Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-23

Packard of st. Johnsbury was selected by
the committee. The new building will be |
SO by 33 feet, with l4-inch brick walls !
and of the Romanesque style of arch
itecture. 1t will contain book room,
delivery room, reading room and librari- !
ans room. An octagonal tower in front
has stairs leading to the curio room above
the main entrance. The estimated cost
of the building is $4,000. The town is also
building a $1,000 school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Chapman of
Middlebury celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary the 9TH inst.
Merrill A. Martin of Villa nstown has
been appointed assistant chemist at the
Montpelier maple sugar laboratory.
Frank RADIATION of st. Adams, II years
old, has been arrested on a charge of
stealing money from stores in that place.
Geo Campbell of Addison, aged 40 cut
his foot nearly off at the ankle recently.
He bled to death before help could reach
him.
At Rutland on Saturday, Clarence A.
Stebbins, eight years old, was run over
and killed by a horse car driven by his
father.
1t is reported that the electric railroad
to be constructed from Waterbury to
Stowe will also be extended to Morris
vile and a branch run up Mount Mans
field.
The post-otiice at Poutney was entered
by burglars last Thursday night. About
$40 in money, $500 in stamps and the
postal note book and blank money orders
were taken.
Vermont lodge No. /, Knights of
Pythias, celebrated the 30th anniversary
of the founding of the order Monday even
ing at Rutland. \ banquet was held in
the evening, with toasts.
Mrs. Myra Bradwelle, proprietor of the
Chicago Legal News, and the first woman
to be admitted to the bar in the United
States, who died last week in Chicago,
was born in Manchester, this state
The debt of Vergennes, which at one
time was $4,000, is now $4,000 at about
4 per cent, and the receipts from water
rents are sufficient to pay interest on bonds
and furnish about $1,000 surplus annually.
G. w. Pease has been appointed post
master at West Bolton, vice Mrs. +. l..
Stevens removed Daniel Reed at Lud-
low, w. w. Needham at Bristol, n. S.
| Moves at Guildhall, and j. II. DOnnelly at
| Nergennes.
Edwin Baird of Chittenden met with a
severe accident recently, while at work in
the woods. AS he stopped to adjust a
chain about log the horse kicked him full
in the face, crushing his nose and badly
cutting his face and eyes.
Company NJ, LIST Regt., V. n. g., Bur
| lington, has been mustered into the service
| of the state with these commissioned Otl-
GERS Frank X. Wells, captain; Cornelius
NJ. Brownell, first lieutenant; Charles L.
Woodbury., second lieutenant.
The charter of the first Masonic lodge
ever organized in Vermont is in the pos
session of Vermont lodge, No. Is, Of
Windsor. 1t was issued in 1871 to Yer
mont lodge, No. II, by Massachusetts
grand lodge. 1t bears the name of Paul
Revere as one of the wardens.
Fred A. Kezer of Fletcher, was brought
before United States Commissioner John
son of Burlington Monday evening on
the charge of violating the postal laws
by selling lottery tickets while holding the
office of postmaster. Arthur Kezer, who
was last week bound up on the charge of a
violation of the internal revenue laws, is
his brother.
There is general rejoicing at Barre over
the outlook for the granite business.
Dealers report an unusually large amount
of orders for spring work Many more
cutters will be put to work as soon as
stock can be obtained from the quarries
Several big contracts have been secured,
including one for the Iowa state soldiers
monument, costing $4,000. The best of
feeling exists between the dealers and
cutters and no trouble is expected this
year.
These appointments have been made
upon the staff of the department com
post, mander; Kendrick Richmond Baxter
No. 81, Newport, assistant adiutant gener-
al Thomas C. Gale, Baxter post, No. 81
Newport, assistant quartermaster general;
f. II. Butterfield, f. II. Stoughton post
No. 81, Derby Line, assistant inspector
general; E. II. Nye, Mason post, No rs
, Newport, chief mastering officer; 10
| sah Grout, Baxter post, No. 81, Derby
judge advocate.
A man who registered at a Burlington
hotel last week as NJ. Rodgers, Chicago, anC
claimed to be a representative of y. X
Fairbank Il Co., secured money from
Landlord Delaney on a draft from tn
Fairbank house. Monday a telegram wa
received from Fairbank a. Co. to the effec
that the draft was worthless, no such pei
son as Rodgers being IN their employ. In
police have been notified and are lookin
for him.
The report of Rutland's chief enginee
of the fire department shows 26 fire alarm
| in the city between March % and Decem
Der 81. One of these was for aid for fir
in Castleton, and one was a false alarm
At eight of the fires no loss was reported
The total insurance involved was S92, 81
e and the total losses paid were S4l, 1886. As
, The heaviest loss was by the fire at A.
Davis gristmill July "a. The amount {
= insurance on the property was $4,000 an
the amount paid was S24,900 The fire
+ were exclusively in wooden buildings
t Brandon is promised a newspaper wa
;. After the Union died recently a new fri
i was organized by f. S. Marsh, E.
: Dodge and G. A. Guilty which started
new paper, the Chronicle. Dodge an
) Guilty had run the Union and the Chron
Gle was in a manner built on the wreck {
>, the old one and took lis Office, but an Ell
d tirely new plant was bought and the Unto
! property was stored. Mr. Marsh acted ,
u editor and manager. The Chronicle HI
been sharply criticised by subscribers b
cause it was not in line with Repubica
aenaaia1lv On tba tariff and II