Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-29
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BRATTLEBoRo OVERFLOW.


lower town hall while waiting between de-
liveries.
Mrs. Flora j. C. Clary succeeds Miss
Florence Allen as teacher in the fifth grade
this term.
II. NJ. Whittier is repairing and improv-
ing the Magoon house on Esterbrook street
which he bought recently.
Rev. Mr.. Days subject at the Sunday
evening service at the Congregational
church was the boys Brigade"
The Estey Guard gave ga day in camp
at the Retreat Monday evening, introduce
ing not only drills, but the different fea-
lures of camp life.
Rumor has it. that the prominent men
opposed to the electric road have formed
pool for carrying the fight into the courts.
1t is said that an injunction will be served
on the company when the full amount of
stock has been taken.
The sugar season thus far has been al
most failure, although little new sugar
and syrup are offered for sale in the local
markets. The Maple Sugar exchange,
which usually has large business at this
time, has had offerings of only 200 pounds.
Hoyt's "a Bunch of Keys" as presented
at the town hall Saturday evening, failed
to justify the hatterng notices which the
company has received in many places.
The performance included many musical
specialities, some of which were "rocky,"
while the comic element failed to reach the
audience.
One of the names given among the killed
in the Evanston, Wyo., disaster, is that of
James Lamb. 1t was proved that he was
a Wilmington boy, son of Mrs. j. H. Dix
of that town. His friends have had no
word of his death and think there must be
some mistake about the name, as Mr.. Lamb
has been employed in silver mine.
Mrs. H. L. Emerson entertained party of
ladies Monday evening at tea party. A
word game furnished amusement during
the evening, prizes being secured by Miss
Pray and Mrs. C. F. r. Jenne. Mrs.
| Emerson also entertained at whist last
evening. Mrs. E. d. Whitney, Mrs. c. w.
Dunham, II. F. Jordon and L. A. Gregg
were the prize winners.
The hearing in the j. Ellsworth Hollo-
way murder case opened yesterday at
Glover. Prof. Bartlett of Dartmouth col
lege, and other medical experts testified to
finding one-seventh grain of strychnine in
the bottle of liquor found by the dead
mans side. The stomach also gave evil
dence of strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Hol-
loway was placed in charge of keepers for
the night. The hearing is being continued
today.
The insurance on Van Doom & Tilson's
stock of china and crockery, that was
burned at Rutland nearly a month ago,
has been settled for little over 5000.
The delay was caused by the firm insisting
that the valuation of the loss should be
made by men who understood the business
rather than by regular adjusters. Mr..
Van Doom has been at Rutland much OF
the time recently, assisting in the re6stab-
lishment of the business.
Department Commander Cannon of the
Grand Army has appointed 25 additional
aides on his staff, among them being Dan
iel Higgins and Abner Cunningham OF
Bellows Falls, j. W. Graves of SaXtons
River, j. c. Winn of West Halifax, E. W.
Robbins of Athens. Commander Cannon
on his recent trip to Louisville, KY, ar
ranged for Vermont headquarters at the
national encampment next September al
the HotelPh9niX, with rates at 81 day
The state board of pharmacy, which
owes its origin to an act of the last legisla
ture, is in session at st. Johnsbury thi:
week to grant licenses to Vermont phar
macists. After April it will be unlawful
for any person to act as pharmacist in tht
state unless he holds license from the
board. 1t is expected that about 200 Ii
censes will be issued. All the BrattleborC
druggists and the druggists clerks whC
have served over three years have made
application for licenses.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Pullen returned from
a months trip to the West Indies las
night, having arrived in New York yester
day morning. They were members of
Cook excursion party which visited II o.
10 of the islands of the West Indies, goini
as far south as Trinidad and making stop
of a day or two at differents ports. MT
Pullen reports delightful voyage, the onl,
disagreeable feature being a severe electri
cal storm off Hatteras on the return. TIL
ship on which the party returned brough
, 1900 tons of sugar, about half cargo
The returns from Vermont for the Con
; gregational Year Book for 1895 indcat
an unusually prosperous year, with gain
everywhere except in benevolent contribu
tions, which shows decrease of $468 owe
1898. The number of churches, 203, is tn
E largest ever reported; and of members
p, 1874, the largest since 1S43, and possibl
in the history of the churches. Specia
care has been taken the past few years i
roll revision, and the column of removal
: by discipline gives abnormally large totals
f Last year, however, the net gain was 36E
q which has been exceeded but three time
> in fifty years. Since January the add
y tions to the churches have greatly exceede
those of year ago, the church at Ea'
: Hardwick contributing 50 additions in on
n Sunday.
S "The Jailbird," five-act drama, whic
f the Crescent Comedy company have bee
= diligently rehearsing during the pas
months, was presented last evening at til
Retreat to large and thoroughly appr'
+ ciative audience, including many invite
n guests. The play differs widely from spa
r rick and Peter" the company's receI
! success, and shows the dramatic person.
!, to be exceptionally versatile and equal
Il exacting roles. The play is full of inte
v est from start to finish and is enlivened b
) the clever acting of Mrs. Willard as tt
voluble widow, Arthur Holton, world
9 youth, and Mr.. Whitney, the Jew. A
:. who took light parts in Patrick and Pete
+ were assigned serious parts in "The Jai
q bird, )" and the good reputation of Mr.. Goo
3 enough and Mr.. Trendall, the principi
e characters, was well sustained.