Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-06


Hackett, an elderly Tunbridge farmer who
lives with his sister. The old man has
always been weak mentally, but has
been "A money saver. He had over $500 in
bills in box in trunk, and some one who
was evidently well acquainted with the
habits of the old man gained entrance to
his room, pried open the trunk and took
the money.
G. \. Reed has been appointed postmas-
ter at Lexington.
Work has begun on new grist MILL saw
mill and wood working shop at Waitsiield.
Ripe Strawberries were picked in the
fields near Burlington last Saturday.
The town treasurer of Rutland received
over $40, 200 in payment of taxes last Sat
urday.
The three children of one family have
died of diphtheria at Barre within few
days
1t is expected that trains will be run
ming on the Bristol railroad by the 18th
inst.
The students of Middebury college held
their seventh annual banquet at Rutland
last Friday night.
j. A. Pattrel of Pownal lost the tips OF
three of his fingers on his left hand while
at work Ona planning machine.
The citizens of Bradford have raised up
wards of $500 to pay for the building of
road to Lake Morey.
Rev. Mr.. Bidwell of East Mddlebury
has preached for 81 years and been in
charge of % different parishes.
The dwelling house and contents owned
by Ransom Wells of Montgomery were
burned Sunday night.
New York men have paid $500 for the
privilege of working copper mine on a
farm at Elmore for three years.
Rev. Lewis Wilde, formerly of Vershire
has accepted a call to the pastorate of the
Congregational church at Ferrisburg.
G.. w. Turner and brother of Barre have
bought 26 building lots at West Berlin, on
which they will at once erect cottages.
Alfred NJ. Harris of Rutland fell from
staging while at work on the rink last Fri
day and sustained broken leg and other
injuries.
HAL Matthews of Washington county
has been sentenced to eight years in state $
prison for attempted rape on his own
daughter.
jeweler, whose death took place last Fri
day, was born at Woodstock ~ years ago
and learned his trade in that town.
The buildings of the William NJ. Taylor
mantel and slate company at Castleton,
which were recently Destroyed by fire, are to
be rebuilt and the business continued.
Rev. J. F. Eaton of Wiliamstown. Mass,
formerly of Bridport, has been elected to
the presidency of a college at Walla, Wal
la, Washington.
Charles r. Witherell of Cornwall has
returned from South Africa where he went
with 40 Merno sheep owned by j. A.
Wright of Middlebury,
Ellis Pierce of st. Johnsbury Centre
was repairing clothes reel when his axe
became entangled in the line and came
down upon his head, cutting bad cash.
Marcellus Colby of West Burke has been
convicted for II second offences for liquor
selling fined Sl20 and sent to the work
house at Rutland for one year.
E. A. Howe of Barton Landing was
severely injured last week by a lot of lum-
| Der falling on him from a car that he was
unloading.
A Central Vermont railroad brakeman
named Kelly smashed two fingers of his
right hand while coupling cars at Rutland
| last Wednesday.
Ira Langdon, 81, of Brandon was in
stantly killed Saturday by being caught in
the shafting at the Brandon electric light
company's station.
George II. Newton of Dunhams Basin
n Y, has sold to John o. jackson, Of
West Pawlet, the two-year-old stallion
sired by Alberdine, dam Stella, by Alcan
tara, for $500.
George W. Spencer the manager of the
Fairbanks grocery store at st. Johnsbury
has been buying 2OOO barrels of apples il
Grand Isle county to supply the st. Johns
bury trade.
DIR. l.. E. Mellen and Joseph Nash OF
Middlebury were out driving with spirit
ed colt a few days ago when the anima
took fright and the buggy was overturned
Dr. Mellen's leg was broken, but Nash es
capped with bad bruises.
Webster Bell, who died at ROxbury
Mass, recently and was buried at Lunen
burgh, was the veteran who carried thu
news of Gen. Lees surrender from Gen
Grant in Virginia to Gen. Sherman.
Napoleon Lambert of Malone, N. Y.
|
Alburgh last Friday when it fell upon hin
and broke his leg. lie was unable to FIRE,
himself and it was several hours before h
was discovered.
The new hospital at the soldiers hOm
at Bennington was completed last week
Fifty-three veterans are now quartered a
the home and the amount which they re
ceived for pensions for the last quarter wa
1924.
Aaron, son of Alexander Welch of Gro
ton, broke one arm early in the summer il
jumping from wagon, and one day las
week he was thrown from a horse and hat
the other arm broken.
Windsor people are contemplating tn
organization of national bank, to fill tn
aching void caused by the closing of tn
old institution of that kind. A bank witt
$50, 900 to 100000 capital, properly man
aged, would undoubtedly be good invest
ment for the place.
The Tunbridge granite company ha
been organized with 100000 capital an
the machinery and tools were bought /
Boston two weeks ago. The Chelsea con
! pany has got out large quantity of stone