Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-08

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made connection with the telephone eX-
change this week.
The annual church meeting and roll call
will he held at the Centre church this
evening.
Our Putncy correspondent states that
the afternoon express from the north which
reaches here at $40 is to hereafter make
regular stops at that place
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers d Mechanics exchange
will be held at Grand Army hall next Mon
day at :30p. NJ.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Maple Sugar exchange on Wednesday an
adjournment was taken until next Friday
at 9 o'clock. in order to give the members
an opportunity TO attend the dairymen's
meeting.
Parents should bear in mind the i'm
portance of having their children named,
so that when the district clerk calls upon
them within this month the record for ming
III the town clerk Office may be complete.
The mill, residence and building lot
owned by Ross Whites estate VIII be sold
at auction next Tuesday by y. Starkey,
assignee. rs will be seen by an advertise
ment i'm another column,
The "Crccdmoor English grain shoe,
which is advertised in This issue. is made
by a responsible company, and our readers
will be safe in making trial Of the offer
contained in the advertisement elsewhere
printed
1t is probable that there will be- more
buildings erected in Bratllrboro next sea
son than for two or three years past. It
is understood that one of the new build
ingS will be a SiN-tencmrnt house which
James Austin is to erect on the lot between
his two houses on South Main street.
The library trustees held their quarterly
meeting Monday evening. The book COM
mittre reported on the 500 appropriated
last year for new books. and a committee
was appointed to prepare report for the
annual town report made up of X. Has
kins president, y. G. Davenport treasurer
and II. b. Chamberlain secretary
The Phoenix has learned this week of
the granting of a patent to Brattleboro
men on a device from which large returns
are expected, and for which liberal offers
have already been made, but at the request
of the persons interested the particulars
will not be given until the formation of a
stock company.
The manager of the Dartmouth college
glee club is in town today arranging for a
concert to be given at the town hall on the
evening of the 10Th. The glec club of -
members will b. assisted by the banjo and
guitar club. The entertainment will be
sure to attract a large audience.
Deputy supreme Governor +. \. Cham
berlain installed the officers OF Fort Dunn
mer Colony Of Pilgrim Fathers Tuesday
night. ON Monday night the officers OF
the Ladies' Aid society were installed by
Mrs Ida Jenne, and after the installation
there was social time with refreshments.
The sons of Veterans held their installation
Friday night.
The present week is a week OF PRAYER
which is being observed in Christian coun.
tries throughout the world. At the BaI-
fist church services are held every evening
except Saturday, at the Centre church on
every evening except Monday an Satur-
day. and at the Methodist they are held on
Tuesday and Friday evenings. ON WedneS.
day evening an inspiring union service was
held in the chapel of the Centre-rhurch.
The Springfield Republican of yesterday
recorded the death in Chicopee of Henry
y. Rice, at the age of 81. Mr.. Rice was
born in Guiford, but moved to Chicopet
when a boy and had worked ever since in
the AmcS company. He was an expert
word-grinder, and had the contract fol
grinding the blades in the big order the
company received from the Turkish GOV.
eminent several years ago.
The exclusive announcement in The
PhWniX three weeks ago that Connie Muir.
ply. the Hinsdale ball player. had signct
to catch for Anson's Chicago league team
next season has been confirmed this week
10y the publication of the names of the mel
under contract. The New York Herald
states that the Yale college team has be
gun training under the direction of Capt
Murphy. 1t is understood that Denny
O'Neill will take a postgraduate course a
Yale after his graduation at Holy Gross
next June. Slater is now announced a,
the manager of the Northampton nine fo
the coming season.
The officers of Sedgwicl Grand Arm,
post, announced i'm The Phoenix at tn,
time of their election, were installed We'd
nesday evening by Senior Past Commando
Selleck. Following the installation, at tn,
call of Commander Harmon, speeche,
representing a wide variety of sentiment
were made by Mr. Selleck, Capt. ii. c
Streeter, Rev. Mr.. Phalen. Col Fuller
Mrs. Howe, past division president of thu
WOman's Relief corps, Rev. c. O. Day
Rev. Mr.. Webb, Rev. Mr.. Parry and DIR
Ketchum. Following the speeches refresh
ments were served.
The body of Mrs. Mary Liscom Jones
wife of Frank b. Jones, who died at Cam
bridge, Mass, was brought to Brattlebor,
on Tuesday and the burial was in the Gem
etery at West Brattleboro. Mrs. Jones wa
the daughter of the late Philip Liscom an,
a sister of John p. Liscom of West Brat
tleboro. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones lived 70
many years on Western avenue, and Mr.
Jones worked at his trade as a machinis
in this place. \ few years ago they move,
to Cambridge, Mass, where Mr.. Jone
became the janitor of the Harvard Law
school, his brother being the ianitor of tn
regular college buildings.
The members of the Vermont World
Columbian fair commission have issued al
appeal to 100 prominent Nermonters O
ample means asking them to guarantee SO
each toward the sum which is needed, il
addition to the $1,000 appropriated by tn
legislature, to erect suitable state building
at Chicago, and to provide for a prope
exhibit of the states natural resources
The Brattleboro members of this selec
400 are Hon. b. ID. Harris, Judge II
II. Wheeler, Judge j. NJ. Tyler, Col. l.
X. Fuller, Col.,J. J. Estey, Hon. j. L
Martin, DIR. IL. d. Holton, George S
DOwley, Esq, S. A. Smith and Col. G. w
Hooker. The list as originally arrange
contained the names of only five Brattle
koreans. 1t is a pleasure to see what
high estimate the gentlemen of the commits
sion, all of whom live in the central o
northern part of the state, have of tn
wealth, generosity and public spirit of tn