Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-01-11

teacher Of singing in the public schools.
Services will be held in the Unitarian
church nett Sunday evening 81 Z O'Clock, a.
usual
F. W Convey is suffering from lung diff
hculty, which has confined him to his bed for
some time.
-''Rsliances False and True, is the sub
Jet Of Rev. Z. W Whitney's lecture next
Sunday evening
The report that the missing Z. A. Sher-
win has been heard from by his family is
without foundation.
-Eben +. Wells has finished another years
work in Northeastern railroad building and
is row in New York city.
-Estey & Co. have ". Armstrong OF
keene at work replacing the water service at
the Brattleboro House.
Mr.. Bingham got q fall the other day
which wrenohed bis foot and has sent him to
school on crutches this week.
The subjec, Of Rev. Mr. Towers sermon
a, the Baptist church next Sunday morning
will be The Lords Return.
The next meeting Of the c. l. $. c. will
be on Tuesday evening. Jan. l., in the Con
gregational chapel, at 7.30 O'Clock.
j G. Taylor is in business in Boston, in
the firm Of Baxter & Taylor. eastern agents
for the sale Of -four, grain, etc.
r. A. Whitney a Co. want to close out
all their overcosts aud other heavy clothing,
aad make prices which will insure the sale Of
the goods
The ladies Of the Uuiversalist society are
making preparations for their annual festival.
which vill be held at the town ball on Thurs
day evening.
-HAverley's minstrsls are in town and
ready for their performance ct the toEn hall
to night The company, We are assured, i
stronger and better than ever
BY mutual consent those stores which
nov close on Tuesday aud Friday evenings
will hereafter close on Thursday evenings
also, making three evenings in each week.
-Dehnquent tar payers are reminded thai,
the collectors are in want Of money without
delay. 10 enable them 10 settle with the au-
thorities in preparation for the annual reports.
At the ODD Fellows meeting last Monday
evening, the venerable Timothy Yinton was
the recipient Of nice gold headed cane from
some Of his fellow members, the occasion be-
ing bis slst birthday.
Our venerable aud we'll known toEnsmRr,
Mr.. Humphrey A;herton, is dangerously i'll
With bilious Inflammation Of the. bowels,
brought on a week ago by over-eIertion in
shoveling snow.
d VI Estey. the active and capable man
ager of the Estey Manufacturing Co, Of
OEosso. Mich, one Of the leading furniture
concerns Of the West, is in town on a visit TO
bis uncle, Hon. Jacob Estey.
We have received an invitation, which
We would like to accept, to attend the seventh
annual banquet Of the Sous Of Vermont in
Chicago" 10 be held on Thursday evening.
18th inst, at the Palmer House.
The locomotive OF the $50 freight train
from the north Jumped the frog At the Yer
mout Valley switch at the railroad crossing
Monday morning, aud caused delay Of an
hour or 80 for the morning passenger trains
Our first list of Good Cheer names goes
in to the publisher to-day, and the paper will
probably be mailed to subscribers during the
coming week These who wish the paper to
begin With the beginning Of the year should
pay up their PHGSI1 dues and send in their
subscriptions at once.
One OF the errors pointed out to Us in the
Official pension list Is that Of Anna Niles
Jacksonville, widow of soldier Of 1872 The
books Of the agency at Concord, n II show
tina; Mrs. Niles died in 1850, and that the pay
ment Of her pension stopped at that time.
j NJ Tyler OF this town. wm. II. Walk
er Of L1dlow and W. p. Dillingham; OF Wa
terbury, have been engaged during the last
tao weeks at 81. Adams, as special masters
settling the accounts between the Central
Vermont and Canada railroads, preparatory
70 the consolidation Of those roads.
The mail brings Us little box Of roses
and orange blossoms gathered Christmas
day at San Bernardino, Cal Well roses aud
oranges are not Towering TO any great extent
in Vermont Just now. These buds and roses
are withered, and-we always knew Southern
California grapes we're sour, anyhow.
Officers OF Oasis Encsmpment, L o. o.
F., installed Jan. "a; J. c. Tmson, c. P.
A Hopkinson, S. W; Oscar willard, J. W
c r. Briggs, H P; D. w Teuney, Per.
Sec: F. W. Smith, Treas A R. Dunklee,
Scribe; Will Reyes, Guide.
These officers OF wantAstiquet lodge, No.
>, / o. o. F., were installed Monday even
ing: A L Williams, n. G.; A. W. Phillips,
V. g.; A. J. Currier, Rec Sec'y D. W. Ten
ney, Per. Secy; A. E Rogers, Treas; Tim
othy Vinton, Chaplain H. E Reynolds, j.
w J. E. Knight, Conductor.
Wilder Harris and jeremiah Taylor, two
venerable citizens, have been seriously i'll for
some days, but are nov improving. are
glad to learn that Mr.. II. F. Houghton, who
has had long illness from scistio rheumA-
tism, has shown considerable improvement
during the past fortnight Hon. b. D. Har.
ris has been housed for q week with an at
tack of lumbago.
The annual meeting of the Vermont saw
ings bank corporation was held on Wednes-
day and the annual report made up and old
board of officers reelected as published else.
where. The condition of the bank was new
er stronger and more satisfactory than now.
In spite OF the large Withdrawals, occasioned
during the first quarter Of the year by the
change in the savings bank law, the deposits
stand at substantially the same figures now IS
year ago.
Mr.. ]. W. Burpee, whose death occurred
last Friday at his residence on Green street,
was q native of Keene, n. II. While yet a
boy he removed with his parents to New York
state, where some years were spent, but for
! the past 25 years he had lived in BrattlsborO.
He was a man Of sterling moral character and
of bright and genial habit of mind. His
death causes sincere sorrow, not alone TO his
own immediate family, but to many people
who have had his kindly help in an hour Of
need. His funeral took place at his house on
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Whitney ofiiciat
| ing and the Universalist choir furnishing mu
] sic.
The new roller skating rink on Elliot
street is approaching completion, and the pro
| prietors, Messrs. Harding & Jackson, in an
| ADVERTISEMENTS be found elsewh announce
1 the formal opening for next Wednesday even
| ing, on which occasion music will be furnish
ed by the First Regiment baud and orchestra
| The opening Of the rink is looked forward &c
With interest by very many Of our young peo-
/ pie, who have for some time been putting
| themselves in practice for the event. The
| proprietora evidently aim to make the rink
an institution which ladies and gentlemen
/ can and will patronize, and from which al
| Objectionable persons wiz be excluded. The
/ rink will be open for practice at regular
hours, with competent instructors always il
| attendance.
The man who interviewed the musk-rati
and the corn husks, and then predicted mild
winter, has gone to FLORIDA. We hope he'll
never come back. Last Sunday morning the
mercury stood at 14' to 22' below zero il
! Brattleboro and vicinity. The temperature
rose but little above zero during the day, and
on both Monday and Tuesday mornings the
mercury registered from 50 to l4o below zero
/ Throughout the day on Tuesday the weather
| continued intensely cold, and Just at nightfal
/ q storm Of fne, dry snow set in. From thil
time the temperature moderated rapidly, anC
/ by 2 O'Clock Wednesday morning rain wa
falling and continued to fall during the great