Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-08

Chester Bulls met her death. Mr.. Bulls,
who was at the barn with a neghbor, sent
his son to the house for a gun. 1t was a
breech loader, and not being loaded, the
lad put in shell, but in locking the bar
rel the cartridge was discharged The ball
lodged in the breast of the boys mother,
who was repairing bird cage only few
feet away. She died instantly.
Col. and Mrs. L. r. Blackwell of Mont
pelier have celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
The Sheldon hose company of Rutland
won the first prize of $50 in the race at
Glens Falls, n. Y, the Fourth.
Fire caused $1,000 damage in the Cham
plain Manufacturing cOmpany's shops at
Burlington last Friday evening.
At special town meeting at Chelsea on
Wednesday it was voted to have an electric
railroad built between South Royalton and
Tunbridge
Guy VAIL a Rutland youth, while hunt
ing birds on Wednesday, accidentally
wounded three children of j. F. McGuirk
and James Wech with bird shot.
Harry Larabee, the young son of the
superintendent of the Bennington electric
lights, was severely burned in the face
Monday afternoon by an explosion of pow
der.
Mrs. Matilda Murphy, who died at Rut-
land Centre on Sunday, was 10j years old.
She lived in Ireland until 20 years ago,
when she came to this country to make her
home with her sons.
The Vermont Electric company has Sc
cured business to the amount of S1O,OO0 at
Burlington, which will assure the building
of the plant for the utilization of the pow
er at Winooski gorge.
a medal of honor has been awarded by
the secretary of war to Capt. Dayton p.
Clarke, Company f, I'd Regiment Vermont
volunteers, for distinguished conduct at
| the battle of Spottsylvania.
Franklin Harrington, aged ST, for more
! than half century leading farmer of
! Brandon, died on Thursday of last week.
| He was the father of r. II. Harrington,
the secretary of the Vermont Horse Breed
ers' association.
Walter f. Chickerng, a Boston pho
! tographer, has been arrested for having re-
ceived $1,000 in advance payment for pic
| lures at Concord. n. H.. which he never
| delivered. He travelled about in a car and
swindled many people in the eastern part
| of Vermont.
Martin Green was tried in Bennington
! county court last week upon an indictment
for assault with intent to kill, having last
winter wounded two men in Pownal with
shot gun. The verdict of the jury was
that he was Insane when he committed the
! crime.
Henry Lavelle, who assaulted his young
sister-in-law several weeks ago, was ar
rested at Burlington on Friday. lie fled to
Canada after committing the outrage, but
the Burlington officers found him, and to
save expense Lavele's father induced him
to return. His bail was fixed at $500
The corner stone of the new St. Angus
tines Roman Catholic church at Montpe-
lier was laid Monday with imposing cere-
monies witnessed by 2OO0 people. Among
those present were Bishop de Goesbriand
of the diocese of Burlington and Coadju-
tor Bishop Mchaud of Bennington.
The store of George i. Winch at McIn-
does was entered by burglars one night last
week, and goods valued at $50 were taken,
consisting of - pairs of trousers, II coats
and vests, - silk handkerchiefs and va
rety of other articles. The burglars were
evidently frightened away, as they left sew
eral watches and $40 in cash.
The 12-year-old daughter of William
Marsh of Wallngford fell % feet from the
bluff over Otter creek while playing at
that place on Tuesday. Her fall was
broken - feet above the water by pro
jecting rock. She was picked up for dead,
and remained unconscious eight hours. but
is now recovering.
Six thousand people attended Hard
wick's centennial celebration the Fourth.
In the procession were bands from ST.
Johnsbury, Burlington, Hardwick and
Greensboro, and the ST. Johnsbury guard,
and st. Adams cadets. The principal adj
dress of the day, which was delivered by
Walter =. Smith of ST. Johnsbury, was oi
a historical nature.
Upwards of $500 applications for IL
censes and bonds for producing maple sug
ar next season under the United State,
bounty law have been filed by Vernon
farmers. The number is larger by seyera
hundred than was filed last year. 1t is es
, timated that these producers will max,
100000 pounds of sugar in an averag,
, season.
/ The journal on one of the cars of the east
bound through freight broke in a cut be
tween RoXbury and Mortified Thursda,
, night of last week. causing one of tn
worst freight wrecks On the Central roa,
for many years. Eighteen cars loaded will
- lumber, Deef ana oil were piled IN mas
, of wreckage 40 feet high, completely
blocking traffic.
+, The trustees of the Oberlin, Ohio, col
e lege have confirmed the selection of Rev
= Owen II. Gates, Phi. D., of St. JOhnsbury
o to the chair of Semetic languages. Prof
t Gates graduated at Dartmouth in the elias
2 of 80, afterward spent three years il
n study abroad and three years in Union the
,1,. 60. 10,
has taught in the seminary.
}. The hearing of Charles Leonard and Al
va Nichols, the participants in the shooting
Z ARRAY at North Chittenden, which was de
\ scribed in The Phoenix last week, has bee
4 held. Nichols was charged with assault
! with intent to kill, and was held in 500
i bonds to await the action of the gran
: jury. Leonard was charged with breacl
! of the peace and put under $500 bonds I