Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-15
aMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1891.

list of $4,000, and has bought 20 acres of
land in West Derby, on which it is pro-
posed to build one of the best half-mile
tracks in New England. Work on it has
already begun and the track is expected to
be in shape for two-days trotting meet
ing early in July.
A 13-year-old boy named Bennett is in
Jail at Newport for attempting to wreck a
train.
VIM. Hinckley of Rutland, charged with
giving Paris green to a horse owned by Jo-
seph Towers, in January last has been
sentenced to states prison for three years.
Charles Barnes of Pittsford, aged G6.
committed suicide Saturday morning by
hanging. He had been i'll for two or three
years, and for some time has been very de-
spondent. He had always lived in Pitts
ford and was one of the best farmers in
that town. He had held several town of
fees, including that of selectman, and was
president of the creamery corporation.
Rev. George ID. Jones, a superannuated
Methodist minister, was found dead in bed
at Boston Sunday. He was chaplain in
the army. At one time he held a pastOrate
at Bennington
During the month of April duties to the
amount of S27, 063.j6 were collected by
the customs officers at ST. Adams.
f. w. Howe of North Bennington, late
supervisor of education in that county, has
been elected superintendent of schools for
Brookfield and North Brookfield, Worces-
ter county, Mass.
The celebrated bloodhound, Jack the
Ripper, raised by jerks l.. Winchell at the
Fairhaven kennels and sold by him for sew
eral thousand dollars to a man in Jackson,
Miss. who has been in Boston since the
bench show in that city, has been stolen
and the police of Boston are on the search
for the animal. The dog is valued at many
thousand dollars. Large amounts of mon
ey come to Vermont for dogs as well as for
horses cattle and sheep The Fairhayen
kennel stands among the first in the coun-
| try for its imported fine blood dogs of roy
al pedigree.
Bert Durgin, aged -, employed in a res
taurant at Wells River, fell from the ears
at Woodsvlle, y. H., last Saturday even
ing and received injuries from which he
died the following day
LLOYD Roberts, eight years old, while
playing with companion last Friday at his
| home in Blissvile, near Hydevlle, fell on
the tines of hay-fork, which pierced his
heart and killed him instantly.
4 correspondent writes to the Montpe-
| lier Waterman that there is a man in Gale
donna county 20 years old, in good circum-
stances. who has never lived over four
miles from where he was born. who has
never taken the freeman 5 oath, never cast
a ballot for national, state, county or town
officers. never was IA member of religious
or secular organization. or party to suit
at law.
There is no material change in the diff
Guilty between the quarrymen and the man
ufacturcr association at Barre, except that
the number of men at work has increased.
! \ committee of the cutters union visited
the quarries on Monday for the purpose of
etfecting settlement, but they were unsuc-
cessful.
\ few weeks ago a man representing
himself to be the proprietor of a stamp and
stencil works at Underhill. sold rubber
stamps to Plainted people, collecting his
pay and promising to send the stamps as
soon as completed. Nothing has since
been heard of the man and the victims can
get no trace of him.
ST. Johnsbury has had small sensation,
in the cutting down of the telephone poles
| by DIR. G.. Il. Bullard. The poles We're set
in front of the doctor place, on the side of
the sidewalk, by leave of the village trus-
tees. 1t is not known what action the
New England company will take, but it is
thought the poles will cost the doctor
dearly.
1t is stated that in a single day over POO
pounds of trout were taken from one brook
in Hardwick.
The annual meeting of the Grand lodge
and other Masonic bodies of the state, to
be held in Burlington about the middle OF
June. promises to be more than usually
interesting. 1t is probable that the pro
iect of a Masonic temple will be brought
up for discussion at that time.
One firm at Rutland sold 1850 basket,
of Strawberries last Saturday, at price,
ranging from II to Is cents.
Stephen Pike, a prisoner in the house Of
correction at Rutland, escaped last Satur
day by saving off a bar at a window.
The directors of the Vermont Mutua
Fire Insurance company have chosen W
r. Dewey treasurer, to succeed III. y. Tap
lin. who was recently elected president
Mr.. Dewey is son of Hon. Charles Dewe,
and has been connected with the compan,
for 20 years.