Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-30
MASSACHUSETTS, NOTES.

The Sunderland Congregational church,
the oldest in the county by a. years, cele-
brated its 10th anniversary Friday.
Jay b. Reynolds, the shoe manufacture
er of Orange, made Christmas present of
a 81 gold piece TO each of his 300 employees.
NJ. II. Makepeace, aged %, formerly of
Gibertville, was fatally injured in the rail-
road yard at Palmer last week Thursday
He was a brakeman on the Boston & Al
bany road, and while coupling cars was
caught between the hunters and terribly
crushed.
II. A. Dudley of Leverett was killed at
the Montague station Friday while unload
ing ties from a car, falling backward and
fracturing his skull. He had been one of
the selectmen of Leverett for several years.
, He was 81 years old and leaves a wife and
nine children.
Harry Jeckwitz, brakeman, had both
legs cut off by the cars at North Adams
| Friday He lived but few moments.
! John Bossidy of West Springfield fell
| from the cars near Washington the same
day and was killed. He leaves a wife and
six small children.
John Feltmors attacked Andrew Samp-
son and the latter's son Michael at Fitch
burg Saturday night. The elder Sampson
received a fearful cut across the abdomen
which may prove fatal, while his son was
| cut about the head, arms ami shoulders.
| The men were Finnish laborers who lived
/ together, and all had been drinking
A sensational outcome of the recent en-
| bezzlement case of Orville C. Leonard,
who now languishes in Jail at Springfield,
| is his civil suit to recover $40, 900 from Lo-
rem F. Dunbar, the agent of the Pope BIZ
cycle company, for the alleged alienation
of his wife's affections. Leonard is well
known in Montague, Greenfield and Lev
erett.
It is probable that North Adams will
adopt the city form of government at its
next town meeting. 1t now has popula-
ton of II, 900, and supports electric lights,
electric railways, and a regularly organized
police force, Many of the progressive citi-
zens think that the management under a
city charter would be economic and salts
factory.
The jury in the Cahll murder case al
! Northampton returned verdict of not
guilty. This was contrary to the eXpecta-
tions of the people in attendance, who
crowded around Cahill as he came out Of
court a free man, and cheered as he drove
| lOlllt W us ildllltlu ldIlns WHICH is now
his, because his aunt, Mrs. Larkin, whom
he was charged with killing, left a will in
his favor.
Abijah l.. Shattuck, who died at Orange
last week Thursday, was one of the leading
citizens of the place, and a man who was
widely known throughout Western Massa
chusetts through his work as an auction
eer. He has been in the business at
Orange since 1870, and served as post.
master for eight years, being appointed by
President Hayes in 1877. He was a lieu
tenant in the SO Massachusetts regiment
during the war, and took an active part in
Masonic work.
A little son of James Haskns of Soutl
Heath recently met with singular acct
dent. He stumbled with his load of two
boxes of butter, slipped on the ice, anC
struck the frozen ground. One of tn,
boxes rolled away, and the other STRUCK
the boys arm and broke it at the wrist
The father of the youngster quickly lifted
the boy from the ground, accidentally
grasping the injured arm in such way a.
to set the bones with snap. A surgeon
was called, who pronounced the ''set" per
feet.