Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-03
VERMONT NEWS.
FATAL ACCIDENT on THE SOUTHEASTERN RAIL.
ROAD.

The express train on tho Southeastern
railroad from Newport to Montreal was de-
rallied three miles from North Troy, Wednes-
day. Two parlor cars, one baggage, one
passenger car and new engine were do
stroyed. One woman from Derby was fatal
ly injured and some If other persons were
badly hurt. There were 80 passengers on
board.
Simon Cunningham, farmer in a wagon
with his wife and child, attempted to cross
the railroad track near Essex Centre, last
Wednesday evening. The wagon was struck
by the locomotive and Cunningham was in
stantly killed, his wife fatally injured and
the childs leg broken.
The Lake Champan sea serpent has put
in his annual appearance.
B. +. Brown an Amherst graduate, and
for two years past a teacher at Athol, Mass,
has been engaged rs principal of the Montpe-
lier union school.
The Bennington monument committee
have secured only two-thirds of their wished
for 500, 600. Their present plan is said to be
to put up a large, perfectly simple monument
probably of Bennington blue limestone
designed to be impressive amid its mountain
GUS surroundings
--Ex.Gov. Page has begun suit against
Clement ~ Sons of Rutland for alleged libel
in statements recently published by them. He
claims 5000, 600 damages
VIM NJ Eyarts will deliver the address
at the annual fair of the state agricultural 30.
ciety and the Champlain Valley association,
to be held at Burlington Sept, 1914.
Col. John b. Mead of Randolph has just
returned from England, where be has bought
20 head Of red poled cattle to add to his herd.
There is talk of new railroad line from
Rutland west to Granville, N. Y, and thence
to connect with the Greenwich IL johnson
railway ut Greenwich, to be built by some of
the slate men in the western part of Rutland
county.
On Saturday morning a passenger train
approaching Colchester collded with the rear
end of freight train that was setting off on
q siding badly demoralizing several freight
cars. None OF the passengers were injured,
but the engineer and fireman, who jumped
from the train, were considerably bruised
-A12-year-old Burlington lad named Foley,
son of a poor widow, met with a serious acct
dent at the shade-roller factory last Friday.
He WAS playing on the elevator, which was
ascending at the time and was holding on by
the rope when his hands we're drawn into the
big pulley at the top. Both his thumbs were
torn of aud two fingers of his left hand.
The following patents have recently been
issued to citizens in this state Fordyce NJ
and IL. Norton of Addison, road making ma
chine Edwin II. Gilman of Montpelier, driv-
ing bit Hawley O. White, No. Bennington
stereoscope.
Joseph Greenon of Swanton died July 20,
nearly aged lOi lie was able to converse
intelligently up to the last, though he had not
been able to leave the house for 10 years.
The presiding bishop has granted re.
quest for the removal of Rev. Merritt Hui.
burd, lately appointed to the psstorate Of the
Bennington Methodist church, to the pasto
rate of the Washington Square Methodist
church on 9TH street, New York. Mr. HUI
burd will leave Bennington the latter part of
/ September.
COL A. b. Jewett of ST. Johnsbury has
| bought Bradley Barlow's quarter of the Ma
/ guam Bay compapy's property. They own
/ 700 acres on the shore Of tie bay, where they
hope to build the city of Maquam, Jewett
and the Farbankses each owning one-half
st. Pauls church at Burlington has sur
pliced choir of men and boys, the frat in the
state, with "a voices
The Passumpsic railroad company will
build freight depot at White River June.
ton.
-Lucus Smiths barns at West Fairee were
struck by lightning and burned with - tons
of hay, during heavy shower on Saturday.
Albert Potter, aged b. son of Maj. VIM.
Potter of Pownal, was killed by a freight
train OF the Troy d Boston track, near Pow
nal, Monday evening. He was asleep on the
track.
A letter addressed to Widow Smith
Richford, Vt" threw the postmaster into a
panic, there being Il widows of that name in
Richford
Forbes writes to the Boston journal that
the improvements and additions at the Wind
sor prison. for which legislative appropria-
tions were obtained, are all completed, with
the exception of the proposed new barn. The
sum of $4,000 was voted for this building and
the work of erecting it is in progress The
management Of the new superintendent, f.
W. Cakes, has been very satisfactory TO the
directors his long experience as chief warden
under former superintendents having thor
oughly fitted him for his present responsible
position. Since his appointment last May,
nine convicts have been received at the prison.
-Edw. H. butcher succeeds Prof Slocum
as principal of Barre academy.
The third annual reunion of the veterans
of Windsor county is to be held at Hartford,
Sept. (.
Peter Brinnele and John Shortsleeves,
while intoxicated, got into fight at Milton on
Tuesday, and Brinnee was so badly injured
that he died. Shortsleeves fed.
The spirituasts hold their camp meeting
at Queen City park, near Burlington, from
Aug. Is to Sept IL.