Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-05-25

Philipsburg, were drowned in Missisquoi
bay Sunday. They had good skitf and
one of them was a good sailor, but the
wind was high and variable. The engi-
neer not appearing for duty Monday morn
ing search was made and their boat was
found bottom up on the shore.
A summer school on the Chautauquan
plan is being considered for the vicinity of
Rutland.
The Baptist church at Bristol will cele-
brate its centennial June II with fitting
services.
Saturday was the first pay day for the
, employees of the slate works in Poultney
since last fall.
The fifth annual stallion parade of the
Northern Caledonia fair association will be
held at Lyndonville on June 6.
Anderson, who was crushed while he
was hosting marble at Rutland last week,
died from his injuries Monday night.
The Carpenter Lathe and Tool company
has decided to locate permanently in st.
Johnsbury. Its capital stock has been in
creased $4,000
James, the eight-year-old son of VIM.
| Shirtlock of Bethel, fell into White river
Monday and was drowned. He was with
other children fishing from the bank. His
body was recovered.
Thursday Harvey Bean of East Hard
wick was overtaken and run over by an
express train and probably fatally injured.
He was dragged about 60 feet and both
legs and skull were fractured.
The Morrisvile acqueduct company has
purchased additional springs and will at
once build larger reservoir, in order to
meet the increasing demand, and furnish a
supply for fire purposes.
The populists' state committee has is
sued call for a state convention at Mont
peier June 26. 1t is to be a mass conven-
ton and will nominate candidates for state
officers and map out plan of campaign.
l. Norwich has recently received attention
from some of the gangs of burglars who
have been operating extensively in New
Hampshire. The grist-mill was ransacked
in the hope of finding money in the safe,
and several persons missed clothes and 9th
err small articles.
+. j. Wills and P. Witherll, employed
as brakemen by the Central Vermont road,
have been held in 500 bail each to appear
before the grand jury on charges of burg
larry and grand larceny. They broke into
a freight car May and stole goods loaded
therein.
Among the new manufacturing estab-
lshments in process of construction in
the state are a cotton mill at Burlington,
where 500 hands will be employed; shirt
factory employing 800 at Rutland, and an
other at Fair Haven for 100 hands, and a
bobbin factory at Essex.
The Brunswick Springs hotel, situated
at the famous Brunswick springs, Bruins
wick, was burned early Wednesday morn
, ing, with most of the furniture Loss,
about $4,000; insurance $1,000. The
house had Just been repaired and put in
q condition for summer business.
S William Shepherd, who was brought to
e Burlington from Lawrence, Mass, Friday
e on a charge of breaking into l.. b. Platt'
store in Winooski in 1898, was sentenced
e Saturday to two years at hard labor in
states prison at Windsor. He pleaded
guilty to the charge. He is p years old.
The state Prohibition convention met al
Middebury Wednesday, with % present al
u the opening session. The ticket nomi
I mated is headed by r. C. Whttemore o
: St. Adams for governor, and DIR. l.. w
l. Hanson of Barre for lieutenant governor
: A platform of some length was presented
h and adopted.
. The veteran stage driver, II. A. Lara
bee, was found dead in his team neal
! North Troy village Saturday. He had suf
fered from heart difficulty some years anC
? his death was due to that cause. For
long time he has run the stage and expires
:, route from North Troy to Lowell. His
u age was about 70.
/, The ticket office of the Bennington 4
q Rutland railroad office at Bennington wa
e broken into early Saturday morning, bu
o little spoil secured. An attempt was mad
Il to enter the store of A. Drysdale ~ Son
/: A clerk who got a glimpse of the burgla
ar furnished description of him which en-
.r abled the officers to identify him. and h
was pursued, arrested and lodged in Jail.
On Thursday, May 10, Mrs Alice A
Henry, department commander of the Vel
mont Woman's Relief corps, institute
IL Joyce post, No. 81, at Poultney, with ,
o members. This is the second corps organ
y lied since April l. The membership
~ the United States exceeds 100000. I'll
rs department of Vermont has now "A corps
~ ~ With an aggregate membership of ovt
=. "a $500. The corps in this state during II
~ past year expended S2l99,6S for relief, s
.. far as reported.