Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-03-27
STATE NEWS.

About $1,000 has been raised for the es-
tahlishment of creamery at Danvile
Over Si0, ,Vn was expended last year in
improvements in village property in Brad
ford, exclusive of streets and sidewalks.
Rev c. B. Atwood, of the Free Baptist
church at st. Johnshury, has accepted a
call to the Baptist church at Whiting.
1t was rumored at Rutland last week
that an English syndicate was trying to
! huy one of the large marble concerns in
that city Tor 81 ,OO, 900.
Two young faikers who boarded at a
| West Randolph house for week aud then
| skipped out, were arrested at South ROYAL
| ton and fined SIG and S31 which they will
work out in the house of correction at the
rate Of 33l cents day.
A faithful likeness of Gen Stark, the
hero Of Remington, sketched by stealth by
| "A Miss Crowniugshed while on a visit to
the home Of the old soldier in the later
/ years of his life is now the property of
| Mr.. Bartleman Of Boston, of whom it will
| probably he bought by citizens of Manches-
| ter, n. II.
4 monument is to be erected over the
remains of Davy Gro, kett, the famous
Tennessee hunter, who killed los bears and
! performed various other deeds of valor 1t
Is now more than 80 years since this pictur-
esque old character was buried The shaft
will be of Tennessee granite and over -
feet high.
The channeling machine, which was be-
| ing holsted by derrick, fell into an old
marble quarry at Proctor last Friday The
| men at work saw what was coming and had
time to save themselves, with the excep-
ton of two, who were struck by pieces
breaking off the machine and by dislodged
! pieces of marble. One of the men had a
| leg broken in two places and was badly cut
about the head, while tine other sustained
two broken ribs and other internal injuries
Dr. Mahanna and his saddle car railroad
have Of late been getting a good deal of
| free Advertising At a meeting of the
board of trade and delegates from other
| towns at Rutland last Friday evening, to
consider the building of one of these roads
between Rutland and Montpelier, it was
voted to raise 500 900 for such railroad
| provided that it could be operated as sue
cessfully as any standard-gauge railroad
+. IL. Williams, formerly of Colebrook,
| y. H., and who at one time did an eXten-
sive banking business at st. Johnsbury, is
now lodged in jail at Lancaster, n. Ii. He
| disappeared in 1889, leaving unsettled ac-
counts amounting to SlOo, 900. Later many
cases Of forgery and misplaced confidence,
| in which he was implicated, came to light
/ He was traced to Manitoba aud finally ar
ested in Ontario. None of the st. Johnsbury
banks lost by his transactions, but the Brad
| ford and other banks are sufferers.
! st Albans had sensational tragedy last
| Friday night when Fred T. Harding, a
young man Of %, shot aud killed his wife,
] ghn h..
Harding's wife was a dssolute character
who lived in East Georgia aud he married
her against the wishes OF his relatives
! The couple had trouble recently and sepa-
rated They had been together Friday
afternoon in house on Fairfield street, a
| little way out of the village. In the even
ing they started tu walk to the village, and
a little later the dead bodies of both were
found
Charles Constantine of Rutland commit
ted criminal assault in that city last
! Thursday evening ON girl named Amelia
Williams of Poultney. Search was made
for Constantine during the day but he was
not found, and in the evening Sheriff
| Whitaker boarded the Montreal sleeper
! Constantine got ON the train at Proctor
and after reaching Brandon the Sheriff at
tempted to arrest him. Constantine, who
| is 26 years old, and a powerful fellow
weighing over 200 fought vigorously, aud
could not have been secured but for the
assistance of the trninmen. He was placed
under $1,000 bonds, in default of which he
was lodged in the house of correction. A
revolver and two razors were found in his
pocket He is a prize fighter, and is
thought to have killed policeman at Mon
treal few years ago.