Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-06


quarried in the state
An alteration took place between Mar
tin Dayton of Bennington and Backing
ton, Mass, man named Robinson, during
which Dayton was struck over the head
with bottle and seriously injured The
police are now searching for Robinson, but
he has disappeared.
The postmasters of the first congress
sional district are to hold a meeting at
Middlebury next Tuesday to elect two del
egates to convention to be held at Wash
ington in December or January. for the
purpose of having the pay of the public
servants of this class increased.
IIazen Hyde of Passumpsc was knocked
down by an angry bull few days ago.
The animal threw him across the garden
and against fence. Mr.. Hyde had three
ribs broken and was otherwise injured.
He would have been killed if Geo Blair
had not come to his assistance.
Agnes l.. Abel of Rutland has recover
ed "a judgment of 5000, with interest.
| against the Delaware II Hudson Canal
company, as damages for the killing of the
late Perry \. Abel, her husband, a car re-
pairer, by the backing down of train up
on car on a side track under which he
was at work
4 bad accident occurred at Tunbridge on
Tuesday. A tramway car let a heavy
block OF granite fall on John Osborne,
superintendent of the granite quarries on
Brocklebank hill, crushing his right arm,
so that it had to be amputated at the
! shoulder. His right leg was also badly in
iured.
The Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
company have recently cut down the
| amount of insurance or cancelled the poll
ces in about 1000 of the 1000 risks that it
had in POultney and Castleton. This ac-
ton was the result of the work of spec
ial examiner, who gave his attention to
the matter for several weeks.
Burglars broke into the store of James
McMullen at Castleton Sunday night gain
ing entrance by removing several panes of
| glass. They secured the contents of the
cash drawer and several pairs Of boots and
shoes. The work appears to have been
done by the same burglars who broke into
RansOm's store at Castleton week previ-
Gus.
f. A. Donahue of Montpelier has been
chosen president and G. y. Arms of Wa
terbury secretary and treasurer of the As
Quincy granite company of Windsor, and
these two men with Sumner Kimball and
f. A. Dwinell of Montpelier comprise the
board of directors. The work on the road
is being pushed rapidly, and it will proba-
bly, be completed before snow flies.
Maximum Boudry of johnson met a
stranger on the streets of Boston, with
whom he soon became acquainted. The
man asked for loan and Boudry gave
him all the money he had, $40. The
stranger went into a building and did not
Sc 4
on Boudry that he had been vctimzed and
he reported the loss to the police.
Joseph Lucia, alias Chalie Gull, was ar
rested on Saturday at West Rupert for
stealing a bicycle and horse blanket at
Rutland, where he had been at work. Lu-
ella is an old offender and well known to
the police. He is about 81 years old and
claims that his home is in Milton. In 1879
he was sentenced TO the house of cOrrec-
ton for a year for larceny at Buringt IN.
The marriage of Miss Mary Harris,
youngest daughter of the late Joel b. IIar-
rs, to Fred Sweeney, who acted as the fam
ily coachman for few months several
years ago has made a sensation at Rut-
land The marriage ceremony was secret
ly performed a few months ago, but the
fact has only become known since the
death of Mr.. Harris. The parties have
not lived together as yet.
\ case for the lawyers to settle has arts
en- in regard to the insurance on the life OF
the late John b. Page, ex-governor of this
state. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life as
ISOLATION of New York refuses to pay the
claim of $4,000, alleging that Mr.. Page
made untruthful answers when he took
out the policy. At one time the associa-
ton had the application for $4,000 APP
proved and made an assessment to pay it,
but the claim was cancelled.