Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-17

city, Wednesday evening. He had apparent.
ly been in the water about two hours IL is
not known whether no was drowned by acct
dent or drowned himself lie had been in the
insurance business many years, was unmarried
and for year past had been in poor health
Burglars blew open the Woodstock post
Office safe Tuesday night and got away with
about $50 worth OF stamps The noise they
made caused an alarm and the thieves fed
leaving money aud other valuablcs on the
floor One man was shot at, but escaped
with tho loss of lantern and hat The men
stole the tools they used from n blacksmith's
shop in the village, and they we're evidently
not PROFESSIONAL
The Farmers Mutual fire insurance COM
pany of Montpelier has had 80 losses during
the year ending August 1, amounting to $780,
1ii eight of these aggregating $40 45i This
is a very exceptionally high rate Of loss for
the company-being an average Of S30G8.87
on each million dollars insured-while the
general average Of the company for 30 years
has been only t,1l3.97 on each million dol
lars insured The company has consequent
ly levied an assessment of 81 per cent, aud
the directors have decided to give their ser
vices the ensuing year, while the officers will
contribute a portion Of their salaries on &C
coun of the unusual bad luck Of the company.
Aside from the unusual losses described the
affairs of the company are said to be in ex-
ceptionally good condition.
On the Saturday afternoon before the st.
Adams trust company suspended, a lady who
had a sum to deposit hurried over Just be-
fore closing time in the afternoon, to make
sure of having her money in safe place.
She now wishes she hadn't hurried about 1t.
One St. Adams man who had several thous-
and dollars in tho bank added two thousand
more to it the week before the suspension.
Quite number of individuals found them
selves with from five to ten dollars iu their
pockets and the rest Of their cash locked up
with the trust company.
The Frontispiece of the September Centu-
ry will be a remarkable portrait of Robert
Burns, after a daguorreotype in the posses
sion of Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, which
was taken from miniature belonging to
Burns's sister In the same number will he
printed "a Burns Pilgrimage" by II. H.
The house and barns of Peter Shanly at
Peacham were burned by an incendiary last
week loss $1,000, insurance, 500
Rev. Charles A. Reese Of the Dearborn
street Baptist church ut Boston has resigned
to accept call to Rutland aud will begin his
work there next month.
e. i. Underwood, employed in the St.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroad shops
at st. Johnsbury, was struck on the head and
neck by the lever Of jack-screw Tuesday
morning and instantly killed.
The seventh regiment of Vermont veteran
volunteers, which Col w. G. Holbrook, now
Of New York CITY, commanded, will hold its
second reunion at Burlington August - 80.
A steamer has been chartered and an excur-
sion will be had on Lake Champlain the Doth.
st. Marks Episcopal church at Newport
was consecrRted Wednesday, the exercises be-
ing in charge of Bishop Bi.sell. Bishop
Niles of New Hampshire preached the ser
mon
The Newport Express of this week says
A large crowd collected in front of the Mem
phremagog house last Tuesday evening to
witness the operation of fire escape. The
apparatus consisted of a long canvas trough
attached to an upper window, the lower end
being held loosely by men The person to
make use of ii simply gets into it and slides,
the descent to the ground being rapid, easy
and perfectly safe, the angle being about 90
degrees. Several men, one women and count
less gamins availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity to test the machine, aHording much
amusement to the on-lookers.
1t is said b. b. Smalley of Burlington was
on the paper of his uncle, Bradley Barlow, to
the extent Of $4,000.
The Baptist annual state convention will
be held at West Randolph the fourth Sunday
in September.