Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02

acter.
Miss Abbie Leonard returned Tuesday
from weeks outing spent with friends in
Plymouth, this state.
Dana Pierce went to Burlington this
week where he is to take a course in civil
engineering at the University of Vermont.
Rev. S. II. Webb of Christ church, Prov
idence, r. l., a brother of j. H. Webb of
this place, preached in Emmanuel church
last Sunday.
E. A. Pierce has the frame of a new
| dwelling up and partially boarded on the
Saxtons River road a short distance be-
yond j. A. Thwing's.
Rev. and Mrs. j. E. Fullerton have is
sued invitations for an cat home" Mon
day evening, Oct. II, it being the occasion
| of the goth anniversary of their wedding
The fat and lean men of the village had
a second match game of base ball Tuesday
on Morgan's field, resulting in a second
victory for the leans with score of 20 to
| II.
Doctors Matthews, Allbee and Hill were
in Keene Tuesday, attending the Joint
meeting of the Connecticut River Valley
and the Cheshire county medical associa-
| tions.
The wife of Dominique Tomassi return
ed this week from Italy, where she has been
spending the past six months at her old
home. Her husband went to New York
to meet her.
DR.. c. II. Daniels of Boston, secretary
of the American Board of Foreign Mis-
| sions, spoke last Sunday at the Congrega-
tional church, and the annual contribution
for the cause was taken.
Fred Taylor of Cambridgeport takes the
teaming business and the running of the
sprinkler on our streets after October l,
| having bought all the teams and the bust
ness of John r. Blood.
Warren F. Ballou, formerly a we'll
| known tailor here, now living in Hanover,
spent day or two here the first of the
week taking measures of his old custom
ers, being heartily greeted by all.
The workmen upon the new High
school building are making rapid progress
with the walls, having set the window
frames of the second story in PLACE this
week, and are laying the brick about them
Christopher Rice will move from the viii
| lage to the farm of George A. Weston in
Westminster the first of next week. He
will still retain his place as baggage
master upon the Rutland road, driving up
each day.
| Alexander Finlayson has begun the
erection of a dwelling on the old terrace,
the work being done by Phillip St. Croix
j. Z. Brosnahan is discussing the erection
of six new tenement houses on Russell
street on the lots recently bought by him.
Robert Clair and family went to Boston
Saturday to make their permanent home.
His two sons residing there induced him
to make the change, A large amount of
his household effects were sold at auction
Friday by j. E. Brosnahan, auctioneer.
Bailiff j. c. Day purchased in Worces-
ter, Mass, last week regular horse pow
er street sweeper, which is to be used in
the future to keep the pavements of the
village in a more clearly condition. 1t
was a second hand machine and bought
for very low figure.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fl. Dickinson of
New York sailed this week for Paris, where
Mr.. Dickinson was called upon business
connected with the New York Herald. His
two children are here spending the time of
their absence with their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. F. Evans.
The scholars of the High school were
given a holiday Wednesday to give them
at Brattleboro. So many had signified
their determination to 60 the school board
thought the number remaining would be
too small for profitable work.
j. Z. Brosnahan has secured lease OF
the opera hol Sc at White River Junction
for one year, upon advantageous terms,
and is negotiating with halls in other To-
calities with view to making theatrical
circuit of various towns, sharing the prof
its with the troupe which play at those
points.
DR.. E. r. Campbell happened to be in
Buffalo, n. Y, the week when the recent
state convention of Democrats occurred
there, that had so much of a circus, and
he secured seat upon the platform, al
though hundreds were unable to get inside
the building. Size does count for some
thing sometimes.
M. III. Ray has begun the construction
of a residence at the north end of the vii.
lage on one of the Morgan lots, and George
E. Page will at once begin building one on
George street next to Frank Landon's
place. There is an unusual number OF
dwellings in process of erection and pro-
jected here this fall.
John @. Church has handed his resigna.
ton to the fire wardens of his position a!
engineer of the steamer, but it has moi
been accepted, and pressure is being
brought to induce him to reconsider his de
cision. Mr.. Church has held the position
ever since the village owned a steamer, anC
has proven himself efficient in every way.
A wedding of considerable interest t.
our people occurred last evening at I'm
manuel church, when Harriet Gray, daugh
ter of the late o. D. Gray, was united in
marriage to Mortimer Davis, who is con.
nected with the tin store of W. II. Bodin'
& Co. The church was tastefully deco
rated with flowers, and the ceremony wal
by the rector, Rev. d. L. Sanford.
@. f. Grover of Burlington, a forme
well-known resident, is to sell his residencl
there and his family will come here mex
, week to spend some weeks with Mrs. Gro
, ver's mother, Mrs. f. P. Hadley. Mr.
D Grover is in the employ of the New Eng
! land Telephone and Telegraph compan,
in Boston, and they will make their hom
in that city as soon as suitable quarter
can be found.
o Sunday was rally day for the @. W. o.
e good Bible class and it numbered 90 or 7C
y y Monday evening a meeting was held O
those interested in Bible study from a