Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07

Mrs. Kendall will close her rooms for
two weeks, on account of illness.
The new check list, which has been
printed at The Phoenix job printing office,
is posted in the town hall corridor.
Thirty-two members of the Order of the
Eastern Star had a sleigh ride Wednesday
evening to Putney. They worked the de-
grees before Golden Rule chapter, and
afterward supper was served.
C. L. billiard has bought grocery store
in his native town, Walingford. Mr.. Hill
Hard has been an employee of the Estey
Organ company for many years, of late
having charge of the supply room.
Extra cars have been run on the trolley
road this week to accommodate people who
attended the singing skule and the Uni
versalist fair. A side sweep has been
placed on the snow pillow to level off the
ridges.
j. A. Gould of Bellows Falls has bought
the lunch room in the Judge building. He
will close the room temporarily to make
repairs and to put in the latest appliances.
Mr.. Gould is an experienced man in the
business.
Rev. Mr. Maxwell was tipped from a
sleigh on the avenue Monday afternoon,
his horse being frightened at trolley car,
and running. The sleigh was somewhat
the worse for the accident, but the dominic
escaped uninjured.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Brattleboro Street Railroad com
pany will be held Tuesday at 1880 p. NJ.
at the office of G. w. Wyman. Officers
will be elected and the question of increas-
ing the capital stock decided.
Mrs. A. Booth of Putney sends to The
Phoenix a large and perfectly formed Gala
blossom, which is remarkable from the
fact that it grew on plant which last
October was a tiny thing with leaves no
more than two inches across.
The Imperial Insurance company of
London notified all agencies in Vermont
of its withdrawal from the state on Feb. l.
Last year it had 80 agencies. In 1894 it
insured Vermont property to the amount
of SOL, 414.. The unpromsing outlook for,
a profit causes its withdrawal.
At the meeting of the New England
Fair association held at Boston on
Tuesday trustees for three years were
elected for each New England state,
those for Vermont being F.. l.. Houghton
and Col. George w. Hooker of Brattleboro;
Benjamin Herman, Newport; E. c. Trask,
Waitsfeld
There has been an advance of seven or
eight cents in the price of wheat this week,
which will mean 80 cents in the price per
barrel on tloul. The shortage of the win
ter wheat crop, and the fact that Argen-
tina and Australia will not send as large a
supply as expected to the European mar
kets has caused the rise in prices.
These scores have been made in the
Wheel club tournament during the week:
Straight whist, Peltee and Shattuck 40.
Streeter and McRae q. Duplicate whist,
Hunt and Robbins 100, Kimball and Perry
1872, this being the replay, and Hunt and
Robbins winning by II points. Four ball
billiards, Foster 100, McRae, II; McRae
120, Bingham 11S; knight 100, w. S.
Pratt 81. Pool, w. H. Perry 1870, w. S.
Pratt 93.
The city council at Nashua, y. H., has
declared the office of city solicitor vacant
+. II. Wason, who defended Fred Gale in
his recent suit, was elected to that office
as a Republican for a third term. Mr..
Doyle, his Democratic opponent, claimed
the office, because Wason was ineligible,
as he was president of the board of educa-
ton. Since the council removed Wason
from the solicitorship he has resigned his
other Office, and he will again seek to be-
come solicitor at an election soon to be
held
The concluding lecture in Mr. Leavitt's
series on the universe, given at North
street hall, occurred Tuesday evening, hav-
ing been postponed by request from Mon
day. The stars were under consideration
in this concluding talk. The entire series
has been made, in an unusual degree, en-
tertaining, and the public, as well as the
pupils of North street school, have shown
their appreciation by a constantly increas-
ing attendance from first to last. The
difficult matter of making the wonders of
deep science like astronomy interesting and
comprehensive to the mind unskilled in
the science has been admirably accomplish
ed by Mr. Leavtt.
The Manufacturers Piano company of
Chicago applied for receiver Tuesday.
The concern was organized in 1890 with a
cash capital of 100000 and has always
done a large business. The assets are
said to greatly exceed the liabilities, the
present embarrassment being entirely due
to the failure of the big Weber Piano COM
pany and its allied concerns, the Wheelock
and Stuyvesant companies, all of New
York. These were the principal stock
holders and the largest creditors of the
Manufacturers company. Adm Wright,
Grafton boy, who began his career as a
tuner for the Estey Organ company, was
elected president of the Manufacturers
Piano company less than a year ago, and
before that he had been manager of the
concern.
The Junior Endeavorers of the Baptist
church had an enjoyable service last Sun
day afternoon. 1t being the 18th anniver-
sary of Christian Endeavor, the birthday
was celebrated as that of a child. After
the customary exercises on the topic of the
day, "How God helps us and how we can
help God" copies of letters from Junior
societies all over the world were read,
showing the progress of the work. Mrs.
Hawley had prepared a semblance of a
birthday cake Substituting a mound of
moss and cut flowers for the cake), and
around it were arranged little candles-15
in number. Different members, to the
number of 10, made mention of the bless
ings which had resulted from Christian
Endeavor, and as each one rose to speak
the leader lighted candle. With framed
picture of Rev. DR.. Clark set upon the Ia
BILE and the Illuminated ''cake" in front of
1t the effect was very pretty, and a few
words from the leader on the work of DIR.
Clark, the founder, and the growth of the
work, the meeting closed.
DIR. Edward French, who will be remem-
bered as former assistant physician at
the Brattleboro retreat, has been appointed
superintendent of the new state asylum at
Medfeld, Mass. DIR. French was born in