Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-05-14

HrAtsIeDOrOs
-Messra. Herrick aud Boyden, OF the board
Of selectmen, informed the representatives Of
the "White Bronze Monumental company"
yesterday morning that they should on no ac-
count contract for a monument of their ma
terial. A very large majority of our citizens
will heartily sustain the selectmen in their de-
cision. Whether the selectmen will be infu.
enced by the vote of the advisory committee
passed last evening remains to be seen. The
fact which has been disclosed since yesterday
morning, that the white-bronze agents have
endeavored to secure the contract by several
offers Of liberal percentages to parties sup.
posed TO be influential, has done much to fill
the pubic mind with distrust of the merits of
this material.
Mrs. j. L. Simonds offers her residence
10 Guilford at auction on Saturday the 22d.
j. j. Estey has sold his two tenement
houses on Green street to Mr.. William Ged-
dis, father of W. Il. Geddis. Terms private.
Certain Bellows Falls parties who enter
ed Thatcher's premises at Spoford lake last
Saturday and carried off or demolished arti-
Giles thereto belonging are understood to have
settled the affair by the payment of 800.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. S. Brown reached home
from the South yesterday. Miss Kate L.
Selleck left town Wednesday for Cleveland, o q,
where she is to spend several weeks. The
new looks recently ordered by the public H.
brary committee 800 worth-arrived yes
| terdsy H X. Field, now of San Francisco,
is in New York and will be in Brattleboro in
day or two.
j. A. Church expects to get his boiler set
to day in readiness to start his engine to-
morrow.
The baililTs have ordered tue posting OF
notices forbidding the dumping Of garbage al
points concerning which complaint has been
made, namely, at the toll bridge, at the FL.
liot street bridge and down the Canal street
bank. They have also ordered the setting Of
a street lamp on Harris place.
The Young Mems Christian association
will observe the Sd anniversary of their or
ganization on Sunday evening next at the
Baptist church. The program Includes be
sides singing, Scripture reading by Rev.
McAun, prayer BY Rev. +. f Tower, gen
eral secretary's report, treasurer's report,
brief address by Geo. S. Avery state secre
tary address by Rev. G. o. Day.
Five members of the Vermont Vince
club took their first regular club run yester
day to Ashuelot, N. ii. They report th,
roads in good condition and pleasant time
Several mem bers missed the trip as it wa
postponed from Tuesday
C. W. browns cab arrived Wednesday
and went on service yesterday, with station
and order book at Briggs's drug store. 1t i
a tidy, comfortable vehicle, and will be fount
public convenience,
"A. E. Shackford has invented an incuba
tor which promises excellent results. At tn
first trial SO chickens were obtained from 4
eggs.
The lailifs have authorized publ
dumping ground short distance below tn
der OF, hear the little island
In acc ordnance with the announcement
made by program, the Fortnightly club mad
its first voyage last Tuesday evening the sub
ject for the meeting being Sea Scenes.
The voyage was rendered delightful by th
reading of appropriate selections by sewers
members Of the club, songs, etc.
The Brattleboro amateur papers seem t
be furnishing. Charlie Spencer's Advance
has doubled in size and arrived at the di,
tinction Of a continued story specially tram
lated from the French. Moreover the pape
is TO have an Office of its own in a suitabl
; building which the young j)urnslist's fathe
is now having built for him. THE Norther
Star" published by Willie Goodrich, is drive
by "press of matter" in the last issue to pu
on four-paRe cover to account odate its &C
vertisng, and it also gives a continued stor
! specially contributed.
The guild connected with s.. NJ .chael
, (EpiscopaD church held a sale OF fancy art
/ Giles at the residence of Mrs. f. W. Brooks O
Friday evening last, netting about $45.
? e II. Thomas ha added tenement to h
house by enlarging the ell part.
Charles G. Stearns clerk for A. G. Pa
sons d Son of Mortified, Mass, enters Il
) employ of Stickney Brothers next week.
The Brattleboro gas company are rela
| inc tbaiF CedaF main fra
4 which was found to cause the nuisance cor
planned of for two years past by residen
e whose houses the gas entered through the &c
lar walls.
F. W. Bailey Co. report the sale
; Mrs. Leavitt Sargents farm in DummerstC
to Fred II. Laughton
= Mr.. Briggs did manly and commend
+ BILE thing in promptly notifying the officers
the rural improvement society OF his purpo
to remove his signs from the bridges whe
+ he found they were disapproved of by Il
= people. The selectmen should now see th
|. all signs are removed from all public pae,
. in their control. The bridges and dozens
e other places have been made hideous by daul
y and caricatures which offend the eye and al
d execrated even by the horses
d The government letter-boxes have bee
received and they will be put in place +
r morrow. On further and careful study
d the needs of different parts of the village
}, has been decided to change the location som
b what from that first announced The loo
b tions will be ut the junction of South Ma
y and Asylum streets, corner OF Oak and Hig
i corner of Western avenue and Spruce, Brl
n street at entrance Of Estey Il Co. 3 office, @
:, nal street near school house, WashingtC
u street near school house, at @. b. Dickinson
e store, corner of Eliot and Elm streets, Ma
T. street Crosby block. At all these points e.
IS cept at Diekinson's store the boxes can
, placed on lamp posts. Mr.. Childs has n,
a yet decided on the messenger, but the collie
n ton service will probably begin early ne
week. The hours Of collection will DO mark,
= on each boz.
n John 8. Tyler camp, s. OF V with
u a large number of invited friends, held plea
v ant social gathering at Grand Army hall la
Friday evening. RscitatOns and music wei
" furnished, refreshments served aud the evel
= ings entertainment closed with dance.
! The Bratteboro rife club will hold
d meeting at armory hall next Saturday ever
e ing at 1880 o'clock, for the purpose OF NAL
!, ing arrangements for the annual spring shoe
d Sneak thieves are getting to be very frt
In the way in which they appropriate articl,
Q in the vicinity of CLARK and Canal street
/ Money has been taken from milk pals seve
Il al small articles have been missed, aud la
q Friday evening three umbrellas we're stole
from q piazza on Canal stryst