Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15

between the hanger and the gang post,
crushing his skull.
Fire damaged the brick schoolhouse at
Fair Haven TO the extent of $1,000 on sun
day evening.
William Billings, ST.. of Woodstock, fell
from the doorstep of his house one day
last week and fractured several ribs.
BIS. Simonds, formerly of McIndocs,
has been appointed fish and game warden
of the state of Maine at a salary of $1,000
per year.
Theodore Woodward, formerly of Cas-
Teton, recently drank a deadly acid instead
of water in a drug store at Los Angeles.
Cal, and died in great agony.
Hugh Brady, the young man who cut
his throat in the street at Burlington on
Wednesday of last week, as related in The
Phoenix, died on Friday from the effects of
the wound
Henry +. Brown, a travelling salesman
of Burlington, fell from the steps of the
Bardwel House at Rutland last Saturday
while hurrying to catch a train and broke
the bones of one leg.
The citizens of Newbury held an enthu-
siastic meeting Saturday night in the in
terests of proposed creamery, and nearly
all of the necessary capital of 5000 was
subscribed within few minutes.
Timothy Casey, of DuXbury. aged IS
wears. was a few days since found living on
the stove in his burning dwelling and was
rescued terribly roasted. He died Sunday
of lockjaw, the result of his burns.
Jabez W. Ellis, one of the oldest bust
ness men OF Montpelier and vice-president
of the First national bank of that place,
was stricken with paralysis last week
Thursday and died the following morning.
Miss Mary Darrah of Poultncy has sued
Stephen Sweet, an employe in the Della
ware N Hudson railroad freight office, at
Albany, y. Y, for SlSG.94 which She loan
ed him while they were engaged to be mar
ried.
An lS-years-old colored boy named VIII
lams was caught in the act of trying to
break into the store of \. l.. Rawson of
Castleton, Sunday night. Many people be-
lieve that Williams set the recent fires in
Castleton.
Hiram Smith, the oldest resident of Bak-
ersfield, died last Sunday night, aged 90
years and seven weeks He came to
Bakersfield from Sandisfield, y. H., when
10 years old, and was a pensionrr of the
war of 1872.
Some miscreant horribly and probably
fatally mutilated a mare valued at 500
and owned by Taylor N McGce, while the
animal was standing in the Starle stables
in Bennington. II is thought the manning
was done with a sharp stick.
The Rutland Herald says there is a pros
pect of the settlement at an early date of
the VIM. f. Barnes estate of West Rut-
I I 20 in 70 haa
pending since 1869 and during this time
$40, 900 has been paid to the lawyers.
Peter Mitchell, aged 60, leading dry
goods merchant of Montpelier, was found
dead in his store on Tuesday by the letter
carrier. Mr.. Mitchell had Just returned
from funeral and was evidently pressing
out pair of trousers when death came
Edwin Seymour Merrill, a prominent
resident of Winchendon, Mass, died Mon
day of the grip, aged "A. Mr.. Merrill was
a native of Montpelier born in 1917, and
was postmaster there from 1910 to 1914
He moved to Winchendon in the latter
year,
Justin c. Ewins of Troy dropped dead
! in the street at Richford Thursday morn
/ ing while hurrying 10 take train to st.
Adams, en- route to Burlington, to be
treated for a disease of the eyes. He was
60 years of age and leaves a wife and three
children.
/ Lumbermen in the northern part of the
state and New Hampshire have discOn-
tinued the cutting of logs and having with
drawn their men from the woods are anX-
iously awaiting a fall of snow that will
enable them to bring the trees to the mill
or river. Hundreds of men and teams are
out of work in consequence of the lack of
snow.
Dennis Hayes, an old man of 20, was
arrested at Burlington, Monday night, for
having feloniously assaulted the l1-year-
old daughter of Henry Daley, who had
taken Hayes in and given him home dur
ing the winter. Hayes admitted his guilt,
but said that he was drunk when he COM