Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-20

day. oct. g, instead Of oct. 10 as an
nounced.
A. y. Biceow has sod his interest in the
/ Elliot street fish marke, to his partner, II
W. Boyle Mr.. Bigeow will take charge
/ of the Vermont Spring company's works
at Brooklne.
The work of filling the Winhall trestle
/ on the narrow gauge railroad has been
completed this week Six more trestles
along the line will be filled, including the
one at Bradley farm. just above West
river
The American Express company has
notified the town authorities that it will
| expect them to pay for the horse injured in
the recent runaway accident. The com
pany claims that the accident would not
have occurred but tor the tiagstone across
the gutter
The drought has killed thousands of
young trout in Cheshire county, y. H..
many of the small breeding brooks having
! dried entirely up this season that were new
er dry before. In tbs county, while the
| drought has been YER severe, the result
probably has not been as disastrous as last
| year, when all the trout III many OF the
small streams were killed.
Sheriff Rixford of Winchester. y. II.
assisted by c. /. Capron, made an official
visit Saturday 10 East and West Eagle
and found lager beer and ale at both re-
sorts. The raids were made by direction of
the law and order league of New Hamp-
shire. Sheriff Rixford took samples of the
beverages from both places TO be used as
evidence II is understood that the trial
will not take place at present
The New York Mai and Express saws
THE honor of having the most deliberately
decorated craft in last Saturdays vast TO
tilla which followed 1he yacht race was
fairly won 10y Is. +. Heith's speedy ocean
tug Governor, which had been chartered
especially for theoccas on 10y the 'continu-
Gus performance originator Among the
20 or more Boston people on the Governor
as the guests of MI. Keith were Mrs. Sally
JOY White and daughters.
/. G.. Houghton, the owner Of the Hall
fax deer park, is enthusiastic over the pros
poets of his preserve. The herd OF deer
have increased rapidly. the total number
now being upwards OF 50, between 80 and
40 being tawns. There are i've elk. includ-
ing two young ones The old elk are now
very cross, As the breeding season is APP
preaching The Rocky Mountain goats
are also thriving and Increasing.
John D. Lambert. vino forged three
checks Tor 500 each or d. Appleton a. Co.
of New \ Ork. last November. and who was
recently discharged from Clinton prison in
New York state, after having served term
for one OF the offences, pleaded guilty TO
the charge of forgery preferred in Rutland
last week and was sentenced to wear in
the house of correction in that city. Lam.
bert is the young mar who swindied the
Bardwell House IN Rutland by passing a
forged check and who is wanted IN Brattle-
boro for working a similar game at the
Brooks House
some idea Of the dastructiyeness of the
hail storm at Riverside, Mass. described in
The PhwniN last week. may be gained
from the specimens which II. J.. Houghton
gathered there last Sunday and which are
now on exhibition al the Farmers Il Me
chanlcs exchange The cabbage head 0,
completely rIddled. corn stalk stripped
clean and an apple knocked partly to pieces
These specimens wert brought from the
farm of Leonard Baron, who sustained a
loss of $1,000. He had 1000 cabbages. 400
melons and 30 barrels OF apples destroyed.
The Vermont Live Stock company voted
their usual annual dividend of SIX per cent
from tue sales Of cattle thi, season al the
meeting held Friday and when they are
through shipping they expect 10 have a
handsome surplus With which TO buy more
cattle. The company mas been successful.
for several years, and this year has been
exceptionally favorable to their business.
Few If any cattle were lost last winter, the
weather being mild and the company hay
lng very few weak cattle on their range.
The directors are encouraged by the prices
q 0 flr~
erage higher than any previous year
About 20 members of the Connecticut
Valley Medical association were present at
the meeting held al the Brooks House
Tuesday. DR.. Dinsmore OF keene, the
president OF the association, was in the
chair, and Dr.. OsCool of Townshend was
elected secretary pro tempore, Dr.. Hill of
Bellows Falls, the regular secretary. being
absent In the forenoon papers were read
10y Dr.. y. Z. Wood OF Mortified on "
phoid fever and by DR.. II. d. Holtou on dia-
bates, and in the afternoon by DR.. W. II.
Pierce OF Greenfield OF surgery. There were
interesting discussions after the papers
nearly all OF those present participating
\ serious IRE was prevented al j. F.
Whites on Forest street Sunday night by
the chance awakening of the family al
!
with smoke and it was only by prompt &C
ton on the part of NJ. White and his son
Arthur that the FIRE was under control
without an alarm being sounded. The
blaze was probably caused by some defect
in the fireplace in which there had been a
FIRE earlier in the evening. When discov-
cred the timbers under the fireplace were
on IRE in a space about six feet square.
The damage, about $50, was covered by i'll
surance in the Taylor a Sons agency.
The electric road will probably be COM
pleted from the fair ground to the main
line 10y tomorrow night. The track was
laid Tuesday night from the fair ground to
the top of the hill near EX-Gov Fuller's
The grading of the hill is finished with the
exception of the sidewalks and cutters Ii
is hoped that the wire will be strung.
switches completed and connections made
so that the cars may be run Monday and
Tuesday Tor the accommodation of exhibit
tors. The new car described last week has
arrived and will be used on the fair ground
run. As stated before two cars will run
on the main line and three from Main
street TO the fair ground. There has been
some MISUNDERSTANDING about the fare on
the extension. The fare on the main line
will be tive cents, an extra fare being
charged from Pine street to the ground.
Anyone paying ten cents on the main line
will receive a check for the trip on the ex-
tension. Coupon tickets will be issued
this week for the accommodation of the
public
d. y. Tolles received a telegram Tues
day announcing the death of his mother,