Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-15

The loss on Lucius Adams's house has
been adjusted at $500 on policy of $500.
Chas. E. Wells has bought James A.
Lillis's billiard and pool room in Crosby
block.
Several carpenters are making Lucius
Adams's Oak street house ready for occu-
pancy
Claremont is in the procession of prog
ress, too, and has voted to build a new
town hall.
c. II. Eddy & Co. will move into their
new quarters in the Holden & Martin
building next week
The Wheel club will hold another special
meeting tonight to act upon the question
of new club rooms.
There are indications that several plans
for remodeling the town hall will be pre-
sented to the committee.
Windham County Pomona grange will
meet with Broad Brook grange at Guilford
Centre Thursday, March n, at 10 A. NJ.
The selectmen were in Greenfield Tues
day to examine the vaults in which the
town and county records there are stored.
In the absence of Rev. Mr.. Parry, Rev.
F. S. Smith of West Brattleboro preached
at the Baptist church Sunday morning and
evening.
a rumor was current early i'm the week
that petition was in circulation asking
for a special town meeting to rescind the
vote to enlarge the town house, but it was
without foundation.
The sale of tickets for Hoyt's "a bunch
OF keys" will open at Durgin's drug store
next Wednesday evening at 7:30 O'clock
Many out of town people have already sent
in orders for tickets.
j. l.. Squires announces an auction of
personal property at the Broad Brook
House, Guilford, March rs, at p NJ. Sew
eral valuable horses will be sold, in addi-
ton to wagons, slei hs, harness, etc.
Chas II. Hoyt is said to have cleared
$4,000 last season on his companies and
plays. The Broadway and Empire theatres
in New York city are said to have been
built on the profits of "a bunch of KEYS"
alone.
Families with children on Prospect Hill
feel great anxiety over the continued de-
velopment of scarlet fever. Two new
cases are reported this week, sons of Z. S.
Wyman and &. b. Harwood. This makes
in all eight cases in five different families.
The death of Sarah L. Ingraham. wife
of the late Marcus White of Wardsboro,
and mother of Mrs. j. NJ. White of this
place, occurred yesterday at the home of
daughter, Mrs. w. A. Fairfield, in Spring
field, Mass. The burial will be in Wards
boro.
Cyrus w. Sawyer, IS, who died at his
home in Keene, n. H., Wednesday even
ing, leaves wife, daughter and son, the
latter being Clinton Sawyer, Brattleboro
jeweler. Cyrus Sawyer was a resident of
this town 20 years ago, and since then has
lived in keene and San Francisco.
Many people who gazed heavenwarl
Sunday evening with the expectation of
seeing the eclipse of the moon were disap-
pointed, as that satellite was entirely hid
den by dense clouds. There wer, few
however, when the clouds sud
denly lifted and the phenomena could be
distinctly observed
Here is another case of going away from
home to get the news: &. w. Scraff of |
Burlington has an article in the Rural New |
\ orker on abandoned farms in Vermont. |
In the town of Gulford, where he SAYS |
here were % abandoned farms four wears |
ago, there are only two now. The city
people have purchased the most of the |
arms and erected tasty buildings upon
hem
A largely attended meeting of the Junior
Murray club was held at the Uniyersalist
'estry Monday evening. The program in
'luded Il piano solo by Annie Richardson.
recitation 1.-The minuetin" costume by
edith Farr, readings by Misses Belle Scott
md Florence Lamson, recitation by Cora
3oSle, and good night drill by eight little
Urls I'm costume" The latter part of the
'vening was devoted to games.
Miss Susan f. Clark's story of "A West.
IN Journey has been printed in a hand
ONE booklet and may be found at the
bookstores. The narrative relates the
Unique experiences of the party of six
people who crossed the CONT
ent and returned last summer amid per
IS by floods and by strikes. 1t is told in
pleasing and familiar way, and no doubt
many Bratlleboro friends will be glad to
osSeSs ii.
The property, rights, privileges and fran
hlses OF the Denison (TeNas) land and in
estment company, We're sold at receivers
ale last week. The property originally
1presented 81, 600, 600 capital, "A large share
which was subscribed by New England
lvestors, $500 600 co ming from Vermont.
he property is very valuable and was sold
} satisfy an Indebtedness of about 500
d. including the claims of bondholders.
he money for the purchase was subscribed ,
y fraction OF the original contributors
nj Judge Tenney of Claremont, A. p. ;;
hllds OF Bennington and b. j. Derby of ,
arlington were the committee who made
he purchase. new company will now
2 organized under much lower capital
ltion. I
In spite of the other attractions and the
evitable stormy weather, the Ruthians :
nd good attendance at their social and
lie on Wednesday evening, in the social a
oms OF the Baptist church. The parlor i
I'd dainty bower of white and purple. Il
here home made candies were sold, and a
ncy and useful articles were displayed on v
long table. In the dining room cocoa Il
III waters were sold, with or without j
e pretty souvenir cups. A circulating "
'rary, with l.. w. Hawley as librarian, {
As feature of the early part of the even a
:, ana later program was presented, in Il
ldlng a song by Miss Horense Hall.
ano and whlstling solos by Miss Dexter
the Northheld training school, and Sc
stlons 10y Prof. Hastings of NJ. Hermon. W
)cutionist, al being well received by the
ldlence. The receipts We're about $40. h
The second in the series of High school
dresses was 10 have been delivered We'd d
sday evening by Prof Walter L. How. d
of Middlebury college, but on account
his illness Prof, Chas. b. Wright of the :,
me college took his place. Prot. Wright's F
bject was phases of modern scientific a,
velopemnt and the relation of the scien- :,
lc to the poetic spirit. After noting the K
'nderful advance that has been made i'm n
branches of hence in recent years. the ID
eaker referred TO the mnfnrtnnate ton y