Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-02

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A Burlington man who has carefully kept
a weather record says that in 81 years there
have been only four days colder than last
Saturday.
Col Goulding received a message yester-
day afternoon announcing the prompt and
safe arrival of Gov. and Mrs, Fuller at San
Francisco.
There is prospect of match between
the Vermont Wheel clubs bowling team
and Holyoke aggregation on the alleys
at Greenfield.
A special meeting of Brattleboro lodge,
f. & A. NJ, was held Tuesday evening,
the first degee being worked. Beauseant
commandery will have rehearsal this
evening
James McGrath, alias lyman, a for ner
Retreat inmate, whose conviction of muir
der in the second degree in New York city
was reported last week, has been sentenced
to Imprisonment for life.
An interesting paragraph in our West
minister correspondence to-day gives an &C
count of the Rev. Charles A. Dickinson's
plans for home for boys in that town to
be situated on the old homestead of his
boyhood.
The horse business appears to be good.
]. II. Chamberlain received a carload of
horses Monday night and the next day
sold Is of them at private sale. Next
week he will sell a carload by auction at
Waterbury, Conn.
Hackley & Moran will have the agency
for the Remington, Waverly, Lowell,
Aluminium, Rochester, and the Western
wheel works bicycles, including the Cres-
ent, for the season of "a. The Waverly
and Rochester wheels now on exhibition
at their store are attracting much atten-
ton.
Bellows Falls also brags about its town
agency as business success With a stock
of goods on hand, varying from $549 worth
Feb. l, 1898, TO 1927 worth Feb. /, 1894,
the profits were S1257 lacking just nine
cents-which shows that the people will
have the necessaries of life, even in hard
times.
The Brattleboro Jelly company has is
sued an announcement to the public stat
ing that it has bought the title, business
and plant of the Vermont Maple Sugar
exchange and will continue the business.
The changes made twill be in the direc-
ton of uniformity of packages and better
service"
The town meeting Tuesday will open
promptly at A. NJ, and the balloting for
town officers will begin at once. The
polls will be closed at o'clock and the
other articles in the warrant will then be
acted upon. The civil authorities will be
in session at the selectmen's room in the
town hall Saturday afternoon to make
changes or corrections in the check list.
A storm of snow and sleet, accompan-
led by high wind, which began in New
York city last Sunday night, was re-
minder of the blizzard of March, 1888.
The accumulation of snow and sleet was
about seven inches and the wind blew
about so miles an hour. The storm swept
from the Hudson valley out across Con-
necticut and Massachusetts to the Atlantic
coast. Springfield and Holyoke appear to
have been on its northern edge. Brattle-
boro felt nothing of the storm save the
cloudy sky and northeast wind.
Mrs. S. J. Simmons, for several years
resident of this village, died in Chicago on
the 18th of February. Mrs. Simmons left
here two years ago last October on ac-
count of i'll health, and went to the sana-
forum at Dansville, n. Y. From there
she went last summer to Chicago to live
near her son. She was native of Waits
vile, this state, and sister of d. N. Tolles
of this village. Besides Mr.. Tolles two
brothers and two sisters remain, resident
in Kansas and Colorado. Mrs. Simmons
was a member of the Congregational
church, and had circle of friends in this
village by whom she was highly esteemed.
At the regular quarterly meeting of the
directors of the Brattleboro Home for the
Aged and Disabled, held last Tuesday even
ting, A. G. Davenport was elected secretary,
and Hon. j. M. Tyler a corpOrator, to ill
the vacancy caused by the death of o. A,
Marshall. The question of taking imme-
date action toward securing funds to es-
tablish the home was discussed, but it was
thought best, owing to the continued hard
times, to postpone a vigorous canvass for
the present; but in the meantime the board
desire it to be understood that they will
gladly receive any funds that may be Of
fered.
The Gwynette Comedy company did not
appear at the town hall Wednesday even
ing in "a Nights Frolic," for the reason
that it was stranded ON the shoals of the
financial sea. The company disbanded at
Holyoke Tuesday night, and the members
went to New York. Manager Gwynette
said that business had not been good. being
particularly poor in Holyoke. During the
past three weeks the company has lost
S25OO. The earnings were only $500 a
week while the expenses were 5000. There
were ten people in the company, nearly all
of whom have gained distinction in their
profession.
The funeral services of A. b. Hall at the
Unitarian church Sunday afternoon, con-
Quoted by Rev. f. L. Phalen, were simple
and impressive. E. H. Miller gave with
deep feeling several selections which had
been favorites of Mr.. Hall. Mr.. Halls as
sociates on the board of town officers,
Road Commissioner Hooker, Selectmen
Boyden and Perry, and Treasurer Dowley,
with S. w. Richardson and N. f. Cabot,
acted as bearers. There were many beau
tiful flowers contributed by friends at home
and abroad. Mrs. Burnett of Southboro,
Mass, niece, A. B. Hall of New York, a
nephew, f. u. Dickinson, Mr.. Halls life
long friend, and Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory,
sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Hall,
were among those present from distance.
A telegram was received from Gov. Full
Ter Monday announcing the departure of
the governor and Mrs. Fuller from Chicago
en- route for San Francisco They were
due to arrive in that city last evening, and
an elaborate program had been arranged
for their reception in honor of the Green
Mountain state, which has contributed so
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