Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-12

in Wardsboro drawing lumber, wood and
bark.
The Baptist y =. ). G. f. held their bus
ines, meeting Tucaday evening, at which
time seven new members were taken in.
The expected change in the running Of
the New London Northern freight men.
mentioned two weeks ago, went into effect
ON Monday.
Livcryman Higgins made the hearts of
the young folk on High street glad Welnes-
day afternoon by giving them a compli-
mentary ride about town.
4 hearing in the matter of the collision
at Vernon, Jan. 2G, will be had before the
board OF railroad commissioners at the
Brooks House next Tuesday at 10 o'clock
AM
The striking of the fire alarm bell Tues
day was caused by the testing Of the line
for a break The whistle was shut off, As
it was not necessary to Use both In locating
trouble
Henry Il. Brown has bought of l.. Il.
Plummer the livery connected with the
WuodSidr cottages at >pOtforl lake, and
will run it in connection with the Chester
field stage route ami his Battlrboro bust
ness.
John Tones. a. the office OF the COM
mrrcial Union telegraph company. has the
agency for the wrll-known fast steamships
Of the Hamburg American Packet com
pany. as will be seen by his card elsewhere
published.
Principal Horne entertained the gradual
ing class at his home last Friday evening.
and the entire class was present. \ choice
supper was served. games played and the
occasion was voted an enjoyable one in
every respect.
In spite OF the storm there was good
attendance at the Congregational social
/ gathering last evening The supper was
followed by a Dickens entertainment. the
young people presenting scenes from several
. of Dickcns's stories.
There have been more interesting deyel-
OpmcntS in the trouble arising from the
| presentation of the Kirmess at Kingston,
y. Y. One Of the young women who took
part i'm the dances has brought suit against
the wife of leading merchant of the city,
claiming damages for SANDER in the sum of
$1,000.
Will the papers which have been giving
The Phoenix the credit of printing the mis-
information in regard to the Barre post
office directory, which was published as re-
ferring to Brattleboro, please come off their
perch, and find out where the item was first
printed? 1t has never appeared in The
Phoenix. We are looking at you, Mont
pelier
The Rutland Herald Of this morning
says in its league convention report that
Lieut.-Gov. Fletcher has written a letter
declining to be a candidate for the govern
orship, and that the three men who are
certainly in the race are Levi X. Fuller of
Brattleboro, Franklin Fairbanks of St
JOhnsbury and Josiah GrOut of Derby.
Brattleboro has a delegation of II men
here, who are solid for Fuller and are not
backward in saying So
The list OF distinguished Vermont cit-
zens who lave guaranteed the Vermont
worlds fair exposition building fund of
$4,000. has been made public this week.
There are 105 names in the list and each
subscriber pledges the payment of 500.
The Brattleboro subscribers are Col. Full
Ter, Col. Estey, Col. Hooker. Judge II. II.
Wheeler Judge J. VI. Tyler, Hon. b. u.
Harris. Hon. Henry ID. Ilolton, Hon. j. l..
Martin, George ). Dowley. The only other
Windham county man on the list is Speak
er Hosea Mann OF Wilmington.
The record of only eight deaths in the
Brattleboro village district during January,
when the ravagrS of the grip were the
worst was remarkable, considering how
many people in the smaller nearby town,
joined the silent majority. In Chester,
which has a population of less than 800,
there We're lG deaths. In our own county,
Newfane with population of 9j2, had II
deaths, and TownShend, population So.
II deaths. The record in most of the
Windham and Windsor county towns. as
well As many other sections of this and the
al l,.r Naur ENGLAND 81,
bad. Ii the death rate in Brattleboro had
been as great as in Townshend more deaths
would have occurred in the month of Jan
uary than in the whole year 1891. In
Gardner, Mass, a place about the size of
Brattlcboro, 3S deaths were recorded in
January.
The present immense freight traffic calls
for all the power on the Central Vermont
railroad The machine and repairing shops
are running large gang of men II hours
a day, and the big heavy locomotives are
repaired in quick order so as to keep the
traffic moving The company is unable to
buy several locomotives which are needed,
as all the railroad builders in the country
are rushed with orders. The company has
received go freight cars. They are built
substantially, and are equipped with the
Downing, or as it is better known the y.
G. b. coupler OF the number of cars re-
ceived % are box cars and - heavy plat
form cars. The new addition to the main
car shop is completed. The capacity of
the shop is to hold 20 standard freight cars.
That number of cars are now in the shop
and being repaired.
An audience which crowded Grand Army
hall greeted Mr.. Markham and Miss Cotton
on their appearance in concert last Satur-
day evening. Mr. Markham sang with his
usual acceptance, and a warm greeting was
accorded to Miss Cotton. Mr.. Markham
and Miss Cotton recently gave a concert at
EasthamptOn, Mass, when the Northamp-
ton Gazette gave them this very cOmpli-
mentary notice: "The song Il whistle and
wait for Katie, sung by every street gam
in, was an entirely different affair when
sung by Mr.. Markham and whistled by
Miss Cotton. No one would blame Katie
for coming if he could whistle as delight
fully as Miss Cotton can. A whistling solo
: list is comparatively a new feature, and is
a gladly welcomed addition in the musical
line. Miss Cotton is one of the finest ones
ever heard in this region, her tones being
2 particularly clear and full. Every one
hopes to hear these people again. Nothing
but praise was heard on every side, and the
? music of the Payson church must have re-
: ceived quite a benefit.
Mr.. Eben Wells has sent to his Brattle-
borO friends newspaper accounts of a nota-
bic industrial achievement recently accom-
plished by the West Superior, Wis, steel
mills, with which Mr. Wells is connected