Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04

Skating parties visited the several ponds
n town Wednesday night.
The Crescent Hosiery company is to
move into f. d. Wlliams's carriage shop
on Williams street.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
East society will be held at the chapel next
Wednesday evening at 1880
Samuel Sargent has planted a maple
tree in the yard of the free library to re-
place the one which died short time ago
The Y. NJ. G. A. basket ball team will
go to Keene to play against the representa-
tives of the association of that city this
evening.
The Murray club will hold meeting in
the Universalist vestry next Tuesday even
ing, which will take the form of a picture
gallery party. Each one is requested to
bring his first photograph that all may guess
as to its identity.
The annual meeting and sale of the
Prospect Hill book club was held at d. E.
Tasker's Tuesday night. Elihu Thomas
was elected president, and ID. K. Tasker
secretary and treasurer. The usual amount
was realized from the sale of books. 4
Harris Weekly says that If Hon. j. L.
Martin is really a candidate for the district
attorneyship it looks as If he "would have
the inside track with Mckinley, after what
he did for the Ohio man in the Republican
state convention" But perhaps Mckinley
would prefer to give him something bigger.
j. H. Merrifield, j. Q. Shumway and H.
G. Porter, the commissioners under the
legislative act providing for repairs of the
Windham county court house and jail,
met here Saturday for final settlement
of their accounts and turned over to the
general fund of the county an unexpended
balance of $141.59.
Gen. Estey, Col Bond and Col. Harmon
went to Chester Saturday to look over
grounds on which the next encampment OF
the Vermont National Guard may be held.
The grounds are on the Billings farm IL
mile south of Chester village. There is a
large meadow of $50 acres bordering on the
Williams river and close to the Rutland
railroad
, S. Wilcox will open a variety store al
, Athol, Mass, next Monday, and his son
, Ezra Wilcox, will go there to take charge
of it. Mr.. Wilcox has built up large
= business in his stores in Brattleboro anC
Greenfield. The one at Athol will be ruT
, through the holiday season and continued
, permanently IL the indications are favora
BILE.
e The without your breakfast" Graz,
has struck Brattleboro nearly simultan
eously with the rest of the country. W.
b suppose 1t is the legitimate successor, psy
4 chologically considered, of the blue-glas
craze, the walking Observation-Disclosures
\ craze, the whist craze of two years ago, ant
4 the "healer' craze of last winter. Prob
I ably there is no serious harm in 1t for thos
who like it and can stand it.
o Suffer Brothers tobacco warehouse ha
= been opened for the winter season. lively,
: to Is men are employed under the direc
[ ton of John w. Kiey of Hatfield, Mass
: George A. Billings of Hatfield, Suite
\ Brothers agent, has bought about 25t
. cases of tobacco in towns near Brattleboro
= the price being 10 to II cents per pound
or about two cents more than advance owe
q the rate of the past two years. The cro
= this year is much above the average il
o quality.
3 j. C. Bell of the Washburn- Crosby com
!, pany of Minneapolis has visited Crosby 4
Il Co., the Eastern agents, during this week
! The Washburn- Crosby company's mills
e which have daily capacity of Is, 900 bar
rels, are now being run seven days in tn
e week, and the Gold Medal and Crocke
b brands of -four are sent into every stat
!: and territory in the United States. L
j. November the company sent a consigu
/. ment of $4,000 barrels Of -four to Sout
7. Africa,
$ The directors of the Vermont nations
) bank held meeting last Saturday, but n
:, action was taken looking towards the cleo
) ton of president to succeed Mr.. Dowley
: DR.. w. II. Rockwell, the vice president
l. will perform the duties of president unit
the annual meeting in January. II wa
s resolved by the board "that in the future
: as in the past, the policy of accommodate
Z to the business interests Of our patrons, s
J. far as wise conservatism will allow, wi
$ continue to be practiced by the bank"
= The annual meeting OF Sedgwick Gran
Army post was held Wednesday evening
these officers being elected: Commander
. Wells C.Stone senior vice commander, oh
= NJ. JOY; junior vice commander, T. W
= Eason; quartermaster. Oman Prescott
adjutant, Charles r. Briggs surgeon, Che:
ter w. Thomas; chaplain, Elbridge j
Knowlton; officer of the day, Luke Fer
u ritter; officer of the guard, o. w. Sherwn
= delegates TO department encampmenl
:. Charles r. Briggs, Silas w. Richardson
: James p. Elmer; alternates, John NJ. Joy
n T. w. Eason A. Pettee.
!, Chas. A. McRae, the well-known cler
!, for Starkey & Wellman, and Miss Harrie
a E. Davis were married at the home of tn
a brides mother, Mrs. w. c. Marietta, 4
!, Putney Wednesday evening, Rev. MI
n Wiswall, the Baptist clergyman of tina
a town, officiating. Only immediate relative
A were present. The bride was attired in
y gown of black silk. The wedding was
\ surprise to Mr.. McRae's Brattlebor
. friends, but those in Putney learned of tn
; event in time to have the band give him
4 serenade. Mr.. and Mrs. McRae left o.
the night train north. They will max
their home during this winter with Mrs
: S. S. Hunt of Green street, with whom
. Mr.. McRae has lived for several years.
Y Judge Waterman accepted from the as
: sstant judges Tuesday an appointment a
G county clerk for the new term and will per
form the duties of the office for the pres
!. ent, but he does not consider this in tn
e light Of a permanent acceptance. 1t wa
= necessary for him to keep the Office lon
enough to complete the business of the re
# cent term Of court and to put in order de
It tails connected with Judge Royal Tyler
n incumbency of the office; but he does no
r feel inclined to give up the active practic
Y of the law, and it is his present purpose t,
h | resign the clerks office soon after the frs