Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-22


Lafayette b. Spoer, who died in Mary
Fletcher hospital at Burlington last Friday,
was a veteran of the Union army and an
old and honored Mason. being grand tyler
of the grand lodge of Vermont. His home
was in Morrisville, but he was a member of
the St. JOhnsbury lodge.
An event of interest at Fairhaven last
week Wednesday was the celebration Of
the 25th anniversary of the organization of
the Baptist Sunday school in that place.
A big land slide took place at the Brown
ell slate quarry i'm Pawlet recently, causing
several thousand dollars loss to the owner,
w. II. Hughes of Granville, n. Y.
George Gates stole $50 and a check for a
small amount from an Italian with whom
he roomed at Fairhaven. Gates was fol
lowed to Schenectady, y. Y, by Sheriff
Policy and arrested. He is now in Jail at
that place, and will be brought to Vermont
as soon as a requisition from Gov. Hill can
be obtained.
Marvin Coates and Mr.. Everest of Rut-
land were arrested at Pittsford last week
and fined for catching trout less than six
inches in length.
Mrs. Mary f. Whitney of Braintrce has
made a rug yard and a quarter long which
contains 1880 pieces.
At the annual field day sports of the
University of Vermont at Burlington last
Friday four L. V. NJ, records were broken.
f. S. Grow added another inch To the New
England intercollegiate record by putting
the shot 81 feet 1 inches. Pond, the
freshman pitcher, threw the base ball 81
feet, four feet ahead of the record. The
mile run, which has stood for several years
at minutes II seconds, was lowered to
minutes & seconds by +. ii. Root, '03.
Lyman Allen made the record for the run
ming high jump feet 3 inches, the former
mark being , feet IL inches.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Yer
mont will hold its annual convention at
Montpelier June ?.
EX-Gov. John c. Underwood, lieutenant
general, the commander of the Patrarchs
Militant |. O. o. F., of America, will be
present at the dedication of the Benning-
ton battle monument in August. He will
/ be accompanied by his staff, which com
prises 100 officers, all mounted.
A few days ago a man threw a stone at a
/ train near North Stratford, narrowly miss
ing the fireman on the locomotive. The
| train was stopped and the offender pursued
and captured. He was taken to Island
/ Pond and arraigned before justice and
/ held in the sum of 500 for trial, in default
of which he was placed in the Guildhall
/ jail. When asked why he threw the stone
he said "Just for fun and when it was
suggested that he might have killed some
one he responded, IAN the more fun
Over $500 duties were collected at the
port of St. Adams by the customs officials
last week Tuesday.
A paper mill and shoe shop are among
the enterprises which the board of trade of
Middlebury is endeavoring to secure.
The water in Otter creek was never
! known to be lower at this season of the
year, and the pulp company has made no
| attempt to move the big drive of logs near
| Middlebury. The New Haven river is also
very low and thousands of logs are strand
ed all the way from Bristol to Brooksville.
Quimby S. Baclkus of Philadelphia, for
merly of Brandon, is the inventor and
manufacturer of the Backus portable steam
| heaters, and has capital of 100000,
a son of Henry Bird of Hubbardton
| saw a large black eagle which was trying to
| capture one of his fathers lambs. He
| shot the eagle, which measured six feet
/ from tip to tip.
Albert Wood of Brandon had three fin
| gers and thumb of his left hand severed
! by a circular saw at Brandon one day last
week.
James Washbune of Goshen has been
granted pension of Sl2 per month, with
| 500 back pay
William Shaw and wife of Randolph have
celebrated their golden wedding.
About 1000 tons of iron and 5000 tons
of coal are used every year at the scale
works at st. Johnsbury.
The annual report of the directors of the
Fairbanks company at st. Johnsbury, pre-
scented last week, stated that the produc-
ton of the factory in 1890 was over $4,000
scales.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ladoo of Hines
burgh celebrated their golden wedding on
Monday of last week All their 10 children
are living.
Charles w. Rumrill of Brookfeld, ar
rested for violation of the postal laws,
waived examination and was held in the
sum of $500 for appearance at the next
term of the United States circuit court
A trotting horse, owned by DIR. Patten
of East Fairfield, for which he had refused
an offer of $3.50, got loose few days age
and ate so much grain that death resulted
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