The Vermont Phoenix, and Record and Farmer, Friday, December 4, 1885 (This paper was published in Brattleboro, VT. I think it was a weekly. RHB) Brattleboro Rev. CL H. MERRILL of West Brattleboro will preach at the Centre church next Sunday. The railroad war is over and the old passenger rates have been resumed on all routes to the West. Rev. Wm. L. JENKINS will preach at the Unitarian church next Sunday in exchange with Mr. CROTHERS. The bailiffs have given a policeman's commission to T. W. EDSON, the night watchman in CROWELL's building. The High school class of '88 have adopted a handsome monogram class-pin after a design by F. A. HUBBARD. No work of reference is completer without an index, and this i s what CLAPP & JONES supply in another column. E. H. PUTNAM was chosen commander of Sedgwick Post, G. A. R. at the annual meeting held Wednesday evening. A fine new Hallett & Davis piano has been placed in the Universalist vestry, bought by the ladies through C. W. STEWART. CLAPP & JONES offer several illustrated books, unique in binding and contents, including the little Brattleboro souvenir. Bishop HARRIS of the M. E. church is expected to speak at the church in this place next Wednesday evening, on the subject of Foreign Missions. Business in the Crowell building, including the Carpenter organ works, is suspended to-day on account of a visit from a steam boiler inspector. The national board of fire underwriters has posters up offering a reward of $250 for the detection and conviction of the incendary who fired the buildings at West Dummerston. Elroy STODDARD, an experienced mill er has fitted up the grist-mill connected with BARRETT's machine shop and is ready to do custom grinding by the hundred or (missing) Next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock Rev. E. W. WHITNEY will give the first of his seventh annual series of lectures to young people. The subject will be "Throughness." All are invited. Frank E. HOUSH has another little book inpreparation for the holidays, entitled "The Old and New." It is an illustrated poem by his mother, and will be brought out in the style of "Brattleboro in Verse and Prose." Michael HIGGINS, an Irish boy, whose home is on Elliot street, fell backward through a hatchway at the Estey shop yesterday and received a spinal injury, though it is hoped that teh case will not prove serious. The hydrant for fire purposes, connected with Crowell's water-works has been put in place at the High and Main streets corner this week, and work on the one near the Hook and Ladder hose is in progress to-day. The ladies of the Green street book club met with Mrs. A. H. HINES Wednesday evening for their annual supper and sale of books, and report a particularly pleasant time, as well as the most successful sale in the history of the club. Parties from the upper eind of the county were in town the latter part of last week, to make arrangements with Deputy Collector LILLIS in regard to Uncle Sam's revenue for doing the business of retail liquor dealers at various fairs last fall. E. P. WHITE writes from Sioux Falls, Dak., that one of the luxuries enjoyed by himself and family at Thanksgiving was Townshend apples at $3 per barrel, and he says they found the quality superior to that of the native fruit. The coal with which they keep warm costs $11.50 a ton. Mr. EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards & Lillis, has spent several days of this week in market selecting specialties in holiday goods for the firms customers. They show some handsome furs for ladies in their window this week and next week will make full announcement through our columns. A. C. DAVENPORT informs us that he has received about one-half of the missing numbers of Littell's Living Age to completer the 68 volumes lately given to the Brattleboro Free Library. Mr. & Mrs. A. E. ROGERS gave a party last evening at their residence on Clark street, in commemoration of their 13th wedding annuversary. Some 75 friends called to offer their congratulations, bringing numerous and valuable gifts, which were presented in an appropriated form by H. E. TAYLOR. The occasion was a pleasant one to all concerned. Dr. WEBSTER returned Monday from his trip to Orangeburg, Sc., to leave his wife at his father's for the winter. Mrs. Webster endured the journey well and appeared to receive benefit from the change. Mrs. EDDY remains with her for the present. The docotr tell a tantalizing story of picking handfuls of roses at the door on the morning that he left for home. The Rutland Herald says in a recent local paragraph: " Henry C. HARRIS of Centre Rutland, goes to Des Moines to live. Mr. harris will open a dry goods store with a cousin, Hardie C. HARRIS, formerly of the firm of Osgood, Harris & Co., of that city. Hardie C. HARRIS is well known in Rutland and Wallingford and was born and brought up in Brattleboro, where his father now lives." Mr. HARRIS is a son of Chas. HARRIS of West Brattleboro, and is well remembered in this village as a clerk in the grocery store of FROST & GOODHUE. The Centre Congregational church, at its meeting held last Friday evening voted unanimously to concur with the society in extending a call to the Rev. Chas. O. DAY, and chose Deas. C. F. THOMPSON, W. A. DUTTON and B. A. CLARK a committee to join withe the committee from the society in completing and carrying out the necessary arrangements. The society at the adjourned meeting held on Monday evening chose JamesM. TYLER, B. D. HARRIS and E. C. CROSBY a committee to act with the committee from the chruch. At a meeting of school committee and teachers held Monday evening for general consultation in was decided that the teachers in the High school building should be in the rooms at 8:30 each morning during the winter so that the children may be admitted and properly looked after. The Primary teachers will be required in future to give proper attention to the teaching of drewind, and the higher grade tests will hereafter be called for without previous notice being given, thus doing away with much of the fret and worry to which nervous children have been subjected in anticipation of the dreaded test days. The CHARLIER party left on Tuesday on their return to New York for the winter. Sunday afternoon a small party of their friends who spent Thandsgiving here, went to New York by special train, it being necessary for them to be in New Yourk early Monday morning.--Mrs. D. S. SHERWIN is going to Neponset, Mass.-- The Daughters of Rebekah had a large attendance and a pleasant time at their dance on Wednesday evening.-- Miss Nellie YEAW has taken the local agency for John B. Gough's new book.-- Miss Mary DONNELL and her mothr will occupy the tenement in Retting's building recently vacated by John RETTING, Jr.--Mr. and Mrs. CONNORS has moved from the Ranger & Thompson building into the Dickerman house on Elliot street, and C. B. PARK has moved from Tyler block to the tenement (missing) -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT