Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-04

! Henry w. Jacobs of Guilford has taken
the agency for the well known Victor fire
proof safes.
| Leroy Kent, the Brookline youth, who
stole horse at Townshend as recorded in
The Phoenix last week, was bound over to
the county court at Newfane Friday, bail
being fixed at $50.
A few friends were invited by Mr.. and
Mrs. G. f. Westgate OH Wednesday even
lug to meet Miss Gertrude Leach of Hins-
dale, who was their guest. The time was
pleasantly occupied with games and music.
The officers of the Baptist Christian
Endeavor society, elected Tuesday evening,
are these President, II. f. c. T6dt; vice
president Harry II. Horton; secretary,
Miss Adah Ghle; treasurer, Miss Della
! Sherman.
The shoes in Durham Bros show win
dow are all of the celebrated Alfred Dodge
make. This firm report larger sale than
ever this season, which shows that Yer
mont people "know a good thing when
they see it,"
The next meeting of the WOplan's ALI
ance will be held in the reception room of
the Brooks House next Monday evening"
at 1870 O'Clock. The subject will be Unita-
rianism in England, with papers on Dr.
Priestly and DR.. James Martineau.
Elmer Kent of Brookline was arraigned
before Justice F. O. Burditt at Newfane
| Friday, States Attorney Fits conducting
| the prosecution. Kent knocked a man
down on Christmas eve. He pleaded guilty
and was fined 50 and costs, which he paid.
Harry Engel of Rutland was unable
to be present at the Phonorum recital on
| Tuesday, but came down Wednesday and
examined the instrument critically. Mr..
Engel is an expert organist and expressed
himself in the highest possible terms of
commentator.
Ten thousand dollars worth of property
will be sold at auction Tuesday, Jan. -.
at the Corser farm, one-half mile south of
Putney depot. The farm is one of the best
i'll Windham county. A quantity of stock
| farming tools, hay and grain and other per
sonal effects will also be sold.
Herbert Station and Miss leila johnson
of Guilford were thrown from their "'7G'
| sleigh on Canal street Saturday, but they
escaped with only slight injuries, although
the sleigh was partially wrecked. The
runaway was caused by hitching the horse
too short at one of the local lveries.
A quartet choir has been engaged at the
| Universalist church for the coming wear
in addition to Mrs. Nellie Brazer as organ
list. 1t consists of Miss Nellie Robinson.
soprano; Mrs. F. X. Durgin, contralto
! Walter Stearns, tenor; Frank Brasor, bass
The orchestra will play at the evening
services.
The two marked successes in American
fiction in the year have been made by Miss
! Wilkins's "Pembroke," which has every
where been received as great piece of
work and accorded a sale of p, 600 copies,
! end Marion Crawford's katharine Lau-
derdale,' says Edward Box in his last lit
erary letter.
Suffer Brothers of Chicago will open
their packing house in the Crosby store
house next week. Only small force will
be employed at first. Mr.. Billings. the
firms Connecticut Valley representative,
has recently bought about 100 cases of to-
bacco of the 93 crop in this county. He
made several purchases at Vernon Satur-
day and has since bought the crops of Mr..
Brown and Mr.. Wright of Westminster
and Mr.. Bailey of Putney.
a letter from Major |. 4. Webster of
Gainesville, Fla, cousin of Gen ID. p. Web
ster, to f. w. ii 4rlow confirms the press
reports of the damage to the Florida orange
crops. He says: There is no fruit in
Florida free from frost" 1t is estimated
that only one half the fruit is ready
shipped, leaving over 100000 boxes still
on hand and frozen. The loss on this and
other crops will amount to several million
dollars.
The general term of the supreme court
VIII convene at Montpelier, beginning
Jan. 5. The Windham county case of
greatest interest, that of the New England
q nd Sal oil, ~
has been continued to the May term. Two
or three other cases have been settled.
The only Windham county cases set for
trial are Oscar d. Olcott, administrator, vs..
Fred c. Davis; James NJ. Miller, appellant.
VS.. the town of Westminster: and Stark
Edison VS.. William A. Hall.
The suit of d. X. Simonds (of M.nches.
ter, this state), administrator of the estate
of Asa F. Clark of West Brattleboro. VS..
Gilbert Dexter of California, has been SET
tied by the payment of $3.50. This case
was pending in the Vermont supreme
court. Mr.. DeXter's mother, who died at
West Brattleboro, left real estate which
sold for $500. Her two sons were her
heirs. An attachment was put on the
fund, and Gilbert Dexter, who owed the
Clark estate, pleaded statute limitations
and also discharge through bankruptcy.
The frosts of last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday were the severest in Florida since
1856, and large part of the orange crop
was ruined As a natural consequence
this news has sent the market up from fifty
cents to dollar a box. according to the
quality, and,the dealers believe that the fruit
will be even higher unless foreign and Cal
lfornia fruit comes in in great abundance.
There is only a small quantity of Florida
fruit on hand, as the holiday trade had
been heavy and cleaned out the stock.
There is only a little more to come from
the South, that which was picked before
the frost. This condition will bring large
quantities of California fruit here which |
would not otherwise have come The |
markets of Messina, Palermo and Valen- |
cha will also be called upon 20 make up the |
domestic shortage.
The suits of Mrs Minnie Adams aud |
Mrs. Minerva Taylor, against the Fitch
burg railroad company, have been settled |
through Waterman, Martin & Hit, at
$4,000 each. 1t will be remembered that
the husbands of both women were killed
in February, 1898, between Royalston and
Athol, Mass. They were asleep in a ca
ioose of r ,.o ,,,ar freight tra' -'2d were
retu. - from Boston, horses which they
had bought being on the train. A special
fraiubt RON into tho ra0ular train lyilliDU