Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-08-17
A Gang of Young Toughs Arrested at
Hartford.

a wife and one child.
A Gang of Young Toughs Arrested at
Hartford.
Julius Sears, Henry Coutermash, Frank
Roberts, Ben Terrell and b. Darling, con-
cerned in breaking into Hon. f. l.. Pease's
store and post office at Hartford, Thurs
day night were examined Saturday. The
first three were bound over for trial at the
December term of the county court, in
the sum of $500, and Terril in the
sum of $500 for burglary. Not getting
bail they were lodged in Woodstock jail.
Darling was discharged. The extreme
penalty for those bound over would be
fifteen years in state penal institution
and $1,000 fine. Sears was the leader and
the others thoughtlessly followed him.
In addition to stealing the cash from Mr..
Pease's money drawer and the post-oftice
they took razors, knives, revolvers and
! jewelry owned by w. S. Chase and also
broke into the railroad depot Two of the
toughs were arrested while drunk and they
disclosed on their pals.
State Line House RaIded.
Officers from Willamstown, Mass. and
| Pownal, this state, descended on the State
Line House, notorious rum hole between
the two towns, early Saturday morning,
and completely cleaned out the place. Will
| Jamestown officers succeeded IN capturing
NJ. j. Anderson, one of the proprietors
| The Vermont authorities arrested Herbert
Kent, the other proprietor. A search was
then made, with astonishing results.
Thirty-two gallons of ale, % of gin, 30 of
wine, % of rum, five of wine and four cases
of lager were found on the Massachusetts
! side, and five barrels of whiskey, two bar
rels of ale, 900 bottles of lager and seven
| jugs of different liquors were seized on the
| Vermont side.
A COMMUNICATING Session of Court.
The April term of Chttenden county
court, which recently closed, is unparalleled
in the history of Vermont as regards the
amount paid to jurors. The jury deben-
ture was S4444.4 40, and there were only
eleven jury trials, so that the average for
each trial was over $400, not to mention
other costs; and two cases, the trials of
which occupied some forty days, must be
tried over again.
A. n. Drew, contractor and builder at
St. Johnsbury, has filed petition in in
solvency. Liabilities S5400; assets nearly
1000.
Burglars entered the store of O. b. Cut
ting, druggist and jeweler, at West Con-
cord, Monday morning. About Sl5 was
taken from the cash drawer, and a few
goods were stolen.
Fergus MARROW has sued the Barre rail-
road company for $4,000 damage for inju-
ries alleged to have been received on the
railroad near Granitevlle last Friday.
Rev. R. l.. Bruce of St. Adams has been
transferred from the Vermont to the Mon
tana conference and stationed at Helena,
Montana. He will 90 to Montana, Oct. /.
Andrew S. Allis of Brookfield fell from
his moving machine recently and was IA
tally injured. He has been town represent
tative in the legislature, selectman, town
agent and justice of the peace.
Charles l. Page, a son of Mrs. Olive
Wales of Bristol, has been committed tC
Jail at Mddlebury in default of 5000 bail tC
await the action of the county court on a
charge of arson. The house on the farm
of his mother a mile north of Bristol vii
lage, was burned recently, causing loss OF
5000. The insurance was $780,
Eugene NJ. Taynter, a member of the
board of village bailiffs, secretary of thu
Granite association and a member of tn,
Baptist church at Barre, has been sued fo
$4,000 in favor of Hugh RaecrOr of Gran
iteville, who alleges that Taynter by threat
caused him to be discharged from the EN-
poy of G.. Libersant, paving contractor.
The maple sugar bounty on 1000 cases is
being computed at Montpelier The larges
sugar maker applying for a bounty il
George NJ. Soule of Fairfield, who tapped
$500 trees and made Is, $50 pounds of sug
ar. OF this II, $50 pounds tested about 81
per cent and Mr.. Soule will receive $500. l:
from the government. IL will take SOM
time to compute all the bounty figures AM
the producers will not receive their none.
for several months.
Pimples,. boils and other humors of the bloc
are liable to break out in the warm weather