Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-05-20

\. W. Fishers dwelling house and barn
at Fairfield were burned on Monday.
The 27th annual meeting of the State
Eclectric medical society will be held at
Montpelier June and ,.
First Lieutenant Mudgett was chosen
captain of the Spencer Rifles of Barre to
succeed b. II. Wells, resigned.
The work of putting in operation the
81, 600 horse power electric light plant at
the Winooski gorge will begin June l.
1t is understood that the earnings of the
Central Vermont railroad company show
an average weekly increase of from $500 to
$1,000 over last years record.
George w. Buzzell of Barton fell from a
ladder last Friday, sustaining a compound
fracture of the ankle, necessitating the re-
moval of part of the bones.
At the Hutchinson horse sale at Platts-
burgh, \. Y, Maud r., record 2.27t, with
a trial record of 2.20, was bought by Bruce
Wright of Nergennes This mare was
once sold for $4,000.
Don Williams, the 16-year-old boy who
confessed to setting several fires at Castle
ton last fall, has been sentenced to 10
months imprisonment. He has already
served four months at the house of cor
rectiOn.
The suit of George Buchanan for $50
| 600, brought against the town of Barre,
for injuries caused by fall on a sidewalk
which resulted in the loss of an arm, was
dismissed in the Washington county court
last week.
Hon. John F. Draper OF Sheldon was
thrown from a wagon some time ago. 1t
was not supposed that he was seriously in
| iured at the time but he has recently sub
mitted to a surgical operation and is in a
critical condition.
Maj. X. j. Coffee, superintendent of the
| Vermont soldiers home, has been awarded
a medal by the war department for distin-
| guished bravery at Banks Ford, Va, May
! 4, 1868, when, as sergeant of Co. X, 4th
regiment, he captured two officers and five
privates of North Carolina regiment.
b. G. Howe has bought the St. Johns
bury House for $4,000. At the previous
sale the hotel and furniture brought S33,-
600. This purchase brings Mr.. Howe 5
holdings of real estate in ST. Johnsbury to
more than 500, 0O0-his property includ-
ing two large hotels and the biggest theatre
in Vermont.
Erastus ID. Thayer, -, a leading resident
of Brandon and president of the national
bank at that place, died on Saturday. Mr..
Thayer was a man of great wealth, and
had been identified with various business
interests at Brandon for many years, and
had also been interested in banks and loan
corporations in other states.
William c. Heating, alias Red Austin,
who was arrested at Schenectady, y. Y,
last Friday, is thought to have assisted
O'Bren, the king of buncoers, to make his
escape recently from Utica, n. y, and to
have been one of the men who successfully
carried through the bunco operations in
Addison county three weeks ago.
The Montpelier Waterman says: "A
Vermont branch of the Kelley institute OF
Dwight, ILL.,, for the cure of drunkenness
will be located at Montpelier in the imme-
date future if the citizens of the town will
encourage the matter to a slight extent
Mr.. Austin of Pennington, and Mr.. Foster
of Richmond, Me-, were in town Saturday
to make the necessary arrangements"
Eddie McCutchen, a young boy at Fair
banks village, st. Johnsbury, in play point
ed an old musket, long disused, at five
year-old Lydia Wheelock, and pulled the
trigger. There was loud explosion ant
a heavy charge of shot struck the LITTLE
girl in the back of the head, blowing {
furrow from the back of the head arounC
to the ear, which was badly torn by tn,
missiles. About 40 of the shot penetrated
to the bone.
James j. McGuirk of East Wallingford
who finished a 20 days sentence in tn,
house of correction at Rutland last weel
Thursday, was promptly arrested and helC
in the sum of $500 for selling without
government license. Besides the 20 days
sentence imposed upon McGuirk by TIN
county court he was fined upwards of $500
He has been unable to raise the money t,
pay this fine, and, unless he does so, /
will be necessary to serve over a year il
the house of correction.
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