Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-23

ford, Nashua, Fall River Woonsocket and
Burlington.
A Clarendon farmer claims to have shot
"a gray squirrels Tuesday morning.
Successful fairs were held last week at
st. Johnsbury, Rutland, Mortified, Wat
erbury and Chelsea
Mrs. Annie Poland, aged 90, fell few
days ago at East Burke and sustained in
jures from which she is not expected to
recover.
J. Jacques, who arrived at Swanton last
week Thursday, had made the run from
Chicago on his bicycle in l. days. He
was on his way to Providence, Il. l.
The Essex hotel at Guidhall was burn
ed last Friday morning 1t was owned by
Charles II. Hartshorn and occupied by
Frank Harris. Loss 5000; insurance
about $500.
Mas. Richard Smith was alighting from
a street car at West Rutland Thursday
evening of last week when it started.
twisting her around in such a way as to
break her hip bone.
Charles Z. Turell of Underhill. one Of
the Chittenden county grand jurymen,
was found dead in his room at the Van
Ness House at Burlington Tuesday. having
died from heart disease.
L. b. Harris Of Lyndon whose Hereford
sheep took all the premiums in their class
at the state fair, also took eight first pre-
miums in close competition at the New
England fair at Worcester
The village hotel. two dwellings and TWO
barns were burned at Island Pond Mouddy
A
Iy aycrted, as the fire department is sup
piled with insufficient apparatus.
John O. Miller, brick layer. Ina, been
awarded @l750 damages i'm the Washington
county court. iu his suit against l.. D.
Bolster of Barre. Miller was injured by d
derrick ON building in process of rrrc-
ton.
\ youth named Smaliey hired a team ai
Stowe last week Monday. He failed to
return it Tuesday as he promised. and Wa,
traced TO Chelsea and arrested He hal
traded twice. but the team which hc stole
was recovered.
Patrick Lyons. aged -, was struck by q
freight train al Proctor Friday morning.
and his right leg broken and the left thigh
fractured He was thrown down an EN-
bankment and was not discovered until !
o'clock in the afternoon.
Rev. Judah Dana, rector of the Episco-
pal church of West Rutland died last
week Thursday. He taught school Tor
years and has old pupils in many towns in
the state. He was a great grandson of l.
rael Putnam of Revolutionary fame.
Willie Klein three ear-old son OF ia
cob Klein, was run over by team at Ben
nington Friday and instantly killed. The
child was playing in the street when the
loaded team came around a corner. The
driver did not see the child and the wheels
passed over his head.
George II. Thatcher and his three BOYS.
aged Il, Q and 5, rode recently on their BIZ
cycles from Manchester to Albany, y. y,
a distance of g. miles. The time-l5
hours and 40 minutes-was not fast for ex-
perienced riders, but for the young lads
the performance was remarkable.
T. T. Smell, a veteran about 80 years
old, while en- route to Washington. took
the wrong train at Albany, and in his anx-
iety to get off, jumped from the platform
in the darkness and fell through the bridge
into the Hudson river He struck out for
the shore, but was nearly exhausted when
his cries were heard and he was pulled into
a row boat.
Hon. Charles F. Stone, whom the Dem
ocrats have nominated in the First New
Hampshire district in opposition to cx-Sen-
atOr Blair is a native of Cabot. He grad
uated from Goddard seminary and Middle
bury college, studied law in the office OF
eX-Goy. Stewart at Middlebury and one
year was principal of the schools in that
place. For the past 20 years he has been
a practising lawyer at LacOnia and has
twice represented that town in the legisa-
ture.
Benjamin Ainsworth. a young man of
Wolcott, is in the Hyde Park Jail charged
with forgery. Some time ago AiDsworth
secured a loan OF $500 from the bank at
Hyde Park, giving a chattel mortgage on "A
lot of logs as security. The bank officials
found that Ainsworth did not own the
logs, and when he was consulted about the
matter he gave a note with the names of
d. II. Chubb and John II. Poor on it.
Last week it became known that the
names were forged and Ainsworth was ar
rested.
Capt. VIM. II. Jones was killed at
Poultney last Friday morning by prema-
ture explosion Of powder in the New En-
pire slate quarry, of which he was one of
the owners. Mr.. Jones and Fred Steele
had partially filled a 20-foot hole with pow
der, and were opening a new keg when the
powder in the hole and the contents of the
keg exploded. Both men were thrown a
distance of 20 feet, and Mr.. Jones's left
arm was blown OFF, being found go feet
away. He was also cut and burned about
the body, and death resulted Friday even
ing He was a veteran of the Civil war
and prominent i'm the affairs of Poutney
Young Steele was badly bruised and burn
ed, but will recover.
L. y. Foss, a native of West Berkshire,
a graduate of the st. Adams High school.
and a former student at the University of
Vermont, Is young man of "a who is
general manager and treasurer of the b.
F, Sturtevant company of Boston, con-
Germ which is incorporated with a capital
of $500, GOO and does a business of Sl.25O.-
600 year. The Boston Record saws that
to Mr.. Foss belongs no small share of the
glory won by the steamship City of Paris
in breaking the best record across the
ocean last summer On the boat were y
large blowers of the Sturtevant make.
breathing 100000 cubic feet of air per
minute TO the furnaces and causing the
consumption of 325 tons of coal a day.
The twin ship, City of New York. will be
furnished with similar blowers. Mr.. Foss
is the directoTof several companies and is
one of the trustees of the Vermont acade-
my at SaXtons River.
When the tourist, who has toured before. packs
his satcheL he never forgets his supply of Lin.
enc collars and cuffs. Why, Because they are
inexpensive aud represent the most perfectly
laundered linen wear. Every collar or cuff is