Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-12
100000 Fire at Rutland.


100000 Fire at Rutland.
/ The Harris COmpRny's Plant struck by
Lightning and Burned
The works of the Harris Manufacturing
! company at Rutland, were struck by Light
ming and partly burned Wednesday even
! ing. The works employed - men and
were chiefly devoted to chairmaking and
miscellaneous Woodworking The loss is
about So, 900 with 81, 900 insurance The
buildings were alongside the Central Yer
mont railroad property, and storehouse
containing bridge timber and lumber she'd
belonging to the road were burned. makinh
an additional loss of over $4,000. The
IRE was discovered at 5 o'clock, and the
fire department promptly responded to the
alarm, but only when the lighter buildings
and lumber sheds were burned could the
fire be got under control. But for the
heavy shower which had just ended the
disaster must have been much worse than
1t was. Burning brands as big as mans
hand, were carried quarter of a mile into
the midst of the village The buildings
destroyed included one of three stories l2j
by 40 feet, and two each 10 by 40
with with 200 feet of lumber sheds
The residence of A. A. Green was struck
and badly damaged, but did not take fire.
= L. Carpenter has been appointed post
master at Davis Bridge and VI. T.. Hurd at
Sandgate.
\ young son of Mrs. Edward eClair of
Rutland was drowned on Tuesday while on
visit to Worcester, Mass.
William Hayes, a son of Henry Hayes
of Middlebury. shot himself accidentally
la. MI; l., L.;
cartridge from b caliber revolver.
The annual reunion of the 18th Yer
mont regiment will be held at Montpelier
the 10Th. and the annual reunion of the
nth regiment AT the same place the follow
ing day.
The mangled body of a man was found
on the railroad track near East
Swanton on Tuesday and a foot was
found in ST. Adams. The author
tiles are making an investiga ton.
Oliver Brody, who stole $500 from T. 5.
+. Wood, at Iberville, p. O., in July, and
who was arrested at Burlington, pleaded
guilty, on Monday and was sentenced to
two years imprisonment at at Windsor
Edward Wilkinson, superintendent of
the Capital Granite company of Montpelier.
died at Barre on Tuesday. He was chief
of the Barre fire department for several
years and prominent in fraternal organiza-
tions.
James Rogers of West Fairee was at
work upon the roof of Mr.. Jaquith's store
at Topsham, when he fell to the ground
and was so severely injured that he died in
few hours. He leaves wife and four
small children.
WIN. Il. Shaw, a prominent lawyer of
Burlington, died on Tuesday. He gradual
ed from the University of Vermont, and
began the practice of law at Burlington in
1888. He has served as secretary of civil
and military affairs of the state, in the leg
islature, and held many other public offices
Elbridge Vaughn of Bridgewater Corners
was at work in mill in that place when a
piece of spruce was thrown from a saw,
striking his mouth and cutting his lin
severely, then passing through his cheek
and coming ont back of the jaw on his
neck.
j. r. Booth of Burlington, has bought
the Perley Il Pattee sawmil in OF
tawa, which has a capacity of GO,OOO,-
600 feet year, together with all the
piling ground, wharves, etc. Mr. Booth
is cutting in his present mills 100000
feet a day. or 1000 feet a minute.
Passchal Diepetra, an Italian laborer.
who has been employed on the Bristol rail
road, was instantly killed at .Pittsford on
Friday. 1t is supposed that he crawled
under the cars on the side track and fell
asleep. When the ears started his head
was severed from the body.
John Williams of Putnam. y. Y. who |
has been at work in Orwell, stole $3.50
from Wyman Hildreth of the latter place
do 1act a.
lake. He was followed and captured. and
the money found on his person. He was
released upon his promise to leave the
state.
The will of Mrs. Lucy Faverweatber
widow of the millionaire New York leather |
merchant who left. 81, 100, 900 to different |
colleges, has been filed. Mrs. Fayerweath- |
er, it will be remembered, died at Rutland |
a few weeks ago. She leaves to her sister,
Mrs. j. b. Reynolds of Rutland. her resi- |
dence, furniture, stables, and all other |
effects in New York, in addition to $780, |
600. Mr.. Fayerweather's many requests |
10 educational and charitable institutions |
will now he paid.
People in Pittsford, Brandon and Mid |
dlebury have been swindled out of large
amount of money and silver-ware by a |
man who travelled through the country re-
Gently claiming to represent Boston plat
ing and engraving company. The swind-
Ter was man of delicate appearance about
% years old. He collected large quantity
OF knives, spoons, forks, ETC., receiving |
payment in advance for the work which |
was TO be done. He also borrowed small
sums OF money from many persons.
Lamora S. McFarlane of Danbury,
Conn, has brought suit for $1,000 damages
against Attorney Walsh and three members
of the police force of that city. This is the
outcome of the famous kidnapping case of
last June, when Frederick McFarlane of
Huntington won't lODanhnrN. kilnannnL !