Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-01

The house of Charles Warner in Georgia
was totally destroyed by fire Friday night.
The only son of John Davis of More
town was drowned Tuesday in Mad river.
He leaves young widow.
VIM. Copper. an aged citizen Of Bur
lington, who was an expert taXidermst,
died suddenly Saturday night.
Stephen l.. Goodell a prominent resi-
dent of Brandon who had represented that
town in the Legislature, died OF Sunday,
Warren A. Rawson of Montgomery Cen
tire dropped dead while on his way to
church Sunday. He leaves wife and two
children.
Russell w. Hyde, postmaster at Hyde
vile is under 500 bail to appear July @
to answer to a charge OF violating the post
al laws.
Last week Thursday a young man nam
ed Marrows. aged 20, of Richford, fell
beneath the cars at Farnham, =. O., and
was cut in two.
At the Essex county Republican con
vention on Monday Fred A. Turner of
Lunenburg was nominated for senator, u
ballots being necessary.
G. b. Wait, a prominent citizen of Cam
bridge, was found dead in his barn on We'd
nesday morning. 1t is supposed that apo
pexy was the cause of death.
Jessie, aged rs, daughter of A. 5. Bng-
ham, who recently moved with his family
to Indiana was run over and fatally injured
by train. The body was brought TO
Cornwall few days ago.
Albert Burnap of East Cabot, while in
a state of intoxication fell from a load of
hay, striking on his head and shoulders,
completely paralyzing him below his neck.
No hopes are entertained of his recovery.
A. |. Cutler, telegraph operator at Bar
re, was arrested, charged with being short
in his accounts. He was released on bail,
but disappeared. He was found at Barton
and rearrested, and is now in the Washing
ton county Jail.
In Addison county court Friday Judge
| Taft sentenced Pasquade Frossa to 10
years imprisonment in the states prison.
| Frossa is the Italian who last fall shot
Frank Soaring, the storekeeper for the
| laborers on the Bristol railroad.
Sidney c. Putnam, general freight agent
| of the Old Colony railroad company, died
at Hyde Park, Mass, on Sunday. Mr..
! Putnam was born at Calais, this state, in
] 1879, ana ndu Deen CODntCltu WIFI the
Old Colony road for 20 years.
Ira Calef of Washington, trustee of
! Goddard seminary, offers to give $1,000 to-
wards the erection of cottage which the
alumni association proposes to erect in
memory of Miss p. A. Thompson, a teach
er of the English branches for Is years.
Ex-Gov. Hendee is paying off the de-
positors of the Vermont National bank OF
st. Adams. The checks run from -four
cents to $500. This makes sol per cent
dividend paid, and closes up the business
of the bank as far as the depositors art
concerned.
While Abe Ploot and his son Sylvester
of North Ferrisburg were at work on one
of the cottages at Thompson's Point, the
staging gave way and both fell to the
ground. The father had three of his ribs
and his breast bone fractured. His recov
cry is doubtful.
At the recent Goddard seminary com
mencement announcement was made Of
the bequest of the late Jehial Weston o.
North Randolph, which will probably
amount to $1,000. This year has been {
prosperous one for the seminary and owe
$500 has been expended in improvements
The announcement by the officers of tn,
Connecticut River Valley association of ;
summer meeting at Billings park, Whit
River Junction, will be received with eX
pressions of approval. Four purses ar
offered as follows: Three-minute class
500; As class, 500; free for all, 5000.
Brakeman Z. j. Corbett of the Contra
Vermont railroad was struck Friday by
bridge two miles north of Richmond sta
ton, receiving a serious fracture of hi
skull. He died Saturday in the hospital a
st. Adams. His home was in Charles
town, n. H., and he was popular with tn
railroad men.
Carlos Slater, who has resigned as prir
cipal of the Dedham, Mass, High schoC
after an uninterrupted term of 40 year;
was born in Thetford, this state, in 1922
! He graduated from Thetford academy an
Dartmouth college, and while wOrkin
his way through the academy taugf
: school at Farlee.
Six cases of scarlet fever, three of whic
! resulted fatally, and 10 cases of scarletin'
have occurred within a short time in TIL
little town of Sharon. Last week tn
health officers made an inspection an
found the high bank near the river in Yer
bad condition, garbage and filth havin
been dumped there for many years.
r Diphtheria is prevailing to an alarmin
extent in East Pittsford. The diseas
started in the family of Willard Edison, Il
I postmaster. One child has died and al
!, other is but just alive, while several pc
sons are i'll with it, The post-oflice hi
been moved and all precautions taken
$ prevent the spread of the disease,
r VIM. RiX, prominent and wealthy eli
zen of Royalton, died very suddenly Tue
day morning. He was born in Royaltt
= and was a graduate of the University
r. Vermont At the breaking out of t
war he was at the head of the largest bu
q. ness house in Mobile, and during the W
a he opened a banking house in Keoku
n n The dogs in Berlin and vicinity Ina