Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-23
MASSACHUSETTS NOTES.

1t is expected that the free delivery sys-
TEN of mails will be established at Chico
pee and Greenfield within the next 80 days.
James Mccormack of North Adams was
struck by the locomotive of a freight train
at Little Tunnel Monday evening and in
stantly killed.
Two worlds bicycle records were brok-
en- on Hampden park at Springfield last Sat
urday, Windle riding a mile in 2:1j and
ii. c. Tyler of Highlandville a half mile
in l :06.
George Bliss, the New York banker,
who gave munificent gift to the Epis-
copal church at Northampton, has also
given 500 to the Methodist society of that
place, to aid in building their new church.
The wing of the old Warren hotel, in
Warren, was destroyed by fire Tuesday
with loss of $1,000 on building, 500 on
Lincoln's billiard room and $1,000 on +. 5.
Moore's grocery store.
f. A. Wright of Fitchburg, a freight
conductor on the Fitchburg road, fell from
the train of which he had charge last
week Thursday, and his body was found
on the rocks in the Deerlield river near the
Bardwell's Ferry bridge.
The annual inspection of the fire depart
ment of Greenfield took place last Friday.
The hose companies laid $50 feet of hose
and made the usual couplings. Engine No.
| did the work in one minute and seven
seconds, No. , in one minute and No.
in one minute and - seconds.
The large Glendale wooden mills i'm Glen
dale, near Great harrington, were de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday evening.
The total loss is 500, 900, with good insur-
ance. The main mill was five-story
stone building and its water privilege was
one of the best in Western Massachusetts.
Laura Presbrey, the Smith college girl.
who disappeared on Monday of last week.
committed suicide by drowning in Para
disc pond. The body was found last Fri
day after long search. As a student she
had taken high rank and her family is one
of prominence at Taunton. 1t is supposed
that she was insane. She committed sew
eral small thefts from fellow students, and
her shame on being detected was so great
that she ended her own life.
The Greenfield Gazette says that it is
estimated that the onions grown upon one
acre of land in Sunderland, this year, will
fill car. As there are 100 acres grown
this year it would require train of 100
freight cars to move the whole crop at
once. The average number of bushels per
acre, it is said by those well informed, will
be about 900. As some fields will return
800 bushels to the acre, it is thought that
100, GOO bushels will be a fair estimate of the
growth in Sunderland. The average price
has been about 80 cents a bushel, thus
putting the nice little plum of so, 900 into
the farmers pockets.
Northampton is excited over the work
of incendiaries. Last Saturday night the
barns of Jas. G.. Wright on Bridge street
and Zenas Field on Meadow street were
burned. At the latter fire Amos Bugbee
a member of the hose company, was in.
stantly killed by falling beam and two
other men had a narrow escape. Four
horses and three cows persisted in the
| flames. Later in the night an attempt was
made to fire a house on Hospital hill, but
the two men who were engaged in the act
made their escape before they could be rec
/ ognized Bugbee, the dead fireman, has
/ relatives living in Keene, y. H., ant
White River village, VT. He was about &c
| years old and learned the machinist's trade
at Fitchburg.
The engagement of Carl, oldest son OF
| Emil WeissbrOd, and Miss Florence Leslie
only daughter of Mrs. Frank Leslie, tn,
| New York publisher, eXcites much interest
among Greenfield people. Miss Leslie i,
only Is, and through her grandmother
Mrs. Packard. is heir to Sl,OO0,0O0. In
company with friends she has been q
| guest at the Weissbrod home several times
and there is no doubt that it is genuine
! love match. Miss Leslie is a beautiful
| blonde. 1t is said that it was the wish Of
her parents and grandparents that she
should not be a society young woman
Young Mr.. Weissbrod, although only about
20, has been in partnership with his father
four years manufacturing pOcket-bOOks.
The Republicans of Franklin county
held a rousing rally at the opera house
in Greenfield Wednesday night. Delega
tions came in from all the surrounding
towns, and during the afternoon and early
evening the streets and public places were
thronged with enthusiastic Republicans
The band paraded the streets in the even
ing and there was a grand display of fire
works. Joseph Griswold presided at tn,
meeting at the opera house and made
good opening address. Col. Allen, tn,
candidate for governor, made stirring ad
dress, in which he touched upon the TEN
perance question. He was followed b,
Henry Cabot Lodge, who showed how