Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-04-10
STATE NEWS.

c. l.. Soule has been appointed postmas-
ter at Mount Tabor.
George Dickensou Of Williamstown. aged
80, committed suicide one day last week by
taking laudanum
William Patnod Of Brandon, brakeman,
fell from the cars near Putnam, y V, last
Friday and was instantly killed.
The annual school meeting at West Lin.
coin resulted in free fight in which sew
eral persons became the owners Of black
eyes and bloody noses.
DR.. f. S. Tracy of Newport, who was in
iured in an accident last July on the Old
Colony railroad, has just received $ll 800
damage in settlement by arbitration.
The amount Of sugar delivered from bond
in Vermont ON April lst was 730, 600 pounds
-j5O,OOO in Burlington, 100, 900 in Rut-
land and 10000 in Brattleboro
At the annual village meeting at St Al
bans it was voted to raise 81 900 for ex-
penses for the coming year. aud 10 put san
itary matters entirely in the hands Of the
selectmen
A young man called John Loveioy, EN-
plOyed by the railroad company. fell from a
car at Burlington last week Thursday and
the engine passed over his right leg, smash
ing it terribly.
William Carpenter Of Bridport began
work in the saw-mill at that place last
| Thursday, and on the same day fell ON
saw, so badly fracturing his right arm that
it had to be amputated.
William Heygood, a lawyer of Lancas-
ter, n. II recently attended the / 18th CON
secutive term of the Vermont supreme
court at Guildhall, covering a period Of
30! years Of practice.
The house of Walter f. Kinney at Hub
bardton was entered by thieves last Thurs
day evening while the family was away,
and two gold watches, suit of clothes, a
note for $50 and a due bill for $40 we're
taken
Articles Of association have been filed
with the secretary of state for the Cotton
Manufacturing company, which is to sue
ceed johnson Il Cotton in the manufacture
of saddlery hardware. The capital stock
of the concern is 1000.
Fire was discovered in the barn of NJ.
H. Gibson Of Ryegate one day last week.
The flames made rapid progress and before
| help arrived were beyond control There
we're - horses in the harm and about 30
hogs All the horses except four were
saved One Of these was an animal worth
! 500
William Freeman and John Edwards
were tamping a blast in H. W Hughes
slate quarry at West Pawlet last week
| Wednesday, when the blast exploded and
both men were horribly lacerated. Free
mans throat was torn open and his head
was cut. He died in few minutes Ed
wards is expected to recover.
The officers and executive committee
men, representing the Republican league of
Vermont, met at Burlington on Tuesday
evening of last week, and chose these del
| egates to the national convention to be held
at Cincinnati the 2lst: Hon II Henry
| Powers Of Morrisvlle, Col julius j. Estey
Of Brattleboro, at large; Major Josiah
Grout Of Derby, Col Charlie, S. Forbes Of
St Albans, Hon NJ S. Colburn of Man
chester, Hon Gilbert A. Davis Of Windsor
ex-oflico Hon. Nelson W. Fiske of Isle
La Motto, Col William B. Wright of Or
well, first district l.. $ Hayes, Esq, Of
Bellows Falls, Col Truman c. Fletcher of
St. Johnsbury, second district The dele
gates were authorized to select their own
| alternates.