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

Harmony hall this evening.
The seventh annual Valley fair ball will
be held at the town hall Wednesday even
ing, Sept. Is, as usual.
A choir of ii or 10 voices from st.
Michaels Episcopal church will take part
in the festival at Bellows Falls next week.
Delegates and several other members of
the w. G. T, U. will attend the annual
state convention at Bellows Falls next
Thursday and Friday.
S. II. Sherman has bought of f. l..
Tomb the place in West Brattleboro known
as the Mixer place, this side of the bridge.
! Consideration, $1,000.
j. II. Chamberlain disposed of his 80
unbroken horses from Oregon at Keene
! last Friday. The horses were turned loose
and driven through the streets of Keene in
cowboy style.
Mrs. Mary II. Davis, formerly of Brat
| tleboro, has resigned her position as teach
er in the Hooker school at Springfield,
Mass, to accept an offer of 5000 as head
critic teacher of the Bridgeport, Conn,
training school,
A tennis tournament with ten contestants
is now being held at st. Adams. MacdOn-
aid, who was beaten by Charles II. Thomp-
son in the state tournament in July, is the
leader in the games already played, with
record of five consecutive victories.
Thomas P. Cain of Pittsfeld, Mass,
brother of James Cain, the well-known ball
player who was with the Bratteboro team
last season, was recently thrown from
train and his body cut to pieces at Stearns-
VILE while he was returning from Albany.
Ny.
The Connecticut River railroad company
announces its annual low-rate excursion to
the White Mountains. Tickets to Fabyans,
n. H., will be sold Sept. II, 20, %, "a, u
and 20, good for nine days including day of
sale. The rate from Brattleboro will be
$4.97 and from Bellows Falls 1897.
This time we doff our hats to the West
Randolph Herald, which rises to remark
that "The Brattleboro Phoenix did honor
to itself, its town and the state craft in
the handsome way it told and illustrated
the story of the Estey Organ celebration,
concentrating the finishing of the ESQ.,
0O0th organ. 1t is good paper and has a
support that enables it to do such work in
manner that reflects credit on Brattle-
boro.'
The 18th triennal exhibition of the
Massachusetts, Charitable Mechanic assO-
ciation-more popularity known as the Me
chanics fair-wil open in the exposition
building on Huntington avenue Boston,
Oct. and close Dec. 3. Among the dis
plays will be many which are to be shown
at the worlds fair at Chicago next year.
2 Excursions have been arranged at low
rates from all places in New England, and
. it is expected that the total attendance
. will be 100000.
\ prominent Texas financer, Col. J. G..
! James of Wichita Falls and Austin, who
2 is the president of several banks and trust
} companies, makes this acknowledgment
to The Phoenix, which is sent to him by a
Brattlcboro friend during the campaign
, ''9hough a Democrat. | read your paper
! with great interest, and think ii one of the
. cleanest, brightest and ableSt papers have
D ever seen issued from a city Of your size
and it would be a credit to a city of any
size.
The Texas fly, which is causing so mucl
trouble to cattle in different parts OF the
=, country, has made its appearance in the
u nearby town of Westmoreland, n H. Il
:. does not eat into the horns of the animals
y as has been reported but it lays its egg,
7 around them. The fly is a blood sucker
4 filling itself like the mosquito, and worries
the animals so that they cannot feed. Tn,
insect comes from Europe. 1t first appear
ed in this country near Philadelphia il
/ 1887, and is believed to have been import
II ed with the large shipments of European
e cattle in 1856.
:. Gov. Page and Gov.-elect Fuller attend
g ed meeting of the state board of healtl
: at Burlington Friday, called to cOnside
,f the situation as regards the cholera out
& break. The chances of the disease reach
. ing this state by way of the Canadian Dor
, der were considered, but as there are n,
authentic cases in Canada and as the gov
eminent has placed inspectors at the Gus
,, tom houses it was not deemed best TO d.
'e more than to cooperate with these inspect
u ors. If the disease breaks out in tn
. provinces the board will take energetic &C
= ton in regard to traffic of all kind.
Ie Rufus Bangs, aged So who died a
r. North Bennington last week Monday, wa
I. native of Montague, Mass, and learne,
D. the blacksmith trade of his uncle, Samue
I. Root, in Brattleboro. Mr.. Bangs becam
a an expert workman and invented ban
lock which was considered marvel. Ate
~ leaving Brattleboro he walked TO Chicago
u The place at that time consisted of a mil
+ tary fort and few houses. For 45 year
w Mr.. Bangs lived in Bennington county
N being engaged in business at North Der
N, nlngJOn mucn OF the time. w men aDOu
w q years old he invented process for roll
4 ing squares, upon which no improvement
a. has been made.
Is The annual report to be submitted to tn
re stockholders of the Connecticut River raj
~ road company shows that the earnings @
c. the year were 81, 161 ,51S; operating e2
penses, 1899, 74S; net earnings, 1921, 17C
n, After paying dividend of 8 per cent, SPA
nj is carried to the surplus account. TIL
n company's increased income from a
i. sources over 1891 was SAT ,9l4. During tn
70 year the company laid 907 tons of new steC
il rails and S0,7 new ties. 1t expende
he so, 1872 on a second track between Nortl
o. ampton and Greenfield; S3l ,2S2 for tn
st Plainfeld street bridge in Springfield
III SIT, 40 for two new locomotives, and $36
IN 1870 for new passenger cars.
IN c. Frank Williams, son of l. A. Wi
~ liams, had his printing Office burned in tn
iy large fire which destroyed S250,0O0 wort
p of property at Albany, n. Y, on Monday
g, The loss of the Williams company was tC
tai, the amount being estimated at $l2, 00C
ne partially covered by insurance. Mr. Wi
III liams worked for Geo. +. Selleck and
lg Leonard before going to Albany, where
n had built up a prosperous business. tn
an fire started in the old Reformed churc
n building, in which was the state printin
fit office, owned by James b. Lyon, and I'll
or Office of the Williams company. The fiji
We laid waste large swath of property be
a.,1 Id.