Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28


Monday night we are 10 have night way mail
service OR. =. O.'-rRilway post office
north and south, corresponding with that
which we now have 10y the day mail trains
The Richford, VI, and Concord n " ,
H. i. o. service has been ordered disoontin.
ued below Wells River and in It's place new
line is 10 be established from Wells River to
Springfield, Mass. In other words there will
be night mail service both ways between
Springfield and Riohford, via Newport. This
service will be given by postal cars attached
to the night express north train At 1O:1Op T. NJ
and south at 5.20 A. NJ The service is one
which will be greatly appreciated by all the
principal towns on the line. Letters for sta
tons north or south may be mailed at the
Brattleboro office until the hour OF closing at
night and letters deposited IN the etter-box
at the railroad station will be taken by the
route agent on arrival Of the trains.
%. A. Marshall f. X. Barrows aud @. A.
Cox, the Lake Nipissing fishermen, reached
home Tuesday afternoon, in good health,
showing a first class color, and having had
their ill Of fishing and life In the woods.
From Montreal they went by tho new Oanadi-
an Pacific line 10 North Bay on Lake Nipis-
sing The railroad Is built through a wilder
ness and North Bay Ia 'shanty town. a."
where the railroad company has located re-
pair shops and the place promises TO grow into
some prominence Leaving the cars here
they struck out for the chain Of small lakes
lying near, which form the head waters of the
Ottawa river, while the outlet Of Lake
Nipissing flows into Georgian bay aud Lake
Huron. Their first camping place WAS on
Trout lake where they secured the services
OF the only resident Of the vicinity, a Yer
mont native, as guide From Trout lake
they moved leisurey on through Turtle,
Pine and Talon lakes camping on the shores
Of each. Fish were Neutrality-suspicious.
pickerel, black bass aud salmon trout One
OF the latter was caught weighing lbs and
two muscalonge weighing 10 lbs. each Black
bass weighing or lbs. each were counted
little fellows and thrown back into the wa
ter. Large game-mOOse and deer-abouuds
in the region but when the party were there
the weather was not sufficiently hot to call it
down to the water
Several very valuable prizes won by
Capt W. Nj. Farrow, the celebrated rifleman.
are now on exhibition In w. W Newcomb's
window, the most prominent among them
being the Wimbledon cup valued at ElOO
sterling, and won at Wimbledon against 100
OF Englands crack marksmen after al exoit-
ing contest. Next is the silver wine-cooler
from Stuttgart Germany, won at POO yards
oil hand, and after this the Tiffany cup won
at Oreedmoor on a score OF a. out OF a posi-
ble 80. The johnson cup from Dollymount
ireland, the Indianapolis cup. and a goblet
from Dusseldorf, are all valuable trophies,
and besides these there are nine gold medals
each OF which has its story OF skill and steady
nerve. This exhibition, the ineet of the kind
ever seen in Brattleboro, has called general
raHrhf aNf - ..
Farrov has in hand-th establishment in
Brattleboro of q mandatory Of his improved
rifle and other firearms. The Brattleboro n
he club cordially endorse tho enterprise and
liberal subscriptions OF stock have been
made this week, giving promise OF final sue
cess MIR. Farrow II ready TO begin the work
OF manufacturing at q fortnights notice and
We trust that this industry, which seems to
have In it all the elements OF success, will be
secured for Braitleboro. The mandatory
II located here will probably be established
in the quarters on the second floor OF the old
melodeon shop, just vacated by the Carpenter
organ company.
The hremen are very much dissatisfied
because the board OF bAilids purpose TO re-
fuse them the customary appropriation for
Al annual parade. The usual May parade
was put over until September, and for time
- ARNIa ~ AAAA a HHlAtIni III ulster IN COD
nection with II, but the latter idea has been
given up. The cost OF the annual parade is
about Sl2i for the band, horses and refresh
ments, and the village hAs paid the expense
for seven or eight year, past but this year
the bAiiihs say that they do not think the ap-
preparation strictly legal one, and tell the
hremen that they must raise parade money
10y subscription. This action comes. IN
doubleday, from purpose to lop of all
doubtful expenditures, and Is due 10 the &c
ton OF the last village meeting in sitting
down on all appropriations OF doubtful le-
giumAcy. The hremen, on their part. say
that the working members give great deal
OF time and hard work TO the service, and
That II Is with difficulty that the necessary in
terest and discipline are maintained An an-
nual parade and inspection, they say, when
the men are put on their mette before the
public, II necessity in maintaining disci-
pine, and they believe that the village should
eheerfully pay the small expense involved
We understand that the subject has not been
formally discussed in meeting Of the bal.
Ills, and IL will doubtless come up for final
decision at the next regular meeting OF the
board.
The following is the list of letters remain.
ing in the Brattleboro post-ofiee, Aug 2s:
Ladies-Eeu Carroll, Mrs. Katie Fenno. MI
Jennie French, Lizzie }. Hoyey, Ms Stella Keyes
MARY l.. MoriArty, Leila q Murdock Mrs Jobu A
Orhan, KINDA Pike, MARY X. richardson, Me- oar
re T. Scott, Mrs Tufts Ellen Townsend. CHAR.
loite Wood, Nellie q Wilson.
Gentemen-H I! Aldrich, " d. Barrett Richsr,l
he nneit NJ brOsnahan, jas BOurke, John Bartlett,
G. Bal, fiAnnery, Fred Kills, Alex GERMAN. Cs.
rus GOOdell GOodeuOugh. Jos Gagmore, J \
Guyette, Graham, G. Horton, Pred Jencsse
fAt lAllis Isl, " Larabec. G Lilli- WIZ
A9ndon, W Putnam, g 7 Powers, X n Pratt
G. Stone, II = SteArns. kobi scoheid, W Il saw.
yer, Waffle sinner, II rhayer o. 10. Tyler II
Warden.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Morris returned
Iuesday from q Week'a outing af Fnresi lah.