Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-15

The adjourned Baptist church meeting
will be held to- night.
All of the local millinery stores are open
every Wednesday evening.
w. l.. sylvester of Wet Brattleboro has
again taken the county agency for Hallock's
"Success" ant-clog weeder and cultivator
He sold over 80 of the machines last sea
son.
Major F. c. Beck will sell a large guam
tity of furniture by auction Wednesday,
April 20, at 10 \. NJ, IN the rear of the
Brooks place on the common. Nearly all
of the furniture is new and some Of it has
never been used
John L. Sullivan has put together
large and strong company of the best pro-
fessional specialists for the express pur-
pose of giving an entertainment second to
none and it would seem that his guarantee
that "hs audiences may expect 60 laps to
the hour of fun and laughter" is no idle
promise.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Geo. K. Lyons Granite company
was held at the Brooks House Tuesday and
officers for the year ensuing elected as fol-
lows: Directors f. F. Brooks and J. A,
Taylor of Bratteboro; A. H. Wright of
Springfield Mass. Geo. c. Flynt and
directors after the stockholders meet
ing, organized as follows: President
and treasurer f. f. Brooks; vice pres-
dent, A. II. Wright. F. G.. Rogers was
elected clerk and general manager.
Fire broke out in the stable of L, X.
Howard at Charlestown, Mass, Sunday
morning and completely destroyed the
building. While the fremen were fighting
the flames, a squad of policemen rescued
about 20 horses which were nearly sutfo
Gated. The loss on the building is placed
at about S3000 and the loss to the contents
may bring the total damage up to $4,000.
l.. K. Howard is cousin of +. II. Howard
of this town who formerly owned and car
ried on the stable, but who sold out to his
cousin about three months ago. Mr..
Howard owned a large amount of the con-
tents of the building which was destroyed.
The j4th annual session of the Vermont
Methodist conference will open next
Wednesday at Springfield, continuing
through the following Sunday. The Yer
mont conference is composed of 12j min
listers and $50 churches. The Burlington
district, including Burlington, Bennington,
Rutland and other towns, is in the Troy
conference. The presiding elders of the
| St. Johnsbury and Montpelier districts
have served their full terms of six years,
and will return and enter the regular pas
torate again unless appointed to some other
districts. There is said to be a strong
sentiment in the st. Johnsbury district in
favor of the appointment of Rev. II. A.
| Spencer of Springfield as presiding elder.
An important action bearing on the
! Central NermOnt-Grand Trunk situation
was taken by the railroad committee of the
| Massachusetts legislature Thursday in
voting to report bill transferring the in
terests of the Central Vermont in the lease
| of the New London Northern to the Amer
! lean Loan and Trust company. The bill
was reported with an important amend
ment which provides that the bill shall
take effect on passage, but shall be subject
! to alterations at any time by the legis-
lature. In the meantime the New LONDON
| Northern or the lessee of the same or any
company controlling the same shall be
obliged to observe all the laws of the state
| of Massachusetts, The controlling com
! pany' means the Grand Trunk.
A notable lecture, deserving a large
audience, will be delivered at the Methodist
church next Tuesday evening, beginning at
s o'clock, by Bishop Vincent, one of the
leading divines of the denomination, and
on orator of national reputation. The
subject will be Tom and His Teacher"
Bishop Vincent has been selected twice as
preacher at Harvard University. One of
the daily papers of Colorado Springs says:
at was grand lecture. Eloquent, path
etc, instructive. The speaker ranged the
gamut of human feelings, touching the
chords with a masters hand. 1t should
have 0een heard by every parent, and
would have impaired wisdom and given en-
enlargement along right lines to every boy
in the land. 1t was in every way worthy
of Bishop Nincent's wide reputation as a
scholar and a Christian philosopher. The
The audience was the largest that ever as
sembed under one roof in Colorado
Springs