Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-20

II. O. Ward of Moretown has given a
bell to the south village church at Tux
bury,
4 shirt factory which will employ 800 to
800 hands is to be established at Island
Pond
Two thousand sheep have been shipped
from Hartland to Boston during the past
three months.
A barn occupied by II. f. Spencer and
DIR. Newell at Proctor was burned last
week Thursday
John Hill was almost instantly killed in
the upper mill at Middlebury Monday, a
large marble slab falling upon him. He
was about ~ years old and formerly lived
in Dorset.
The 5000 verdict rendered early in the
term of the Orange county court in the
case of Jacob Mills's estate against Charles
Mills has been set aside and the case will
be tried again.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Eaton has
been promoted to the captaincy of com
pany II of the National Guard at Mont
pelier, and First Sergeant John w. Peck
to the second lieutenancy.
Copper taken from the Elizabeth mine
state. Shafts have been sunk to a depth
of 300 feet, and the ore improves in quail
ty as the depth increases.
An Italian named John Sullivan, EN-
plOyed at White River junction by the
Central Vermont railroad, accidentally fell
under an engine and received injuries from
which he died in a few hours.
The Clark tannery property at Groton,
owned by Clark d Renfrew and occupied
by Hall, Cochran e Clark, was burned
last week Tuesday. The building and
contents were insured for $1,000.
Vermont is represented at the 25th an
nual meeting of the National American
Woman's Suffrage association at Washing
ton this week by Mrs. A. ID. Chandler and
Miss f. S. Eaton of Barton Landing.
Jimmy Dime" the pugiist who knock
ed out Billy Frazier, the eX-minister, at
Amsterdam, N Y, last week, is a son of
| Patrick Fox of Winoosk. This battle was
/ for the 130-pound championship of Amer
! lea.
| George Garrett, Hungarian, was instant
| ly killed in Rising Il Nelson's quarry at
West Pawlet one day last week, falling
stone striking him on the head. John
Sayngo was badly bruised at the same
time.
Richard +. Rogers, a veteran of the late
war, committed suicide by shooting al
West Concord Sunday. Mr.. Rogers has
been respondent since his wife was killed
in a railroad accident at st. Johnsbury a
few weeks ago.
Lake Champlain closed with ice between
Burlington and New York state Monday
the earliest date of closing since 1916 be
ing January 7, 1868. The mean tempera
ture at Burlington during the first half o
the month was 9. 10 degrees above zero
the lowest in "a years.
William Howard and George Chaplin, tn,
Young sons of A. j. Howard and George
Chaplin have mysterlously disappeared from
Pittsford, being last seen while on thei
way home from school. They had no mo
tive for leaving home and it is thought tina
they were kidnapped.
Mrs. Ezra Brainerd, wife of the presiden
of Middlebury college, died at the Mar,
Fletcher hospital in Burlington last weel
Wednesday She had been ill with nervou
disease since November. Her maiden nam
was Frances Viola Rockwell and she wa
born in Shoreham in 1916
Gen. John A. Newton, the president o
the Panama canal company, is a retire,
officer of the United States army. III
was at one time stationed at Burlington IL
charge of government work. Gen. New
ton lent his name to an institution man
aged in the interests of the French GOV
eminent, and his conduct will be invest
gated by our Congress.