Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-09


the recent term of the Rutland county
court was S5262. Hugh Kelly who was
tlned 500 Monday, was unable to pay his
ilne, and yesterday was committed to the
house of correction for 300 days.
Hon. John D. Howard, leading resi-
dent of Duluth, Mimi, who died recently
leaving an estate valued at $2,000,0 900, for
merly lived at Morristown and Craftsbury,
and was educated in this state. He was
well known at Newport, beings brother of
Mrs. G. G. Goodrich of that place.
Julius Berry of Waitsield met with a
shocking accident at Waitsied. He at
tempted to pull out the straw which had
clogged threshing machine, when his arm
was caught. The arm and wrist were
fractured and the small bones and cords
of the hand torn out
William French, an employee of the
Franklin scale company of st. Johnsbury,
while visiting in Cabot last Friday with
his wife, was instantly killed by the acct
dental discharge of gun, the entire charge
entering his side near the heart.
The barn of Frank Beauvi of Orwell
was struck by lightning and burned, with
all its contents, consisting of hay, wheat,
30 bushels of peas, the same quantity of
potatoes, 1000 shingles, one two-seated
| buBS1s Ollb IuOWtIg anu OllltI FARMING llIl-
plements, drill for boring wells, valued at
S3OO, and nearly new moving machine.
While Harley Andrus of Hubbardton
was handling gun last Sunday the trigger
caught on a log, and it was discharged, the
whole charge of shot entering at the wrist
on the under side of the arm and coming
out at the elbow, SCATTERING the flesh and
muscles in frightful manner.
Mrs. Eliza Blackmer, whose age is 81,
surprised and Mortified the people of Ben
ningtOn by an attempted suicide by throat
cutting. She made deliberate prepare
ton for the affair, first protecting her dress
and the carpet from being stained with
blood. She was found unconscious, and
may not recover.
Only 10 persons have died within the
corporate limits of West Randolph village
containing now at least 1900 inhabitants,
since the beginning of 1881. One of
these was a nonresident. OF this number
: II were over 80 years of age, one over 30
t and one child under one year
2 Villas, Hawley & Lapelle have an eleva-
tor at SwantOn with capacity of 100000
| bushels, and are grinding 1000 bushels of
5 corn per day. The elevator is on one side
t of the river and the mill on the other, a
belt conveying the corn 600 feet across the
stream and then carrying the meal back
: A singular accident happened to John
: Lovely, locomotive engineer on the Missis-
quot railroad. A friend who proposed to
make him present of some celery held il
n up to the cab on the end of sharp iron
4 as the locomotive was passing, and wher
Mr.. Lovely grabbed for it the iron was
driven through his hand so that it protrud
J.. ed from the back of it.
- Arthur, 11-year-old son of |. X. Harvey
fell go feet from the plank walk under thu
j., railroad bridge over the Missisquoi river a
u North Troy. He crawled out upon thu
= rocks, and was found in a shop near b,
two hours after. He was terribly bruised
but no bones were broken and he is recov
= ering.
= Two new corporations have recently fe'
e application for charters. One is the Brow
II Hotel company Of Springfield with CAPT
tai of So, 600, who propose t. build no
4 tel at Springfield Among the list of in
1r corporators is the name of Hon. Adm
e. Brown. The other is the Barton Landn
e. bObbin spool and novelty company with
capital of S12, 900, which is to manufactur
E. bobbns, shuttles, etc.
a A ripple of excitement was caused a
lg Pittsfield few days ago by the actions c
~ Henry Anthony, a crippled soldier, who be
came violently enraged, threw number {
c. stones at the house of his nearest neigl
lie Dor, ending his performance by drawing
IS revolver and firing several shots through I'll
at door of the house. He was arrested an
arragned, but it was found that both i
B. and his wife were insane and they will
k taken to the asylum.
Elk The 10Th annual meeting of the We
p mont branch Woman's Board of Mission
- lao La ton.
IL, ed. The reports showed very encOuragiI
n condition. There has been a large increai
sh in membership, there now being 12S auXi
cir iaries and 81 mission circles in the stat
The donations of the year amounted
ial over $1,000, an increase of 81 per cent ov
be the previous year, and a legacy of ov
Of S21, 900 from Miss Hubbard of BENIN
on ton. Mrs. G.. G. Benedict of BurlingtC
Id was chosen president, with one vice pre-:
dent from each county in the state.
ire George johnson, fireman on the &c
of trail Vermont railroad, was knocked und
oS the locomotive in the rock cut north
NO Proctor last Friday, and his right foot Wi
- badly crushed, necessitating amputatio
He was running beside the locomotiy
a looking at the sand feed, when he W
ECU struck by the long handles of dump C
80 which the section men had left near d
10 track. johnson is young man who IL
merly lived at Ludlow, where he owns
oH farm.
Ceu James NJ. Atwood, a trusted 'employe
~ ont the street railway company at South NJ
"S' walk, Conn, has left town under cloI
He came from West Randolph, this sta
ted several years ago. PrOfessedly he was
nj former preacher and became prominent
the church work in South Norwalk. Recen
ing his name has been coupled with that
gle. Mrs. Lycett, the wife of a carriage max
lie, in a scandalous way. A ew days ago
led Lycett returned home to find his wife a
a a Atwood locked in room. Lycett kick
lite Atwood down stairs and drove him fr
his house, and sent his wife to the no
was of her parents. The people of the phi
lor- were aroused over the affair and as TN
eek, were threats of tar and feathers AtwC
was disappeared He is a married man,
father of grown up children.
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III, A recent Port Townshend, Wash, lett