Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-01-12

III DOoIOll nearly " ytdlSs
Harvey Kelseys store at North Danvile
was burned Monday night. The fire caught
from the chimney. Insurance, $3.50. The
post-oflice was located in the store, but the
mail was saved.
Much interest is felt in the village meet
ing to be held at Barre, Jan. rs. Four full
tickets are i'm the field for officers. An i'm
portant article is to see if the village will
bond for needed Improvements.
|. p. Rarann, an aged citizen of Barre,
whose mind became deranged some time
ago, wandered away Saturday Searching
parties found him near Moretown Monday
night seated on a high rock alive, but much
chilled.
A majority of the patrons of the st.
Johnsbury pOst-oflice have signed a petit
ton asking Postmaster General Bissell not
to confirm Arthur c. Randall as postmaster
there. He was appointed in June, but the
Senate has not confirmed him.
Hon. Chester W. H. Dwinell, who died
at Marshfield last week, was one of the
most successful farmers and stock breeders
in Washington county. He had served as
a member of the legislature and as assO-
ciate judge of the county court
Thomas II. Hanley, New England pas
senger agent of the Central Vermont rail-
road at Boston, and formerly chief clerk in
the passenger department at ST. Adams, has
been elected president of the association of
railroad and steamboat agents at Boston.
Jabez Luce fell down stairs at Chelsea
one day last week and sustained concus-
sion of the brain, which caused death with
in - hours. Mr.. Luce served during the
war in Company of the 9th Vermont
and Company & of the 4th Vermont regi-
ments.
The Vermont slate trust has voted to
dissolve, owing to the refusal of one of the
concerns to sign a contract for the coming
year. The trust has been in existence six
years. employed 25OO men, and controlled
the larger part of the quarries in Rutland
county, this state, and Washington county,
n. Y.
A. Heir, convicted of participating in the
Hancock incendarsm, was sentenced to SO
months in the state prison in the Addison
county court Henry Bushee, Heirs &C
complete, to four years; Frank BLY,, for bur
glary, two years and eight months; and W.
A. Brown, for forgery, for two years.
w. j. Howes has sold the trotting mare
She beat the state trotting record for two
year-olds at White River Junction in 1892,
and the three-year-old record there last
year. Madge Wilkes was sired by Victor
Wilkes out of a mare by Daniel Lambert.
John Miller, a prominent resident of
Walingford, died Monday, aged rs years
He had lived in Wallingford since 1912.
ard nearly all the time up 70 ISL carried,
Z Of l.,
was director of the Rutland county bank
from 1862 to 1855, when he resigned on
account of poor health.
No freight trains were run from Rut-
land Monday owing to a refusal of the
brakemen to work. The Rutland Herald
says that there are confusing statements
as to the cause, but that a misunderstood
ing existed. The action of the men caused
a false report of a general strike on the
Central Vermont system.
a. j. Sibley of Montpelier, has been APP
pointed deputy collector of internal revenue
in charge of the sugar bounty for Yer
mont, vice DR. II. II. Mcintyre, of West
Randolph. Mr.. Sihley will have immedi-
ate charge of the weighing and analysis OF
the maple sugar of the state and the APP
pointment of weighers under the bounty
act.
William +. Hawks, a well-known capt.
talist of Bennington, probably travels more
miles every year than any other man in
Vermont. He is largely interested in cleo
trio lights and water works in Munroe,
La, Leadville, Col, and New Mexico.
During the past few years he has averaged
to travel by rail and boat over 10, 900 miles
per year
a party of young people in team were
struck by Central Vermont locomotive at
a railroad crossing in Bedford, p. G., few
days ago. \. Doherty, theological stu
dent OF Providence, r. l., received injuries
from which he died, a lad named Gosselin
of Rutland was probably fatally injured,
and O. Dumps had foot crushed and a
leg cut off.
The board of trustees of the Vermont
soldiers home, at Bennington, will proba-
bly, recommend the enlargement of the
hospital, which is not equal to present
demands upon it. During the quarter
ending Dec. 81, there were II veterans
admitted and six readmitted There were
two deaths, making the total gain Is. The
membership TO date is 50.
AT the annual meeting of the National
Ayrshire breeders association at Boston
TUESDAY l., =, Drew Ol burlington was
chosen vice president and c. H. Winsow
of Brandon a member of the executive
committee. Mr.. Winslow read a report of
the Ayrshire exhibit at the Worlds Fair,
severely critcsing the judge, Canadian,
as incompetent and partial.
The people of Newport and Derby are
| dissatisfied because John Davis was bound
| over in the sum of $1,000 on a charge of in
tent to kill. The testimony showed that
! Davis was peaceabe young man, but that
! his brother-in-law, whom he shot, had
! threatened to kill the other members of the
! family, and was assaulting Davis's mother
when the fatal shot was fired.
Henry Staples of s.. Adams, fireman,
was killed at the OXbow bridge between
Middebury and Salisbury Tuesday. He
was leaning from the cab to get view of
the rear cars, the train having broken into
two sections, when his head struck the
bridge and was crushed. He was instant
ly killed. The body caught in the timbers
of the bridge and was not mutilated. Sta
plies was about 30 years old, and leaves a
widow and one child. He was the sixth
railroad man who has been killed at the
Oxbow bridge.
For the Multitude.
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