Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-17
STATE NEWS.

me marble mill at Hvdevine recently
bought by the Sheldon Marble company.
was destroyed 10y fire ON Saturday night
Following are some of the recent appoint
nents OF fourth. class postmasters in this
STATE j. w Parmenter, Brookfeld j f.
paws, Derby; f. H. Dean, Monkton q .
| r. Earle, Morrisville; j. Oscar Bangs,
North Bennington j. W. Fargo Randolph;
ieleh Campbell, Saxtons River j. NJ
lowher, Shoreham ID. II Bennett Bridge
port Jerome I. Flint Derby Line NJ
nupiee East Berkshire; Stephen Grout,
last Dorset +. A. Beach, Essex junction;
~ n: Slmonds, Manchester NJ. NJ. Par
ker, Wolcott b. f. Taylor Wheelock.
The trial Of a suit for $50, 900 against
the Central Vermont railroad company by
the estate of j. A. Stone, who was killed
IN the Hartford bridge disaster in Febru-
airy, 1887, was begun at Burlington Mon
| day. The case was entered at the Septem-
Der term, 1887, but has been continued
from time to time until now. The claim of
Che plalntltts estate is that the rails where
the accident occurred were poor and were
ihsecurely fastened that the cars were
weak and not properly equipped that the
tram was not manned competently that
uhe engineer was running at a high rate of
| speed TO make up lost time that the bridge
was without proper guard rails, and that
the accident was due to the company's neg
| llgence. All these allegations the defend
ant company disputes and says that it used
every usual and necessary precaution
against accidents
Col. Cochrane, pension agent for the
New Hampshire Vermont district has sew
EN- clerks busy preparing the vouchers for
| ,.I,r
ments call for something like 5000, 900 di-
visible among $1,000 pensioners, divided as
follows: In New Hampshire, 6200; in Yer
mont, 5000, the balance $500, being scat
tered all over the Union. There are at
| present ON the rolls three widows of revo-
lutionary heroes, lS survivors of the war
| OF lSl2, 36O widows of soldiers of same,
| but only about 100 survivors and widows
| OF the Mexican war The lowest rate paid
is 81 per month to about 500, and the high
est S12 to some ~ for total blindness, and
eight or ten others for total disability of
various kinds
Patrick Tobin, aged p, Of West Pawlet,
while working in II slate quarry MT that
| place ON Monday, accidentally fell down
the shaft lao feet. When help reached
him he was found to be alive, but badly in
| lured He was cut badly on top of the
head and on the forehead The physicians
state that he will recover.
st. Johnsbury has appointed commit
tee of II to aid the sufferers Of the Dan
| vile fire
The Congregational church at st. Adams
which has been remodeled at a cost of Sl2,
900, was dedicated Tuesday afternoon, Rev
DR.. William Taylor Of New York preaching
the sermon. Combined with the dedication
ceremonies was the ordination nf W. II
Hopkins Of st Albans to the ministry A
large part of the money for the repairs
was given by ex Gov. Smith.
A Rutland jeweler recently had watch
given him for repairs that was 250 year.
old. 1t is owned by f. r. HOLSTER o
Providence, r. L., and although not very
large round was an inch and IA quarter
thick and quite heavy. 1t is of foreign
make and valued at 5000.
The monument in memory Of Gen Stan
nard, which is now in process Of erection
in Burlington, will be unveiled June 20
when it is proposed 10 hold reunion o
Stannard's old regiments, the Second anC
| Ninth Vermont.