Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-22

horse and cart from Kingman, Kan, 100
miles. They were II days on the road,
covering over 10 miles a day.
George +. Stickney drowned himself in
Berlin pond Friday. There is a suicidal
mania in his family, five Of his relatives
having taken their own lives. Stickney
was about so years old and a farmer in
comfortable circumstances 4
James Stewart, Bennington young
man, was found dead beside the railroad
track at Watham, Mass, Monday. APP
pearances indicated that he had been kill
ed by the cars. Stewart went from Ben
nington to Waltham to deliver horse
sam Gillette, Luke Clark and } ohm King,
all of Graniteville, near Barre, were placed
under 5000 bonds Friday to await the
action of the Washington county grand
jury, on a charge of committing highway
robbery on Jules Frank, a jew peddler.
St. Adams has been somewhat alarmed
over the pollution of its water supply. The
reservoirs are in Fairfax and it was dis
covered that farmer named Aseltine had
buried several dead animals on the bank of
small feeder a short distance from the
reservoir. The carcasses were at once re-
moved and steps taken 20 prevent a repeti
ton of the act
John l.. Mattoon, about 60, committed
suicide at Chelsea Sunday by shooting
through the head with a ~ calibre rifle.
He had been i'll for a long time and was
respondent. Mr. Nation was native of
Nershire and a soldier in the late war,
After the war he was in business in Bos-
ton, where he accumulated a fortune,
which he afterward lost in western invest
ments.
Two farm houses and the large barns of
Edward l.. johnson were burned at Brad
ford Friday. Fifteen cows, five hogs and
two horses were burned. Two horses
were badly injured, and will probably die.
Three families were driven from the tene-
ment house. The cause of the fire is UNI
known, but it is thought it was set by
tramps smoking. The large barn had been
burned when the fire was discovered. The
loss is estimated at $4,000: insured for
S447j.
Ed. II. Wells, a prominent citizen of
Tunbridge, died recently of blood poison-
ing that came from a scratch upon the
hand made by barbed wire. He was
machinist, working for the Amoskeag cor
poration in Manchester, Y. H., and for
South Boston iron works many years. For
the past 10 years he has been superinten-
dent of machinery on the largest sugar es-
tate of Cuba, composed of IL plantations.
He had gained a competency and was pro-
posing to enjoy more restful life.
John L. Woods Merrill returned yes
! terday from Chicago, where he effected a
settlement in his suit to secure 100000
from the estate of John l.. Woods, in
whose home Merrill was reared" says the
Kansas City journal of a recent date. "He
brought with him checks for 1900, but
this is only part of the amount he received.
He declines to give the exact amount
John L. Woods died in Cleveland, o., last
year and was a millionaire. Merrill was
not mentioned in the will and began suit
to test the will, but the compromise effected
will end the litigation" John l.. Woods
was native of Bradford and many rela-
tives in Orange county received large sums
| from his estate Mr.. Woods left funds for
library and schoolhouse at Bradford.