Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-09

Friday evening.
A. A. Smith of Tufts divinity school
will preach at the Universalist church Sun
day morning and evening
The Red Mems ball was a success finan-
cially and S25 to $50 will be paid into the
treasury Of Quonektacat tribe.
Bert Fuller of Staples, Mimi, who has
not been here for over ten years, arrived
yesterday for a short visit with his father,
Geo. w. Fuller.
The publication office of "Our Prison
Light the official organ of the Christian
Aid association, will be moved from New
fame to Bratteboro.
The weather record received by tele-
graph Friday noon: Rain, beginning Fri
day afternoon or night; warmer, clearing
Saturday; colder, evening and night.
Arthur F. Roberts has rented the vacant
store in Ranger ~ Thempson's building
formerly occupied by II. w. Simonds, and
will open grocery store there about
March /.
a large company enjoyed the supper and
entertainment at Wells hall last evening.
The piece of resistance of the evening was
the MARY had little lamb" number, with
| acrobatic attachment.
The third classes of the High street and
Chase street primary schools had a contest
Friday afternoon in numbers and spelling,
Chase street school being victorious 9th
er contests will follow.
In the spelling contest between High
and Chase street primary schools last FIR j.
day afternoon Marion Chaplin, Mary Frost,
Fred Spencer, Carleton Case, Neddie Leon
ard and Milton Pierce stood up the longest.
Lockhart Thomas, aged rs, died yester-
day at the home of his brother Amos
Thomas, in Chesterfield, n. II. He was a
son of Arnold and Betsey Thomas and
leaves four brOthers-Amos of Chesterfield,
Chester of Brattleboro, d. w. of Hartford,
| Conn, and Orrin of Wisconsin.
E. G.. Phillips, the proprietor of the car
riage and job shop on Flat street, filed a
petition in insolvency yesterday. His liza
! bilties aggregate about $1,000 and his assets
about $500. His liabilities are about
equally divided between Brattleboro and
outside persons. His largest market debts
are to concerns in Waterloo and Bingham
ton, n. Y.
Chas +. Blood. barber at Centre Sand
witch, n. H., is anxious to ascertain the
whereabouts of his wife, Carrie S. Blood,
and two children, who are supposed to
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time that the father went west from a
Massachusetts town. Mr.. Blood has re-
Gently returned and can find no trace of
his family.
A despatch from st. Paul. Mimi, to the
Boston papers of last Monday announced
the resignation of Rev 5. NJ. Crothers as
pastor of the Unitarian church of that
city to accept the pastorate of the First
| ph1rph of Mr
Crothers declined a call to the Cambridge
church last spring, but its claims as a
vantage ground for reaching the Harvard
students were again strongly urged upon
him during his recent term as preacher to
the university. 1t is understood that Mr.
Crothers will go to Cambridge May l.
Bishop Hall will visit St. Michaels
church next Sunday (the first in Lent),
and the services will be as follows: : 4. NJ.
holy communion, the bishop celebrating:
1880 \. NJ. morning prayer and sermon; ;
II VI. Sunday school and Bible class; :
+. NJ. evening prayer and sermon. The
bishop will preach both morning and even
! ing. and also at Christ church, Guilford,
at 2:30 p. NJ. There will be an informal
reception at the rectory Saturday evening
from to 10, to which all members of the
parish are invited.
The death of Mrs. Elbridge &. Warren
occurred at her home in Auburn, Mass,
on Friday, after an ilnesSof but few days
from neuralgia of the heart. Her daugh-
ter, Mrs. ). W. Edgett. who was summon
ed last week, was with her when she died,
and her two sons, S. II. and f. c. Warren,
went TO Auburn Tuesday to attend the
funeral. Three other daughters survive
her, of whom one is married and settled
upon the old Warren homestead in Au-
burn, one is a trained nurse, who has made
her home with her father and mother, and
another is matron of the city hospital at
Worcester. Mr. and Mrs. Warren would
have celebrated their Goth wedding ami
versary in April.