Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28

ltceman at Bennington at the centennia
celebration, shot at a pickpocket and tn,
ball struck James Leonard, inflicting a
flesh wound. HaythOrne being arrested
and placed in Jail with gang of pickpock
| cts, including the one shot at, was attacked
and nearly killed before he could be re.
| leased
Carleton Burnham's house at Chelsea
was entered by burglars few mornings
ago. One of the thieves entered Mr.
Burnham's sleeping room and took his
| trousers, in which was his purse with $40,
and Mr.. Burnham's wooden leg. The
! burglar was discovered by Mrs. Durham
and she called her husband, who hobbled
out upon his knees and when ordered back
by the thief, threw a heavy chair at his
head by way of reply. There is no clue to
the identity of the burglar.
AT an adjourned village meeting at Wa
terbury on Thursday evening of last week
1t was voted to put in concrete and gravel
sidewalks on several streets, at a cost of
5000 Work will begin at once.
Barre was visited by fires on last Friday
and Sunday evenings. The first was in
Mrs. l.. f. Smiths tenement house and
was caused by the upsetting of an oil stove
An equal amount of damage was done bv
fire, smoke and water. The Sunday even
ing fire was on the Durham meadows,
and the buildings occupied by the Robin
u Brown granite tool mandatory and the
Mortimer n Hurlihey polishing mill were
destroyed.
The little Out-of-the-way village of Barn
ard had the largest fire in its history Friday
night. 1t caught in Safford's lumber mill.
1t burned the mill, the grist and saw mills.
large quantity of lumber, shingles and
chair stock, then crossed the stream, which
is the outlet of Silver lake, and burned l..
f. Terrilrs dwelling house, the Chamber
lin carriage shop and large hall, a barn
and dwelling occupied by George Walker
and Mrs. f. Day. The loss is roughly esti-
mated at $4,000. The property was in
sured.
\ part of the temporary bridge across
the Missisquoi river at Swanton gave way
Saturday, carrying milk cart and several
persons into the river below. Several mar
rowly escaped drowning. One boy sank
twice. but was rescued by a boatman. 9th
ers chung to the planks and rocks until help
arrived.
EX-GOv. Ormsbee has accepted an ap-
pontment from the secretary of the interior
as commisSio to negotiate with the
Indians of Pyramid Lake reservation i'm
Nevada for the surrender of a portion of
their lands. The other commissioners are
Asa French of Boston, Mass, and W. \.
Morgan of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
Officers made another raid at Montpelier
Monday night and gathered in a fine variety
of contraband goods. The main haul was
made at William Millcr's saloon. where
very ingenious arrangement was found for
dumping the supplies in case of the officers
approach. A hoodlum mob followed the
officers with jeers and howls as they came
ont of one saloon where they did not sue
coed in finding any liquors.
The seven-year-old son of Il. W. Wal.
bridge. the Brookfield town representative
in the present legislature, was instantly
killed by the fall of tree last Friday at
ternoon. The tree, which vas being felled.
was swayed by a gust of wind so that il
went in a different direction from what was
expected and the little fellow was caught
by it.
Work on the Bristol railroad has begun
i'll earnest, and $50 men are to be employed.
The freight train which left Rutland last
Thursday night at $40, was derailed near
the North Ferrisburg station while running
very fast. Sixteen cars were badly wreck
ed and the track was torn up for a long
distance. Two tramps who were stealing
a ride were injured. One had an arm
broken and sustained scalp wounds.
The silk waist of Molly Stark's wedding
dress, now owned by Mary +. Blanchard of
Peacham, was taken to Bennington for eX-
hibition during the celebration. The dress
is remarkably well preserved, but has, per
haps, changed in color from white to tan or
straw hue. An ear jewel. once worn by the
venerable Molly, accompanied the waist.
The dress, except that the sleeves were too
long, was good fit for Molly Stark Childs.
the eight-year-old daughter of \. Z. Childs.
Wallace Mann, a prominent farmer of
West Randolph, is missing and his friends
fear that he has been the victim of foul
play. Mann has been accustomed for sew
eral years to make a trip to New Haven
Conn, to dispose of farm produce. On
August he left on a trip for this purpose
and is known to have taken passage on a
boat for New York from New Haven. The
fact that he had a check for $500 cashed
before leaving New Haven adds to the
anxiety of his friends. He is about 10
years old and has wife and four children.
In October, 1889, it was supposed that
Richard a. Webb, a Springfield, Mass,
young man, was drowned. His bicycle. hat
and bundle were found ON the north end
bridge in that city, and it was supposed
that he had fallen from his wheel into the
river The river was dragged but without
result. Last week Hoyoke man who
was well acquainted with Webb met him
on the street at Bennington at the time of
the centennial. Webb is employed i'm a
paper mill at Bennington. Webb'S broth |
er, who also supposed that he was drowned,
has visited him. Webb refuses to give a
reason for his sudden and mysterious dis |
appearance.
a man who gave his name as Gardner !
was arrested at Boston recently for imper-
sOnating an officer, and in his room several |
hundred dollars worth of stolen goods were
found. 1t now appears that Gardner's
real name was Guellow, and that he for
merly worked as barber at Montpelier.
James W. Crosby, who was for 10 years
A conductor on the Central Vermont rail
road, and for % years on the Northwestern
railroad from Chicago, died suddenly at
DuXbury last Saturday.
George W. Utley of Manchester Depot.
died last week from the effects of being run
over by load of grain. He was rs years
old.
Thomas Farrell of Rutland, fell from a
window last Wednesday, while
shaking rugs, and escaped with slight in
juries. His fall was broken by electric
light wires, and he turned a complete SOM
ersalt, landing on his feet in pile of ashes.
The dead body of woman was found