Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-05-27

children.
A new $4,000 schoohouse is to be
built at South Royalton.
A p. Knapp's farm buildings two miles
from st, Johnsbury village were burned
Wednesday. Loss. $500.
Walter Arson Weed. jr, of Shelburne
has been chosen valedictorian of the grad
uating class at Williams college.
Thomas w. Wood of Montpelier has
been reelected president of the National
Academy of Design, New York city.
Dispatches from Washington state that
the national fish hatchery to be built in
this state will be located at ST. Johnsbury.
John Bullock had the thumb and all the
fingers of his right hand cut off on a saw
at the Barron mill at Westmore few days
ago.
Piper's steam saw mill at East Thetford,
was burned last week, with all the machn-
cry and contents. The loss is estimated
at $1,000
Frank Lamere has been arrested at St.
Adams for entering the house of Dyer
Address which the family were sleeping
and stealing S32.
Charles Royce, a leading citizen of
Richford died suddenly Friday night. He
was the father of ii. G. Royce, formerly a
merchant at st. Adams.
The horse fanciers of st. Adams have
formed trotting association and money
has been subscribed to put the old Bellevue
trotting park in condition for races.
The house in Benson owned by Dennis
O'Brien and occupied by Robert Bishop
and wife, was burned one night last week
and the occupants narrowly escaped death.
L. G. Reed, brakeman, fell from a car
on the Clarendon & Pittsford railroad at
West Rutland last week Thursday, was run
over by two cars and probably fatally in
jured.
Patrick Sullivan's house on West street
at Rutland was destroyed by fire Wednes-
day morning. Michael Hurley's barn and
house adjoining took fire and the barn was
consumed.
Rev. T. r. Stratton, formerly assistant
pastor of Calvary Baptist church, New
York city, was installed as pastor of the
Calvinist Baptist church, st. Johnsbury
last Friday night.
William Grove, the son of Michael Grove
of Rutland, had the lower part of his body
crushed while coupling cars on Saturday
His injuries are very painful but it is
thought that he will recover.
Austin Mossman, a Craftsbury farmer
was found dead in the field last Friday il
is supposed that death resulted from hear
disease. He formerly lived at Barton anC
served in the civil war.
The house and barn of Patrick Keenan,
near the foot of Ball mountain, shor
distance from Rutland, was burned OF
Thursday of last week, with all the con
tents, except the live stock.
DIR. Mozart jenkins of Trenton, n. j.
against whom Miss Emma Carslake of Dor
dentown, that state, has brought breacl
of promise suit for $4,000 damages, wa
formerly a student at the University o
Vermont.
Charles Def. Bancroft, Montpelier tin
man who is first lister of that town, fel
from the roof of house on which he wa
at work on Thursday of last week and sus
tanned very serious injuries. His ribs wer
broken, and he was probably injured inter
nally.
George Gardner, carpenter Al year
old, fell from the roof of the new chape
at the Vermont Soldiers Home at Ben
e nngton Thursday, and sustained a seriou
injury to the spine. His body is paralyze,
a and it is not known whether this condition
! will be permanent.
Fred Houghton of Swanton has been al
q rested at Alburgh for having three barrel
3 of wall-eyed pike in his possession, an
7 held in the sum of $1,000. He claims tina
, the fish were caught in Canada, but it
an offence under the laws of Vermont t
? have them in possession.
I Henry w. Tewkesbury of West Ran
dolph, who was so badly injured in tn
J. Hartford railroad disaster in 1887, has a