Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-11


will be held this evening.
The annual meeting Of the Carpenter
Organ company will be held next Tuesday.
j. II. Chamberlain announces the arrival
of another carload Of good horses for pri-
vate sale.
The meeting of the stockholders of the
| Peels Food Company called for yesterday
afternoon was adjourned for two weeks.
b. }. Kenyon has make no arrangements
for bringing out Breakers ahead at Bel
lows Falls, but may do so later in the sea-
son.
Gov. Woodbury. and staff, Lieut.. Keene
of the regular army and other prominent
i militia men from out of town will attend
the military ball Tuesday evening
The property of the late Frank Reed,
consisting of the home, a tenement house,
and two building los, will be sold at auc-
ton tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Sedgwick Relief corps, with members of
the Grand Army, called last evening on
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Miller, and Col II. f..
! Taylor, in behalf of the company, present
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Miller with an oak chair
and sum of money.
a ladies' whist party of seven tables
was delightfully."- entertained by Mrs. G. S.
| Pratt yesterday afternoon. The prizes in
order were won by Miss Hattie Webster,
Mrs. W. II. Bracket, Mrs. Kate Pratt and
Mrs. G. A. Risbey. Choice refreshments
were served
AS many out of town people are anx-
ious to see the famous comedy, "Charley's
aunt" it is hoped to secure special rates
on the Boston d Maine and Central Yer
mont railroads. Full particulars will be
| given next week, with the date when the
advance sale will begin.
On account of the heavy storm last Sun
day, the evening service announced to be
! held in the Unitarian church was omitted,
and Mr.. Leavitt's second lecture will there
fore be given next Sunday evening, the
subject being "The doctrine of the Trim
ity." Mr.. Miller will sing, Judge me, O
God" by Dudley Buck, and "The lost
chord" by Sullivan.
a Windham county woman, who has
been in Nebraska within few months
and who knows definitely about the desti-
ton there, is arranging to send box of
clothing to the sufferers Any contribu-
tions in the way of clothing or money will
be gladly received at the Office of TAYLOR &,
Son, as Col. Taylor is also planning to send
a box from here.
The death of Mrs. George II. Salisbury,
81, took place this morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. +. ID, Harris, in Towns
bend. The funeral will be held at Towns
bend Monday at 1920 \. NJ. Mrs. Sails.
bury was the widow of Bratteboros well.
remembered bOokbinder, who died few
years ago. She has been i'll long time,
having sustained several shocks of paralv-
sis.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
Rifle club was held Tuesday evening. when
these officers were chosen: President II.
Z. French; vice president, j. L. Jones;
secretary and treasurer, A. 5. Nichols
range committee, IL. c. French, A. 5.
Nichols, Pearl Clapp; executive commit
tee, c. l.. Cobb, c. II. Colt, c. II. Davis
financial committee, j. l.. Jones. Pearl
Clapp, c. II. Colt, investigating commit.
tee, George Sargent, w. w. Walker, c. II
Davis.
The large number of policy holders of
the New York Life Insurance company.
represented in Brattleboro and vicinity bv
a. w. Childs IL Co., will be pleased 10
learn that this company led the world in
point of new business during 1894, having
written POI, 900, 900 of new insurance repre-
senting 81 900 new policies. The company
enters the new year with an attractive new
policy commemorative its 50th anniversary.
and as result of three years of good man.
agement under President John A. Mccall
has increased its assets S35, 000, 900, reserve
S3O,OOO,OOO, surplus 100000, and in
come $1,000, 900, and has today record
unequaled by life insurance company.
The most notable theatrica. attraction in
Brattleboro in years has been booked this
week for Monday, the 2Sth, in Frohman's
famous "Charley's Aunt" company, which
has played with great success for months
in New York, Chicago, Boston, London
and Berlin. The company is the same
that appeared in the long run at Boston
last season, and will receive large guar
antee to play here The main success of
"Charley's Aunt depends upon the CEN
tral Inquire, youth who for a Joke dis
guises himself as an eccentric widow worth
several millions. Once in the widow
weeds he finds himself unable to get rid of
the costume for nearly three hours. The
complications which arise from these cir
cumstances are all that may be imagined
A representative of the firm of d. L..
Miller q Co., of New York, has been in
town this week to look over the ground
with view to making IA wall map of this
! village and West Brattleboro, on the scale
of $50 feet to the inch. The plan is to
| show every business building and private
| dwelling and every individual lot of real
estate, with the location of sewer. water
and gas mains, etc, the execution to be in
| colOred lithograph. In connection with
the village map will be map of the town,
on reduced scale, showing the relative
location of every real estate holder. A
map of Bennington village and town is
shown which appears to be good piece of
| work. If thoroughly well done such map
will be very valuable for business and
| other uses. Substantial announcement
| has been given the project by our people,
the promise of the firm being that the
work done be correct and satisfactory i'm
every respect. If the map is made the
survey will begin as soon as the weather
permits, and the publication will be made
in the summer or early fall
The regular meeting of the Murray club
was held Tuesday evening. After a short
musical program, which included numbers
by the orchestra aid a solo by Miss Lenna
Thomas, d. f. Tasker read paper on the
life and work of Charles Darwin. The
paper opened with a summary of the main
ideas of the evolution theory and a short
account of its early history, showing that
two great statements of this theory were
displayed in Darwin's own life, in his he
reditary equipment and in his environment.
The reader showed how the PRONUNCIATION
of the Darwinan hypothesis marked the
dawn Of new era in the thought Of the
scientific world; how nearly every original