Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-06-12

David Wilbur Wood of Lubec, Maine,
was fined $500 and costs in the United
States district court at Boston a few days
ago Wood operated under the name of
Wilder and Wilbur and was the man ar
rested in Boston in January i'm the cele-
brated opium case i'm which Col. Taylor,
as special customs inspector had an i'm
portant part i'm ferreting out the offenders.
Wood was in conspiracy with a Pell street,
New York, firm of Chinese merchants,
whose smuggling operations were very eX-
tensive. After his arrest he was taken to
New York and testified for the government
in the case brought against Lee Yu Pine
and others. As he had given evidence
for the government, a comparatively light
fine was given. Woods method of snug
Cling the opium into the states was to en-
ter train in Canada when the car was
empty and secrete under the cushions of
seat two thin fiat boxes made for the pur-
pose and containing the opium. He would
then leave the seat and take another in a
remote part of the car and allow the Gus
toms officials to investigate as much as
they liked. When the car reached Boston
he would wait till all the passengers had
gone, and then take the boxes out.
The proprietor of the Allen farm at
Pittsfeld, Mass, writes Mr.. II. X. Law
renee that his bay mare Sunrise foaled last
Sunday morning a bay filly by Falls, son
of ElectiOneer, with star and snip, both
hind legs white and left front ankle white.
Mare and colt are doing well.
The Hinsdale correspondent writes to the
Springfield Republican: "The remodeling
of the basement of the William Evans
house into an extensive bakery brought to
light some relics that have slumbered there
many years, among them lot of cards
printed by w. L. Ryther of Brattleboro,
looking as fresh and bright as the day they
left the printers hands. These were an
nOuncements of Evanss Hinsdale and Brat
tleboro express and bore the date August
2, 1854. This card states that the express
would arrive in Brattleboro in season for
the up and down river trains daily, and
would leave Bratteboro on arrival of the
Boston train The fare was % cents or
81 - cents both ways, just half the pres
ent price of transportation 1t may in
terest the Hinsdale writer to know that Mr..
Ryther was for many years the publisher of
The Phpnix and although at an advanced
age, is regular reader of its columns. He
lives in BernardstOn, Mass, and is the
owner of Ryther block on Main street in
this village.
The type and other material of the
Household plant was shipped to Boston
last week with the exception of the Hoe
press, which was placed in the Crosby store
house.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Brattleboro and Whitehall railroad
company will be held at the Brooks House
next Monday in accordance with a notice
published in The Phoenix last week
Ranger & Thompson announce, this
week. some choice selections in sterling sill
yer case goods which they would like to
show their customers.
The caterpillars are making sad havoc on
the fruit trees in this vicinity, the foliage of
many apple trees being entirely destroyed.
Little attention has been paid to the pest,
but unless some move is made soon the
results in some sections will be disastrous.
To those whose trees are being ruined the
perusal of an article in the Phoenix of May
Is is recommended.
Announcement is now made that tickets
to the national Y. p. 5. c. f. convention,
to be held at Minneapolis in July, will be
sold from BrattleborO and return on the
500 line at S2050.
The Rutland Herald says that the whole
Vermont regiment will probably attend the
worlds fair at Chicago, and quotes Adju-
tant James LilliS as saying, mo arrange
ments have yet been made nor will be UNI
til some time later, but the entire regiment
expects to GO
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class of the High school will be
delivered on Sunday afternoon, June u, at
the Baptist church, by Rev. w. ii. Collins.
The public graduating exercises at the
town hall will be on the following evening.
Not lot is for sale in the Prospect Hill
cemetery and the question of enlarging it
or of buying ground for a new cemetery
must soon be met. Action should be taken
at once, before the time comes when some
one shall want a lot and find that none are
available. 1t has been suggested that the
land belonging to Mrs. Cox and possibly a
part of that on the Royal Wood farm be
bought and used as an extension of the
present cemetery. Others have advocated
the laying out of a new cemetery on the
old camp ground, or on the land south of
the fair ground, owned by Mr. Kidder.
The warrant for the special village meet
ing, to act on the fire-alarm question, has
been posted today, and will be found print
ed in full in this issue. There are articles
to see if the village will lay concrete walks
on certain streets in the north part of the
village and to see if it will build a new
hook and ladder house and buy new hose
cart and 1000 feet of hose.
Last Saturday evening, while Hon. and
Mrs. E. W. Stoddard were sitting in the
quiet retirement of their own domicile on
Western avenue, there came a summons at
the door bell. When it was answered there
appeared, not solitary evening caller but
whole company of callers who were in a
very friendly mood, and who soon made
themselves very much at home 1t APP
peared in due time that they had brought
with them several very substantial express
sions of their regard for their hosts, includ-
ing an elegant oak chair and table, and a
silver pitcher. The cheerful company who
succeeded in perpetrating a complete and
genuine surprise on Mr. and Mrs. Stoddard
were all from among their circle of intimate
personal friends in the Baptist church. The
visit was intended to be a recognition of
their 18th wedding anniversary, though its
actual date occurred some two or three
weeks ago.
The June meeting of the Connecticut
Valley Unitarian conference will be held
at Mortified next week Wednesday and
Thursday. An interesting feature of the
meeting will be an address on Wednesday
morning by Rev. Il. G. Williams, Rev. DIR.
BellOws's successor in New York city, who
will speak on "The situation in Japan"
giving the results of his own observation
of the religious missionary movement and
work in that country,