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

K. f. Blood has sold one pair of fine
horses to J. A. Taylor, and another to G..
w. Pierce.
The Episcopal sociabe, which was to
have been held with Mr.. and Mrs. Glidden
last evening, was postponed on account of
the storm.
Geo. Taft of Townshend has bought of
Harland Howe an interest in the Brattle-
boro fish market. The firm name will be
Howe & Taft
William LAWN has been engaged by
Siegfried Ochs to sing the tenor solo in the
performance of Berlioz's Requiem, which
win be given by the Philharmonic chorus
in Berlin at an early date.
George f. Greene received his commits
sion yesterday as aide-de-camp on the staff
of L. v Walker, the national commander
in-chief of the Grand Army.
Powers institute students, to the num-
Der of So, came here on Monday to hold
their fourth annual banquet at the Brooks
House. large number attended the
'singing skule' in the evening.
The Barnum g. Bailey circus will ex-
hbit in Brattleboro July 10th next. A
contract was made few days ago by the
Central Vermont railroad company to bring
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"Aunt Terminals" pancakes have at
tracted many to the Farmers & Mechanics
Exchange this week, representative of the
r. T. Davis Mill company serving hot
cakes to all visitors at the store on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Hinsdale correspondent of the
Keene Sentinel writes: 1.-THE breweries
near Bratteboro have been ordered to
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they will probably do so, as they well
know it would not pay them to fight the
present chairman of the board of select
men,"
E. p. Squires has bought of Walter L.
Boyden the farm known as the Levi Boy
den farm in Guilford, and 60-acre timber
lot in Vernon. In this village Frank H.
Emerson has bought the G. b. Kirwan
house and building lots on South Main
street. Both sales were made through A.
V. Mays agency.
Testimony was taken at the Brooks
House Monday and Tuesday before Geo.
E. johnson of Burlington as examiner in
the case of b. G. Corser VS.. the Brattleboro
Overall company for infringement of patent
on high back overall, buckle and coat. A
temporary injunction had previously been
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the United States circuit court.
The electric cars ran behind schedule
a larger part of the day yesterday, the
delays being caused by water on the tracks.
One car was disabled in the afternoon,
probably by water getting into the motors,
and had to be drawn from the Centreville
switch to the car house. Another car was
off the track at the Main street switch dur
ing the afternoon.
The senior town auditor unwittingly
locked an Oak street matron into the vault
in the town clerks office in the town house
while the visitors were inspecting the build
ing on Saturday. Being informed of the
fact he CALAMITY determined to set matters
right and not being able to find the comb-
nation of the vault door he got a ladder
and released his prisoner by way of Col
Haskin's fire proof window.
1.-THE man from Maine" a five-act
drama which the Grange Dramatic club are
to present next Thursday evening, has been
rehearsed with great care and bids fair to
be success. The scene is laid in New
York, where "The man from Maine" WIS.,
its his uncle and discovers that he is being
imposed upon by an adventurer and ad-
ventures and not being as green as he APP
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to rights, which he does. There is a com
edy element scattered all through the play
which lightens the heavier parts. The
new scenery will be used for the first time
J. G. Timson, now OF Claremont, n. H.,
is the fortunate winner of one of the cash
prizes offered Taft November by the New
England agents of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company of New York to those
in NaW HapnDchira an1
who should write the most business, with
in given time. Considering the number
of agents who were competing, the sue
cess is marked. The company, evidently
approaching this, has appointed Mr.. Tim
son special agent, with authority to write
business anywhere in the two states, in
stead of combining him to the local field as
before.
About 20 members of Sedgwick Grand
Army post and Relief corps will attend the
annual department encampments in Rut-
land next week Tuesday and Wednesday
The delegation will go from here Monday
so as to be present at the reception that
night. The BrattleborO delegates are not
instructed as to whom they will vote for for
department commander. The two leading
candidates are Capt. Joel Baker of Rutland
and NIB Puffer of Bennington. 1t is quite
probable that some of the Windham county
men will favor Baker, but it is understood
that the delegates from Bellows Falls will
support Puffer.
Capt. J. Cleveland Geer, who has CON-
manded the steamer City of Lowell of the
Norwich line from the time of her going
into service, died in Norwich, Conn, Mon
day of an abcess of the lungs. Capt. Geer
had followed the sea over half a century,
working up from cabin boy to captain. He
had been a whaler and sealer, pilot on
the steamers Commonwealth, Plymouth
Rock and Block Island, and captain of the
steamers Norwich, Boston, Lawrence, New
York, Worcester and Lowell In 18S4-S5
he piloted Jay Gould's yacht ATLANTA in
her two successful races on the Sound be-
tween Larchmont and New London. AS
captain of the steamer Lowell he lowered
the record of speed from New York to
New London by 10 or 20 minutes. His
wife and two sons survive him. Capt.
Geer was well known in Brattleboro
through his frequent visits here.
Jacob w. Bishop died Sunday afternoon
at his home on the Aldrich farm on the
road from CentTeville to Guilford. Mr..
Bishop suffered a shock of paralysis seven
years ago, which confined him to his bed
three months, but he recovered sufficiently
to do farm work. A second shock came
in December, 1894. Mr.. Bishop has been
helpless from that time, but his great suf-
ferings were borne with courage and forti-
tude. Mr. Bishop was born in Wilton,
Conn, Dec. 3, 1889. He lived in Wilton
and NOrWalk learning the hattar's trade