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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

Potato bugs are plentiful

Potato bugs are plentiful
-Harriette Sanders of Worcester, Mass. is
stopping among her relatives in town for a
brief period
F. d. Read is making fine improvements
on his Main street residence by the addition
of bay window, etc.
Rev N. d. Parsons of Putney will
preach at the Baptist church next Sunday.
The GLORIOUS Fourth" is near at hand
and we mention the fact to wake up the peo-
pie to the idea Of celebration. A success
full one can be had II everybody will Join in
the movement Already several have ex-
pressed themselves as ready to contribute to
that end If the fright man" sets the ball in
motion, and that fright man" doubtless is
Landlord B. of the Jamaica House.
The selectmen are having much trouble
to find men to take the highway bills to work
out, in consequence of the reduction in
wages
w. b. Howe has returned from Worces.
ter, Mass, and will remain with us during
the summer
The friends of William Hastings are
much saddened to learn that he is afflicted
with cancer in the stomach. He is now in
Brattleboro for medical treatment.
The attendance at the meeting of the fire
department in district No /, last Saturday
evening, was very small, and but little bust
ness was done. The engine has not been
out of the house for two years and would be
of little service in case OF fire, 1t is too bad
for town of the size and population of ours
to be minus a good FIRE department when we
have SO good an engine.
Our G. A. r. boys were in "full blast
two or three years since, but some have died
of and some have left town. This gradually
broke up the organization, as is perfectly nat
ural. But of late new ideas have sprung up
in the minds of the old members, and 1t is
thought that new post will be organized at
an early date.
Newton Howard of tho Seventh Day"
neighborhood has entered complaint to the
town authorities against Sidney Jones for
threatening his life. He claims that Jones is
an insane man, and that he has tried to
achieve this end on several different occa.
sions; aud being tired of living in fear of his
life all the time, he acted as stated above.
Whether the authorities will act or not re-
| mains to he seen.
George Scott and the Misses Flint and
Scott Of Hnsdale, N. H, are stopping at o.
| @. Flints this week
-Stillman Clark is building bridge across
the West river around Ball mountain, for the
purpose of removing his immense quantity
| of bark to this side of the river, SO as 70
have it ready for shipment.
Samuel Cheney and wife Of Brattleboro,
| formerly of this town, are stopping at their
| son Wales's and other friends and relatives
in town, for brief period.
-Hiland w. Sanders, who has been en-
| ployed at Worcester, Mass, for nearly @
| year, arrived in town on Monday evening fol
a stay Of few months. NJ.
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rERRLBLE sroRMs Ar THE WEST.
CROPS FRUSTRATED, BUILDINGS blown DOWN
PEOPLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RAIN AND HAIL.

CROPS FRUSTRATED, BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN,
PEOPLE KmLED-HURRIoANEs, RAIN AND HAIL.
Storms Of almost unprecedented severity
visited wide extent of country in the West
last Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday q
storm extended all through Minnesota At
Lura man and his wife were killed by their
falling house. A wind rushed through North
field at as miles an hour, accompanied by
binding sheets of rain, blowing down the
Congregational steeple and piling the streets
with trees. Five inches Of water fell in an
hour at Blue Earth City. In Missouri the
wind blew down partly finished hotel Of
FIVE stories at Kansas City, wrecked foun-
dry, upset q scow and drowned two men.
One of the most destructive storms that has
ever visited central Iowa swept through Des
Moines Sunday afternoon and evening. The
Baptist church was struck and q large hole
burned through the roof. Many trees were
stripped of branches or torn up, and the
crops are leveled. Near Rising Sun half a
dozen houses we're blown away, q man killed.
and his baby and wife blown quarter of a
mile. John Walters house was demolished
and his baby killed. In Grant township
child was killed and several houses demolish-
ed, Casey, Guthrie county, reports two fine
farm houses blown away and the furniture
destroyed. A wagon bridge at Summerset,
Madison county, was destroyed, the Touring
mill at the same place was unroofed, and six
inches of hail fell. Robert Trowbridge and
Herman Rathburn were killed by lightning
three miles northeast of Extra, Audubon
county, while riding in wagon. At Nor
walk, Warren county, two houses and four
barns were destroyed John Kellers little
girl was caught up by the wind, but her faith
er managed to catch her, and by throwing
himself on the ground and seizing small
shrub held both himself and child till the
whirlwind had gone. Adam Stiffner lost ev-
cry hill of corn in 80 acres. The stalks had
been two feet high, but il is impossible now
to tell that it had ever been planted A cy-
clone passed over the western part of Mon
tague county, Texas, carrying away houses,
fences, etc. Crops were badly damaged. A
hail and rain storm of great severity came
upon Cincinnati Monday, breaking nearly all
windows having a northern exposure
Ldter.-It is now believed that not less
than 20 lives were lost in these storms. In
Kansas, Northwestern Missouri and Western
Iowa there was frightful destruction Of hu-
man life, live stock aud real property.
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NEWS ITEMS.

Last week Id, 4S1 immigrants landed at
Castle Garden. The arrivals for the first ten
days this month exceeded those of the first
ten days in May, in which month more i'm
migrants arrived than in any similar period.
AT meeting of the directors of the
Northern Pacific railroad last week, Freder-
ick Billings resigned the presidency, and
Ashbel II. Barney was elected president pro
tenn.
"A severe storm struck Des Moines, Ia,
last Saturday, and house belonging to Will
liam Campfeld was struck by funnel-shRped
cloud, which leveled it and tore up the or
chard for 100 feet. A similar tornado at Col
fax, Ia, destroyed seven houses and several
persons were seriously injured.
The prop of the Lafayette, (Ind. court
house roof gave way Saturday while men
were tearing the roof down. The roof fell in,
burying three men, killing two and seriously
hurting the other.
John G. SAKE, whose wife, mother, two
daughters and favorite daughter-in law have
died in the last few months, and who is still
suffering from injuries received in railway
accident six years ago, has decided to break
up his Brooklyn home and spend the remain
dehof his days with a son in Albany.
John Weleh, the notorious moonshiner
who nearly killed Revenue Officers Davis and
Campbell last December, and who was cap
tured by Davis on WRlden's Ridge, near
Spring City, Tenn, about May 2S, and shot
while attempting to escape, died of his
wounds in the Nashville jail on Saturday.
The young and thriving village of Lud-
ington, Mich, situated ON Lake Michigan, at
the terminus OF the Flint and Pere Marquet
railway, was visited by most destructive
conhagration, Saturday night. which nearly
wiped out the entire business portion of the
town.
The seVenteen-year locusts have appear
ed in myriRds in portions of the West and
South. In some places in Illinois their din
in the fields can be heard by railroad passen-
gers above the rattle Of the cars. In Ken
lucky, Alabama and Arkansas they are also
reported. They are not very destructive but
make terrible noise,
During the eclipse of the moon, Satur-
day night, body of disguised men took John
Taylor, q negro, who had committed rape on
| a white woman in Rockingham county, N.
| O., out Of the Greensboro jail and hung him.
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There was pleasant gathering of friends
and neighbors at Geo. V. Balls Monday eve
ming. Mr.. Ball moved to Northboro, Mass,
Wednesday.
Preparations are being made to celebrate
the Fourth.
The following is from the Springfield Re-
publican of last Sunday
Sheriff Lewis brought j. C. Esterbrook, Kibbe Bros
Co.'s shipping clerk, who is accused Of embezzle-
ment in connection with three OF their travelling sales
men, from his Wardsboro home to the police station
yesterday afternoon and he will be arraigned in the
police court tomorrow. The firm gave all four of the
money settlem ent within a week go to jAil three
them, including Eserbrook, were to pay $500, aud
the other $3.50 AL paid the money except Esterbrook
who said that he must go home to his father before
he could get Any but instead of forwarding the $500
lie merely wrote note enclosing $40 and saying that
he would send the rest as he could get II.
When the onleer arrived at Wardsboro, Esterbrook
could not raise the money and thought the firm would
be willing to wait till he could earn it.. The father
wanted Mr. Lewis to telegraph the firm to send up one
of their partners to make settlement but the sheriff
declined to do so. He told the young man that he
need not with him out of the state until he had
secured reputation, but that he should mprson him
meanwhile; that Esterbrook concluded to come
along without further parley.
The Republican of yesterday says that Es-
Textbook lies in jail, unable to obtain $500
bail. Before his arrest he made written
confession of the way in which he divided
the proceeds from the sale of stolen goods
with various travelling statesmen.
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We have had some very heavy rains of
late, but probably not as much has fallen here
as in West Brattleboro, according to Mr..
Woods estimate. We think his rain-dish
must be a little too fariug to get the exact
rainfall. Grass is looking finely, and our far
mers will have to commence haying next
week
A. s. Bacon has moved into his new quar-
ters in Stebbins block, where he has one of
the best grocery stores in town.
C. E. Shattuck & Co. will move into their
new store in Stebbins' block next week
M. V. Cotton will soon remove to Todd's
block, where he will keep nice restaurant.
The Wordens have got their first house
nearly ready to plaster, and will begin on the
other one at once. These houses, when COM
pleted, will be two as ell-fnished houses as
there are in town.
An but one of our village schools finished
last week. We have had excellent schools
this spring. and if we can keep the same
teachers our next term will prove equally sat
isfactory. p.
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VERMONT NEWS.
A GENEROUS aIFT TO TIE UNIVERSITY OF YER
MONT.


GENEROUS GIFT TO TIE UNIVERSITY OF YER
MONT.
John P. Howard of Burlington has given
to the University of Vermont $50, 900, the
largest individual gift ever made to the insti-
tuition. The income is to be applied 10 the
endowment of the Howard professorship of
natural history, the purchase Of specimens,
apparatus, etc. in the department indicated,
and to the increase of the university library.
The second annual reunion Of Odd Eel
lows of Vermont and Quebec will be held at
Highgate Springs, June 23.
The libel case of Judge Lyman L. Knapp
of Middlebury against the Addison County
Journal has ended with a verdict for Knapp
of $500 and costs He sued for $40, 900.
Edward Hackett of Bennington went out
on the roof of his portico Sunday morning to
| see the eclipse, and while occupied in OBJ
serving the phenomena fell asleep and rolled
of to the ground, distance of 20 feet, and
was seriously injured.
"A quantity of jewelry, which was stolen
from the store of Hewitt d Williams Of Que
chez, last April, was found in travelling bag
| in wood pile in the Passumpsie woodshed,
at White River Junction, last week.
ID. Hopkins, former insurance agent at
| S. Johnsbury, has been virtually declared a
forger by a verdict for the plaintiff in the
case of the fire association against the Mer-
chants national bank of st. Johnsbury, which
| involved the question as TO whether Hopkins
forged the name Of o. II. Green to a check
for $500. The question Of forgery has been
tried twice before, resulting once in verdict
| against Hopkins and once in his Rcquittal
The dwellings of J. b. Bromley and Of
| Mrs. A. G. W. Smith, Castleton, were totally
consumed by fire last Saturday evening be-
| tween ten aud twelve o'clock, with their out
buildings The contents of the houses were
nearly all saved. The loss is from $4,000 to
| $1,000 insured in the Homo and Vermont
Mutual. These were among the most valua-
| BILE residences on Main street, and the fire
was the most disastrous that has occurred in
Castleton for years.
| M. NJ. Stought1n and George Hubbard,
| painters, met with frightful and fatal acct
| don't at Rutland, last Friday morning. They
were at work ON the third story windows of
the Morse building when one of the brackets
supporting the staging gave way, preeipitat-
| ing them on the concrete pavement beneath,
distance of nearly 80 feet. Hubbard struck
| upon his head, and StoughtOn sustained in
| juries from which he died in few hours.
Miss Annette Shaw, Universalist preach
| err assisted in the Ohildren's Day services in
the Methodist church at Barton last Sunday.
| "A portable steam saw-mill boiler exploded
last week at Craftsbury, killing one man, Sc
verely injuring another and demoishing the
mill. The mill was running without steam
| gauge, and the pump had Just been started.
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%. M. Russell is in attendance at the
Grand Lodge F, and A. M. at Burlington.
N. M. Haskell advertises TO sell his stock
of goods at auction commencing on Thurs
day of next week. o. E. Butterheld auc-
tioneer.
Misses Castle and Mills of ILL.,, are guests
Of j. II. Dix Mr.. aud Mrs. O. @. Mute Of
Northampton are visiting at @. A. Lambs
J. L. Patch Of New York is also with us for a
few days, and Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Snow
have been entertained by many friends.
H. @. Winchester, who has become bad
ly deranged from the effects Of lead poison,
was taken to the Brattleboro asylum on
Thursday.
The Sunday school convention held at
the NJ E. church on Tuesday and Wednesday,
was a very pleasant and profitable gathering
though many were prevented from attending
by the severe storm. Rev. j. Hamilton was
elected president f. r. Smith vice president,
and Stillman Lazelle of Dover, secretary. A
committee was appointed to determine time,
place and programme for the next meeting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Reed we're visit
ed by their friends last Saturday evening.
Many tokens of good will and friendship were
presented. They desire to say to all who
contributed to their comfort and happiness
that they hope that some day, some time,
every heart may be made as glad as theirs on
their 18th anniversary.
The trees are very heavily laden with
foliage so much so as to excite remark about
it. Branches have fallen from some trees
from the excessive weight of leaves.
Edward Chapel has bought the LOTS
Gibson" farm. Price $4,000.
The receipt which ex-president r. B.
Hayes received from a citizen of this town
was written by the presidents father, Ruther-
ford Hayes and not his uncle Roger Birchard
as the newspapers have stated. 1t was cor
rect as given in the PHOENIX, May 9th. That
such paper existed was made known to the
president by his cousin, VIM. Bancroft of
Chesterfield, Mass, who was in Dummerston
last fall. The following is a copy of the re-
ceipt sent to the president as he had request
eds
stDuMMKRsToH March 9, 1917
Reed Of SAINT Dutton, Jr, One Dollar in full OF all
book account TO this date.
MOVES HAYES.
RUTHRRFoRD HAYES in.
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Putney.

-Messrs. Davis & Gibson are doing rush
ing business in the sale of horses, having
sold no less than 81 between last Saturday
noon and Tuesday night ellison has now
gone to Canada after another lot, expecting
to return next week.
e. NJ. Wilson made his first shipment of
strawberries on Monday, 18th inst. They
are consigned TO II. @. Willard OF Brattloboro.
The strawberry crop is rather late and at the
present time is looking rather hard, it is
thought on account of so much cold weather
of late, although it started out very promis-
ing in the spring.
The strawberry festival of the Universal
list society was a success in every way, the
gross proceeds amounting to some $50.
The tobacco growers have begun this
week to set their plants. w
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Rev. E. ]. Ward will return from his va
cation this week and there will be service
as usual at the Congregational church next
Sunday morning. j. A. Nets of Cats
kill, N. Y, is expected to preach at the Bap--
fist church next Sunday P. M.-The home OF
DIR. Terrill was made bright on Saturday last
by the arrival of fine daughter. @.
w. G. Wyman aud S. W. Goodridge
went to Plymouth Pond fishing last week and
brought back among other fish pike weigh
ing ten pounds.
-Chas. d. Kidder, who was murdered in
Springfield, Mass, last week, WAS nephew
of Mrs, L. S. Walker of this place
S. S. Bailey is working at Saxtons River.
There was a decided increase in the pop
ulation of this town last week. For further
particulars see list of births
-Chas. F. Wiley has a situation in the
freight Office at Bellows Falls.
The erection of telegraph line from
Manchester to Bellows Falls is in contempla-
ton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

Professor and Mrs. L. A. Butterfeld Of
Boston are visiting in town.
An administrators sale of the remaining
property of the J4hiel Swift estate occurred on
Thursday.
-Sylvanus Clark has been appointed town
liquor agent by Commissioner Farnsworth.
j. H. Rudd has returned from short
vacation and is again at work for II. q.
Riddell
-"Ohildren's day" will be observed next
Sunday at the M. Z. church with attractive
exercises for the little ones,
AT an adjourned meeting of the Viii
mington and Brattleboro telephone company,
on Monday evening, it was voted to dissolve
the company.
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GREAT FLOOD IN THE ONO VALLEY. There
has not been known, for 20 years, so great a
flood, in the month of June, in the Ohio riv-
err valley, as began there on Thursday of last
week, and by Sunday had carried destruction
from Pittsburgh to Wheeling, distance of
80 miles. At Steubenville, o., on Saturday
night, the water had entered the first stories
of all the business houses and residences on
Water street. The Cleveland and Pittsburg
railroad in Steubenville was submerged for
two miles. The loss of property and destruc-
ton of crops in the valley will amount to
S200,0O0 One farmer had 200 head of sheep
drowned. The town of Warren, 10 below
Steubehville, was completely submerged.
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Mr.. Arthur W. Tirrell, who is supplying
the Congregational pulpit, is expected to re-
main in town during his three months vaca-
ton at Dartmouth college.
The farmers are cutting their early clover,
which is very heavy and badly lodged by the
rains.
Mr.. George W. White is making some
extensive repairs on the old VIM. O. Bradley
mansion. He hSs taken down the ell, and
will erect a new one of more modern style in
its place.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-17

George E. Ballou has moved to Kansas.
e. s. Allen recently had valuable sheep
killed by dogs.
farm implements at the Glen House.
Rev. Mr.. Hamilton of Wilmington will
preach in the Methodist church next Sunday
at $3.50 p NJ, and for the present will preach
On alternate Sundays at that hour.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist So
elety will hold a strawberry festival at village
nall on Saturday evening next, the aYails to
DC applied to religious purposes. Alar cor
daily invited
UNIvERsALIsT CONVENTION NOTICE.
.. The WindhAm and Bennington Associa-
uon OF UniVersalists will meet IN Jacksonville
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on Wednesday and Thursday, June goth and
3Oth. AT 10 o'clock Wednesday morning the
council will be organized At II O'Clock a
sermon will be preached by Rev. E. w. Whit
ney Of Brattleboro. AZ O'Clock Wednesday
P. NJ there will be a missionary meeting con-
Quoted by Rev. j. H. Farnsworth, state mis-
sionary, after which the council will meet.
Conference meeting Wednesday evening.
The council will meet Thursday morning at
2 o'clock, when reports from delegates will
be heard. At IL o'clock Thursday A. NJ Rev.
w. N. Barber will introduce the subject of
"Our duties to the Universalist church" fol.
lowed by other speakers At o'clock p. NJ,
sermon by Rev. s. H. McCollister, ID,
followed by the communion.
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The ladies of the Universalist society will
hold a strawberry festival at Whitheds hall
next Wednesday afternoon and evening. All
are invited.
The ladies' circle will meet with Mrs j.
E. Franklin Wednesday afternoon, June 29th
Rev. E. w. Whitney will preach in the
Universalist church next Sunday afternoon at
half-past two o'clock.
-Alonzo Stebbins is building a silo and
has FIVE acres of corn sowed for ensilage.
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Improvements are being made on the
new road.
Our popular mail carrier, O. @. Harris,
has engaged to continue carrying the mail
from here to North Windham for the next
four years.
The post-ofice building in this place is
receiving a new coat of paint and is to have
a plain sign so that the wayfarer will not be
settled village. O.
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nssaolph state NermsI school.

The programme for commencement week,
June 1925 is rs followsi
Sunday, 1880 p. NJ, sermon before the graduating
classes, by Rev. +. +. Herrick OF Chelsea.
Monday aud Thursday, oral examination Of the I'M
der classes
Tuesday written, and wednesday oral, examination
Of the graduating classes. Wednesday evening, ad-
dress by Pres Cyrus Hamlin Of Middlebury college.
Thursday P. ~, alumni meeting cass-tree exercises
and competitive speaking.
Friday P. NJ, exercises Of the graduating classes.
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Births.

In Brattleboro, June IA, a SOB, Qvan WILBUR, to
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. W. Goodner and grandson to David
Perry Of West Brattleboro.
In Eewfsue, June s, a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
A. Railway.
In West swanzey, N. H., June IA, daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Evans.
In Vernon June l, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. d.
Prescott. June 8, son to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bems.
In Grafton, June O. son TO Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
Prouty. June 7, son TO Mr.. and Mrs Henry Bath
rick. JuneS, to Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Turner.
June H. daughter 10 DR.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Terrin.
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OAK GROVE RANGE, JUNE IL.
The practice shooting last Saturday was
as follows. Owing to the small attendance
the medal was not competed for;


Ono of our former minister's Rev. j. c.
McCollum, now of Post Mills, is spending a
few weeks with his family at Isaiah Stod-
dards'
Everything looks favorable now for a
large hay crop corn and potatoes were dam
aged some by the recent frosts but there are
hopes of having good crop.
The summer term of the graded school
closes next week Friday.
There is considerable sickness about
town, giving the doctors plenty of business
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Iaeaths.

In Boston, Mass, June Is, Mrs. Mary spague Hol-
brook, wife Of Geo. W. Holbrook, 81 yrs, mos.
In Cambridgeport, June 49, Edward, only son of
Hon. c. W. Haskell, IS yrs, mos.
In Rockingham, May is, Vim. Ryder, 20.
IN Ludlow, June 8, II. N. HemenwAy, SO. June Q,
infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Prior, mos.
In Bellows Falls, June IL, Jessie NJ, daughter Of
Benz. Bowker, years, mos.