Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-05-28

MONDAY DOCKS Tor the coming betson'
Union gospel temperance meeting at the
Y. NJ. @. A. rooms Sunday at 6 p
The article on black bass on our first
page by H. +. Norris OF Manchester, N. H.,
is copied from the report Of the fab commits.
sioners Of New Hampshire for 1888. This
excellent fish now abounds In the Connecti-
cut river, aud we feel sure the knowledge OF
its habits and the method OF catching the
fish, AZ described by the author, will be duly
apprt oiated by many Of our readers who have
hitherto met with but little success in secur-
ing them
j. +. Anderson has arranged with the
Stebbins Manufacturing company Of Bright
wood, Mass, for the manufacture Of bis new
reciprocating valve, which will be put upon
the market at the price Of the ordinary valves
made by the same company.
james Austin is preparing to build
house on Prospect hill.
p. Goodrich has charge of the building
Of Ross Whites new house, the ground for
which was broken on Tuesday.
DIR. NJ. L. Bruce has bargainod for one
of b. d. Harriss building lots, aud intends
to put up a house thereon this season.
Mrs. J. L. Simonds'a place in Guilford
was not sold at Saturdays auction, but has
since been sold at private sale to Henry W.
W. Simonds Of this place, who will shortly
locate thereon. The place consists Of about
60 acres Of land with fine set Of buildings
thereon erected about 10 years ago at a cost
of some $4,000. The price obtained is un-
derstood to have been about one. fourth the
cost OF the buildings alone. Mrs J. L. ST.
monds will move into one OF l. N. Thorns
houses on Forest street.
-Wsntastiquet has had an unusual escape
from fire this year, but the vandals could re-
strain themselves no longer, and at noon last
Sunday the dry leaves ana underbrush were
| touched of at point about half way down
in a line with the pinnacle. The fire spread
north and east, working up and over the top
! Of the mountain, covering large tract be.
| yond, and destroying a good deal Of wood
! which was cut aud piled there. 1t kept on it's
way, winding here and there aud covering
! hundr, DIS of acres, until II WAS eXtnguished
by the rain on Tuesday. Ia this instance, at
least, it would probably be an act Of injustice
to charge the act OF vandalism to 'the boys ="
~ has been usually done. There are good rea-
sons for believing that the parties who set the
fire are known, and that they we're adults
from this village. All the young undergrowth
on the tract covered by the fire was destroyed
hundreds OF birds nests with eggs and young
were burned, and much valuable timber either
ruined or damaged. 1t ia impossible to prop
erly characterize the spirit which leads to an
was fired at the foot Of the hundred steps"
on Sunday night two weeks before this, but
the ere only spread over a few rods Of ground.
The Congregational Sunday school con.
vention at Putney on Wednesday was attend
ed by large number of Brsttleboro people.
including II from the west village.
We still have left several copies Of our
impression Of Mead's Recording Angel
which are at the service OF our friends.
Neither of the schemes for establishing
electric lights in Brattleboro has materialized
up to the hour Of going to press.
The Reformer last week characteristical
" straddled on both sides of the railroad
bank question by accusing The PbmniI OF
'lavishing uniustifed abuse" on the proper
ty holders in this matter, with other remarks
in a similar strain. IL anybody has ever
charged the owners Of the east side property
with not being good and public spirited
citizens we are not aware Of the fact The
Phoenix certainly has not The point is tina
their public spirit has not taken the form OF
clearing up their premises and removing the
worst blot on the village. There is much
that might be said on this subject, but il
view OF this mornings promise aud develop
ments it is waste OF words to say it, Tn,
PhmniI has no favor to curry in the matter
We started in to have the railroad bank clear
ed up, and it now looks as though we SHOULD
see the fruit Of our efforts at no distant day
A large photograph of the new E.tey pi
ano factory in Harlem, New York city, is OF
exhibition in Clapp 4 Jones's windoT.
About dozen Brattleboro people attend
ed the Springfield 2jOth anniversary celebrs
ton on Tuesday. Among them were Col
Haskins and wife, +. A. Hubbard and wife
n. I. Hawley. Z. l. Cooper, W. f. Eason
A Gleason, John Pease, and two or tire
of the bicycle boys.
A good many children are down wit
: me asles and there Is a fright smart chance
for the disease to make a clean sweep throug
the schools. As a sort of flank movemen
5 the committee are hurrying up the examinG
tions in the lower grades.
1t is now expe cited that the excursion {
! Boston will take place June lOh.
Col Hooker, who came home yesterday
3 brings the welcome news that his sons healt
D is improving rapidly under treatment, an
the proposed journey south has been give
D up as unnecessary.
Mr.. Moody, the evangelist, announce
\ that meeting will be held at Mortified mex
Tuesday in which several prominent evan
4 gelistic workers will take part. These in
I cude DR.. Cuyler OF Brooklyn; Rev. Mi
= Goss of Moody's Chicago avenue church
D Chicago Mr.. Sankey the singer II. n
s will undoubtedly be large attendance.
I Monday morning, about 3 or O'CLOCK
night policeman Cbadbourne bad bis atteI
I ton attracted by strange aud suspicion
D noises issuing from the vicinity Of Leonard
1 block on Elliot street. After watching al
o fairs for some time he went to put out th
e gaslight in front OF Stockwelrs fish mATkt
e when man ran across the street and dsaI
e peared in the rear of Crosby block The pc
II liceman followed and after calling to hiI
d three times to halt, without effect, he fired
= shot at him from his revolver, but apparen
e ly without effect, as nothing more was see
of the fellow. There are various storie
# about the affair, one being that the suppose
, burglar or incendiary was young man VII
had been out "a sparkling" and was too basil
full to allow himself to be recognized on b
= way home another story is that the fello
was intoxicated and Just recovering from II
o effects Of his debauch. One account say
/ that the young lover owns up to the Who'll
J. business and claims not to have lodged
4 skipped" until the policeman began firing
Q COL Fuller has been confined to
IL house for two or three weeks past with
bronchial difficulty which has obliged him
,r cancel his engagement to deliver the Mem
70 rial-day address at West Concord.
n Col j. Estey has passage to EuroE
d engaged for June 10, intending to take Wit
It him both Gray and Harry for a short trip
70 combined business and pleasure. The llne
r of Harry with scarlet fever will probably N
n eessitate postponement of the trip.
u The examination of Mrs Mason at Ru
" land, on the charge of killing her son in la
!; With poison, ended last Saturday with a d
csion by the justice that, while the youu
u man undoubtedly died of arscnicRl poisol
g. ing, the evidence connecting Mr. 4son wit
Is the deed WAS not sufficient to warrant him
holding her for appearance before the gran
y jury. The Rutland Herald evidently thinl
the decision Of the justice a proper one, an
4 in an editorial printed on Monday it intimate
% that had it not been for the fact that Mr.
Mason is peculiar" woman, connected viii
IN second sight" and spiritualistic delusion
/ she would never have been accused of Il
D crime. 1t being an established fact th
;, young Parker was killed with arsenic,
70 would seem to be the imperative duty Of Il
o Rutland county states attorney to now 20
I work and find out who did the foul dee.
D. Mrs. Mason is now in Brattleboro with b.
n. friend Miss Boyden, on Canal street.
70 The following is the list OF letters renal
: ing In the Brattleboro post-office May 2S: