Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-05

franzoni leaves three small children.
stone, Brewster Il Co.'s store at Wind
sor was entered last week by bur glars. who
LOOK number of revolvers and guns.
Burglars blew open the safe in the store
of w. p Madison IL Co. at South Shafts
bury Friday night and secured about $40.
H. S, Fiske has resigned the pastorate
OIL the Untyersalst church at Rutland In
lour years he has wiped out the church debt
of $1,000.
Stanley Greene, 10, of St. Adams, had
one hand shattered Saturday by the explo-
sion OF an old shot gun. Young Greene is
brother of F. L. Greene, division com
mander of the Sons of Veterans.
The body of James Gallery, a brick ma.
son, was found floating in the river near
Bennington Friday. He was seen Thurs
day evening and it is supposed that he fell
INTO the water while intoxicated.
The Temperance Herald, the official or
gan of the Good Templars of Vermont and
New Hampshire, is now published at Mid
dlebury, with w. II. Eldridge as editor and
L. NJ. Day as business manager.
j. b. Wright, an old trapper of Pownal,
has captured 81 bears within a radius of as
many rods on East mountain. His last vic
I'm was female bear weighing 80 pounds,
which was caught in a trap last week.
DIR. VIM. l.. Thompson, one of the lead
ing homeopathic physicians of Maine, died
at Augusta Sunday. He had twice been a
member of the Maine Homeopathic med-
cal society. He was native of Newbury.
Forty members of the Appalachian club
of Boston started last Friday morning for
Vermont. They will visit Willouhgby lake
and Lake Memphremagog, and will climb
several mountains during their weeks visit
William Colburn, 20, committed suicide
at White River Junction one day last week
by throwing himself on the railroad track
before fast train He had been insane
several months and had before attempted
suicide.
Extensive water works are being con-
structed, conveying water directly from the
ineXhaustible springs of the mountain to
Manchester, Manchester Centre and Man
chester Depot. This requires piping to the
extent of many miles, and involves an eX-
penditure of more than $4,000.
The Bennington Water company has ex-
pended about $50, 900 in completing the ex-
tension to its water works. Nearly 700
pounds of dynamite were used in blasting
through rock. The company is now CON
tident that there is a sufficient water sup
ply to meet all emergencies, and the water
is of unquestoned purity.
The 22d annual meeting of the Vermont
branch of the WOman's board of missions
was held at Brandon Tuesday and Wednes-
day. The general outlook for the society
was encouraging and the financial record
excellent, the receipts for the year being
S7115. Mrs. Benedict was reelected pres-
dent, and the other principal officers were
also reelected.
Hon. Orville X. Leonard, who died re-
Gently at Woodstock, was native of Gays
vile, and a member of the class of IS at
Dartmouth college. He practiced law in
the Wet and served as Judge of the SUI
preme court of Nevada II years, and chief
justice of the state for several years. He
had lived in Ogden, Utah, the last four
years.
Frank Tatro was taken before Justice
King at Tyson last week, charged with an
assault with intent to kill on Moses j.
Townsend, jr. Tatro struck Townsend on
the head with heavy club, declaring that
he would split his head open and kill him.
The blow partially paralyzed Townsend,
who warded off the blows as well as he
could and retreated followed some dis
lance by Tatro Tatro was held in 5000
bail for appearance at county court.
a row in the beehive building in North
field one night last week ended in the
wounding of VIM. Ingram, who is now in
precarious condition. A party had con-
gregated in one of the tenements in the
beehive when three drunken fellows de-
manded admittance, and being refused,
began to throw stones at the house. Chas.
Tasey, one of those inside, seized an axe
and started out to attack the men. In the
meantime Ingram, who lived in the house,
had also been aroused and gone outside.
Tasey struck him with the axe, supposing
him to be one of the stone throwers In
grams skull was fractured. Tasey is now
under arrest