Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-01

The annual meeting of the first Baptist
church will be held April g.
Two hundred and sixty-eight dog IL
censes have been issued at the town clerks
office.
The Springfield Republican printed on
Sunday sketch and portrait Of eX-Gov.
HolbrOok.
The annual meeting of the board of
trustees of the Free library will be held
Monday
April Island the ninth successive day
of pleasant weather Not bad record for
clustering March in New England.
From April 1st, during the spring and
summer, The Phoenix office will be closed
for business at 4 o'clock on Saturday after
moons.
The local piscatorians will make their
first excursions today, when they will 60 to
the trout brooks in the nearby Masschu-
sets towns.
The Walter Haywood house on Oak
street, owned by p. +. Crown, has been
sold through Bailey Il CO. 5 agency to f..
II. Van Doom for $500.
Much anxiety has been caused this week
by the serious illness of Judge r. w.
Clarke from pneumonia. On Wednesday,
however, the disease took favorable turn,
and his recovery is now hoped for.
President Harrison has received this
week a specimen of "Nermonts resources
in the shape of four cans of choice maple
syrup made by Lyman Huntley of Gull
ford. and sent him by Col Estey.
The Brattleboro Republicans will elect
delegates to the convention at Montpelier
within a few days. The principal speaker
at the convention will be eN-speaker
Thomas b. Read
The Red Men held social last evening
with a short musical program and dancing,
followed bv frozen water, ta-ka-ka kake,
etc Next Tuesday evening members of
Quonectacat tribe 90 to Bellows Falls to
work the last two degrees for the braves of
Ascutney tribe of that place.
A wedding ceremony occurred at G. f.
r. Jennc's on Tuesday, Rev. F, j. Parry
officiating. the contracting parties being
Miss Ida f. Grimes, who for three years
has lived in Mr.. .Ienne's family, and James
II. Sanders formerly employed at the
Vermont asylum. Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders
went to New Haven. Conn, where they
are to live.
All citizens interested in the question OF
sprinking the streets are requested to
meet at the lower town hall next Tuesday
evening at 1870. Mr.. Crowel does not
wish to furnish water for this purpose, and
this meeting is to be held to see what ac-
ton will be taken in regard to raising the
money for the purchase of the necessary
apparatus,
The building committee have decided
to award the contract for the erection OF
the new Canal street schOolhouse to Pei
lett Brothers of Worcester, former Brattle
boro boys, sons of J. G. Pellet. Tn,
contract calls for stone building, anC
the price is about $4,000 -Four bid
were presented, that of Pellet Brothers
being the lowest The details have no
been arranged. The contract for tn,
plumbing and heating has not beef
awarded.
1t is probable that j. b. Randall will
move his knitting needle business from
town, men from PhpniXville, Pa, nea
Philadelphia, having been here in consul
tation with him this week. The matte
will be fully decided tomorrow. Mr.. Ran
dall's business is now in a condition wher
it is necessary for him to employ man
small. and the offer is an advantageous one
An industry certainly should not be allow
ed to 90 from Brattleboro, because it mus
be enlarged. Mr.. Randall should be er
couraged to remain here.
c. ID. Whitman, the maple sugar weigh
er foI this section, has thus far received !
lots of sugar, weighing 7099t pounds. A
the sugar made has been of excellent quality
I L. I, L. 80,
of the back towns. however, the season
only beginning. At the government labora
tory at Montpelier every lot of sugar whic
has been inspected, with single eXceE
ton. has tested over so degrees. Tn
,, officials estimate that fully $1,000 sample
will be sent in by the weighers, and tina
these samples will represent over 100000
2 pounds of sugar.
There has been considerable talk tn
5 week to the effect that the First Regimen
81 band would disband. a meeting will /
held Monday night when definite actiO
, toward future plans will be taken. Fol-
} leading members of the band-Brighan
, Knapp, Sweet and Davis-are to leay
= town, three of them having secured desi
+ able positions with other bands. whic
5 shows the reputation that our band HI
, the band is unable to offer adyantageoI
positions to men whom it is desired
bring here. as is done in many place
, The band has been one of the organic
tions of which Brattleboro has been just
p proud, and there should be no quesuc
I about liberal support being given it.
j William Young of ST, Adams was arres
D ed last night by officer Met lure, on char!
r of grand larceny. Some time ago Your
] was arrested at st. Adams and sent to IL
o house of correction at Rutland for S
= months He stayed at that place for son
: time and then disappeared. He was loc
1 ted in Bratteboro 10y Officer Kelley of
+ Adams, who found that an express pac
5 age and a postal card had been sent
= Inn here. Mr.. Kelley notified Ottic
+ Whitaker of Rutland who was searchil
j for Young. and Mr. Whitaker wrote to NJ
Mcclure, asking him to make the ARE,
e Mr. Mcclure learned that Young had Vi
h tied the express Office and post-otiice, b
IS on investigating further found Young
Y the Bushnell boarding house. He beg
II work at Smith d Co.'S shop on Tue
V day, and came here from Newfane. II
= Rutland officer is expected to arrive toda
Q to take charge OF the prisoner,
+ Rev. :. NJ. Crothers of ST. Paul, MINI
y formerly the pastor of the BrattlebO
y Unitarian church, has recently received
y double call to Boston churches, if such
a expression is allowable In spite of |
u previous declination to entertain PROF
sition for a call to the historic Arlingt,
II street church, the church of DR.. Channin
Ie whose pulpit Rev. DR. Brooke IIerford h
L. recently left to return to England, tn