Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-12
STATE AFFAIRS.
DISASTROUS PRE- AT WEST RANDOLPH


Nearly all of the business part Of the enterprisiug
village Of West Randolph was burned last Saturday
The hre started in the basement Of wooden block on
Main street, owned by Dubois Gay and occupied by
W. E. LamsOn as furniture store. II spread rapidly
and for six hours ragged with great fury, sweeping the
business part of the village bounded by Main and
Pleasant streets and Merchants Row. The principal
losses ares Cottage hotel, $1,000; Fnts block, $1,000
French block, $1,000; j. D. Mitchell dry goods $1,000
Red Store, owned by Dubois Gay, $500; W. F. LAM
son, furniture, 5000; F. II. Josn jeweler, $500;
F. Chadwicks house, used ss dwelling and saloon,
s4OO!i Blue Store, owned by W. H. Dubois, S30OO Z.
A. Thomas, dry goods, boots and Shoes $1,000 Corner
store, owned by Loren Grswold, S45O0; J. @. Manu-
Co., cothiers $4,000; Wires block owned by DR.. Nor
ton, 5000; L I Sparhawk, house, engine and ma
ehinery $4,000; r. g Morton, two houses, $500; NJ.
CnAuwIck, house, $1,000.
The merchants in most cases removed nearly all OF
their goods. Help summoned from neghbOrinR
towns, and Are engines aud men promptly responded
from Montpelier Mortified and South Royalton. The
surrounding buildings, including Dubois Gays hne
brick block occupied by the postoice, the Herald and
News, and several stores, saved BY the greatest
efforts Tue total loss Will reach SEQ 000 The flames
were effectuay quenched by the heavy rain which
followed the ere on Saturday evening aud night.
Not one Of all the business men burned out will be
financially embarrassed by losses. Excavations for
rebuilding began Monday aud will be pushed as fast
covered over with substantial brick blocks.
Robert J: Burdette, who ectured iu West Randolph
Friday night and was to have received 500, would
only take s25, giving S75 to the free reading room in
consequence Of the loss sustained by the Are.
--Avi T. Baldwin, the wealthiest and most promi-
nent business man in Wells River, died the Sd inst
from the effect Of injuries received by being thrown
from his carriage four months ago. He fret built up
large business In the shoe and leather trade and a-
terward engaged largely in the lumber trade. He
active IN church and social work. and bad twice been
q member Of the legislature.
The court and bar of Caledonia county gave q
complimentary dinner to Hon. II. G. Belden at St..
Johnsbury on Monday evening, the occasion being
Mr. Beldens departure for Minneapolis Mimi, where
he will settle in the practice of bis profession.
The funds already collected for the erection Of the
Bennington monument amount to $4,000.
just before noon on Monday the heavy cornice Of
and flo IlnaN doc
witnesses stand in the Rutland county courtroom fell
with crash that Jared the whole building, knocking
of the plaster in the sherif's below. Several
large masses fell on the judges seats exactly where
the Judges Sit had court been in session they
others would undoubtedly have been seriously injur-
ed, II not killed outright The room has oeeu eonsid
cred unsafe the condition Of the pasering for
some years past and the late legislature authorized
county tax TO repair the court house, which II seems
not done any too soon.
Gov. Pipgree has appointed Dudley c. Dsuuison,
L. W. Redington and Geo. Z. Davis committee to
locate the shire town OF Orleans county In accordance
with the act Of the legislature.
States Attorney Bates, who was shot Thanksgiv.
ing night at bennington by young joseph Bennett OF
White Greek, N Y, was more seriously injured than
A. trst supposed. gradually deepening paralysis
has attacked the right arm and both sensation and
motion much impaired. The right leg is also Dor
dering on q similar condition. No trace OF Bennett
has been discovered.
-Middebury village is having surveys IN de with a
view taking supply Of water from "Brstol Notch"
The Waterman says that Martin Mansfield, form
erly Of RoIbury, town near Montpelier, went out to
Dakota some two or three years since, accompanied
by hs SON. aud is reported what believed to be
good authority that both father and son were hanged
by VgilAnts in Dakota last week for horsestealing
An unsuccessful attempt was made last Saturday
night to blow open the safe Of J. b. Gunand JeWeler
at Bt. Adams,
"A Bradford despatch of last Tuesday says that
Mrs. Gideon Heath, q woman OF about IS, who lived
on back road about seven miles from that village
was found dead the night before in small pool OF
water a few rods from her house. She was lying on
her back in about three inches Of water, with an old
shawl tied tightly about her and old banker
chief around her arms as though they had Just been
bound, Her clothes thrown above her hips, aud
the ground around where she lay and her appearance
were such as to indicate struggle The people were
much excited at first but after examination by the
doctors, who discovered nothing wrong the belief
gained grou nd that II case OF suicide Tue doc
tors say death could have been caused by Gunocation
from the shawl II wet Her husband died Just one
week before.