Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-23

ist church will be held next Thursday
evening, the 10Th, at 1880
Charles f. Coy is now the sole propre
tor of the bakery and confectionery bust
ness at $50 Columbus avenue, New York,
having bought the interest Of his partner,
G. T. Hanscom.
Barney Cannon, jr., postmaster at Bellows
Falls, formerly of Bratteboro is annOunc-
ed as a strong candidate for the Office of
department commander of the Grand
Army. in case he allows his name TO be
used.
The annual Universalist parish meeting,
which was called for Tuesday evening,
was adjourned for one week, without
transacting business, as the majority OF
those present wished TO attend the special
village meeting.
1t is expected that the President will soon
issue an order extending the civil service
law and rules to include all letter carriers
and clerks in free delivery post-ofiices.
These offices now number 60l and give EN-
poyment to about II, 200 carriers and $500
clerks.
A large and enthusiastic audience greeted
W. II. Crandall and his company Friday
evening. For a strictly "fun show" this
performance was one of the most success
full seen in Brattleboro for many a day
Bright. new. catchy things were introduced,
while Mr.. Crandal in German dialect made
a great hit The local drives" we're very
loudly applauded.
Mrs Jesse Suuires aud Miss leila John
son were called to Boston Tuesday to at
tend the funeral of their cousin, Elmer
Aldrich, son Of IL. O. Aldrich Of the firm
of Cobb, Aldrich ~ Co. Mr.. Aldrich and
his wife were formerly well-known sum
mer visitors in BrattleborO. Mr. Adrch
had been a sufferer from consumption and
other diseases for long time.
Judge J. NJ. Tyler will preside at the
January term of the supreme court of Rut-
land county, beginning Jan. 1a. The
cases which will attract most attention are
those against John O'Nei The case in
which D'Neil was found guilty OF 307 Of
fences went to the supreme court OF the
United States, but was remanded. The
fines amount to several thousand dollars,
and the people in Rutland who acted as
| complainantS are anNiously waiting for
their share.
Here's an item to stimulate interest in
our electric street railway: About 500
| street railroads in the United States and
( Canada are operated by electricity. gain Of
/ nearly 200 in two years. and fully equal to
/ one-half of the total railway system Of
/ America. The investments i'm these roads
/ have passed the 500, OOO. 600 mark In Feb
| ruary, 1891. the Investments were eStimat-
/ ed at so. 600 900. and in lNS7 there were
/ only Il electric roads working throughout
! the entire country.
DR.. George l.. TIFFANY. ALA, Spencer,
] IL lR . a nj
of $1,000, drawn mostly Oh the People 1,
! National bank of Brattlehoro, has been
held in the sum of 500 al PHILADELPHIA.
. TOWnsheud people were much surprised 10
read in The Phoenix last week of the forg-
cries 10y the young physician whose appear
ancc was 50 favorable at thar place Tiffany
claims TO be a relative of the noted New
! York icwclcr of the same name Two weeks
! before his arrest he SWorc 10 a libel in di-
vorce against hls wife, Ella NJ Tiffany.
/ whom ne married At East Granville Mas.
in 1879.
At the annual meeting of the Baptist SO
Ciety Tuesday evening the report showed
an encouraging condition The past year
the debt on the church has been materially
reduced and the ladies have paid of the
| entire Indebtedness on the parsonage.
| The estimate for the expenses for the com
ing year is $4,000, or about the same As fol
the preceding year. The old board Of Off
GERS was reelected As follows. President
:. ii. Sherman; vice president, :. II. War
rem; secretary, II. b. Chamberlain; treas
urer, c. +. X. Jenne; auditor, T.. II. Van
Doom; collector, ). W. Edgett; trustees
J. J. Estey, +. w. Stoddard, l.. II. Dear.
born, II. p. Wellman, }. II. Capen.
4 remarkable religious movement is in
progress in Omaha. in charge of Rev. b
Fay Mills, whose work i'm BrlttlcbOro is So
well remembered. Last Wednesday 1000.
took part in the meeting in Exposition
hall Notwithstanding the holiday rusl
Of business stores were closed, door.
of saloons were nailed. and freight train,
were abandoned in the heat of the religion,
excitement Even the prisoners of the city
Jail were taken to the meeting. som,
Of them were shackled, rs they were known
10 bee desperate mem. The evangelist ha,
recently visited the Pacific coast and be-
fore going to Omaha he stirred Kansas City
to the depths. He is soon to visit st. Pau
AMI Minneapolis, where great tabernacle,
are being erected especially for his services
Nancy Maria Loomis, wife OF l.. II
Dearborn, died saturday. from a disease o
the stomach, after an illness of - weeks
which had been borne with remarkabl,
fortitude. Mrs. Dearborn was born il
Coventry, Conn, 81 years ago, and cam
to BrattlebOro at the are OF Ii to live will
her uncle, \. w Loomis. Her marriage
to Mr.. Dearborn took place in 1852. Mrs
Dearborn was a woman OF domestic tastes
who took pleasure in devoting a large par
of her leisure time To the cultivation o
flowers. With her unselfshness was
marked characteristic, her thought 10 tn
last being for the comfort of others. Fo
- years she was a member of the Baptis
church. The funeral was held at tn
house Tuesday, Rev. Mr.. Parry officiating
The American Bank Note company o
New York is preparing for the government
what will probably be the finest set of post
age stamps ever issued. The set will con
tain stamps of fifteen different values anC
will commemorate the four hundredtl
anniversary of the discovery of America b
Columbus. The stamps will be on sal
soon after January l and will be kept o.
sale one year. As source of revenue L
2 the government the new stamps are eX
pected TO be very successful on account o
the purchases of the stamp col ectors Tn
| one-cent stamp will represent "Columbu
in sight of land, color, Antwerp blue; two
cent, Landing of Columbus purpl
maroon; three-cent, "Flag ship of Colun
! bus" medium shade of green; five-ceni
columbus soliciting aid of Isabella,
p chocolate brown; ten-cent, "Columbu
p presenting natives" vandyke brown. Tn
above are the denominations cOmmonl
used.
! The Baptists appear to be fiourishing /