Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-04-03


engaged in the West river cove on Wednes-
day, Timothy Eason took out a trout which /
measured rs inches in length Although |
against the letter Of the law it is unnec- |
essary TO say that this unexpected prize |
was not returned to its native element /
There are sportsmen's traditions Of a time /
when trout were taken out of the West /
river, but this is the first instance on record |
in this generation at least.
The Baptist church at Bristol, Conn. of |
which Rev. +. r. Tower is pastor. will OBJ |
serve its centennial April - and IL. with |
an extended program and many noted |
speakers
The comptroller Of the currency has ap-
proved the National bank Of Commonwealth |
Of Boston, Mass, as IA reserve agent Of the |
government for the Vermont national bank |
of Bratteboro.
The following from an ALBANY despatch
10 the Brooklyn Eagle. will be of interest
to many Bratteboro people The Powers
estate case was decided today by the court
Of appeals, which affirmed the Judgment of
the lower court II involves several hun
bred thousand dollars The litigation was
over the accounts Of George A. Powers, as
executor of Sarah Macomber The appeal
was by one Of the benehciaries under the
Macomber will, from decree of the Sur
rogate Of New York county. adiudging
certain claims in favor Of the executor
against the estate valid The appellant
urged that the claims Of the executor are
barred by the statute Of limitations. but the
appellate court affirms the surrogates de
cree"
Charles + Currier for eight wears past
engineer at the asylum. was violently as
saulted on SUNDAY morning by one Of the
inmates who, with others, was bringing
wood into the boiler house, being struck
with round stick of wood a full blow
across the face, which broke the bones of
the nose, and the teeth and upper jaw bone
The act was wholly unexpected and wholly
unprovoked, and is supposed to have been
due TO a deusiou Of some kind, or a sudden
impulse, the patient being a quiet. silent
man, who for a half dozen years has regu-
larry been employed IN that department
He Immediately ran away and not being
at once pursued was not recovered until
Tuesday evening. when he was found near
the depot in this village The injured man
Is thought to be doing well, though the in
jury was very severe.
Next Thursday evening the much talked
OF Barlow Brothers minstres appear at the
town hall. This organization comes here
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delphia engagement at the Arch street
theatre, where it packed the house night
after night BY the Philadelphia Press the
aggregation is unanimously indorsed as one
of the strongest ever combined under one
management, and as giving most enioya-
! bic and varied entertainment. The Chi
cago lnter-Ocean saws the company is first
class in every respect and of unquestiona-
BILE merit
\ large company Of friends accepted the
invitation of the men of the L Unitarian so
ciety TO Join them in sugaring off aud
supper at Red Mems hall on Tuesday even
| ing. The honors Of the occasion were ac-
ceptably rendered, and the evening closed
with several hours of dancing
The Index, of Bedford CITY, Va, devotes
a long editorial in last week issue TO the
| Brattleboro town report of this year, say
! ing 1t shows many excellent features of
municipal economy, the adoption of which
| could not fail Of beneficial results to Bed
| ford City or 10 any Of our new Southern
| towns, for that matter An extended
| quotation is made from what the report saws
on sanitary precautions The more intelli
| gent class of Virginians realize the fact
that their local system of government. un-
der which the county, aud not the town. is
a unit, Is draw back to all matters of pub
lie improvement for the reason that any
one part of the county is always opposed to
! an expenditure of money in some other
| part from which II reaps no immediate
| advantage Our Brattleboro report and
system of town management was called to
the attention of the Bedford City editor bv
Commander A. d. Brown
At the 24th annual encampment of the
Grand Army in Boston last August a reso-
luton was adopted, requesting the com
mander-in -chef to take action for the
proper celebration of the quarto-centen-
NAL of the organization of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, the first post having
been organized at Decatur, Illinois, April
g, 1866. In accordance with this resolu-
ton Commander in Chief Veazey has is
sued an order for all posts to hold on the
evening of the 9th inst. next Monday a
public commemorative meeting. The Sedg-
wick post meeting will be held at the town
hall, beginning at 1:3O sharp, and all old sol
diers are requested to be present in uniform.
special invitation is extended TO the Re
lief corps, TO kindred organizations, and TO
the people generally. The opening part of
the program will be Soldier life as heard
in camp this will be novelty in Brattle.
boro and will he something that all will be
glad to hear. Music will be furnished by
the First Regiment band and by a male
quartet At $40 simultaneous with the
same service in the $500 posts of the coun-
try, the orders will be read After this
there will be short speeches by the pastors
of the different churches, and by others,
including members of the q. A. Il.
The body of Guy Chatfeld was moved
yesterday to Cambridge, y. Y, where the
burial will take place
Josiah K Parker has bought of Judge j
NJ Tyler the lot at the corner of Oak and
Williston streets for $1,000, and will erect
upon it very soon a residence of / 3 rooms,
with all the modern conveniences. He will
also build barn
There has been a decided dearth of good
dramatic presentations in Brat leboro the
present season, but one is promised for the
evening of the / It'll, when Charles Dickens
BLEAK House will be given by a company
of which Miss Jane Coombs is the particular
star Miss Coombs has received strong
endorsement from the press all over the
country. The Cleveland Herald says "To
those who have seen Miss COOmbs in her
varied and ever wonderful delineations of
character, all other artists must fail TO eX-
press in a satisfactory manner any idea of
the imaginary beings whose pecularities
she portrays.' Miss Coombs appears in
this state under the management Of II l..
Averill of the Barre opera house
The Haverhill, Mass Gazette of the 9th
ult., contained an obituary of Betsey Bar
nard, wife of Horace Hastings, which oc-
CURED in that city on the 26th The
Gazette says Mrs. Hastings was a native
of Wilmington Vt, and her age was 81
years. She formerly resided in Brattleboro,
until removing TO this city % wears ago at
which date her husband established the
well-known dry goods warehouse Of Hast
ings a Co., which for many years did
tiourishlng business She was the mother
of seven children, of whom only son and
two daughters are now living She was
also of a family of u children, of which
brother IN Chicago is the only survivor
She was a lady Of great energy of character
in her young womanhood, still retaining
her vigor long after passing the point of
middle life If she had lived until June,
she would have seen "a years of welded
life. She had long been professed Uni
versalist, and was member of the Sum
mer street Universalist church wheSe she
was highly esteemed Her sympathies and
influence were constantly felt in early life
IN the promotion Of that form of religious
faith
The spring term of Miss Fitts's kinder
garten will open Monday, April Pri
mary work will also be taken in connec-
ton with IT,
Miss Sawyer's school resumed sessions
Wednesday after IA week s vacation.
Crocuses were in blossom out door on
North Main street and on Elliot street on
Easter, March 20, two days earlier than
last year