Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-15

House hops will be given next Tuesday
evening.
Pratt, Wright q Co. have a novel and
attractive show window, in which Easter
floral decorations are arranged with season
able goods.
Ten thousand trout are TO be received to-
day by the Forest d Stream club at Will
mington, for distribution in the brooks in
that town.
Patrick Brosnahan of Guilford is laying
the foundation of house which he is to
build in the section off Elliot street, on the
Charlier lots.
Starkey d Co. are making specially of
Easter neckware, and their window at
tracts the envious eyes of every young man
who passes that way.
A letter just received from G. b. Goodell
at Portland, Oregon, states that his plant
for the distillation of alcohol and high
wines has been destroyed 10y fire.
The DR.. Gooiwilie place at Vernon,
owned by $. l.. Morris of Brlttleboro,
has been sold through Bailey Il Co.'S
agency to Fred Cook of Vernon.
Brattleboro readers will be interested in
the account given in our Westminster cor
respondence of the important work which
Rev. G. A. Dickinson is beginning at that
place
The Rural improvement society has be
gun the seasons work by preparing the
grass plot near the railroad station, raking
up the common and clearing off the rail
road bank
f. Wales closed his series of dances at
Greenfield on Thursday evening of last
week. His 30 pupils at that place have
been invited to his Bratteboro reception on
Thursday evening OF next week.
Pullen Brothers have converted the
Ross White house, recently bought by
them, into a very convenient Involvement
mouse, and Mr.. Albert Pullen occupies the
lower tenement g.. W. Fisher did the
work.
The Democratic caucus will be held at
the lower town hall on Saturday evening
of next week when a town committee will
be chosen and delegates and alternates
elected to the state and district conventions
to be held at Montpelier May D.
The opera house managers of Vermont
are to form a theatrical circuit to include
Rutland. Bellows Falls, Burlington, st.
Adams. ST. Johnsbury, Montpelier and
Barre. Can anyone imagine the reason
why BrattleborO isn't in the list -
c. B. Lamson, the postmaster at Gull
ford, has bought the Davenport property
on Washington street. consisting of three
houses and about an acre and quarter of
land. He expects to build a road through
the land and to open il up for building pur-
poses.
Arnold Thomas. one Of the older resi-
dents of the town, who was well known
/ bar, and a TIiultI4I. fliat nj 9 bn u ngt ,.iI
lage on Monday. The funeral on Wednes-
day was attended by Rev. Mr.. Collins and
the burial was at Hnsdalc He was a
brother of William Thomas
VIM r. Ryan youth about l. years
/ old. was prosecuted on Monday for intoxi-
/ cation. and fined $40 and costs for "A sec
ond offence. and the fine of - which was
respited last summer in the hope that he
would reform. after he was arraigned TO- the
| first offence. was also added. making the
/ total costs S20.Ol
Morse a Simpson have done an exceed
/ ingly gracious and thoughtful thing in or
/ dering from Bermuda 1900 OF the Easter
! lilies which grow in profusion on that
/ island. 10 be given away TO their custom
| ers The lilies will he shown in their
| windows tonight making the finest dis
]
| and the distribution will begin tomorrow
morning.
T. NJ Waite, with dozen men. is cut
/ ting back the bank on the Canal street lot
/ where the new schoolhouse is to stand.
/ and reducing it to a uniform grade. BY
/ permission of Mrs. Lamb the old building
| is to be moved on to the triangular plot of
/ land owned by the district. and will stand
l.. in, b.ar orI f,v Ia 90 ~,
/ school while the new building is in prog
/ ress of erection.
/ Arrangements have been made for run
| ming an excursion train on Thursdays of
/ each week from all stations on the Ashue-
/ lot railroad to keene, at a rate of - cents
| for the round trip. The BrattlebOro mer-
/ chants. not to be outgeneraled in this way
/ from securing their share of the Hinsdale
| trade, have arranged with the driver OF the
/ Hinsdale stage to make a rate of - cents
! for round trips to this place on Thursdays.
/ A meeting OF the Windham county
| board OF underwriters was held at Bellows
| Falls yesterday, when it was voted TO ac-
/ cept the advance Of 10 per cent made by
/ the New England Insurance exchange,
/ which was recorded in these columns last
week. The Brattleboro members voted
against the advance. Ii is expected, how
/ ever, that all the rates in the county will
/ be readiusted at the annual meeting of the
board in the summer
/ MelrOse Mass, has had post-ofiice case
similar to the one in BrattebOrO. Ellison,
the present postmaster, was appointed in
February, 1885 and his term expired two
months ago. He had given entire salts
faction, and a petition asking for his
reappontment was signed by 700 Republi-
cans. There were three Republican can
didates for the place, and Congressman
/ Lodge, who was appealed to, recommended
/ that caucus be held. This was done on
/ Tuesday evening and the result was a ma
iority of ISL for the present incumbent.
Jewelcr Charles A. Trip has been
granted patent Tor a badge The Scien-
titc American says il lis an improvement
/ in ornamental badges or pins, To be worn
on the clothing, the invention providing a
simple and secure fastening for the badge,
so that il cannot accidentally become de
tached. The fastening consists OF a spire
and a hook projecting from the back OF
the badge at opposite ends and is adapted
to hold the badge on the clothing in such
way that it will be displayed to advantage
Watson 5. French notorious resort at
North Hinsdale, was raided last Saturday
night by City Marshall Hunnewell of
Keene, and Deputy Sheriff RiXford of
Winchester, accompanied by Chief of PO-
Z lice Mcclure and two other men from
BrattleborO. A search of the premises re-
yealed three or four gallons of liquor.
French was arrested and taken To keene,
where he was arraigned on Monday. He
/ pleaded nuiltV TO selling sDirituOuS liouOrs