Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-04
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has received fro
father, DIR. Cha
the original lett
announcing tho
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to the Honorable co.
dence for the city and
and it states that on the
1875, III took the fortress
with about 1870 Green Nj
This date is supposed by tn,
ties to have been a slip of
much as elsewhere in his WI
shows that the capture was on /.
'The oldest Senator and Young
gresham"
The Sons of Vermont in New 70
preparing for an elaborate banquet
celebration Jan. Il. They have inv
among other distinguished sons of
state, Senator Morrill, and Congressn
elect Foss; they want, as they put it, ct.
oldest senator and the youngest congress.
man" Ito grace the banquet. Foss is .
years old, native of Berkshire and for
mer resident of St. Adams. He was the
speaker at Harvard, where he graduated in
'S5, and four years later he began the prac-
tice of law in Chicago, from which city he
was elected TO Congress as a Republican
last November.
knights of the Grip.
The 14th anniversary of the Burlington
Commercial Travellers association was Gel
ebrated Friday evening with a banquet at
the Van Ness House, where covers were
10 of bp
United States army was POSTMASTER, and
among the speakers were Gov. Woodbury.,
City Attorney Taft, Capt. F. NJ Caldwell
President Buckham, Joel II. Ioton +. f.
Knott, Judge II. 5. Peck. Fred NJ. Gould
was chosen president of the association,
A. n. Johns secretary and w. +. Furge-
son treasurer.
Dandy Hunters Paradise.
Dandy would appear to be a paradise for
farmers and hunters Lawrence Beebe
now has on exhibition II potatoes weigh.
ing 1911 pounds that he dug from one hill
last fall Placed on the floor, end to end,
they measure : feet ) inches. The same
man, with Frank Labatt, now has on hand
100 skunk skins, - fox skins, Is wild
cats, 46 coon, So muskrat, % mink and
lynx, all caught during the year, and nearly
every OIt VI lutil III llldl lONu.
Killed Her Baby.
Miss Kate Sweeney, 20, was arrested in
Jericho Saturday charged with infanticide.
| She gave birth to a child in her room
Wednesday night and during the night
| buried it. People in the house had heard
the cry of a child and after much question
! ing the young woman acknowledged her
! guilt. a physician declares that the child
was born alive and healthy and that it was
strangled to death.
BOY Wounded by His Uncle.
A five-year old son of A. f. Smith was
accidentally shot by his uncle, John Vim,
at Burlington Sunday. VIM was trying
a revolver, supposing it was unloaded,
when it was discharged, and the ball passed
through the chid's skull and lodged in his
brain. 1t is thought the child will recover.
The 10Th annual convention of the Yer
mont Bee Keepers association will be held
at Middlebury Jan, 3O-3l.
The oldest settled pastor of the Congre-
gational ministry in the state is p. :. Pratt
of Dorset, who completes A years of sery-
| ice this month.
Owen Murphy fell down stairs at ST. Al
bans Tuesday, and his spine was injured
at the base of the brain, causing total pa
ralysis, His recovery is doubtful.
Martin Bulock's house and horse barn
at Wacott were burned while the family
were attending a Christmas entertainment
Most of the contents were destroyed.
Gov. L. A. Woodbury. has resigned as
manager of J. X. Booths lumber business
at Burlington after 10 years continuou.
service. He will be succeeded by f. j
Booth, brother of J. X. Booth.
Archie Russell, l5-year- old son of Chas
Russell of Dorset, began to attend schoo
when five years of age, and has never haC
an absent or a tardy mark. He has al
ways resided in the same district.
The house of Heman A. Powers a
Braintree was burned Sunday. The furni
ture was saved in a damaged condition
The fire caught from a detective chimney
Loss about $4,000, partly covered by insur
ance.
Six cases of goods which were being de
livered to j. Warren of Morrisville wer
seized By officers, although marked "pur
ma, lie syrup" The cases were found L
contain total of II gallons of whskey
which was confiscated
Ira Ward, aged 9S years and months
died at New Haven Monday. He is sur
vived by his wife, aged SO years and 81,
months, and by nine children. Mr. an,
Mrs. Ward celebrated their nth weddin!
anniversary the 10th of last November,
} Miss Carrie Chaplin, insane, jumpe,
from second story window in French
70 block at Montpelier Friday, striking tn
electric wires and causing the fire alarm Il
) ring. The wires broke the force of he
} fall and she landed in snow bank, onl.
slightly injured.
John NJ. Thurston of Omaha, presen
general solicitor of the Union Pacific Rail
road company, was selected by the Repub
lican legislative caucus to be the next Unit
ed States senator from Nebraska Tuesday
as the successor to Gen. Henderson. MI
Thurston is a native of Montpelier.