Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-25

nounccd candidate. The CaledOnian strong
ly urges that the question be settled by Il
vote in caucus.
Double browning Near Middlebury.
Mrs. Isaac Wimette of Salisbury and
daughter, aged Ii, and son, aged Il, were
returning from Middlebury Saturday night
when the horse was suddenly taken i'll, and
backed the carriage over an embankment.
The girl jumped from the wagon and es-
capped, but the mother and son were unable
to free themselves, and with the horse fell
into the water and were drowned Both
bodies were recovered. Mrs Wimette leaves
a husband and seven children. The open
ing through which the wagon went down
the embankmcnt was the only one in that
vicinity, and was barely wide enough to let
the team through
A new agricultural society is to be form
ed at South Royalston.
The dressing mill of the Quebec Lumber
company at West Burke was partially de-
stroyed by fire last Friday.
a general term of the supreme court is
ordered to be held at Montpelier on the
third Tuesday of October.
Arson 5. Curtis, a carpenter, fell from
staging at Castleton and was severely in
jured.
Roger II. BiXby, Montpelier druggist,
and one of the best known business men
of that place, died last Saturday.
Sherman Doty, a Morrisville brakeman,
had his hand smashed while coupling cars
one day last week.
About 30 members of b and +, 18th Yer
mont Volunteers held reunion and bas-
ket picnic at Bristol one day last week.
Russell's steam saw mill at Smugglers
notch, at the foot of Mt. Mansfield in the
town of Stowe, was burned on Thursday
of last week.
Simon W. Rosendale, candidate for at
torney general on the Democratic ticket in
New York, was educated at the Barre
academy in 1861.
During the storm last Friday night the
barn of w. Gold in RoXbury was struck by
lightning and burned with contents.
Rev. ID. f. Croft, recently Congrega-
tional minister at New Bedford, has accept
ed call from the Baptist church at st.
Adams.
Over $1,000 in purses and premiums will
be offered at the fair at Barton next week
500 being given to the best band in the
county.
Mrs. Mary Reed, wife of Selectman Cor
nelius Reed of Walcott, died almost instant
ly on the fair ground at Morrisvile We'd
nesday afternoon of last week from an APP
poplectic shock.
One of the many extensive quarries at
Chelsea is to be operated at once by a
stock company which has just been formed
u-itl la al /. of
rior quality.
Thieves entered the house of Moody
Clark at South Ryegate last Friday and
took a number of valuable articles They
entered other houses in the vicinity but
took nothing of value.
A Burlington man, who went fishing in
Lake Champain a few days ago, hooked
and drew up from the bottom of the lake
a musket which was used in Revolutionary
| times.
Thomas Hale, the bigamist. whose sec
Ond wife was Bolton woman, who has
been living at Montpelier has been sen
fenced to two years of hard labor in the
state prison
+. V. Sturdevant and +. +. Cowles OF
Weybridge went Wednesday of last week
to Montana with $50 Spanish merino sheer
and on the following day two carloads Of
sheep were shipped from Middebury fol
| Texas.
A cannon has been found in the marsl
on the border of Lake Champlain in Dres
den, opposite Benson. The date of it il
raised letters is 1884 and it is believed t,
have been brought from Canada in Revo
lutionary times.
At a trial of speed at the Orwell town
fair last week a horse owned by GeOrg,
FELTON, collded with one owned by Mr. Wis
sell of Shoreham. A shaft pierced Mr.
Wisselrs horse to the heart, killing it in
stantly.
The wind and rain storm last Frida,
night in Addison county was very severe
Much damage was done to corn fields. or
chards, fences and telegraph poles. Sever
al buildings were unroofed, and at Corn
wall barn was struck by lightning an,
consumed.
A freight train on the Central Vernon
railroad broke i'll two sections near Char
lotte Saturday and the two parts came to
gether, throwing three heavily loaded car
of coal down an embankment, and snillin
the coal in all directions.
Col. George o. Tyler, 81, of Burlington
was reelected grand captain of the guar
at the late session of the supreme council
A. A. 5. rite, at Boston, and Col. NJ. Q
Perkins, 81, of Windsor, was made illu,
trious deputy of Vermont.
The photograph rooms of f. II. Allen a
Bradford were burned Tuesday morning
Aliens loss on the building is $500 an
on stock $1,000: insurance $500 Tn
town liquor agency in the same buildn
was also destroyed; loss 500, insuranc
5000. The fire caught in Aliens rooms
Two burglars attempted to break into /
w, Hawley's store at Norwich on Thur.
day night of last week, but were discover
ed while working on the lock of the out
side door. Four or five ineffective shot
We're exchanged when the thieves fled
Mr.. Hawley is town treasurer, and tn
post-oiiice is in his store.
The farm buildings of Frank SLACK
about three miles from the village of MOI
witch on the New Boston road, were al
burned one day last week, together wit
all his hay, grain and household furniture
The buildings were new and the loss
heavy for Mr.. Slack.
The body of James McQuade of Yves
Rutland was found beside the track of tn
Delaware d Hudson railroad in that plac
on Thursday morning of last week Hi
skull was fractured and it is supposed tina
he was struck by the locomotive of
freight train. He was p years old, en-
ployed in the quarries at West Rutland
and leaves wife and small child.