Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-26
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c. w. Spauding has been appointed
postmaster at West Woodstock.
Eastman d Fortn's saw mill at New
Haven was burned on Tuesday. Loss,
$1,000.
DIR. c. c. Nichols, one Of the oldest
practitioners in Rutland county, died at
Castleton on Monday.
The plans submitted for new depot at
Rutland contemplate a new building 600
feet long which will cost $4,000,
Morris Fitzgerald of North Bennington
had one ear torn off close to his head by
being thrown from a sleigh and striking
on picket fence.
one hundred and twenty-five teams from
Lincoln and East Middlebury are drawing
logs for the Middlebury and Weybridge
pulp mills.
\ young child of Charles Brough of
North Hyde Park was scalded to death a
few days since by falling in tub OF boil
ing water.
The house of Mrs. Daymon Howard of
Fairfax was burned to the ground on
Thursday afternoon of last week, causing
a loss of $500.
Alfred Bowers water boy at the Sheldon
quarry at West Rutland, slipped and fell
nearly 40 feet down the quarry stairs on
Monday, and was seriously injured
James Eagan was run over in the rail-
road yard at White River Junction Tues
day night and his right arm and index and
little finger of the left hand cut off.
John Roberts had his hand caught in
the gearing of a derrick at WilliamstOwn
last Saturday and so badly crushed that it
was necessary to amputate three fingers.
The mid-winter convention of the Yer
mont holiness association is in session in
Trinity church, Montpelier, this week,
with II. f. Reynolds, state president, in
charge.
Brownell and Drew of Burlington have
sold the three-year-old pacing stallion,
Prince Alexander, (two-year-old record
2:2O to Benjamin Easton, jr., of Newport,
X. l., for $500
a valuable colt belonging to n. Aldrch
of Moretown ran against the sharp end of
a rail which projected from fence. The
rail was driven two feet into the animal 5
breast, causing instant death.
Henry S. Lawrence, aged A. former
prominent business man of Newport, who
served as postmaster at that place for four
years, DtlIS dppOllltu ny IItSlutlll AT
thur, died on Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Anna Wilson of Middlebury, who
is quite deaf, was struck by'a passing sleigh
on Wednesday of last week. She was
| knocked down and her collar bone broken
and other injuries sustained.
The new Masonic hall at Richmond,
which was dedicated on Thursday evening
of last week, cost $1,000. Many of the
grand officers and POO other Masons at.
tended the dedicatory exercises.
Mr. and Mrs. John Erwell of West Rut.
land had about $500 stolen from a trunk
and the robbery is supposed to have beer
committed by a man named Thomas RADIO
WHO had boarded with them for some time
\ fire in the Percival apartment house
at New York last Friday caused a loss OF
$4,000. Several of the inmates had mar.
row escapes. The Perciyal is six storie;
high and is owned by Percval w. Clement
of Rutland, who runs it as family hotel
J. p. Miller of East Barnet was knock
ed down, gored and trampled upon by 6
wild bull. Two men with pitchforks came
to his assistance and drove the infuriateC
animal away.
A fire started in the store of Frank Fish al
West Rutland last Saturday night in new
building erected by ii. a. Smith at cos
of $1,000 The part of the building il
which the fire occurred was badly dam
aged and Mr.. Fish's loss will be over $1,000
mixed train on the st. Johnsbury q