Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-30
THE VERMONT NEWS.
Lyndonville Destroyed by Fire.

The Entire Business Portion Burned
With the Exception of Two stores
---Loss 100000, with sI3O, 900 In
surance.
The business portion of Lyndonville was
burned Tuesday, causing a total loss of |
ABOUT S2OO,OOO, with insurance of $3.50, 900, |
distributed among 20 different companies. |
The village has but little fire projection |
and that little was not in working order.
st. Johnsbury was called upon and render |
ed valuable assistance in getting the fire |
under control
The fire started at 2:45 A. NJ. in Webb's |
hotel, by A. NJ had consumed j. c. |
e ton u Co.'s block which was occupied
by that firm with large stock of hard
ware, by F. w. Silsby & Co., dry goods,
G. S. Hail. barber shop, the Lyndonville
Journal, Lyndonville club, and halls of the
Universalst society and order of railroad
conductors, E. M. Genniss's harness shop,
and several tenements. All in Stern's
block we're also burned out Trombys
four tenement dwelling house was destroy
| ed and the same fate .befell Ides block, oc-
cupied by the Lyndonvile national bank,
F. E. Dwinell, druggist, II. l.. Parker,
boots and shoes and jewery, Steve Plat,
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office, E. j. Bodwel, law office, Masonic
hail. and several tenements Nichols block,
too, was destroyed. 1t was occupied by
Frank Eaton, groceries, A. w. Brockway,
paints and notions, Geo. p. Smith, hard
ware, Mrs. Dunton, millinery, G. w.
Staples dentist, j. F. Gleaso attorney
and insurance, Good Templars hall, j. NJ.
Cass, furniture and musical instruments,
and several tenements. The flames also
spread to G. II. Weeks block and it was
destroyed. 1t was occupied by Weeks as a
dwelling and post office and Che ey
Brothers drug store. Cook block was the
next to succumb. 1t was occupied by W.
d. Poole, mems furnishings and boots and
shoes, Mrs. Young, fancy goods, S. East
man, groceries, and wO tenements. The
other buildings burned were the millinery
store of Mrs. Harand, Parker & Herit's
block, occupied by Groves & Nagle, meat
market, S. B. Hutchins, groceries, and
several tenements, also w. G. Howe's
dwelling, D. NJ. Silsby, livery stable, j. w.
Robinson, barber shop, the billiard room
of L. F. Woodland, a four story tenement
dwelling, and DR.. Cheney's dwelling occu-
pied by NJ. l.. Stearns and j. Schofeld.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but
some think it incendiary. j. l.. Watch's
grocery and Dodge & Watson's furniture
store were not burned.
The Latest---2O Buildings Were Burned
---RebuiIding will Begin at Once.
A careful revision of the aggregate of
insurance carried by the sufferers in Tues
days fire at Lyndonville, places it at
S12OOSO Twenty-sx buildings were
burned, including nine mercantile blocks,
a hotel, two livery stables, five dwellings,
CT har nd ctOrphnnSpS
81 business firms and 2S families were
! burned out. Gov. Woodbury. has signed a
d, bill authorizing Lyndonvile to eXpend
$4,000 in improving its water service.
,, The citizens will probably rebuild with
brick and expend the $40, 900 in protection.
: There is very general hopeful feeling.
Rebuilding will begin at once.
1 Vermonts New Cities.
t The pen with which Gov. Woodbury.
signed the bill granting city charter tC
Montpelier was given to Mr.. Lord, the rep
resentative, and was by him presented tC
n the trustees of the Kellogg Hubbard libra
nv. The population of the new city, the
fourth in the state, will be a little owe
/ 5000.
The limits of the new city of Barre in
! clude the present town of Barre and few
additions on the south, north and ives
e sides. The city is divided into six wards
The annual election of mayor will be hell
,f the first Tuesday in March. The popula
, ton of the new city will be about 5000
- and of the new town $500. The grant
lie ouarries remain in the town of Barre ant
g the granite plants in the city OF Barre.
Vermont Sons of Dartmouth.
1r The second annual reunion of the Vel
l. mont association of alumni of Dartmout
college was held at the Pavilion in Mon
Mt pelier Friday evening. President Tucke
is of Dartmouth was present as the guest {
honor. These officers were elected for tn
"a ensuing wear: President, w. T. BurnaI
~ ~ '63. of Burlington; first vice president
10 Jonathan Ross, 81, of St. Johnsbury
second vice president, Redfield Procto
'51. of Proctor; secretary, F. A. Howlan'
ey 'S7 of Montpelier; executive committee
al J. A. DeBoer, "a, of Montpelier, A. /
On Campbell, ~, of Johnson, Q. E. Putne
n 10, of St. Johnsbury, O. d. Mattesol
ol- 80, of Barre, V. l. Spear, "A, OF Bran
as tree, and d. j. Foster, 80, OF Burlington
" At the Cedar Meadow stock farm sale
VAUDEVILLE last week 10 horses brougl
'lu SS545, an average of $3.50 each.
Ham Brock of st. Johnsbury has di
as posed of his interest in Gil Curry (2:ll
ass TO Charles Haley OF Aston, VINO mas pee
ol Joint owner of the famous PAGER. M
ng Brock declines to give the exact prl
irs which he received for his share, but
an says it was not less than $4,000, VIII al
WI would make the animal valued at $1,000
a. The Barre post-office fight has ended
D .no the county Democratic committee sendl
ne TO President Cleveland the name of Fral
McWhorter to succeed Postmaster We
vas ON December 10. The light has been
ing hot one, with six candidates in the tie
per all of whom agreed to leave the matter
ly, the county committee. McWhorter Is
eir popular merchant
in John Hughes, jr., was killed in the Al
u. & Conger quarry near Poultney Mondi
ore lie was standing near the edge of the l
the astride a guy rope, when suddenly the re
on was drawn taut and he was hurled 10 #
but in the air, then turning he shot over
ails edge and struck the slant, 20 feet belo
age head first, crushing his skull. Then
body slid to the bottom of the quarry.