Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-13
STATE NEWS.

The Barton Monitor says that Gen Grout
has sold his village residence to Ed Hol-
than Of Lyndonville, who will take pos
session this week Mr. Circuit and his sis
ter Miss Victoria will make their home at
his farm in Kirby, where he is building a
nice house.
Henry W. Tewksbury of West Randolph,
who was 50 severely injured in the Hart
ford railroad disaster year ago. has So far
recovered as to be able to walk with crutch-
es, one Of his legs having shortened con
siderably in healing.
Royal rowle is the champion fox hunter
Of the state. He has killed % the present
season in the towns of Lyndon, Burke and
Kirby.
During last year the total customs re
ceipts at Island Pond amounted to $40
23l -, a against SIP, 32134 in 1856 an
increase Of over 30 per cent.
Freight train No from Rutland Mon
day morning was run into by an extra that
was following it near Proctorsville. The
engines and several cars were derailed and
the track torn up.
Leland Fairbanks. %, died recently at
Bennington. and was buried with Masonic
honors Monday. He was one of the oldest
members Of the Masonic fraternity, and a
past master.
The railroad commissioners have filed
their report of the accident that took place
at st. Adams ON the death of Henry
Coombs They find it was due to no fault
of the corporation, but to the carelessness
of the unfortunate man
DIR. \. p Grinnel of Burlington has re-
ceivcd the appointment of medical director
of the Central Vermont railroad company,
and has entered upon his duties.
John Porter of Hardwick Centre, aged
30, was struck by falling tree on Friday
afternoon and so injured that he survived
but few hours.
Charles Ellis Of Rutland received pain
fnl injury to his thigh by falling on point
ed stick while skating
One hundred dollars is to he paid in pre-
miums on butter at the dairymens associa-
ton meeting at Montpelier Jan, 1920 as
follows For best sample dairy butter,
$1,000 second, 5000; third, 81 90. For
best creamery butter, the same sums. For
the best sample of butter made at any time,
any where, by any method, $1,000, and
this lot will be the property of the associa-
ton. 5000 will he divided pro rata
among the samples marking 81 points and
over.
j. C. Weller, his wife and two children,
who went from Burlington to the Congo
country to take part in Bishop Taylors
self supporting missionary scheme have
returned and are in New York Mr.
Weller describes the enterprise as com
pete failure and thinks he was lucky to
escape alive, He says there is no chance
for missionary work, as the struggle for
existence occupies all the time of the un-
fortunate members of the colony.
1t seems that the inhabitants at the Bay
We're very much exercised ON the first even
ing that the electric lights in the railroad
yard We're started. Some of the people
down that way. seeing the blaze of light in
the distance, were sure that St. Adams vii
lage was suffering from an extensive fire /;
and at least one sympathetic farmer, motto
ing later in the evening that the blaze was
undated, exclaimed 1T does beat all
that with the amount of water those folks
have up there they haven't been able to
subdue that blaze it's as big as ever st
Adams Messenger
On January 80 Gov. Ormsbee will hold
reception in the rooms of the Newport
Rifles at Newport, to be followed by u
Grand Army Of the Republic camp fire.