Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16
The Spencer Rifles of Barre cleared $1,000
at their recent fair.

The Spencer Rifles of Barre cleared $1,000
at their recent fair.
DR.. Elery Stanford of Irasburg d opped
dead Oh the street one day last week.
Thomas Blackjack, ir., West Addison
farm hand, shot himself in the breast with
a revolver Sunday. He is not expected to
recover.
Alden Leonard of Fletcher had the larger
part Of one hand torn to pieces by the ac-
cidental discharge of a gun last week
| Thursday.
Guy Place, l2-years-old Middlebury
boy, had his left wrist shattered Saturday
by the accidental discharge of gun.
Amputaton was necessary.
II. Jacobs, leading merchant of Fair
Haven, has brought suit for Sill 600 against
Hunter & Brown for the publication of IL
belous matter and for SANDER.
1t is reported that IL. G. Stone, Charles
Stone and q. w. Beebee of Swanton
cleared 100000 by the sale of several
thousand acres Of woodland in Wisconsin.
Freeman Bohonon of Chelsea fell upon
a crosscut saw, which he was carrying
Saturday, cutting 10 gashes in his neck
and face, narrowly missing the jugular
/ vein.
/ Rev. Henry Z. Cobb of West Troy, n.
| y, former wcll-kuown Vermont clergy
man, has accepted a call to Dutch Re
| formed church in New York city, at sal
/ airy OF $1,000.
Henry Mckinney, yardmaster in the
/ Canadian Pacific railroad yard at RichfOrd,
fell under the cars Friday and had one leg
cut off. lie had previously lost one arm.
He will probably recover.
Edgar Rowell, well-known citizen of
Bradford, committed suicide at Thetford
Monday He was a veteran of the Second
Vermont brigade, and had suffered from
illness for more than year.
Edward Fortune of the Central Vermont
railroad machine shops at ST. Adams had
the bones OF his leg crushed above the
ankle Monday by the falling of an engine
wheel weighing 1900 pounds, which he was
moving.
Thomas Timlin, a brakeman whose
home Nas at LyndOnville, this state, was
killed near Putnam, Conn, Monday. He
was struck by an overhead bridge, thrown
between the cars, and his body terribly
mangled.
DIR. c. L. Norm, and j. l.. Hill of Bur
lingtOn, the newly appointed cattle com
missionerS, find that number of hogs neal
st. Adams are suffering with cholera. I'm
mediate steps were taken against the
spread of the disease by quarantining thu
animals.
Elmer Coffrn, brakeman on the Mont
peler IL Wells River railroad, was knock
ed from the top of a freight car by tn
spout of a water tank Sunday. Several o
his ribs were broken and his head badl,
cut. 1t Is feared that his injuries will re
suit fatally.
w. d. Aldrich, lumberman who wa
at work on the mountain five miles east o
Rutland, was struck in the back of tn
head by falling tree Monday and double,
up between the tree and the ground in
space OF less than II inches. His injurie
will probably prove fatal
The gas works at ST. Adams were partl,
burned Saturday night. A l0Ogallol
tank of naphtha caught fire, and the puri
flying room filled with gas, causing an ex
plosion which knocked out one wall. Tn
valves to the gas-holders were shut of
preventing a big explosion and loss O
property.
Leon Cady, a married man 81 years old
son of G. |. Cady who is serving a tern
. i'm state prison for assaults on little girls
was arrested at Barre last week for steal
, Ing $40 from the hardware store of ReS
! nolds d. Co. Cady entered the store Will
the clerks were in another room and too
T the money from the safe. He made con
, fession, and restored sos. He was place
under bonds for trial
e Capt. L. MacD. Smith died at st. A
r bans Friday He enlisted in company
, of the First Vermont Infantry in 1861
y and was promoted to the lieutenancy. AT
S er being wounded, taken prisoner and II
+ leased, he resigned his commission, but a
the solicitation of Gov. Smith again enter
e the service as captain of company of tn
I Fifth Vermont He was commissions
e major, but was mustered out as captain /
/ 1864.