drinks. Good lodging. uEo. II. sALHBuRY
LrSES Gloss the best starch polish in use, for sale
by H. O. willard
PANS GREEN, uclloboro and Insect Powder at Will
lards Try my Carpet-Dug Destroyer.
ARrfsTIo pIcrURE FRAMIEu at Cheney 4 Capp's.
Tho old reliable Hartford, Now York, pcnnsylyania
and foreign nro insurance companies represented by
cudworth Chllds afford absolute protection. The
bostis the safest In tho end.
Picture FRAMES are cheap at Cheney 4 Clapp's.
nratueboro.
No service will DO held in the Unitarian
church noxt Sunday.
Thomas Sumner has lately boon granted
a pension of S2i a month
DR. Gregg has boon confined to his house
most of tho week by sickness.
chaplain Hill will hold services in the
Episcopal church next Sunday
REV N d. Parsons of Putnoy will
preach at tho Baptist church next Sunday.
Tho Brattloboro bicycle club has joined
the national league Of American Whoolmon.
Tho Democrats have taken tho room in
Crosby block Just vacated by G. A. Miller for
club room.
The Centreville school begins Sept sth,
taught by Mrs. Warren, with Miss Mozart as
musical assistant
Pratt Wright ~ Co. advertise all their
su miner goods at reduced prices, and announce
stock of new cloths for their custom trade.
s. W. Edwards and J. A. Lillis have leas-
cd the secondhtore in Hooker block, and will
open hat, cap and furnishing goods store
| about October / st.
Tho o1rpipfgtroto-o q II IIovrbVoria
estate particularly urge the payment of all
debts due tho estate TO i. W. Kuech before
September 10th.
Two more cottages nre in process Of
erection on the Brook road, on lots bought Of
W. IL. Estorbrook. Messrs. A. +. Doolittle
aud Thomas Geiss are the builders
We are oredibly informed that one OF
the Independent canvassing committee,
who cant vote for Blaine nohow, is a man
who has always voted the Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Lucion Howe will give his concert
at the Congregational church on Thursday
evening, Sept 18th. 1t will be ono Of the
finest musical entertainments ever given in
! Brattleboro.
Postmaster General Gresham and Score
tary Chandler passed through Brattleboro last
| Tuesday afternoon, on their way from Mr..
Chandor's homo in Warner, n. H., to New
York and Washington.
Mr.. j. G.. Cook. tho Brooks House bar
Dor, is finding large and satisfying increase
! In his trade, and his customers will be glad TO
know that no considers himself fixture here.
He begins his second year here next month.
Several persons from this place attend
the Methodist csmpmoeting at Claromont, n.
! H., this week, aud party Of six or eight
have gone to Dr. Culiiss faith convention at
Intervale, near North Conway, n II.
james Handlin, brakeman on the New
! London Northern carly morning freight train,
had his right hand crushed between the bun
tors while shackling cars "Wednesday morn
ing. No bones were broken, however and
the hand will probably be saved entire.
During the annual muster Mrs Peck,
widow of the late Gen. j. s. Peck, will be the
| guest Of Mrs. l.. X Fuller, as will also Mrs
Gen. IL. X Ide Of St. Johnsbury. Miss At
kins Of Montpelier will be the guest of Mrs.
j. /. Martin
One of our best local itoms this week
has been appropriated by our Dummorston
correspondent, who has a special fondnoss for
bee stories; but how he happened TO know
tho facts unless he had a hand in tho affair,
We are at a loss 10 determine.
The most trying heated term of the sum.
mer has prevailed since Monday. We haven't
heard of apples roasting on Braitleboro trees,
as is alleged to have been the case in Maine,
but perhaps this is because the champion
liar does not live in Brattleboro.
While Lucius Richardson was carry ing
couple of pals of boiling water for scading
hogs, at his slaughter house last Friday after
noon, no tripped and fell, scalding both his
arms nearly to the elbows His injuries have
since confined him to tho house and are,
of course, exceedingly painful, but he ex-
| poets to be on: soon.
The First Regiment band have never ap.
| peared to no good advantage and their play
ing has never been so uniformly excellent as
was the case at their concert last evening
| The performance was essentially an artistic
| one and 1t should be point OF both pride
| and honor with our people to sustain
gaDization of such merit The vocalists who
assisted received warm welcome from the
audience and added much 10 the pleasure of
the evening.
! As usual the young people Of the Catho-
lie society had an enjoyable time at beir pic
mic, held in Sylvan grove, Bernardston, last
| Saturday. They wont by special train at s
! O'Clock and the crowd in attendance num-
/ bered some 700 or 500. Owing TO the exceg-
siyo heat several OF tho games on the pro.
gram were omitted We give list Of per
sons winning prizes Two mile walk, 50,
James Austin of Brattleboro one mile run
! ST. James Mahoney OF Hnsdale married
mems race, lst prize s., Charles Lynch of
EInsdale "a prize, 81, John Kaine of
Brattleboro boys race, LIST prize 81, John
| Austin OF Braitleboro; "a prize, 80 cents,
John Gaheen of Brattleboro standing Jump.
! 81 pair OF shoes, Charles Lynch Of Hirsdalo.
The return WAS made by the regular evening
train.
At the Republican rally held at tho town
hall on Tuesday evening Hon. c. b. Eddy of
Bellows Falls gave plain, earnest and con-
vincing talk of an hours length on the issues
involved in the present campaign. The three
leading questions, he said, are OF protection to
American industries, of civil-service re-
form and Of protection OF American citizen
ship at home and abroad, and these all are
summed up in the one great question whether
our only real safety does not lie in keeping
the affairs of government in tho hands OF
that party which for 81 years has shown it.
self capable of honestly administering them.
Mr.. Eddy's most effective point was made in
stating by what means he had come TO be
firm supporter of Mr.. Blaine. Allusion is
made to this in an editorial paragraph. Ow-
ing to the intense heat only small audience
was present The First Regiment band fur
nished music and L. X. Willis opened and
closed the meeting with campaign songs.
Last Friday evening" about half past five
o'clock, fire broke out in the shed of Mr.
John L. Stones house at Centerville, located
a short distance west Of the sewing machine
shop. kerosene stove was burning in the
shed, and the fire is supposed to have caught
from that. When discovered 1t was under
such Roadway that the inmates and neigh
bors could do nothing to stay the flames and
the house was soon in ruins. Some appre-
hension was felt for tho safety of the sewing
machine building but there was little wind
blowing, and the speedy arrival of one of the
village steamers kept the flames in ohook
Mr. Stones daughter, Mrs. A. A, Miner o.
cupied the lower part of the house, and her
things were mostly got out, but few of Mr.
Stones were saved. The latter had an insur-
ance of $1,000 on his house and $500 on per-
sonal property in the Sun company, and his
loss was settled Wednesday for $1,000 Mrs
Miners goods were not insured. Both fam
lilies have since taken up quarters in tho Viii
cox house at West Brattleboro
sATURDAY's DIcY Gle RACES.
The Brattleboro bicycle club races an
nounced for last Saturday afternoon on the
grounds of the old Windham county park
association, came of according to program
with very good attendance. The track was