Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-09-04
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Band concert next "Wednesday evening.
Il F. Bowker hAs sold his place ON Chest.
nut street TO J. @. Eddy.
The ladies OF the Episcopal society arc
10 have a fair next Thursday evening.
Cheney u Clapp are showing a very val
liable line OF engravings and etohings this
week.
d. Leonard has bought OF DIR. Draper
the house on Green street which he has occu-
pied for the past three years.
Rev. Clifford II. Smith of Warren will
preach at the Congregational church next
Sunday.
Mr.. Forbes was in town yesterday com
plotting his BrAttleboro article, which will ap-
pear in the Boston Journal to. morrow.
-Sedgwick Relief Corps will hold a social
at their next regular meeting Thursday, Sept.
10, to which Sedgwiok Post and Tyler Camp
are invited. Supper at O'Clock.
Col. l.. X. Fuller received to day in
formation Of his election AZ a member OF the
American Society for the Advancement Of
Science in session at Ann Arbor, Mich
Capt Robert b. Arms, formerly Of this
town, has been re-appointed deputy collector
of customs at Burlington by the new collec-
tor, Col. SmAlley.
Next Sunday morning the services of the
Universalist church will be resumed in Cros.
by hall. The Sunday school will also meet
at the usual hour.
The physicians report several cases OF
fever about town, mostly of q typhoid type,
with few mild cases of scarlet fever outside
of the village.
There we're light frosts in various parts
OF the county on Thursday morning enough
10 kill vines and tender plants, but not
enough TO injure crops or fruit.
Henry Ward Beecher says that his earl-
est remembered address was given in Brattle-
boro on temperance, when he was a Junior
in Amherst college.
There will be meeting at the parlor of
the Y. NJ. O. A. rooms Thursday, Sept. 10,
ct 1880 p. NJ, TO organize a local Chantauqua
circle. full attendance of those intending
to join and help support the class is desired
Simon Brooks caught some boys stealing
watermelons from his patch Sunday, and de-
livered them over 10 Officer Herrick Owing
to their youth the rogues were allowed their
liberty, but the affair is not yet settled.
-Chas. Dunklee, formerly OF Brattleboro,
and now Of Newton, Mass, was in town last
week and exhibited a piece of work OF his
craft in the shape OF large and elegant silk
rug made of Canton silk drawn into "A foun.
dAtion Of heavy canvas.
The Brattleboro rife club have shown
their confidence in the proposed Farrow rifle
project by taking $4,000 of the stock, and
the total subscriptions thus far amount to
to Sc, 900. 1t is hoped that the coming week
will see the full amount OF stock-SlO, 600
subscribed and the establishment of the now
industry here assured.
The Brattleboro bicyclists expect dele.
CATION OF a dozen or more wheelmen from
the north to reach here on Saturday or Sun
day, and at least four members of tho Brat
tleboro club will accompany them on their
wheels TO Springfield 10 attend the grand
tournament in that city on Sept. &, 8, and TO-
considerable number of other Brattleboro
people will go down 10 witness the races
There was a feeble smallpox scare in
town Wednesday over q report that a woman
had come down from Montreal on the early
train and was sick at the railroad station with
that malady. Dr. Webster examined the case
and found that the woman was suffering from
inhAmmatory rheumatism, and no symptoms
of smallpox being manifest she was permit.
ted to continue her way TO Holyoke Mass,
by the next train.
Since the distribution of the assets from
Waite's estate, First National bank stookhold-
ers are asking when the final dividend will be
paid and the banks affairs wound up. This
will be done AZ soon as the receiver disposes
of the unpaid judgments against stockholders
and other claims and assets on which no has
been unable 10 realize. Probably the final
stages in the settlement will be reached in the
course OF few weeks.
1t gives us great pleasure to say that one
of the property holders above the railroad
bank has made q move in the right direction.
Mr.. o. j. Pratt has this week had his wood
addition abutting on the bank painted in at
tractive cOlOrs, and large sign painted on
the end. II Is good move in a business
point of view, as we'll AZ q recognition Of one
OF the things which the community want 10
see done on the bank. We are waiting to see
who will lead in having the permanent clear
ing up and grading OF the bank attended TO-
Perhaps the man whose premises look the
worst will lead of. There arc several of
him.
The Republican correspondent has the
following item relative 10 q pleasant event OF
this week in Roman Catholic circles: The
marriage at st. Miohael's Roman Catholic
church, Monday morning of Miss Mary
Sullivan to Michael Il. Tourney, telegraph
operator in New York, was pleasant affair.
Rev. Father GarVey Of Ireland, assisted by
Rev. Father Cunningham, performed the GER
emony. sister of the bride acted az bride
maid and Patrick Baker as best man. The
church altar WAS Handsomely decorated with
flowers and large number of guests were
Of the brides mother on Clark street, and the
wedding party left for Boston.
Hon. and Mrs. II. W. Clarke attended
the semi-centennial celebration Of the Black
River academy at Ludlow last week. The
occasion was notable one, calling together
800 alumni of the academy, among whom are
several Of the celebrated men of the country
Judge CLARK was one OF the original mem
bers Of the school, having attended the first
term 90 years ago, and WAS one OF eight such
members who were present at the oelebra-
tion. Six years after the establishment of
the school, from 1912 to Isl5, the Judge was
It's principal. His prominence in the schools
affairs made it peculiarly fitting that he
should be chosen to preside at the banquet
AZ was the case, and at the alumni reunion
held after the banquet he was elected presi-
dent Of the permanent association.
An embroidered silk bedquilt, mAde by