Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-10-20


for his express at Durham Brothers store.
Write it down for reference next year
that the first frost in this village in the fall
of 1898 was on the morning of oct. II.
DR.. Beardsley gave the last of his series
of lectures at the town hall Tuesday even
! ing and the following day went to Ilins-
dale
| f. Groat of New York. the famous
Abuilder of bowling alleys, is expected here
soon to lay the new alley for o. II. Ellis IL
| Co. on the island.
Nothing has been heard recently from
the Bjou Opera company, and the per-
Torrance announced for next Tuesday
evening is not expected to take place.
One estimate has it that there is $780,
600 worth of property in town not taxed,
under the law exempting schoolhouses,
churches new manufacturing plants and
part of the Brattleboro Retreat.
j. b. Butterted moves this week from
West Dummerston into Mr.. Brockington
house on Chestnut street. Next year Mr..
Buttertield will build a house on one of
the two lots which he owns on the same
| street.
The latest addition to the stock at the
Brattleboro Retreat is a young deer brought
from Maine by DR.. Page. The animal
plunged into a lake to escape from dogs
and was captured by DR.. Page and friends,
who were out rowing.
The missionary meeting of the Baptist
EndeavOr society last Tuesday evening had
Japan for its general topic. Endeavor
work in Japan was considered, and a.
scene in japanese mission school was
presented by some of the young ladies.
Ball of Shrewsbury, Mass, will br two of
the judges of poultry at the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Felch judges the birds at the Valley
at one or more of the poultry exhibitions
at the town hall several years ago.
Rev. f. A. Slack, who brought his fam
lily to Brattleboro a month ago, has since
been on hunting excursion in the Maine
woods, and returned last Saturday, having
achieved the hunters ambition, the cap
ture of a bull moose. In the distribution
of the prize his friends were not forgotten.
Reports from George Baldwin, who went
to Boston TO enter the Massachusetts gen
eral hospital for treatment, state that the
operation which he had to undergo has
r been performed more successfully than he
r was led to think possible, with the proba-
bility that his leg will not have to be am
putated. Mr.. Baldwin, his father, has been
him.
1t is said to be an open secret that Col.
H. +. Taylor will be allowed to retain his
position in the customs service by the
l. Democratic administration. Col Taylor
is a rarely able and efficient officer, and
i although he is stalwart Republican it is
l. understood that majority of the Demo
t Gratis of Brattleboro would like to see him
e retained in the service.
: Brattleboro will be well represented al
the state Sunday school convention at Rut.
land next week, Rev. F. j. Parry, Rev. j.
II. Babbitt and l.. w. Hawley being an.
nounced as speakers, while delegates and
j others will be present. James Menzies
r and George Durham have been chosen del.
egates from the Congregational Sunday
school, with S. b. Emerson and II. II
Thompson as alternates.
George Niles, w. y. Ames and E.
NJ. Goodenough are stringing the wires for
q the new telephone line from Townshend
to Stratton. This line will be a metallic
circuit ~ miles of wire will be used, and
2 seven instruments will be put in at Mar
il tin & Fitts's lime kiln at Stratton, at
: Bucketville, West Wardsboro, WardsborC
City, Jamaica. Wardsboro Station, West
lONHSutuu anu IOhHSiltllN.
E The November St. Nicholas contains the
first one of a series of stories of India and
d the jungle by Rudyard Kiping. When
o Rudyard Kipling was boy, the publisher
y says, he and his sister used to fight over
\ their st. Nicholas when the new numbers
Il came to them in India, and now he takes
Il his turn at interesting the readers of today
An elephant story by Mr.. Kipling which
will appear in the December st. Nicholas
is said to be one of his strongest efforts.
Henry F. Sampson has been nominated
n for the Massachusetts, Legislature by the
Republicans in the sixth district, ward
e one, at Springfield, Mr.. SIMPSONS friend.
p through the Valley are legion. He wa.
for many years conductor on the Connects
~ cut River railroad, running from Spring
field to Windsor, and was superintendent
, of the road for a short time before it pass
- ed into the control of the Boston Il Maine
Mr.. SIMPSONS wife formerly lived il
Westminster.
In Rutland county court the case Of
State VS.. Lorraine Gould, upon an indict
= ment charging her with procuring an abor
" ton upon Eva Shaw in July last, ended
= Wednesday night with a verdict of guilty
The case was on trial a week and was o
: great interest in that county, the young
:, woman having died in consequence of the
treatment. Judge j. NJ. Tyler presided a
l. the trial. The Rutland Herald of yester
t day contained an extended report of tn,
closing argument for the state by C. A
e Prouty, Esq, of Newport, and of judge
e Tyler's charge to the jury, in which h,
# carefully explained the scope of circum
o stantial evidence in criminal cases, and til,
S points to be determined by the jury.
8 The New England insurance exchang,
has notified the several agencies in Wind
II ham county of an increase in the rates OF
: farm property from l per cent for fou
/ years to per cent year, II for two, ant
+ 2 per cent for three years, the latter beinl
W the longest term for which insurance OF
1t this kind of property can be written. Thu
farmers naturally take exceptions to tn,
= rates, and it will no doubt have a tendenc,
k to turn these risks back to the mutual com
st panies in which they were formerly in
e sured. Many of the companies have al
d ready made farm risks prohibitive on &C
e count of disastrous experience with them
e while others limit their lines at high rates
It Chauncey Smith, jr., who is making al
'r inspection of the Bell Telephone cOmpa
It ny's lines, was in Brattleboro Tuesday
It Mr. Smith has already ridden 300 mile
1r on this trim going from BOSTON as ia