Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28

sired by Braintree Wilkes by Red Wilkes,
dam by Inland Grey.
/. d. Rices house on Cedar street has
been sold, through +. j. Bailey Il Co.'S
agency, to Thomas Heaphy.
G.. b. Krwan was arrested Wednesday |
while intoxicated, brought before Justice |
Newton and fined s. and costs amounting |
to S1j.0S.
Eddy Brothers of West Brattleboro, who |
have been at work in bakeries in New |
York city for some time, are now proprie- |
tors of bakery on Fulton street in Brook |
Ign.
Two young hunters from a Massachil-
sets city, who had been spending two or
three days i'm this vicinity, returned SatW-
day, taking with them two hawks and %
woodcock and parlridgcs.
&. G.. Street of Brooklyn, y. Y, who
recently bought the Henry property at
Spotford lake, was here last week and con
tracted for the erection of a nice new cot
tage and other buildings at that place.
An auction sale of stock farming tools,
produce and household goods will take
! place at what is known as the John 81
monds place i'm Guilford Nov. 9, as will be
seen by an advertisement in another col
umn.
J. w. Shanks of Palmer, the roadmaster
of the New London Northern division of
| the Central Vermont road, who is well
! known in Brattleboro through business
ventures here, has been appointed general
| roadmaster of the Central Vermont system,
with Office at st. Adams. lie succeeds the
| late 4. G. Bean.
The third season of the Black River
academy literary course at Ludlow was
opened one evening last week when Rev.
! +. j. Parry delivered his lecture on "rhe
mirthful side of fife" The Ludlow Trib-
une says: ale at once proved himself
able to capture and hold his audience and
to bring their mirthful side into great
prominence
Fayette II. Ilaslkins was indicted by the
supreme court at keene last week Tor
breaking into the house of John Hildreth
of Chesterfield on September II, and for
assault upon Miss Flora lIildrcth, whose
room he entered with the apparent purpose
of choroforming and kidnapping her
Monday of this week llaskins was SEN
fenced to two years in the penitentiary
The auction sale of $4,000 worth of
property in Dummrrston including the
farm formerly owned by DR.. Sholc>, and
all the stock, tools. household goods, etc..
on the place, begins next Tuesday, Novem-
her /. The farm and stock will bee sold the
first day and the rest of the goods disposed
of as fast as possible The 1l:lO morning
train will stop on the meadows of the farm
every day of the sale.
Charles Henry. a grocer who died at
Greenfield, Mass. last week "Wednesday at
the age of - years, was a native of Hall
fan and when young man was a stage
driver running from Hanover to lIaVrrhill,
y. H., and sometimes from Greenfield to
Brattleboro. on the line which connected
Hartford with the important towns of the
valley. He had lived at Greenfield for the
past 40 years.
/ 4 large new building of very attractive
design. with high tower, is being built at
the Woodsidc resort at Spofford lake, John
f. Vail having charge OF the work. 1t
will be known a, the "Amaranth, and
, will be occupied next summer by members
l. of a club of the same name who live in
Brooklyn, y. Y. Mr.. Plummer has ovel
so of his rooms at Wooisidc engaged for
the whole of next season.
70 The partial eclipse of the sun last week
e Thursday was watched by many Bratte
a boro people. At noon tiny indentatior
f was visible in the rim OF the sun, which
gradually increased until it left the "god OF
: udN TtUutttl W INC NlLt anu appear dll't vi
4 the quarter moon. Then it slowly de
+ creased, and at o'clock the sun was shin
y ing with its usual brilliancy The mex
/ eclipse will be that of the Democratic par
p ty, which occurs Nov. $.
4 special session of the United State
. circuit court was held at the Brooks Hous,
= Tuesday before Judge Wheeler. A motion
+ to set aside the verdict of S5007 for tn,
. plaintiff i'm the case of the receiver of III,
n First National bank of Frankfort, Kan.
against the Bradford Savings Bank anl
Trust company, which was rendered il
= Rutland about two weeks ago, was heard
y but decision was not announced. \
o motion by c. w. Writers to set aside tn
n verdict in the ST. Adams bank case wa
Il denied. The court adjourned, to cOnven
e at Rutland December ).
! The legislative committees on the insan
spent last Friday in a careful inspection o
X the Vermont asylum visiting every part o
II the main institution, the summer retreats
IS the farm buildings, and the tower Tn
e committee were evidently interested in tn
: facts which they learned about the recor
IS of Mrs. Mary jackson, whom the RUTLAND
's Herald and other papers have been exploit
Il ing as a sane woman long held in confne
ment. They also inquired in regard to tn
n Arden Humphrey case, and were give
'. every means at command to inform them
re selves in regard to his disappearance,
- James King, the boy robber, who oper
>, ated successfully in BrattleborO, Guilfor
=, and Vernon, and who escaped detection
"a has recently committed burgaries in North
w ampton, Easthampton, Holyoke and vicin
ity. He is now supposed to be hiding i
the woods between Northampton and East
hampton, and the Massachusetts, officer
x have thus far been unable to capture him
lie Thursday night of last week, during a re
ne ception of two of the classes of Smith co
III lege at Northampton, one of the cOlleg
he buildings was entered and $40 in none
IT and iewelry, valued at from $500 to $500
/; belonging to students, was taken.
IN Chas. f. Carroll, the young night telc
al graph operator at Norwich, Conn, VIII
20 disappeared after the accident to COnducto
oI Moriarty's train in which five men wei
10 killed at Harrison Station, Conn, Oct IA
Ia surrendered to the officers last week Thurs
10 day. At the coroner's hearing he wa
al found guilty of criminal negligence. Tn
Ia, coroner censures the Vermont Centrs
90 company for making Carroll act as tel(
a grapher and switchman IL hours nigh
T. for S1.50 day and for placing the car i
: which the men and horses were next to tn
as locomotive, which, the coroner says "wa
nj in the hot mouth of sure death and d,
ts struction, without even possibility of e,
cape" Carroll denies that he was told t
~ hold the train, and says he was at the sta