Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-13

the bones of her ankle.
The Connecticut River railroad earned
in November Sl02, 546-increase, ST7l2; in
ten months, 81, JOS, 300-increase, $Sl, Alp.
Six shares of the cOmpany's stock were sold
at auction in Boston Saturday at S263
The January meeting of the Professional
club will be held at the Brooks House next
Monday evening, when Prof. WillistOn
Walker of the Hartford Theological semln-
airy will give paper on "The rise of mod
ern Italy"
Joseph Levesque, the brakeman who
had one leg cut off and the other badly in
jured by the cars few months ago was
given happy surprise at his Washington
street home Monday evening, when he was
presented with a purse of 500 by the
the French residents of the village.
Some idea of the enormous increase of
the sale of postage stamps occasioned by
the issuance of the new Columbian series
may be obtained from the figures reported
for one day at the Boston post-oflice. For
the first "a hours after the sale began the
receipts for stamps were over $4,000.
dartmouth has reason to he proud OF its
musical organizations Manchester has set
her seal of enthusiastic approval upon
them, and wherever they 60 they deserve
a cordial greeting" saws the Manchester
(N. H. Mirror and American. The col
lege glee and banjo clubs appear al the
town hall Jan. 20
The United States Investor, the finan-
cial newspaper, asserts that the money for
the Connecticut River railroad stock in fa-
vor of the Boston and Maine was not fur
nished by private individuals, but that all
the stock was hypothecated to banks for
loans above 5000 on each share and that
the balance was loaned by prominent
banking firm on State street, Boston.
The Brooklyn society of Vermonters
will give a reception to Gov. and Mrs
Fuller at the Pouch mansion, Clinton
avenue, in that city, on the evening of
the 18th inst, to be followed by its annual
banquet, at which Gov. Fuller, Hon. +. j.
Phelps, Gen. l.. A. Grant and Congress
man Powers are expected to make adj
dresses. A poem will be read by Mrs. Julia
G. r. Dorr of Rutland.
Secretary C. G. Creegan, Rev. G.. H.
Gutterson of india and Rev. II. p. Per-
kins of China, who held a missionary
meeting recently in the Centre church,
have completed series of meetiegs in the
state. Other places visited were Norwich,
West Randolph, Newbury, st. Johnsbury,
Newport, Peachaun, East Hardwck, John
son, Montpelier, Barre, Mortified, Wind
Sor, Woodstock and Bellows Falls.
Gov. Fuller has appointed c. w. Osgood
of Bellows Falls, Col. j. G.. Stearns of
Bradford and lion. Myron NJ. Parker of
Washington, d. c., as delegates at large
from Vermont to the national ship canal
convention in Washington this week. This
subject is one of great interest to Yer
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n route by way of the Richelieu river.
Lake Champlain and the Hudson river.
Never in the history of the Central Yer
mont railroad has the freight traffic been
so heavy over its line as at present. At
times during the past week over 2OOO load
ed cars have stood at junction points wait
ing motive power and their turn going south
alone. 1t amounts almost to blockade.
sometimes delaying passenger trains seri-
ously. Probably no company In the coun-
try does as large business on single
track road as the Central Vermont
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
Rifle club was held Tuesday evening, when
these officers were elected: President. II,
| &. French; vice president, j. l.. Jones:
secretary and treasurer, A. S. Nichols
range committee, II. c. French, A. S,
Nichols, w. Thomas; executive commit
tee, w. Thomas, w. +. Walker, +. Hop
kinson; financial committee, j. l.. Jones,
G. Sargent, c. II. Colt investigating com
mittee, j. l.. Jones, G.. Sargent A. +.
knight.
Insurance Commissioner Merrill saws
that the fate of the Peoples Five Year
Benefit order means practically the wind
ing up of the entire endowment insurance
business. In Massachusetts, only IL or
ders now remain out of So, and several of
those are now In the courts. He says there
is hardly doubt that the cause which the
court found for closing up this order exists
in all the rest. Time was when many peO-
| pie in Brattleboro were wrathy because The
| Phoenix denounced these orders. All of
those which did business in Brattleboro
have gone to the wall.
From a church calendar compiled by
Rev. Father Marceau. curate of the parish
of Notre Dame des VICTORIES at St. Johns
bury, these statistics are gathered regard
ing the Roman Catholics in this state:
! The church has SO priests, As churches
! with residents priests and 26 without, II
chapels, 10 stations, IA theological stu
dents, academies, 10 parochal schools,
427S children attending parochial and 9th
er Catholic schools, 10 converts, two hos
! pitfalls, lis orphans, from 81, 900 to 80, 900
French members, and from Il, 900 to IA
600 Irish members; the Catholic families
are estimated at about 0400 French and
1900 Irish.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers & Mechanics exchange
was held at Grand Army hall Monday.
The attendance was smaller than usual.
A dividend of 10 per cent on the members
trade and six per cent on the stock was de-
clared. The trade of the exchange during
the year amounted to ST. 900 larger than
in any year since its organization. Last
year the dividend declared on the trade was
seven per cent. These officers were chos-
en-: President, L. NJ. Howe; secretary, F.
ID. Weld; directors, l. b. Taft, d. p.
Cobb, S. b. Emerson, l.. NJ. Howe, and F.
G. Taylor; auditors, o. A. Marshall, C. d,
Whitman, E. D. Whitney
The Brattleboro High School Clippings
made its appearance from The Phoenix Job
office this week 1t presents an attractive
appearance, the form being 10 small pages,
with cover, which contains an illustration
of the High school building. The reading
matter is divided into several departments,
and tie advertising columns show liberal
patronage on the part of the Brattleboro