Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-03-18

Brudnill tried to borrow some money from
Fred Merchant, and being refused, thrust
his hand into Merchants pocket and got
hold of roll Of bills. \ scuillr followed.
in which Merchant was thrown to the
ground, receiving severe cuts about the
head. Papers for Brudnills arrest were
Immediately put into the hands of the
officers.
Hon. George f. Edmunds propose, to 90
to France in May. and take his family with
him.
Last Sunday. the 18th, was the lOOth
anniversary of the settlement of the town
of llardwick.
John II. Field of Rutland will be one Of
the ten Eyck prize speakers at Yale, the
contest to take place in April.
Mr.. and Mrs. Northrup of Williston, eel
ebrated the list anniversary of their mar
rage last week, very rare case.
The receipts at the Bennington post-ofiice
for the year ending Dec. 81, 1891, were
Sl2,057.l9, disbursements Ss43S. So
Jones IL Lamson Machine company of
Springfield received an order for 1000
worth Of their machines last week.
A house owned 10y Joseph Marsh at St
Adams was destroyed 10y fire Tuesday morn
ing. 4 part of the furniture was saved.
The brick house of Geo. NJ. harrington
in Burlington, was burned last Friday af-
ternoon. There was an insurance of $1,000
Rutland men are agtating the subject of
asking the legislature this fall for a city
charter, and a petition to that effect will
probably be presented.
Sauual 'rbounSon barraror,astar a., q, l, 81,
Lebanon Springs railroad, broke his right
arm at the wrist while coupling cars at
Bennington last week.
The 10th annual meeting of the Vermont
state dental society was held at Burlington
Wednesday, 90 or more members of the
fraternity being in attendance.
Ed Smith of Richford had his right arm
broken Monday while working in Sweat,
Comings ~ CO.. 5 shops, a board flying from
the saw and striking him.
A. f. Wilcott of St. Adams, employed
at the foundry, fell from a ladder while try
ing to adjust belt striking a saw table
and breaking several ribs.
Congressman Powers has appointed as
cadet to Annapolis Jonas II. Holden of
Burlington, with Davenport Parkhurst of
Fair Haven as alternate.
DIR. Philip Ten Eyck of Rutland, who
celebrated his Goth birthday on THURSDAY
is the sole survivor of 90 boys who formed
the first class of Albany, n. y, academy
in 1873.
VIM. Durfee of Burlington, was struck
Wednesday by a cake of ice weighing POO
pounds, which fell from an elevator, and
one shoulder was broken; other internal
injuries are feared.
James McQuade, jr., a five-year-old West
Rutland boy, was run over Sunday and
probably fatally injured, one of the horse
hOofs fracturing his skull. His father was
killed by the cars last fall.
A building at Vergennes, owned by the
Proctor Marble company and occupied by
the store of Smith IL Ketchum, dealers in
and manufacturers of furniture, was burn
ed last Thursday. Loss $1,000
Mrs. Moses Cade of Barnet, an elderly
woman, who has been lame from the effect
of broken hip, fell in the yard one day
last week as her son was driving in and the
horse stepped on her arm and broke it,
Levi Seaver of Waitsfield had one foot
caught in the machinery while endeavoring
to shift a belt in the new steam saw mill
there, causing the dislocaton of the ankle,
and breaking the small bone of the leg
One of the service pipes of the water
works system that supplied the store Of
Geo. f. Taplin at Montpelier burst Sunday
night, and before the water could be shut
off it did about 500 damage to goods in
the store.
The Hall d Chase saw mill at East
Burke was burned last week, with some
10000 feet of sawed lumber. The origin
of the fire was unknown, the loss was about
$4,000, and the insurance $4,000 or $40 q.
1t was the principal business of the village
Chester Sanborn of South Royalton has
been notified by the public administrator
at San Francisco, Cal, that he is heir to
an estate worth $4,000 left by Israel San
born, his uncle, who went to California in
the early days of the gold discovery in that
state.
The main building of the Richford grad
ed school was nearly destroyed by fire Mon
day morning, with charts, books, furniture
and other school paraphernalia. The loss
is estimated at $4,000, with an insurance of
$4,000. The fire originated in defective
chimney.
In the suit of Mrs. Melissa o. Leighton
of Boston against Erastus ID. Thayer of
Brandon for 5000 damages for Islander,
which has been on trial in the Rutland
county court, the jury after celebrating
over the case five hours awarded the plain
tiff 81 damages and costs.
Jerry Drew, veteran teamster, landlord
and horseman, died at the Memphremagog
House in Newport on Tuesday of last
week. He was a man of great activity, of
pronounced personal character, and one of
the most widely known men in Orleans
county He was a native of Wolfboro,
n H., born in 1927.
The divorced wife of Joseph Yeatter of
Montpelier, who was arrested there re-
Gently, was arraigned Tuesday before Judge
Thompson and bail was fixed at 500. In