Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-07


ford are very indignant over the matter.
Gov. Page appointed \. b. Noyes of st.
Johnsbury member of the state fish
hatchery commission. The last legisla-
ture appropriated S240O to start a state
hatchery, and G.. G. Warren of Waterbury
and DIR. &. NJ. Swift of Pittsford were ap-
pointed as the first two members of the
commission, with the understanding that
the last appointment would be made from
the place where the hatchery was to be To-
Gated.
The president of the District Of Column
bia society, Gen. a. w. Greedy, has ap-
pointed the following members of the Sons
of the American Revolution to represent
the District society at the Bennington cele-
bration: Nice-Presidcnt Levi p. Morton,
Secretary Redteld s. Proctor, Gen. Frank
lin &. Butterfield, Gen. Henry V. Boyn-
ton, Gen. j. c. Breckenridge of the Unit
ed States army, Col. Marshall Mcdonald
Col. MyrOn NJ. Parker DR.. g. Browne
Goode, A. Howard Clarke.
The house of Amos Bracket. at the
Bay, near St. Adams, was burned on Mon
day night of last week. Mrs. Bracket
was coming down stairs when she caught
her foot and fell. The kerosene lamp
which she was carrying exploded, setting
fire to the house, which was consumed
with all its contents.
John A. Fitch who died at Highgate of
typhoid fever last Wednesday. was born in
Sheldon in 1889. He graduated at Middle
bury college and began the practice of the
law at Highgate in 1868. He served as
sergeant in Co. +, 18th. Vermont Vols. For
about 20 years he was deputy collector of
customs at Highgate. retiring when the
Cleveland administration came in. over a
year ago he removed to 81. Adams to be
come a member of the law firm of Ballard
BurlesOn ~ Fitch. He represented High
gate in the Legislature in 1856
The agricultural society at Bethel has
voted to hold Il fair Sept. :, 8 and 10. Lib
cral premiums will be offered. including
$500 for floral hail. There will be- three
trotting races.
The people Of Bethel are cnlcavoring to
start a boot and shoe factory
Deacon Martins large barn at Pracham.
containing over 80 tons of hay was
struck by lightning recently and burned.
The loss exceeded 5000.
y new jOO-horsc power engine has been
bought for the scale works at 81. Johns
bury.
L. F. hpplt bl burlington CAME 100
near workman in the street and Was
struck 10y pickaNe. which passed through
his arm, nflicting horrible wound
Nearly all of the business men of Bran
don have signed petition for the appoint
ment of FL Pierce son of the late Post
master Pierce, rs postmaster at that
place.
\ new organ costing $500 is soon To be
set up in the Roman Catholic church at
st. JohnSbury. Two atars of pure Yer
mont marble have recently been placed in
the church.
Joseph Williams, Rutland tinsmth
woke up one morning last week at Cres-
cent beach, near Boston, and found that he
had been robbed of 500 and his watch.
He had been on a bender and fell into the
hands of sharper>.
The steam mill owned 10y l.. d. Hazcn
of ST. JohnSbury was burned at Mills
Pond, Sunday morning. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Four hundred thousand
feet of lumber and three freight ears were
burned. The loss will be $4,000. The
mill was insured for $500 and the lumber
for $500. The mill will be rebuilt.
Capt. Johnny Jackson of the schooner
James Averill was drowned near Chimney
Point in Lake Champlain on Wednesday
of last week. He was resident of Bur
lington. Foul play is suspected. He had
quarreled with man whom he employed
on the boat and the latter made threats to
fix jackson.
The Venetian blind company of Burling-
ton will erect large three-story addition
to their extensive factory. During the
past year the company shipped over 5000
blinds.
Bridget Malone of Bennington, who was
accused of Matchmaking prominent cler-
gyman of that place, in whose family she
had been employed as a domestic, was SEN
fenced to pay fine of 500 and costs,
with an alternative of 300 days in the
workhOuse if the fine was not paid within
"a hours. An appeal was taken to the
county court, and bail furnished in the
sum of $1,000.
The First Baptist church of Burlington
has extended call to Rev. W. :. Roberts,
ID. d., of ROckland, Maine, to become its
pastor, and ii is understood that he will ac-
cept.
The Lake Champain yacht club mem
bers own 10 sailing yachts and 80 steam
yachts.
Hon. A. b. Maynard of Romeo, Mich,
who died July %, was a former well-known
lawyer of Richmond, and was at one time
the states attorney of Chittenden county
He was United States district attorney OF
Michigan under President Grant. Iii,
wife is a sister of Senator Edmunds.
The 10Th annual session of the grand
lodge of Good Templars of Vermont will
be held at Rutland October II and 10.
The Universalst grove meetings at Ign,
donville have been largely attended. Last
Sunday, when Rev. DIR. Miner of Boston
was one of the speakers, 20O0 people Were
present.
Rev DIR. John Hopkins Worcester OF
Chicago, who was last week chosen profes-
sor of systematic theology in the Union
theological seminary of New York, wa.
born at st. Johnsbury in 1915, graduated
from the University of Vermont i'm 1865
and after two years spent in Europe, grad
uated from the Union theological seminary
in 1871. Since 1888 he has been pastor o.
the Sixth Presbyterian church at Chicago
He received the degree of ID. ID. from tn,
University of Vermont in 1855.
The Burlington officers are having con
siderable sport in their search after the ar
dent. On taking up the floor in one plac,
several pipes were discovered beneath it
1t was found that these pipes connected
with the water pipes, and when the fauce
was turned nothing but the unadulterateC
ale of Father Adam flowed forth. The of
ticer then manipulated the cut-otfs ant
drew a supply of beer through the self