Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-11

pathetic Atlantic story, "Granthcr Hills
Partridge has written the volume on Yer
mont for the American Commonwealth Sc
ries.
The house, barn and sheds at Wcstfeld
owned by Curtis a. Austin and occupied
by Henry G. Curtis, were burned Sunday.
There was a very high wind and neighbor-
ing property was saved with much diff
Guilty.
A three year-old child of Sidney Mason
OF Montgomery was severely burned about
the limbs few days ago by falling through
chamber floor of loose boards on to the
stove and upsetting the contents Of tea
kettle.
Albert Burroughs was instantly killed by
the falling Of a tree in lumber camp at
Concord a short time ago. He had left his
home in East Coventry only few days be-
fore. He leaves a wife and four children
at the latter place.
\ young son of c. p. Chase of Lyndon
vile was kicked i'm the head by horse last
Monday. A large cash was cut on the
forehead and the bone above the eye was
broken so that piece was extracted. He
is likely to recover.
The Odd Fellows hall at Barre was ded-
icated Tuesday. The parade was followed
by a banquet and later by general eXer-
cises. The hall is ample in size, hand
somely furnished, and is situated in the
new Gordon block, the best building i'm the
place.
\ 17-year-old boy, while har'ing with
three companions i'm the Woo near STAIN
ford, shot bear weighing 1870 pounds This
is the sixth bear that has been shot in and
about Florida and Stamford within the
past five years, and there are said to be
many still roaming around the mountains.
There are few villages in northern Yer
mont which have made so rapid growth
during the present year as West Derby.
Twenty buildings have been erected, in
Guiding business house, large boarding
house, Advent church and fine residences.
The Horse Breeders association have also
fitted up very extensive fair grounds.
One hundred and fourteen of the alum
nj and friends of Goddard seminary, Barre,
attended the annual banquet Of the alum
nj association at the United States Hotel
in Boston last week Thursday. At the
close of the banquet speeches were made
by Rev. Charles II. Eaton, Prof. William
L. Nhipman Prof. r. Shipman and others.
J. b. Mason, \. W. Baker and II. W.
Hayes of Providence, Il. l., were in Yer
mont last week to investigate the workings
of our tax law. They were members of a
committee appointed by the Rhode Island
legislature to prepare a retaliation and
rate of property and to devise means for
an increase Of revenue. They called upon
Tax Commissioner Glced at Hyde Park
and the assessors at Burlington.
\ passenger train met with an accident
in a cut at Pittsford last Saturday morning
\ block of marble weighing several tons
had fallen off 50 that it projected over one
of the rails. The engine crashed into it,
breaking the COW catcher, cylinder and
connecting rod, and the steps on all the
cars and the springs of the trucks were
smashed. Fortunately the cars were not
overturned and nobody was injured.
Many Improvements have been made on
the Rutland division of the Central Yer
mont railroad since last summer A new
water tank with capacity of 10000 gal
Ions has been built at Middlebury am one
of similar capacity is being built at Rut-
land. 4 new station costing upwards of
5000 has been erected at Middlebury. 4
new iron bridge is being placed over the
canal at Bellows Falls and one Is to be put
in at GassettS.
1t is estimated that there are 1000 maple
sugar makers in Vermont who can make
application for the government bounty,
but DR.. IL. II. Mcintyre of West Randolph,
the deputy in charge, says that only 2514
have filed their bonds. The number
ranges from one in Grand Isle county to
sol i'm Orleans Caledonia county is SEQ
ond with AL and Windham county has
only l4G. Cambridge in Lamoille county
has the largest number of any town, rs.
\ heavy gale was experienced on Friday
and Saturday i'm Franklin county, particu-
larry in the vicinity of Richford, where the
iron covering .on the roof of the big grain
elevator and the roof of the Rowell IL
Corning block were blown off. The goods
in the latter building were badly damaged
by rain. The high bridge over the MiSsis-
quot river in Berkshire was blown down,
and barns, outbuildings, chimneys and
fences were badly damaged in several
places.
Nelson Written of Sandgate, who was
sentenced nine years ago last June to Is
years in the state prison for manslaughter.
has been pardoned by GOV Page. 1t will
he remembered that Written and his ia
ther got into an alteration with band of
gypsies, and young Written shot and
wounded one of the gypsies and also killed
his father The latter shooting was acct
dental, but as at the time he was using his
pistol in an unlawful manner it made the
shooting manslaughter