Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-15
STATE NEWS.

| summer meeting of the Driving Park assO-
citation at Rutland in August: Fourth 80
class for purse of $3.50, 2:2S class for
purse of $780, 5th, 2:37 class for purse
of $500, 80 class of trotters and PAGERS
for purse of $500; 9th, Pap class for
purse of $780, 2:20 class for a purse of $500.
During April 10000 pounds of maple
sugar were shipped from Bethel. This is
said to be the largest shipment from any
town between White River Junction and
st. Adams.
The Germans of Burlington have organ
lied lodge of Goethe.
The contract for lighting the streets of
West Rutland has been awarded to the
Sheldon marble company. Twenty lights
are to be furnished for $1,000.
The first annual meeting of the Brigham
academy alumni association in Bakersfield
will be held on the 9th of June. The adj
dress of the occasion will be delivered by
Prof. Granville wager of Middlebury col
lege. The association is in tiourishing
condition. f. G. Smith of ST. Adams is
its president.
Capt. Erastus Humphrey, aged %, the
Oldest man in the town of Burke, fell re-
Gently and injured his head. He died on
the evening of the accident.
Two weeks ago the Vermont Construc-
ton company of St. Adams did the largest
weeks business in its history contracting
to build a quarter of a mile of iron bridges
in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and
Massachusetts,
A new French Catholic church, with a
seating capacity of from 700 to 900, is to
be built on Lincoln avenue at Rutland.
A gold badge five inches long is to be
FOL I,.t i,,, "a,
pany to the company making the best APP
pearance in parade at the state tremen's
association tournament at Rutland in July.
The Rutland Herald says that it is no.
ticeable that nearly all the entries for the
races at Glens Falls, y. Y. next August
by Vermont horsemen are from Fairhaven.
Fairhaven horSemen are up to the times in
all respects, and produce as fine horses as
can be found in any part of the state, or in
northern New York. f.. Busy has re-
Gently bought 200 acres for $3.50 near
Paramount park in that town and is to
make one of the best stock farms in the
state. Contracts have already been made
for commodious dwelling, and several
stables and barns. +. Enos of Benson has
recently bought the 250-acre Hamilton farm
at Fairhaven and is to run it as tirst-claSs
stock farm. There are a number of other
stock farms in that town, besides training
schools for blooded and fancy horses.
The Henry Hayward farm south of the
village of Rutland was sold at auction last
week for sl4,s75. This farm is considered
one Of the best in the Otter creek valley,
} and contains 225 acres.
Secretary of War Proctor has forwarded
his check for 500 for the association of
horse breeders to Joseph Battell, the treas
urer. Mr.. Proctor writes that he expects
that Secretary of Agriculture Rusk will
visit him, and accompany him on the trip
across the mountains from Rutland to
, White River Junction to the meeting.
Zina Chase. Fletcher farmer has sold
: all the maple sugar that he has made this
year for III cents pound. The sugar was
in small cakes and was sold in Boston.
Rutland has new daily paper, the Mon
itor. which is understood 10 be the project
, of Granville y. y, people.
Rev. j. NJ. Webster. presiding elder of
, the Burlington district of the Troy MethO-
dist conference. passed through Rutland a
few days ago with II lake trout weighing
40 pounds. He caught them i'll Lake
+ George.
l Ira Morrison of Rutland, who died re-
! Gently was a native of Milton Hill where
] ne was DOTH Ill lCOl. lJullIg his tllllIt
lifetime he had never been farther from his
1 birthplace than Albany, 40 miles distant.
, He never rode on a railroad train but once
I The leading fish story of the season
comes from Middlebury. as it is said that
E Landlord John Higgins of that place caught
a trout weighing - 81 pounds in Lake
DunmOre.
=, Mason S. Stone. formerly supervisor OF
[ IL, ipc ~,
= in mathematics in the University of Yer
, mont has been elected superintendent o
schools in the Easthampton, Mass, dis
trict.
n The post-ofiices at Bristol, Lyndonvill,
y and Morrisville having been made presden
= tial offices, the salaries of the postmaster
at the two former places have been made
q $1,000 and at Morrisville Sll00. Montgom
= cry has been made money order office anC
!, Clarendon Springs postal note office.
\ In the suit of Heard, administrator
against the Central Vermont railroad com
y pany which had been on trial at Burling
: ton for the past two weeks, verdict wa
rendered Saturday for the defendant. Thi
: was suit for $4,000, brought in the in
.r terest of the next of kin of Andrew A
y, Wheeler, late of Fitchburg, Mass, VIII
died as was claimed, from injuries received
's in the memorable accident on the Contra
/ Vermont railroad, Feb. ), 1887, at what
NJ known as the Hartford bridge disaster
i James Brennan of Castleton, in lookin
over his ledger few days ago, found tn
~ names of 101 different persons, prominen
l. in town affairs, whom he made charge
= against from September 20, 1872, to Apr
~ 20 1873. No one of the number is nov
T. living.
r Cyrus White, aged rs, who died at Rock
70 vile, Conn, last Friday, was native c
id Richford. When he went to Rockville i
a 1886 to open blacksmith shop, the popr
lation of the place was 200. In 1856 h
h founded the present firm of White, Corbi
nj a. Co., and began the manufacture of Ell
III velopes on a small scale. The bushes
al proved to be great success, and is at pre-
of ent the largest envelope manufacturin
4 company in the world, having a capacit
of over 100000 a day. In 1870 Nj
% White organized the White MANUFACTURER
- company, with a capital of $4,000 an
" began the manufacture of ginghams. II
90 was president, treasurer and principi
~ stakeholder of the company, which OPP
' rates two of the largest mills in Rockville
30 their capacity being 10,000yards day. !
~ 1869 he built the first opera house in Rocl
~ Vile. He leaves large fortune.
Ii At Trinity church, Rutland, last Sunda
Rt. Rev. W. II. II. Bissell of the dioce'