Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-15

In this community and we hope Brattloboro
/ people will consult him before placing their
orders elsewhere.
Tho Golden-rod club Of Canal street,
/ composed Of 10 children, nearly all under ~
| years Of age, held nm opru-air fair Wednesday
afternoon, having for Hno fancy articles and
| light rofreshments- -thoir purpose boing to
raise $40 to send ono homeless child west.
! The Golden-rods have many friends and they
responded 80 well TO the invitation that in
stead of the $40 hoped for the net result was
| 500 10, with $50 Of which they will send two
children west-a boy and girl-and give tho
rest TO the fresh-air fund The club returns
it's warmest thanks 10 the many friends who
attended and in an hour generously bought
everything they had for sale. Tho time Of
preparation was only two weeks.
Col. Greenleaf's General Order No. 4 for
next weeks annual militia muster announces
that the regiment will 90 into camp on Fri.
day, remaining on duty six days that the
camp will be known as Camp james s. Peck,
| lin memory Of our deceased friend and com
rade, the late Adiutant and Inspector Gen
oral; that Lieut.. Col. Estey is detailed as in
structor in company and skirmish drill and
manual OF arms, and Mai Kinsman as
! instructor in guard duty. The several COM
panieE from the north will arrive by the at
ternoon train on Friday. On Sunday, Aug.
! q, services in memory Of Gen. Peck will be
held in camp, by Chaplain Hill, at +. NJ.
Governors day. when the grand review
of the regiment takes place, will DO on Tues
day, 2Glh inst
1t was an animated, and at the same
time touching scene, which was witnessed
! at the railroad station yesterday afternoon
when the company OF "frosh-air" children,
| who have spent the past two weeks in Brat
! tobOro and vicinity, loft on their return to
! their homes. Without exception these chill
dren bore evidence in their dress, and in the
very substantial bundle which each carried,
of the careful and generous provision which
! had been made for their material wants. and
| 1t was whispered that the articles wore not of
utility alone, but that each little girl had in
her bundle a doll to be the comfort of her
heart in her city home. The children wero
all orderly and well behaved, bright and 70.
| sy, and showed the good effects OF their two
| weeks outing, A large crowd gathered to
witness their departure, and tho affecting
| loavo-takings brought tears to tho eyes of
many besides those Immediately interested
| Two full car loads Of these children came
down on the train, and when reinforced by
the Brattleboro delegation of 60 tho animal
ed little crowd numbered from l75 to 200,
who were safely landed in New York last
night.
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ing in the Brattleboro post Office, Aug. IL:
| Ladies-Mrs Jas Brady, Hannah Brown, Mrs Joan
ma Moylan, Mrs II Preston, Laura A. Powers. Cora
Stcarns, Mary shcehan-2, Eliza Ware, Miss VI Wer-
! meke.
Gentomon-Frank Adams, Harry Amidon Frank
| W Brown, Orange q Ballard, Samuel Bares, 7 II
Bhrens, capt Calvin W Evans, Benj Fontain, Henry
| Fairfield, q W Goodrich, II Could II Gilbert, John
| Gibson, John G0Odenough, W Greene, g II
! Houghion, Frank Hagan, q Holland, II A Hnlst-2,
! Isaac, kinery, W Leonard, d NJ Mathcr,
James May, Patrick Moran, Poulter, Fred II
heede, g streeter, l. streeter, A Warren, 4 @
/ warren, jr..-2 Geo Whitman, Mason Wood, Sidney
! Elbertson, Hanson Yorke.
Held for Better Direction-Mrs Francis Harrington,
| Clinton, VI.
SAD CASE OF sELF-DEsTBUCTIoN.
Our community was somewhat startled
last Saturday morning to learn that Mr.. Orion
Clark, the we'll known barber, had been miss
ing since the evening previous, and that a
search during the night had failed to reveal
his whereabouts. It was known that he had
at times shown symptoms Of mental I'M
soundness, and also that recent lawsuits and
unvise business ventures had left him some
what embarrassed financially, and opinions
differed Us to the probabilities of his having
made way with himself or hastily left town.
Inquiry revealed the fact that he left his
house shortly before supper time and called
upon Gen. w. W. Lynde at his meal store,
with whom he had some conversation about
very detected mood and declined the Gener-
ais Oder to re.establish him in business, say
ing that it would be Of no use He left the
store about half past o'clock and was seen
going up the railroad track back OF the Amer
lean House. Search was continued in this di-
rection in the morning, and about 10 o'clock
his body was discovered suspended from the
limb of troe on Rich ards Brsdley's place
about opposite Mr.. Eaton's house, west of
I 81 L. 81 4.
| highway. lie had tied two handkerchiefs to-
gether for a rope, and had frightened it to the
point of strangulaton by turning round and
round, as the limb bent so low that when
found his knees touched the ground.
Mr.. Clark leaves n wife, but no children
except an adopted daughter His aged faith.
er, Mr.. Colin Clark, has for the past few
years resided in Athol, Mass. The deceased
was member of the Baptist church and high
ly respected He was at one time in good fl.
nancial circumstances, being an excellent
workman and good manager when in his
right mind. He first manifested symptoms
OF insanity some - years ago when he went
into wild scheme in connection with the
manufacture and sale Of hair lustre," 10y
which he became deeply involved. His re-
cent lawsuits with VIM. Martin and the Meth
odst society, involving the question OF the
location Of the boundary lines Of his lot on
Elliot street, caused him great deal OF wor.
riment and an expense which necessitated
mortgaging his house and last spring he was
again seized with one Of his wild speculative
mauias, sold out his barber shop, started to
go into the lightning rod business and final
ly bought patent right territory for a washing
machine, to sell which he went OF on an ex-
tended trip. lie returned doubtless in his
right mind to find that he was again fnan-
cially ruined, and it was, no doubt, the dis.
enlargement consequent upon realizing the re-
suits OF his crazy schemes which led him TO the
fatal act. OF late he had been at work at his
trade as a journeyman in Hartford and Stat
ford Springs, Conn, and other places, coming
home the fore part Of last week. The fuuer-
al services we're held from his house Monday
afternoon.
FORMATION OF AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN
CLUB.
The rumored Independent Republican"
movement took definite shape Tuesday even
ing, when an informal meeting was held at
The Household Office and a committee
appointed to obtain signatures to paper
embodying formal protest against the nomi-
nation of Blaine for President, which pro
test is embodied in the following language
1--WE, the undersigned, Republican voters and citi-
Of BratlebOrO disappearing Of the political
ord ndpublic career Of JAS g. Blaine and sideriug
him to be an unsafe man for the Presidency Of this
hereby place protest against
his nomination aud our determination not TO aid In
his election
A second meeting was held last evening"
with some 80 or 40 voters in attendance, and
an organization was effected, differed as fol-
lows:
President, d. E. TAsker; vice presidents,
ID. Leonard, s. II. Warren, DR.. H. Tucker
recording secretary, o. NJ. Thomas CORE
spending secretary, Edward Kirkland treas
urer, o. NJ. Thomas executive committee,
Geo. E. Crowell b. Ranger, H. W. Simonds,
Jas. F. Estey, II. II. Thompson finance
committee, Henry Tucker, E. J.. Carpenter,
G.. A. Bliss.
The canvassing committee reported that
about 100 signatures had been obtained with
but little effort, It is understood that these
''kiekers" do not object to the Republican
nominees for state and county offices, and
just how they will make their protest effec-
tive at the September election does not yet
appear. A letter from T. w. Higginson was
read at the meeting accepting an invitation
to speak in this place on the evening before |
the state election, Sept lst.
FIRST REGIMENT BAND CONCERT.
On Thursday evening of next week the |