Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-06-19
STATE NEWS.
The Hartford Murder Case.


who lived with her youngest daughter Eva,
near the state fair grounds. just across
the way lived Clark, who married Emma,
Mrs. Marston's Oldest daughter, and who
rented the old homestead from his mother
in-law There was i'll feeling between the
families and the ClarkS had been notified
to move out, although Mrs. Clark was i'll
in bed at the time. The murder took place
one Sun lay, when Eva was at church,
leaving her mother alone in the house. On
her return home the daughter found blood
stains on the doors and floors of the house
and her mother was lying on the cellar bot
tom with her head terribly pounded. She
was insensible and soon died. Clark's ac-
tions raised suspicion against him and he
was arrested and bound over for trial.
1t took only 80 minutes to get jury on
Monday, there being only six challenges,
while four were excused because they had
expressed an opinion in the case.
Mrs Julia c. II. Dorr of Rutland will
sail for Europe Saturday for visit of II
weeks in England and on the continent
| 1t is reported that a valuable lime depos-
! it has been discovered in Sutton, and a
| Massachusetts, firm has begun preparations
/ for working it, 1t is said that the best of
cooking soda and porcelain ware can be
made from the composition.
The East Barnard cheese factory is now
making 1000 pounds of milk into 800 pounds
of cheese daily.
The recent eight days Roman Catholic
fair at Montpelier netted about $500
! toward the new church fund
Three fishermen recently took $50 pounds
of pickercl from Shelburne pond i'm a day
] n a hplf a NJ
one-half pounds.
The Norwich University students created
/ diversion the other day by firing a stone
through the ianitor'S house.
Thos. II. Chubbs fishing rod business
at Post Mills has been bought by the Mon
tague City Rod company of Greenfield,
Mass, who will rebuild the burned factory
on the old site and continue the extensive
business established by Mr.. Chubb. The
Montague company is an old ami well-es-
tablished concern with factories at Green
field ana Amherst
A peculiar accident occurred at Castle
ton recently. Mrs. Carrie Stlcs's carriage
was overturned by team following run
ming into it. The carriage was dragged
several rods before il struck some obstruc-
ton and the horse was freed. The top of
the carriage was up and Mrs. Stiles was
dragged all that distance under il, being
unable to escape. Her spine was injured
and She was also injured internally.
Rev. F.. \. Hoyt has resigned as pastor
of the church of the Messiah Universal
ist) at st. Johnsbury, TO accept a call to
the church at Middleport, \. Y.
Brandon is happy. After good deal OF
agitation the citizens Of the village have
raised the amount required to buy the site
and a $50, 900 hotel will be erected 10y +.
f. Briggs. Work will begin at once. and
the hotel will be ready for the public be
fore snow flies. The walls of the lower
story of the structure will be of stone, with
marble trimmings The hotel will contain
80 rooms and will be handsomely furnished.
The Welsh eisteddfod. or festival of song
and literary productions, at Middle Gran
VILE y. Y, recently was "A brilliant sue
cess. The chief interest was in the choral
contest for chors of 10 to 30 voices. and
competed for by those from Fairhaven.
Pawlet, Poultney, this state, and Granville,
\. Y. The prize of 500 was divided be-
tween the Poultney and West Pawlet
choirs. South Poultney won the so prize
for choir of II to III male voices. The
double quartet prize was won by Fairhav-
en- and several representatives of that place
won the prizes for literary efforts.
Charles Carlton of Cavendish received
a painful injury while working on the rail-
road section last week, a pick being nearly
driven through his hand by a blow
At the Caledonia county w. {. r. l..
convention at Lyndon last week it was
voted to give 500 toward the erection of
temperance temple at Chicago at the
worlds fair.
Virgil Lane, carpenter employed on
the new opera house building at ST. Johns-
bury. fell 30 feet Tuesday afternoon, break
ing his neck. He leaves a widow and two
small children.
1t is said that if 20 new tenementS We're
ready in Wells River they could be rented
at once, but the available building lots are
owned by few people who will not sell
them.
1t is stated that Hon. f. II. Powell state
auditor, who has sold his residence in Rich
ford, will locate in Burlington.
The post-ofiice department has completed
the reimbursement of salaries for the second
class post-otfices in New England. The
only change in Vermont is an increase of
500 in the salary of Postmaster Fred W,
Morse of Montpelier.
Josiah T. HuntoOn, prominent citizen
of Paterson, n. j., died recently of paral-
ysis, at the age of seventy-eight. He was
native of Vermont and went to Paterson
about fifty years ago to engage in the cot
fee and spice business. During the war he,
with Henry NJ. Low, ran the underground
railroad" by means of which escaping
slaves from the South were assisted to the
North and to liberty.
1t takes an Orange county jury to do fine
figuring. A case was tried up there re-
Gently in which a woman sought 5000
damages from a man who, she alleged, had
made mtruthful remarks about her char
acter, and the jury brought in a verdict
, for S679.l0.
Miss Parthenia A. EdsOns body was
found floating i'm Otter creek near Brandon
on Tuesday of last week A note pinned
to her shawl, which lay on the bank moi
far away, made certain that it was a case
of suicide. Miss Edison was a dressmakeI
resident in Shoreham and went to Brandon
, on a visit. Temporary insanity is given as
. the cause of the act
5 jefferson Robbins, an aged and respect
ed citizen of Craftsbury, was found dead
in his pasture one afternoon last week.
5 A bill fish three feet nine inches in
length, weighing about 25 pounds, was
. caught in Little Otter in Ferrisburg re-
Gently The bill was about 10 inches in
length, with double row of sharp teeth.
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