Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-06-05

local agents are Oudworth and Childs.
PICTURE FRAMES are cboap at Cheney capp's.
DrattIebOrO.
The great and only Blrnum is booked
for Brattleboro on July 2l.
business meeting Of the Y. NJ. @. A.
next Monday evening at 7;l5.
Frost & Proctor call attention this week
to bargain which they offer in the provis-
ion trade
C. II. Howe, who formerly owned the
gun shop, and went west few weeks ago.
has bought restaurant on No. Wells st.,
Chicago.
The annual convention Of the Protestant
Episcopal church in the diocese Of Vermont
will meet in Christ church, Montpelier, on
Wednesday, June 10th.
Hon. and Mrs. Is. d. Harris are on a
carriage drive through Vermont and New
Hampshire, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs
Maynard Of New York.
Mr. A. II. Dunklee whose serious illness
we noted last week, died at Willamsville last
night at about 1870 o'clock The funeral
services will take place Sunday at 2:30 p. NJ,
in the Universalist church at Williamsville.
The Maine fishing party leaves next Mon.
day for its annual two weeks outing. The
members this year will be DIR. Gale, w. II.
aud A. W. Childs, II. II. Lawrence, L. Il.
Pratt and Ned Plummer.
Tyler Camp Sons of Veterans, received
an accession of 10 new members last Friday
evening, and a. many more are expected to
join at the next meeting The membership
now numbers about 40.
The ladies of the Congregational church
will have their annual straw berry festival and
sale OF fancy articles at their chapel and par
Tors next Thursday evening, June 18th, from
& to O'Clock. The public are invited
Rev. and Mrs +. L. Tower held recep-
ton for the Working Band connected with
the Baptist church at the parsonage on Wed
nesday evening. Fifty or more young people
were present and found the occasion a very
delightful one.
As result Of the strawberry supper and
dance on Tuesday evening, the guild of ST.
Michaefs (EpiscopaD church have a snug
little sum in their treasury, which will serve
~ nucleus for fund to be devoted to the
purchase OF a curbing to enclose tho church
grounds.
The Burlington Free Press says: "Col.
w. l.. Greenleaf, department commander, in
forms us that in the grand parade at the ma.
tional encampment, q. A r., at Portland the
Department OF Vermont has been assigned
position as division under charge of its own
officers"
AT the annual meeting of the Western
aqueduct association, held on Tuesday, an
assessment Of one dollar a share was made.
The officers chosen were @. f. Thompson,
president, o. Il. Post and Francis Goodhue,
directors, Malcolm Moody secretary and
treasurer.
1t is of interest to note that Col Hol.
brook and Mr.. Hines, the orator and poet OF
Msmorial-day, were classmates 25 years ago
in Rev. Addison Browns school for boys in
this village. Mr.. Browns son, the late Lieut.
Col. Addison Brown, jr., who died in the
service, was also one of their number.
In our advertising columns to. day an
nouncement is made Of copartnership re-
Gently formed between Messrs Edward and A.
L. Clark for the purpose OF carrying on the
musical instrument trade Of the former The
new partner in the firm is an active, reliable
man, and We are glad to welcome him to the
ranks OF the business men of Brattleboro.
business at the Brattleboro Sewing Ma
chine companys shop in Centervile is reviv-
ing, and the force of workmen, now about 80,
is daily enlarging. Orders for machines OF
the new Estey-Fuller model are now far
ahead OF the company's ability TO supply, and
it is the purpose Of the management to i'm.
mediately increase their monthly output TO
400 or 800 machines.
The funeral of Fannie Eddy, daughter
of A. L. Eddy, was held at her fathers house
on North Main street last Saturday morning,
the body being taken to Orange, Mass, for
burial. She was girl universally loved by
her young companions, and the Grammar
school graduating class Of which she was a
member attended the funeral services in a
body.
canadian silver comes into Brattleboro
in such quantities that hereafter the banks in
self protection will only take it at a discount
of per cent, which will make quarters worth
"a cents and half-dollars AZ cents. Hereto.
fore, while the banks have received the Can.
adam money at par, they have had to suffer
loss of per cent when it was sent in for
redemption, besides necessary costs, which
amount to one per cent more. Below Brattle-
boro this money has not been current at
any price for some time.
The meeting of the Congregational East
society, held on Monday evening, resulted in
vote not to extend q call to Rev. s. H. Lee
to settle as pastor of the society. We un-
derstand that Mr.. Lees engagement with the
society extends TO July LIST, and that during
this engagement from January last the socie.
ty has been at liberty ON its part to call a
pastor, and Mr.. Lee on his part TO accept a
settlement elsewhere. This meeting was
called without previous consultation with Mr..
Lee and without his knowledge, its purpose
sis for future action.
The petition to the railroad companies
to put in a retaining wall above the railroad
track has been numerously signed by the
property holders and other business men who
are directly interested, and strong hopes are
felt that by mutual aud united action a per-
manent and long needed improvement may
be brought about. But while the necessary
preliminaries are under way we see no reason
why property holders should not show their
good will by clearing away at least a portion
of the unsightly bank deposits. A train of
narrow-gauge flat cars and a dozen Irishmen
would put large quantity of it out of sight
in two hours time.
George Hines of North Hinsdale was ar
rested last Saturday night for being drunk
and disorderly and locked up. Monday
morning he was brought before Justice New
ton and fined So and costs, amounting to be-
tween SIG and $l7 in all. On being put to
disclose he said he got his liquor of /. b.
Thorn. complaint was sworn out against
Mr.. Thorn before Geo. Clark, town grand
juror, but on his trial both Mr.. Thorn and
his clerks swore positively that, though Hines
asked for liquor there he was refused, aud
the evidence being strongly in Mr.. Thorn's
favor the complaint against him was dis
missed.
-Amusement-gOers will have a first class
chance to laugh in the Muggs's Landing
presentation TO be given at Crosby hall to-
morrow evening. Miss. Frances Bishop, who
plays the leading part will be remembered
as the fayorite actress who took the title role
in the Madison Square theatre oompany's
original presentation here of Hazel Kirke,
and her support is vouohed for az excellent.
The proceeds of the evening will be for the
benefit OF the First Regiment band orchestra,
who have Tehearsed some choice selections
for the occasion. At half past the band
will give an outdoor concert in front of the
hall