Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-09

is in progress at Mortified this week.
George Cleveland, employed in the st.
Adams foundry works, had his hand
drawn into a buzz planer and two fingers
cut off.
The town farm house at Newark was
burned Friday night. Mr.. and Mrs. Vim
cent, the occupants, lost nearly all of their
effects.
The new Spaulding graded school build
ing at Barre, which cost S47, 800, was ded-
icated last Friday, Superintendent Palmer
delivering the address.
Benton Harris of Stowe was loading
logs last week Thursday when the chain
holding the cart tongue broke, striking
him in the head and causing instant death.
Deacon William Henderson of Peacham
was so badly kicked by a colt one day last
week that he is not expected to recover.
The bones of both legs were smashed above
the knee
Rev. J. S. Little, aged 80, a well-known
minister of the Methodist denomination,
died suddenly at Bradford on the oath of
August. He was at one time settled at
Jacksonville.
Joseph Peck had two fingers completely
crushed by steam hammer at the Fair
banks scale works last Friday, and showed
his nerve by submitting to amputation
without taking an anesthetic.
Doc Miller, a well-known Bennington
colored brother, about whose domestic eX-
periences the Reformer of that place had
printed some alleged details, met Living
stOn, the editor, on the street, and after
a few gentle words promptly knocked
him down. Bystanders interfered, and
Livingston disappeared with as much ce-
lerity as possible.
Mrs Harrington, one of the oldest resi-
dents of SALISBURY, was killed on Thurs
day of last week by the accidental discharge
of a gun in the hands of her grandson,
Fred Harrington, IL years old. The lad
was preparing to go hunting and in lifting
the gun it was discharged the charge
striking Mrs. Harrington in the body and
/ leg. She died in two hours.
DIR. G. b. Billiard of St. Johnsbury had
a narrow escape from being crushed by the
cars Monday evening. He was late at the
station and recklessly tried to board the
train when it was under Roadway of -
miles an hour. He was thrown down yio-
| lently between the train and the platform,
apparently with both legs upon the rail in
front of the car wheels, but his danger was
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stop, and it proved, fortunately, that he
fell in such a position that the wheels
pushed him along instead of going over
him, and he escaped anything worse than
/ bruises.
The last phase of the shoe shop defalca-
! ton of Charles Ii. Abbott of South Roy
/ alton and Chelsea is peculiar one. The
companies are some $50, 900 out, but the
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loser To protect itself it thought it would
attach Abbotts stock in the Chelsea com
pany, and so went at it in the usual way,
but the Chelsea company kept an armed
guard of five men days and 20 men nights
at the factory and the attachment was no!
served. The excitement is over now, fol
the legal limit of time in which to place an
attachment has expired. According to the
Rutland Herald Abbott has returned tC
South Royalton with a lawyer and is pre-
pared to protect his interests.
Thomas Carney, aged II, vender of Z
glove-cleaning compound, whose home i,
near Springfield, Mass, had a general hi
larious time at Bennington few days age
while intoxicated. He tlourished a revol
yer in Leonard IL Grifiin's saloon, order
ing everybody to leave within minute un
der penalty of death. The customers tool
a speedy departure, but Griffin, one of tn,
proprietors, remained. Carney opened fir,
upon him with the revolver, but Grifiil
lodged. OF the five shots fired one hi
Griffin in the hand. After the revolve
was empted Griffin knocked Carney dowI
with heavy bottle. Carney then started
up the street, and soon attacked an athlet
ic youth named Scully, who gave him Sc
we're pummeling. After Carney went t,
his boarding place an officer attempted t,
arrest him. Carney was nude in bed, blu
he drew a razor and fought vigorously
He was finally tied hand and foot and tax
en- to jail At hearing he was placed un
der $1,000 bonds.