Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-16

at 6:3O instead of o'clock.
p. Brosnahan has begun the erection of
new house on Charier place.
Egbert Brasor has bought two building
lots on the meadow in front of the Estey
shops.
Remember to attend the Columbus day
meeting at the town hall next Monday
evening.
Mark d. Wilbur, the Brooklyn n. Y,
calamity howler who appeared in Brattle-
boro at a recent Democratic rally, has been
the guest of the Stuffed Prophet at Gray
Gables this week.
The Boston train scheduled to arrive
here at 12:45 was nearly four hours late
Wednesday, owing to a hot box. The
passengers were transferred to one of the
afternoon trains.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Church Choir guild will be held in lmman-
ue church, Bellows Falls, on Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. There will
be special railroad rates for all attending
the festival.
The work of flushing the is sewers in the
J village has been completed this week, the
water being used from the hydrants. The
sewers on Green and High streets had not
2 been flushed since they were laid several
| years ago.
The Greenfield fair takes place next
4 Thursday and Friday, September % and %.
! Gov. Russell will be present. d. +. Task
] er will be judge of the poultry and +. L.
A Houghton of the Holstein-Friesi Regis
e ter one of the cattle judges.
The Boston Globe of Monday stated that
the granite lockout was practically settled,
y the granite manufacturers association and
D the cutters union having signed articles of
b, agreement to be in effect until March |,
I 1895. The George 4. Lyons company is a
I member of the association, but has receiv-
e ed no notice of the agreement. Later-A
telegram from Mr.. Lyons at Boston was re-
t ceived by w. S. Mckinney this morning,
k stating that the report of settlement was
r entirely false.
n Postmaster General Wanamaker has is
d sued an order deputizing the postmasters
J., of free delivery cities, towns and rural
= communities to put up letter boxes, on the
a request of citizens, for the collection and
n delivery of mail at house doors. The or
= der, it is said affects nearly 10000 600 resi-
dences, TO which the free delivery service
q is already extended.
, Cudworth Il Chlds announce in their
= advertisement this week that they have
n taken the agency of the Columbian Fair
/. excursion company, a concern which has
> been thoroughly investigated, and is known
II to be reliable The company will furnish
r. transportation to the fair and return, with
" lodging at one Of their hotels for one week,
Il for S44.j0. Payments are made on the in
e stalment plan.
letter received from Manager John ID.
Stevens of the Vermont Live Stock com
"a pany written Monday night in Chicago,
= announced his arrival at the stock yards in
Il. I'll L. L. Z
a cattle which sold at a good price. This
=. makes 500 head sold this year. Mr.. Ste
.r vens states that the annual roundup on
,e the range will begin Sept. -, and that
q about Oct. 20 he will bring on the third
- and last shipment for the year. making
u, 1900 head in ALL
Mr. Perry, the road commissioner in
!, charge, furnishes these figures in regard to
" the cost of the section of macadam road,
~, the first under the new system, which has
7. been put in on Asylum street from its
: junction with North Main street up Ia
. Williston street. This section is 345 feet
!, long and 20 feet wide, and contains 1905
-, square yards. The total expense, including
- a liberal allowance for use of machinery is
- S6l3. This includes S57 for buying and
=, setting side stones, At this rate 90 cents
-, !, yard covers the expense. The cost pei
" " mile would be $4,000 for a 26-foot roadway
III or 5000 for an ordinary 16-foot highway
Waite and Nichols came home from the
d state fair last week bringing the handsome
IN sum of 1872 in premiums on the oxen ex-
ct hibited by them. They entered nine yoke
IT. of oxen and one of steers, and on thes,
IL they took first money on town team, $50
IT. LIST and ID on best five yoke owned by eX
no hbitor, $50 and $50; LIST and I'd on fa
" oxen, $l2 and IS; LIST and I'd on fat steers
Is 81 and So LIST and I'd on cattle weighing
40 less than 5000 pounds, Sl5 and $40; LIST anC
u Sd on cattle weighing less than 5000 pounds
ne S25 and $40: LIST, I'd and Sd in the class
&C. open to all draft oxen, S75, $50 and S25
There were competing exhibits in ever!
at class except that of fat oxen.
as Renewed interest is manifested by man!
eu of our people in the movement for estab
lei fishing an old ladies' home in BrattlebOro
ne and in answer TO general request meet
nix ing is TO be held next Monday evening L
er consider the subject, and, if possible, t
co. take some definite action. Mr.. and Mrs
IL Crowell have kindly offered the use of thei
ITS house, and the meeting will be held Their
y, at 1880. The invitation is to all who ar
IL interested in this subject and a large at
ut tendance is hoped for. Several offers o
III substantial aid have recently been made
III and there is no doubt that the project can b.
put in a way to be carried out if advantag,
he is taken of the sentiment now prevailing
IL In this connection the communication il
of this issue on "a Home for the Aged an,
* Disabled" will be read with interest.
~. The New York Press has this to sa
a. about the distinguished gentleman VIII
ne was the principal speaker at a recent Re
an publican rally in Brattleboro: Invent
ne years ago perhaps the most popular stumI
EEL speaker in the United States, excepting
ed Blaine, Garfield and Roscoe Conkling wa
n Stewart l.. WoodfOrd. His eloquence OF
ne the stump gained him such popularity tina
u he was a candidate for governor when h
o. was only 35 years of age and would hav
been elected had there been an homes
IL count At the time of the greenback Graz
he in lS7S-79 Woodford's speeches in the Yves
tn were the sensation of the day. For som
". years General Woodford has not been con
TO- spicuOus on the stump, perhaps becaus
10, his law business in New York is very exact
IL ing but word is received at Republican
ID. headquarters that his speeches in Main
he have been as effective as that famous serie
he which he made in Ohio. Twice Woodfor
ch came within an ace of receiving the Repul
ng lican nomination for vice president-onc
he in 1876 and again in 1880"
Ire Mr.. Isaac G. Davis, who has lived i
De- Bratteboro with his stepson, f. w. Han