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

fed and housed until the owner was found,
in Rutland, where they were sent.
Mortimer Davis is spending a few weeks
in Boston.
Especial delivery will be played at the
opera house March II.
1t is an "Irving evening" at the Fort
nightly club this evening
Miss Marilla SWEET is in ST. Adams this
week visiting Miss Louisa Brainerd.
A number of local Odd Fellows go to
Windsor Tuesday to institute lodge there.
The board of bailiffs met yesterday
morning to determine the popular tax rate.
The advance sale of seats for cold Ken
lucky" last night was large, over 400 being
sold.
Lodge No II, Knights of Pythias, are in
Windsor to-day instituting a lodge of the
order there.
Father Reynolds went to Windsor We'd
nesday accompanied by Father Cunning
ham of Brattleboro.
The many friends of D. p. Higgins will
be glad to learn that he is to return here
from Sunapee April l.
The ladies of the Y. NJ. c. A. auxiliary
now expect to begin their class in physical
culture next Monday evening.
A number of young people enjoyed
sleighride to Walpole Wednesday evening,
followed by supper and dance.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, the opera house was well filled
last evening for "In old Kentucky"
The Sth grade of the public schools had
sleighride Wednesday, going to Rocking
ham, and home through Saxtons River.
Sowing the wind " is booked for the
opera house Tuesday evening, the 18th,
under the management of G. K. Capron.
Charles w. Butterfeld began last even
ing to sell at auction the goods in his res
taurant, with the furniture, crockery, etc.
Ex-Gov. Roswell Farnham and wife of
Bradford have been spending part of last
week and this with their daughter, Mrs E.
G.. Osgood.
The young people of Emmanuel church
gave pleasing dramatic entertainment at
the parish house Tuesday evening entitled
''The grasshopper."
As Mrs. John Hyde was coming out of
the library Saturday afternoon she slipped
on the piece of icy walk just outside the
door and broke her left wrist.
Weeden's orchestra will furnish music
for the leap year ball to be given by the
young ladies of the Bellows Falls social
club in Hibernian hall Monday evening.
The ladies' union of the Congregational
church holds its annual sale and supper
next Thursday evening in the parlors of
the church. An entertainment will follow
the supper.
Prof Homer G. Bristol of Vermont Acad-
envy preached at the Congregational church
last Sunday and also addressed the Y. NJ.
G. A. in the afternoon. He was accompa-
MED by Prof. Rowell.
Secretary Freer of the Y. NJ. c. A. is ex-
pected home today from Portland, Me-,
where he has been attending the twelfth
annual meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
taries of New England.
A number of our citizens who had de-
posits in the suspended savings bank at
| Charlestown have been up this week to
draw their first dividend of 40 per cent.
About II or - residents had deposits
I there.
The young people of st. Charles's church
realized about $500 from their supper and
entertainment Tuesday evening. A large
portion of the literary and musical exer-
cises was by the children, and deserved
much credit
The new board of bailiffs met Tuesday
and elected these officers: II. D. Ryder,
corporation COUNSEL A. II. Thompson,
chief of police; Edward Lawlor, d. l..
Snow, L. j. Royce, w. w. Provost and
A. P. Crossett, police.
r. F. Hall, who has been representing
the Springfield Union in this section of the
state, with his headquarters here, returns
tO hnDna IN SnriunHalI
During his stay here Mr.. Hall has made
many friends, who will regret his depar
ture.
The new five-horse power electric motor
which has been made by Osgood & Bar
ker for the Whitman carriage shop, was
finished Monday aud on Tuesday it was
successfully tested by running one side of
Mr.. Osgood's machine shop for some
hours.
Patrick Wier, a pipe man in the suphide
pulp mill of the Fall Mountain Paper COM
pany, fractured both bones of the right
wrist yesterday morning. He was attend
ed by DR.. Allbee, and will be confined to
the house for several weeks, possibly two
months.
The Congregational church was filled last
Sunday evening, it being the occasion of
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societies of Christian Endeavor and the
| Epworth league to celebrate Christian En-
deavor day. The service was printed one
written by Amos R. Wells.
AS G. E. Capron was going to the sta
ton about IL o'clock last evening he
stepped one side to avoid a crowd, between
the end Of the bridge and Wilson's grain
store. AS he did so he fell and dislocated
one shoulder. The injury is not serious,
but will lay him aside for time. DR.. ALI
bee attended him.
About 100000 feet of spruce are being
cut on the upper White river valley this
season by the Fall Mountain paper COM
pany of Bellows Falls and will be foated
down the White river and the Connect
cut in the spring. The same amount is
being cut on the Wild Ammon oosuc in
New Hampshire, and this with about g.
OOO, 900 brought in by cars from the vicin-
ity of Healdville on the Rutland road will
make this years supply.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney, state missionaries
under the Vermont Sunday school union,
were present and spoke at the regular
weekly meeting of the Congregational
church Tuesday evening. They have Or
ganized A Sunday schools in out districts,
and have driven by carriage over 5000
miles of country roads in this state. 1t
was stated that the churches of this place
do larger amount of mission Sunday
school work than anv Othars in tho stata