Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-23
THE VERMONT NEWS.
$4,000 Loss at st. Adams.
The Car House of the Central Vermont
Railroad Company Burned.

The Car House of the Central Vermont
Railroad Company Burned.
A loss of $50 900 to $4,000 was caused
by fire at ST. Adams Friday, when the pas.
senger car house of the Central Vermont
railroad company was burned, with vesti-
buled coaches, sleeping and parlor cars.
The fire started in the Bellevue, the ele-
CANT private car of President Smith of the
Central Vermont company, which was de-
stroyed. VIM. Hill, porter of the Wagner
sleeper Homer, was asleep in the car when
he awoke to find that he was surrounded
by flames. He made dash for life and
escaped, although his clothing was badly
burned. The Franklin County creamery,
the st. Adams storage building and the
Fletcher granite works were saved only by
hard work on the part of the firemen.
Parts of the car house were soaked with
oil and the lamps in the cars exploded, add
ing to the fury of the flames. The car
houses will be built at once, enlarged and
improved.
The Fish and Game League.
The annual meeting and banquet of the
Vermont Fish aud Game league was held
at the Pavilion at Montpelier Wednesday
night. SiXty-four new members were ad-
mltted, making the total number 271. n.
W. Fiske of Isle La Motto was chosen
president; j. w. Titcomb of st. Johns
bury, secretary; and A. w. Ferrin of Mont
pelier, treasurer Resolutions were adopt
ed asking Gov. Woodbury. not to accept the
resignation of j. w. Titcomb as state fish
commissioner and recognizing the good
work of III. r. Dorr of Rutland in behalf
OF the society. One hundred and fifty
covers were laid at the annual banquet,
and among the speakers were Gov. Wood
bury, Congressman Grout, Commissioners
Titcomb and Bailey, Olin Merrill G. F.
Howell of Keene, n. H., NJ. l.. Washburn,
superintendent of the seal fisheries in
Alaska; Gen. f. f. Alfred of Newport,
John Ii. Senter, United States district at
torney; Gen. w. Ii. Gilmore, NJ. S. Stone,
state superintendent of education; and
Senator Ira r. Allen.
L. II. Thayer becomes Proprietor of the
st. Johnsbury Republican.
Lewis P. Thayer, one of the best known
and most successful newspaper men in
Vermont, bought the st. Johnsbury Re
publican plant at the receivers auction
sale Tuesday for $500 Mr.. Thayer will
take possession next Monday. The Gale
donia Publ shing company, which owned
the Republican, had capital stock of S15,-
OOO The concern was wrecked through
the reckless management OF c. T. Walter,
its manager, who is now serving a sentence
of five years in state prison for forgeries.
The creditors will realize about 80 cents on
the dollar, while the stockholders will lose
their entire investment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Ward the Oldest We'd
ded Couple i'm Vermont.
Mr.. and Mrs Ira Ward, the oldest mar
ried couple in Vermont celebrated their
nth wedding anniversary at New Haven
Friday, hundreds of people from nearby
towns calling upon them. Nine of their
ten children are living. Mr.. Ward is in his
Goth year and his wife in her 9th. They
have lived on the farm they now own 90
years.
William 7. Carter, about so, committed
suicide at St. Johnsbury Saturday by TAX
ing paris green. He had been demented
for some time.
F. S. Smith, secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A.
at Waterbury, Conn, has accepted call
to fill a similar position with the st. Johns
bury association.
The Congregational society of Barre has
extended call to Rev. Dr. Samuel Jack
son OF Kingston, Ont, one of the ablest
preachers in Canada.
Laurie Draper, Is, was instantly killed
in the Eagle Square works at South Shafts
bury Tuesday. a large piece of wood
which he was saving was thrown COM
pletely through his body.
Michael Mckenzie, a Burlington police
mo log I,g, 1.
against p. c. Dodge editor of the Burling-
ton Independent. The article in question
was in reference to liquor raid
Hunter Il Shiland's paper mill at Essex
junction was burned Saturday. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. Thirteen
hands are thrown out of employment.
The cause was probably spontaneous COM
bustion.
Sellers of intoxicating liquors in Wash
ington county are slowly beginning to re-
alize that the way of the liquor seller is a
rocky road to travel Fines to the amount
of Sl995 were imposed on violators of the
prohibitory law in county court in one day
last week.
The many friends of Rev. Howard F.
Hill of Concord, n. H., for many years
rector of Christ church in Montpelier. are
glad to hear of his election to the New
Hampshire legislature from the city of
Concord. Mr.. Hill is chaplain of the Yer
mont militia.
Frank Bailey and Oliver Keezer, charged
with assaulting and robbing C. r. Sherman
in Fairfield last August, were found guilty
at the September term of court, but the
verdict has now been set aside, new trial
granted and bail fixed at $1,000 each nur
ing the trial map, not in evidence, was
brought into the court room.
Thomas T. Prentiss, now of Middle
bury, was the oldest member OF the Unit
ed States consular service when he retired
in September, after serving "A years. He
was appointed consul to the Seychelles
islands in the Indian ocean in 1871, and
from 1880 was at the post at Port Louis,
Maurtius. Mr.. Prentiss was formerly
connected with the Stevens House at Yer
gennes and the Bardwell House at Rut-
land. Two years ago 1900 people, o. a
third of the DODulatiOn of Port Ouis in