Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-17

The Vermont Kelley institute, branch
of the main Office at Dwight, was opened
at Montpelier Monday. 1t has quarters
for 100 patients.
John Powers, aged Is, youngest son of
Mrs. Joseph Powers, formerly of Morris
vile, was drowned recently while bathing
in York pond, near Brockton, Mass.
Saturday evening Mrs. Reynolds, moth
er of Mrs. Edward Smith of Swanton, was
taken with hemorrhage of the lungs while
walking home, and died on the road.
At the field day games at the Vermont
Methodist seminary at Montpelier on Mon
day one good record was made, Hanson
covering the half-mie in one minute -
seconds
B. G. HOwe's new opera house at ST.
Johnsbury is rapidly approaching compile
ton. 1t will have a seating capacity of
1900, although seats for only 1900 will be
put in it at present.
Francis Bocash met with sad accident
at Sheldon a few days ago, cutting himself
with his axe in one leg. between the knee
and ankle. He bed to death before assist
ance could be rendered.
DR.. J. B. HOLSTER, well known ply
sician of Bennington, was calling on pa
last week, and at 9 o'clock was dead. He
leaves a widow and two children.
Miss Laura Fairbanks, aged Is years,
daughter of wealthy residents of Fairfax
is believed to have been kidnapped at Win
ooski Tuesday night, while going from a
neighbor's residence where she was visiting
Morrisville has voted to exempt from
taxation for five years the real and person
oil tot of inf attt Inns
ness, and to exempt for 10 years any new
manufacturing enterprise employing 80 or
more men.
The annual races of the Barre bicycle
club will be held June %. The contests
will be half mile, mile and five mile. July
the trotting association at Barre will
give five mile race with prizes aggregat-
ing S85 in value.
Miss e. l.. Morse, a woman of culture
who was well known at Bradford, was
found dead in her chair at her summer
home in Piermont, n. II. Appearances
indicated that life had been extinct for at
least "a hours.
A medal of honor has been awarded TO
Lieut. George Grenville Benedict, 18th
Vermont volunteers, and aide-de-camp on
the staff of Maj. Gen. George J. Stannard
for distinguished conduct at the battle of
Gettysburg, July 3, 1868.
Mrs Henry Branch of Middlebury, was
struck by lightning Tuesday while sitting
in her room. The current struck her on
the head, burning her hair and passed OFF
through her corset steel, burning her breast
and clothing badly, She was rendered in
sensible
Bert Hunter, the East POultney youth
who stole his mothers bank book, drew
$500 from the bank at Rutland, and fled to
the West, was recently found 90 miles from
Great Falls, Mont, nearly dead, with a
bottle nearby which would hold go grains
of morphine
John Cassidy of Groton was fatally in
jured Saturday while at work on the road
He was blasting a rock, and not retreating
far enough a small stone from the blast
struck him in the forehead, breaking the
frontal bone. He still fingers, but there
is no hope of his recovery.
There are us persons and firms in St.
Johnsbury who are assessed on 5000 or
more. f. a.. T. Fairbanks d Co. pay taxes
on nearly 100000, and the largest indi-
yidual tax payers are Frederick Fletcher
and b. @. Howe, who are assessed on S3S,-
800 and S3j, $50 respectively.
Fred Howe of Jericho, aged 80, a loco
motive engineer on the st. Lawrence ~
Adirondack railroad, was fatally injured
near Loon Lake last week Thursday. A
car ran into his engine, throwing of the
smoke stack, which struck Mr.. Howe,
causing internal injuries He was also
badly burned by escaping steam. While
being conveyed to his home he died at
Plattsburgh, n. Y.
Allen Foote of Poultney had peculiar
and somewhat startling experience recent
w. He was drawing load of straw, when
he suddenly found that it was on fire. Mr..