Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-28

Manley Clark has been appointed post
master at Groton.
A story and half house at Brandon,
owned by Peter Shortsleeves, was burned
Thursday of last week.
Morrell Watson, aged 10, prominent
farmer and a leader in the Methodist
church, died at Barre Monday.
Peter Smith, so years old, was struck by
a team at Burlington Saturday and was so
badly injured that he will not recover.
The Bennington Bicycle club is arrang-
ing for a race meeting August 16, and
prizes aggregating $500 will be offered.
The new trotting track at the Forest
Park Stock farm in Brandon, will be one
of the finest half-mile race courses in New
England.
The libel suits of Harry Jacobs against
Z. NJ. Hunter, both of Fair Haven, for
S25, 900 have been placed on the docket of
the September term of the Rutland county
court.
Some one mutilated five valuable stones
in the granite yard of Stevens IL Reid at
Barre Sunday night, the damage amount
ing to $4,000. The firm lately discharged
several hands.
Newport is seeking a new source of water
supply and Engineer Foster Of Montpelier
estimates that for ST., 900 an ample supply
for Newport, West Derby and Batesville
can be taken from Derby pond.
Lightning struck the barns of Sydney
Burton on Burton's island, st. Adams bay
Saturday. The buildings caught fire and
were destroyed, together with contents, in
GLIDING 20 tons of hay and all farm tools
and wagons.
Charles +. Burke of Brockton, Mass, an
invalid who was staying at the Red Lion
Inn at West Randolph was thrown from
a carriage Monday while riding with Land
lord Battles, and died within half an hour
Mr.. Battles was not seriously injured.
Martin Carroll, a single man 30 years old,
was killed Saturday while at work in one
of the mills of the Vermont Marble com
pany at Proctor. While attempting to shut
| off water he fell between the stone and
water and was instantly killed, the body
being badly mangled.
The Barton Monitor says: "John A.
! Wheeler of West Albany brought piece
of silver into thisoffice the other day bear
| ing the date of 1921. 1t was evidently an
English coin, and was found in an old
rOad-bed on his farm. He claims to have
been offered $50 for it,"
The rain and wind storm of last Saturday
was very severe in Rutland county. Many
acres of corn and oats were ruined and
gardens practically destroyed. There are
at least 100 people who depend on market
gardening for their living in that section,
and the loss is very heavy.
w. Arthur Jones of Montpelier has sold
his New England Temperance Herald and
printing material TO John A. LaPorte of
J Lyndon and the plant will be moved to
that town. Mr.. LaPorte is the forman on
the Lyndon Union. Mr.. Jones is to en-
gage in the newspaper work in Chicago.
Henry F. Spaulding, a retired merchant
| of New York city, who died at Riverdale-
on-the-Hudson last week, was born in
Brandon II years ago. He engaged sue
cessfully in the dry goods business in New
York, and afterward became a commission
merchant. He was the first president of
the Central Trust company of New York
and also held many positions of RESPONSE
bility with financial organizations.
Ida Godette of Burlington secured a
verdict for a large amount of damages
against Miss LaChapelle, teacher in the
st. Joseph's parish school of that city. 1t
was alleged that Miss LaChapelle punished
| the GOueJte Slrl excessively, causing men,
nights. A few days after the verdict was
rendered Miss LaChapelle died. uit has
now been brought for $4,000 damages
against Rev. Father Cloarec, pastor of ST.
Joseph's church, for employing an incom
petent teacher.
The citizens of Williamstown are indig
nant at the action of the officials of the
Central Vermont railroad in reducing the
har Of inc TO Do to
daily each way. The town of Williams
town gave $4,000 for the building of tn,
road between the two towns in 1887, anC
in return the railroad company gave bond,
to the amount of $40 900 agreeing tha
no less than two trains daily should be run
Last week notification was given that only
| one train womb he run harna ftnr