Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-07-27
Accidents
In Rutland and other Sections Of the
State.

In Rutland and other Sections Of the
State.
| Mrs Patrick Casey of Rutland was
poisoned, probably fatally, on Monday
night, by taking Paris green. 1t is not
known whether the act was an accident or
intentional.
A son of DR.. b. c. Senton of Rutland
fell from his bicycle, in coasting down
steep hill, when on his way from this
place to Lake st. Catherine, and broke his
arm in three places
Halsey McDonough aged Is, of Port
! Henry, N. Y, who has been at work for
! Chas Tier of Waltham, became affected
| by the heat last week, and is supposed to
have been drowned in Otter Creek, as he
was tracked to the river and no trace of
| him has been seen since.
Angel Cooley, seven-years-old daughter
of Alfred Cooley of "Bear Swamp" STAN
| ford, while embarrassing horse in stable
at her home Friday night, fell and was
trampled nearly to death by the horse, her
| skull being fractured and her face and head
badly cut. She was taken to the North
Adams hospital, and it is thought she will
recover.
Chas. Bixby, son of c. NJ. BiXby, as
cended the bell tower of st. Paurs
Universaist church at Rutland Saturday
for the purpose of recovering his dog. He
fell from the tower to the roof, and from
there 80 feet to the ground. Although
sustaining bad bruises and internal injuries
he is still living, but is not expected to re-
cover. The lad was some - years of age
and subject to apoplectic fits.
a Desperate Criminal Secured.
Elmer Glow. who was released last
Thursday upon the completion of term
| in the Albany, y. y, penitentiary for
| burglary. was at once delivered to a Yer
mont officer on a requisiton from Gov.
! Fuller, and placed in confinement. There
! are two indictments against Glow in the
! Bennington county court: one for burglary
and one for Jail breaking. In 1889, the
| store of w. p Mattson, in South Shafts
! bury, was entered by burglars. The
! crime was traced to Glow, Billy Pease and
VIM Trimble, all of whom were arrested,
While in Jail at Manchester Glow and
! Trimble escaped from the Jail by crawling
| through the stove pipe hole in the ceiling
and going out through the roof. Pease
escaped from the Burlington Jail, and none
of them has ever been retaken. Glow
will probably receive 10 years sentence.
| FIremen's Tournament at Bemning-
ton.
The tournament held last Thursday in
connection with the meeting of the State
Firemen's association in Bennington was
very successful. The parade was the long
est line of iiremen ever seen in Vermont.
New York companies captured all the
prizes in the hand engine contest and the
first in the hose race. Prizes o. SD, $40
and - were awarded to the Donahue of
Burlington, Yatte of Vergennes, and
johnson of Burlington, respectively, in the
hook and ladder contest. A veterinary
surgeon named McAuley from Salem,
y. Y, while working on the brakes of
hand machine suddenly fell backward and
died almost instantly, probably from over
exerton in the heat. Fully 5000 people
| witnessed the contest.
Library Dedication a. WallingfOrd.
The Gilbert Hart library at Wallngford
was dedicated Wednesday, the dedicatoIy
address being delivered by Edward l..
Temple of Rutland. A short address was
also made by Prof. Elmer f. Howard of
Brandon, formerly principal of the High
school at Wallingford. The memorial tab
let for Wallingford soldiers who served in
the war of the Rebellion, which Capt.
Hart has placed in the library building,
was unveiled, and addresses made by Col
Joel c. Baker and Chaplain Edwin F.
Haynes of Rutland, both former residents
of Wallngford. Mr.. and Mrs Hart gave
a reception in the evening in Peoples
hall, at which Mrs. Theodore Toedt of
New York sang.
And the BOY Pulled the Trigger.
At Barre one evening last week, while
Joe Maflni, young lad, was in charge of
Wilfred jacques clothing store, an Italian
shoemaker entered and, finding the boy
alone, asked him what he would do if
some one should come in and demand the
contents of his cash box. In answer the
boy took a small revolver from a drawer
and discharged it at the Italian as he
stood in the door way, the bullet scratch
ing his nose and entering the heshy part
of his upper arm. The boy was arrested,
but dismissed with a severe reprimand
from the justice.
Fires at Norwich and GrOtOn.
A large frame grist mill at Norwich,
owned by DR.. j. b. Rand, with $4,000
worth of grain, was burned Saturday even
ing. The fire originated about the boiler.
Total loss, 1900; well insured.
The passenger and freight station of the
Montpelier II Wells River road at Groton
was burned Monday evening with its
: contents, and the household goods of Fred
Smith, the station agent, who lived up
stairs. A new building will be erected al
once.
The committee appointed to revise the
statutes is now engaged on its report
Two-thirds of the volume is printed anC
the balance is well under way.
Rev. Ezra Brainard, Ii. d., presiden
of Middlebury college, sailed last Saturda!
from Boston for a six months tour of Eu
rope. He is accompanied by Prof. f. IL
Higley and wife of Medford, Mass. Tn,
trustees of the college granted him leav,
of absence with pay. Prof. +. S. How
ard will be acting president in his alb
sence.
James A. Melvin, who has recently beer
living in Boston, has disappeared, ant
papers and letters found in a coat of hi
indicate that he has committed suicide
Mr.. Melvin had had charge of hotels il
various places, among them houses a
North Adams, Woods Holl near Martha
Vineyard, and in Chester, this state
where he was very successful. His wifi
has worked with him in these ditferen