Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-10


BrastIebsrS.
Saturday c.. b. Hyde succeeded p. A
Jlmstead as railway mail clerk on the mar.
row gauge road Today William Whitney,
If Shelburne Falls, succeeds A. p Graham,
lr., on the BrattlebOro and Palmer route
Samuel Chapman Of Springfield is to sue.
coed Daniel Sullivan on the Newport and
Springfield route.
Our five letter carriers delivered in April
p, 2lS mail letters, 2l9 registered letters,
1888 postal cards, and %, OOS papers. They
-, 12l mail letters, 2403 local let
ters, ll4j local cards, 1925 mail cards, Is,
1871 papers. The total number Of pieces Of
mail matter handled was los, 79l. The
local postage amounted to $50. 10.
John Weatherhead who died at West
BrattlebOro Tuesday aged 80, had been for
many years a resident Of this town, and had
also lived in Guilford. He was a life long
farmer and cattle dealer and was known
~ be upright in all his dealings He was
Of an unostentatious disposition, yet was
really one Of the ablest and most substan.
tial men Of the town
Milton Blake Of Keene, n H., all old time
railway postal clerk, has been reappointed
to the service and assigned to the Newport
and Springfield route.
A. Barnes Of Saxtons River has bought
an acre Of land Of Leander Thomas ON the
plain at the foot Of Wantastiquet, south Of
Little River bridge He will build slaugh
ter house and run Il meat cart through the
village.
The stockholders Of the new Lyons Gran.
lite company hold meeting TO morrow for
formal organization.
Col Geo. T. Childs, of St. Adams, will
deliver the Memorial-day address here
Town Clerk Newton has licensed 263
dogs.
Capt F w. Childs, T j. B. Cudworth
Geo. A. Briggs, Col. c. A Miles aud Fred
Franks attended the grand complimentary
banquet given by the Denison, Texas, pill
grims Tuesday evening 10 Hon. W. p Rice
at the Revere hotel, Boston. One Of the
speakers Of the evening was Geo. A. Brown,
Esq, Of Bellows Falls
The case Of the asylum VS.. Chandler
Brown is the first in several years ~ he
brought before the fence viewers for decis
ion
Elder R. f. Emerson Of Vernon will
preach in Grand Army hall Sunday at 30
Pm.
There are four fools in town besides the
men who ask, rs this hot enough for you =
The machinery at Smith x Hunts did
not run this forenoon, owing to the break
ing of the main shaft in the basement
Only a few people from here awaited
themselves Of the low railroad rates TO Bos
ton during this (MerchantsJ week.
The goth annual convention of the Con
unconditional Sunday gahgnlg Of WinIhat
county will be held in the Centre church
on Wednesday, May 29th The program
gives promise of very interesting session,
a notable feature of which is the address in
the evening by Miss Grace f. Gilberth OF
the New West education commission.
Henry Scott has sold his fancy driving
horse 10 Greenfield, Mass, parties for 500
One thousand persons will leave Boston
next week Saturday ON an excursion u
DenisOn, Tex. A few Brattleboro people
will probably be among the number
| Keizo Kayano, Japanese student from
AndOver theological seminary will speak
in regard to his native country at the Con
| gregational chapel this evening, giving 81
stereOpticOn views in illustration of his sub
| ject
Geo. H. Chatfeld, formerly proprietor OF
the American House here, has leased the
American House at Greenfield for three
| years.
Hunter x O'Neil have the contract for
building q. f. Selleck's house.
The Y. NJ, c. A. anniversary exercises
which will be held in the Congregationalist
church, have been postponed to Sunday
evening, May 20. 1t is expected that al
address will be given by II. NJ. Moore, d
business man of Boston who is well known
as an active Christian worker.
James H. Heffron aged 10, a former
clerk at Thorn's drug store, died of con
sumption Saturday at Theodore Turner's on
| Elliot street. His father, mother and five
other children of the family died of the
same disease. One sister survives him.
Liveryman White has begun the work OF
adding a new front TO his barn.
A. F. Wilder swings out large new sign
from his shop on Flat street.
| Mr.. Foote, the Brooks House barber, has
sold his shop to Clarence Carpenter, son of
d. +. Carpenter, who has been at work for
some time at Winchendon, Mass.
Attention is once more called To the an.
nual concert of the First Regiment band
which occurs at the town hall on Wednesday
n
which is printed in full in another column,
shows that a rich musical treat has been
arranged for. Several Of the numbers will
/ be of unusual excellence. both in the charm
Of their melody and in the care which has
/ been taken in their preparation The per
/ Torrance will be one which every music
lover will enjOy-but beyond this il ought
to be a point of honor with all our people
| to show by their presence their persona
appreciation OF the good work which the
band does for this community year by year
The result of the meeting of our county
board of education on Tuesday, in the
choice of Capt. g. p. Hall of Hinsdale for
county supervisor, was undoubtedly a gen
eral surprise, but there is no doubt that in
thus stepping outside of the county and the
state for a man TO fill this important place
the majority of the board acted for what
they believed To be the best good of ouI
schools. Capt. Hall PROFESSIONALLY has the
experience in teaching and the high per
sonal character which are requisite for the
place, and he will have, as he deserves, the
cordial support Of all friends of our school,
in his work. He will bring his family Il
BrattlebOro for residence in due time, and
will establish an office here.
The following item of local interest is con
tributed by our Dummerston correspondent
John Nourse of this town and Henry
| Cudworth, son of I. j. b. Cudworth OF
BrattlebOro, rode home in one day, Nav 4th
on Columbia bicycles from Hartford, Conn.
"a distance Of 80 miles to Brattleboro and
% 10 Dummerst0n. They were told before
starting that they could not make that dis
lance in a day, but they did all the same
aud John says he can drive his Roadster
a hundred miles in a day.
The attention of those who are interested
in outside investments is called 10 the two
advertisements Of f. H. Baseom, Esq, Of
Montpelier, which appear in this issue of
The Phoenix. II is understood that Mr.
Bascom is meeting with an unusual degret
Of success in the sale of the investments
which he offers. He is u director ia tn,