Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03

A choral society of male and female
voices will be organized at Burlington I'M
der the direction of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Horse Breeders association will be held at
the Van Ness House at Burlington, Nov.
s, at =. NJ.
An infant daughter of II. II. Lodge of
St. Johnsbury fell from her high chair re-
Gently, receiving injuries from which she
died two days later.
Fred b. Dodges farm house and barn at
West Concord were burned Monday night
Loss, S2OO0 insurance, 5000. A lantern
exploded in the barn.
These Vermont postmasters have been
appointed: w. II. Morey, jr., East Fair
field; E. T. Hart, Post Mill Village; b. F.
Sleeper, Westminster,
The barns of "A. j. Bolcacury at Barre
were burned Monday night with five cows
and one horse. Loss, $1,000; insured for
$500 in Vermont Mutual.
The Green Mountain Hornless Cattle
Breeders association was formed at Lowell
Saturday, with c. N. Jones of Hyde Park,
secretary and treasurer; and S. X. Vaughn
of West Plattsburg, n. Y, president.
The business men of st. Johnsbury are
Der factory in that town which will en-
ploy 500 hands. Mortified is rejoicing at
the prospect of a corn canning factory.
Overseer of the Poor Beattie of Rutland
discovered that several persons in the city
have brought their poor relatives there
from Canada and other places, and then al
lowed them to apply to the city for sup
port.
The following Vermonters have been
awarded patents: Charles r. Moore, as
signor of one-half to O. Newcomb, New
port, combined screen and storm door; AL
pheus T. Dana, Warren, game tally board
Tor roquet.
The Vermont State Agricultural society
| has elected these officers President, John
| w. Cramton of Rutland; secretary, Henry
| Clark of Rutland; treasurer, Joseph C..
Parker of Queeche Col. G. w. Hooker of
Brattleboro and II. NJ. Arms of Springfield
are among the members of the board of
directors.
The construction of the large dam at
Carver's Falls, two and one-half miles
north of Fair Haven, will be completed in
about two months. This is one of the
largest water powers in Vermont, and will
be utilized for electric purposes. The cost
of dam and buildings will be about $780,
O0O The overflow will cover 80 acres.
The Riverside trotting park at South
Royalton was opened last week Thursday.
Great interest centered in the race between
the old rivals, WestmOnt and Freestone.
Westmont won handily in two heats Ga
len Prince won the free-for-all race, fastest
heat 2:29. o. H. Burnham's Polly b.
took the 2:3S race, Ray the 800, and Sy-
phon the PAS.
The post-offices at East Franklin and
West Berkshire and the grocery of W. b,
Doolan were robbed Tuesday night of last
week. The manner of entrance was the
same in all the cases, the glass being cut
from the windows. The post-office losse:
were small, but Mr.. DOolan lost about So
worth of goods.
The well-known horseman, j. w. Page
who died at White River Junction few
weeks ago from softening of the brain
was associated with several noted trotters
including Rarus, 2.134, Make Cobb, 2l34
and Westmont, 2.24. He once had the
latter at Mystic park, Boston, and started
him in the Spirit of the Times stake. Al
one time he trained horses at Long Is
land, and later was on the plains as COW
boy and hOrseman.
It is evidently at Barre where they 'say
such things and do such things" Th'
Avenue House in that town was searched
by officers recently and 80 quart bottles o
Whiskey were found concealed in a bee
lounge. At the hearing A. d. Burgess
the proprietor, swore that he did not own
and had never seen, the booze, and tina
since he had had charge of the hotel h,
had never sold drop of intoxicating liz
our. C. c. Cory, boarder at the house
next appeared, and swOre that the stool
was his, and that he had laid it in for
winters supply. Burgess was discharged
and Cory was fined $50 and costs.