Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-30
HGNIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1891.

Montpelier carriage company on the Ber-
lin side of the Winooski river. This plant
formerly cost 100000 and has frontage
of 552 feet. The water power is one of
the best in the state.
A house owned by j. c. Tracy of Shell
burne situated at Shelburne Falls, was de-
stroyed by fire last Saturday night, and al
so the barn adjoining. The house was oc-
cupied by three families, who lost most of
their goods. The house was insured for
$4,000 and the barn for $500. The fire is
supposed to have started from a crack in
the chimney.
d. d. Gorham, for II years principal of
the Northampton, Mass, High school, died
i'm that place on Monday after an illness of
several weeks. He was born in Rutland
in 1919, graduated at Mddlebury college,
taught school i'm New York state for num-
Der of years and had been a teacher at
Montpelier for IL years before going to
Northampton.
The ticket office of the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad station at Fairhaven was brOk-
en- into last Saturday night, the safe blown
open and a small sum of money taken
The force of the explosion shattered the
windows and threw fragments of the glass
| 10 rods The fact that the windows were
not raised shows that the work was that of
/ amateurs. Several slate workers tools
were left in the Office. This is the third
time that the office has been broken open.
An Ohio man had peculiar experience
at Burlington a few days ago. He stopped
for the night at the City Hotel and placed
his pocket-book containing $50 under his
pillow. In the morning he took an early
train for Cambridge, and while there found
that his pocket-book was missing. He
borrowed money enough to get back to
Burlington, and on going to his room at
the hotel found that the bed had not been
made and his money was where he had left
it.
The question of an increased water sup
ply for St. Adams was settled at village
meeting held Saturday, when the taxpayers
by a unanimous vote authorized the
trustees to expend SS5 900 for an addition
to the present system of corporation wa
ter works. The plans and specifications
for the proposed work were drawn by Lu-
cus A Taylor, civil engineer, of Boston.
The trustees propose to construct reser-
voir with a storage capacity two and half
times as large as the old one.
The Tooth birthday anniversary of Miss
Lettice Lee Bowen was celebrated at Gays
{ vile MONDAY. one WAS DOIl III MY dlOOll
and was the second child of David and
Betsey Gushing Bowen, who came to Roy
alton soon after the Indian raid. Miss
Bowen always lived plainly and worked
steadily until four years ago, when she suf-
fered her first serious illness, and since
that time she has been unable to do much
work. She is conversant with historical
works, and her eyesight today is unim
paired.
A Nergennes correspondent writes tC
the Burlington Free Press: "A rare medal
if it may be so called, has been found il
Arnold's bay by William Adams, who runs
the ferry at that point. 1t is composed o
some light substance about the size of ;
dollar, having on one side the letters 'B
A. supposed to stand for Benedict ar
mold: underneath is the date, 1TI6. Thu
reverse side is smooth and unlettered
Large pieces of the sunken gunboat hay,
been secured by those engaged in search
ing the wreck for relics
The 18th Vermont Regiment Veteran
r association held reunion at Rutland las
week Thursday. Statistics show that tn
, regiment had 9j2 men mustered in a
Brattleboro in October, 1862. There wer
mustered out in 1853, $40 men. The reg
iment had - men killed in battle, 81 dis
charged for disability and two for wounds
There are now $50 surviving members q
: the regiment, of whom 564 are accounte
for and 81 not accounted for. Since tn
last reunion, held at Fair Haven four year
ago there have been - deaths.