Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-10-16

all Tyler, who heads the list as the member
In 1916, the next ten members are all dead
and the following ten ars all alive. The list
Of the dead comprises John H. Blake, Geo.
Newman, Samuel Earl, Roswell Hunt 10.
seph CLARK, Edw. Kirkland, j. d. Bradley,
Geo. b. Kellogg, d. II. Rsnney and David
Goodell. The living are s. M. Waite, S. N.
Herrick Jacob Estey, Edw. Crosby, X. Has
kins, ]. s. Cutting, ]. j. Estey, W. II.
Rockwell, @. W. Hooker and James Con-
land. or ex Senators who we're residents Of
Brattleboro at the time Of their service six are
living-R. w. Clarke, b. ID. Harris, Jacob
Estey, Levi X. Fuller, J. j. Estey and II. d.
Holton.
In the death Of Mr.. Nelson Crosby
which occurred al his Chase street home last
Tuesday, Brattleboro losea one Of It's most
familiar figures as we'll as one of its oldest
and most respected citizens. Mr.. Crosby
was the last Of family OF 10 children OF
Isaac and RebeccA Crosby Of Dummerston,
and with them removed TO this town when
quite young. For many years he resided on
what is now the asylum farm. He united
with the Congregational church during the
ministry Of DR.. Charles Walker, some 40
years ago, and until his death was one of its
most faithful and devoted mem bers. He was
possessed of q keen and ready wit and his
memory OF local personages and events
covering period Of more than 20 years
was something remarkable. He outlived his
three children, aud died peacefully at the
good old age OF 81 years and months. His
wife-formerly Huldah Williams Of Spring.
field, Mass. survives him. The funeral
took place this afternoon at o'clock.
The Misses Olinch Of New York city,
hslf-sisters of Mrs. A. T. Stewart, who have
spent the summer at Mrs. Kirkland's, re-
turned home Thursday. -Drs. Holton and
Conland successfully amputated on Thursday
the leg OF q woman at Montague, Mass, who
was suffering from q large tumor. MIR. and
Mrs. w. H. Esterbrook will attend the ma.
tional Universalist convention at Brooklyn,
N. Y, next week. Draper has been In
attendance at the annual meeting Of the Yer
mont Medical society at Montpelier this
week, and last evening gave the address az
the retiring president of the association. -
Rev. and Mrs. James Herrick of West Brat
tleboro and Rev. and Mrs. 8. H. Lee and
Dea. aud Mrs. G. f. Thompson have attend
ed the annual meeting OF the American
Board" at Boston this week. Cards are out
for the marriage OF Miss Tones and Mr.. A.
W. Childs at the Epspocal church on the
28th inst; other similar events are under
stood to be near at hand. Mr.. and Mrs. II.
f. Smith will leave for Minneapolis the first
OF November.-Wil Stewart, the artist, has
several life-like portraits on exhibition at
Capp d Jones's.
The smaller post-ofices where the new
special delivery ~ stem is In operation do not
regard the new attachment 10 the postal ser
vice as q success either in the amount Of use
which the public choose 10 make Of it or in
the pay which the department receives for
the extra hours Of service and the extra gas
and fuel, 10 say nothing Of the pay which the
messengers do not) receive. At the Brattle-
boro office the total number Of immediate
delivery letters received 10 date has been 20
--13 for the first week, 6 for the second
week, and 4 last night and this morning. One
OF them was not delivered because addressed
TO person living beyond the mile limit and
less than half dozen of them were Gimme
diats" in the sense that they were bona fide
business or other important letters. St.
Johnsbury, up to last accounts. had received
six special delivery letters, Keene IL, and
other places Of similar size fare in about the
same proportion. Westfeld, Mass, where
three messengers were engaged, had 22 letters
up TO Thursday, making 4 letters apiece for
the boys and making their compensation
reach the muDihcent sum of 5Ss cents each
for two weeks work. In many cases, what
with the teeth Of bull dogs and growls OF
/ sleepy people aroused at midnight, the life
| Of the messenger Is anything but a happy
one. The Postmaster General is likely to
see more light on his pet system before very
long.
On Tuesday afternoon the police were
sent for by residents OF the water cure build.
ing TO take care of q drunken crowd who had
! gathered in Mrs. Doolittle's room and were
making disturbance which alarmed the 9th.
er inmates of the building Officers Ais,
Pettee and Warren responded, and found
Mike Manning and James Manning Of Elliot
street, James Manning Of CLARK street, Matt
Sullivan and Charles Brownell Willing away
q rainy afternoon 10 various stages Of drunk
enness. Sullivan was helplessly drunk, and
had 70 be carried to the lookup. The whole
company were put under arrest, the Other
four promising to go quietly with the officers
but while the officers were gone with Sullivan
the four skedaddled. Mike ("Putty") Man
ming was found in his mothers kitchen partly
undressed, and threatened and resisted the
officers when they put the hand cuffs on hin
and took him along. The next morning Sui.
Ivan and Manning we're taken before Justice
Newton and fined 50 and costs each for dis
turbing the peace, and Manning was fned al
extra 500 and costs for resisting the officers
the total sum which he, or his friends for him
had to pay to save him from the workhoust
being $32 IS. The other three OF the Jolly
company voluntarily appeared before Justict
Newton and paid their b. and costs each. AL
were fined for disturbing the peace and mol
for drunkenness, because there was small
chance Of finding out where their liquor wa,
obtained, and fine for disturbing the peac,
goes into the village treasury, while one fol
Drunkenness goes TO the state.
1t hardly seems possible that the property
holders on the east side OF Main street viii
allow this season to go by and the winter L
close Ia without taking a step toward clearing
| N N IN kao n uRa aNaN a
gree of eallOasness TO an aroused public sen
tment than most people possess to let thinl
like this go On as has been the case all sum
mer. In spite of the action taken by the vii
lage improvement society, the bailiffs, anC
other parties With the good of the village q
heart, the work Of dumping rubbish on th,
bank has gone calmly on, and no respons
has beea made 70 propositions from the rail
road company OF the efforts of citizens Eacl
owDer has said he would do whatever the res
vOaid dO-and then he has gone out anC
dumped some more rubbish down the bank
or allowed his tenants 10 do it, which amount
TO the same thing. Roadmaster Clark of tn
| Vermont Valley company tells us he woulC
| gladly clear away all the accumulated rubbish
II only the property. holders would guarante,
him that no more should be dumped there
but he says he has got tired of cleaning NJ
refuse, some Of It very vile, as he has done II
| former years, and then having some NOR
dumped on him before he could get fairly GU
Of the way. The fact of the matter is tina
NJ. Clark and the other railroad men us,
very emphatic and indignant language il
speaking on this subject As the case stand
to-day, il the property holders, beginning
with the town of Brattleboro, would say thI
word, the bank could now be cleared up
graded, and put in tidy, attractive shape
ready 10 show a clean green turf next spring
without requiring an hours personal atten
tion from any one Of them. The work coul,
be completed within two weeks time, and tn
whole expense would not exceed $50 10 eacl
individual or block of property. The ques
ton Is, will the work be done9 We don
think Il will.
The following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post-ofice, Oct. 8
LAdiea-Irs Austin, Mrs Lydia Barber MInni
/ n BgeioW 2, Mrs Campbell, Mrs Garfield, Mis-
1 Mary EiAgnan, Nora Grifn0, Anna ID Mills, Mrs
Martin. Mrs II Robbins, Maggie Raymond, Miss
! n wilcox.
Gentlemen-B @ Bennett, ohAs Bellous, Geo Bar
ker, Master Frank Cape O Copeland. Goa
nera, + IA Dodge, Prin @ Hall, Fred HAskini
Thomas connors. Prin II d Ryder Comeim Sullivan
Charles Snyder, + Spauding, streeter,
gomerHiie, JnO slyheld, Lucian Thayer, Weed
Frank Young.
NseeIaneous-Mr Lewis, MAng OF Lewis Cont
| Meaana Rmiih Flint