Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27

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many people walk and drive across Fuller
park, greatly marring its beauty.
A carload of japanese silk passed
through town a few days ago on its way to
a Connecticut city. In its raw state it was
valued at $4,000.
Mr.. Ryder of Bellows Falls, the county
examiner, is holding a special examination
of teachers at the High school building to-
day.
A leak in the Crowell water pipes near
the corner of Central and Prospect street
on Wednesday honeycombed the ground,
but the damage will not be serious.
A handsome oak umbrella case, with
glass top and nickel trimmings. is a notice
able addition to the fixtures in Pratt,
Wright d Co. S store.
A regular meeting of the L. O. G.. c.
will be held at Red Mems hall next Thurs
day evening at 1870. Business of impor-
lance will come before the meeting.
The News, published at Frederick. Md,
offers an Estey organ to the Sunday school
teacher in that state who receives the most
votes, filled out from blanks published in
that paper.
DR. O. :. Roberts of Pittsiield. Mass.
mentioned in the Massachusetts items of
The Phoenix last week The carriages
were insured for $1,000.
SO far as can be learned there have been
no developments i'm the affairs OF the Ris-
ing sun since last week. II is beginning
to be case of sick hearts from hope de
ferred with the members i'm Brattleboro,
Orange, Athol. Northampton, Greenfield
and other places to whom S9j, 900 is due.
l.. II. BARRIERS photograph has attract
ed many people to the lower town hall dur
ing the past few days. The instrument is
pronounced by all to be very fine one and
will prove a decided attraction in the ad-
joining towns. where Mr. Barber intends
to exhibit it,
The marriage of Axel johnson and Miss
Mary Anderson last Saturday evening was
an event of interest to the Brattleboro
Swedish colony. The ceremony took place
at the Baptist parsonage and later there
was a reception on Williams street where
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson are to live, which
was largely attended. and which is reported
to have been very delightful affair."
The Metzerott music hall building in
process of erection i'm Washington. ID. c..
which was blown down in last Monday 5
gale, was the building at the formal open
ing of which Miss Mary Howe and Mr.. La
vim had been engaged to appear as the
stars of the occasion. The date was orig
nally set for early in December, but it had
| been postponed on account of delay i'm the
work on the building.
The Seymour-Stratton company gave a
| pleasing presentation of "IIis Lordship''
| before "A small audience at the town hal
! Saturday evening. An amusing incident
| occurred toward the close of the perfOr
nance. The players were coming upon
! the stage for the grand ending when bN
| mistake the curtain was lowered part way
This was enough to give the gallery god:
an idea that the "shOw was over and they
boted for the doors. Nothing could stoJ
them, and the result was that the curtain
was dropped while the plot still remained
to be unraveled.
The marriage of Clarence f.. Hodgkins
for number of years a clerk i'm the stor
of A. c. Davenport and Pullen Brothers
to Miss Susie A. Beeman took place a
Gilbertville, Mass, on Tuesday Thurs
day evening Mr.. and Mrs. Hodgkns wer
given a reception at the home of A. G.
Stockwell at Rochester, in this state
today, and tomorrow they will return t,
Westfield, Mass, where they will begii
housekeeping Mr.. Hodgkins is in the gro
Gerry business at Westfeld, in partnership
with Mr.. f. Ward, who recently wen
there from Brattleboro.
The most wonderful foot ball game @
the season was that played at Amherst las
Saturday between the elevens of Amhers
and Williams colleges. Williams had tn
heavier team and would have scored bu
for the brilliant work of StearnS, of tn
Brattleboro ball team of last summer
Several times the ball was forced to a dan
gerous point by the Williams men. bu
Steams would punt, and the Williams me
were unable to make a quick return. TIL
Springfield Republican says Stearns's wor
was "of invaluable assistance to his sid
and more than once saved the day. II is
question whether the big league can fuI
nish his superior" This game left the tw
teams tied for the championship.
Dr. Webster received telegram last FIR
day announcing the death in Orangebur.
5. C., of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Emma ID
wife of +. \. Webster, whose illness Ia
previously been mentioned in these co
umns. DR.. Webster went to New York I
meet his brother and Mrs Webster's mott
, er, who came on with the body, and he a,
companied them to Chelsea. this stat,
where the burial took place on Tuesda,
Mr.. Webster, who is the collector of the il
: ternal revenue for the state of South Ca
DINA, returned to Brattleboro with IL
doctor, but has since gone to New Yorl
r Miss Hattie Webster, who has been
: South Carolina, remains there for the pre-
( ent.
Lieut.. G.. w. Tyler, of the United Stat,
, navy, arrived in BrattleborO last Monda
!, evening on a three months leave of a
sence, after 81 months of active seryic
The past summers service of the Unite
States steamship Mohican, to which Lieu
Tyler is attached, has been, as already state
, in these columns. that of looking after Il
: poachers in Boring sea Seizure of SIEVE
a or eight poaching vessels was made by Il
:. Mohican, most of the offenders sailing III
+ der the English flag, though one Chine
vessel was amongst them. The service WI
by no means an agreeable one, for Il
= weather was little else than a succession
, storms, alternating with heavy fogs. III
! snow had not yet disappeared when IL
: Mohican reached Boring sea early last Jul
! and when the ship left on the Sth of Oct
G Der the highlands of the Aleutan islam
> were already white with their winter co
: ering.
n The Old Homestead hotel at Jamestow
= n. Y, was burned at an early hour Mo
L day morning and four persons lost the
s lives from sutfOcation-thTee women eI
plOYes of the house and the little son