Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-11
THE VERMONT
Mysterious ASA
Mrs. Frank Cline of ~.
Nictim---lGuOCked Down
known Man.

Mrs. Frank Cline was the
dastardly assault at ST. Adams H.
ing last week. She separated Ter
husband in November and has cen
living at the house of w. G. N She
received a mysterious warning Jout
two weeks ago. On the night at
tack Mrs. Cline was alone with chill
dren, when there was sharp, q rap
ping on one of the parlor windo near
which she sat. At the same NON t Mrs.
Cline thought she heard the cracking of
flames and she seized the lamp and started
up stairs. As she came back she saw a
man peering into a rear window.
She screamed to one of the girls, 'tJen-
ME, do you see that awful face at the win
dow?' and an instant later the rear door
opened and tall, heavily built man rushed
in, knocking the girl, Jennie, backward on
to the stove. He struck at Mrs. Cline with
big club. She lodged and the club
smashed the lamp.
The children ran screaming out of doors
and Mrs Cline also darted out the front
door. As she did so, the assailant ran out
the back door and around to the front,
Just in time to meet Mrs. Cline and give
her a severe blow on the head. She was
knocked down, but recovered and staggered
Her assailant, who slipped down as he
hit her, threw the club at her and leaped
into a sleigh, driven by confederate. The
men disappeared, their horse being on a
run.
Mrs. Cline was insane for two or three
days and for time her recovery was doubt
full. 1t is evident that the attack was pre-
meditated. The officers have been at
work Oh the case but have found no salts
factory clue
The Brooklyn Society of VermOnters.
The Brooklyn Society of Vermonters
will hold the fifth annual reunion and ban
quet Jan. II at Pouch's Mansion, Clinton
Avenue. \ reception to Gov. Woodbury.,
Lieut. Governor Mansur, Senator Proctor,
and other distinguished Vermonters, will
be given, followed by the banquet. Short
speeches will be made by the honored
guests. Among those who have accepted
an invitation to be present are: Gov. U.
A. Woodbury., and his military staff Lieut..
Governor L. NJ. Mansur; Senator Proctor !;
Gov. Levi p. Morton, (conditionally,); st.
| Clair Mckelway, LII. D., Brooklyn; Mayor
Chas. a. Schieren, Brooklyn: Hamilton
Ormsbee; Hon. Geo. NJ Foss, Chicago
society Nermonters; DR.. Joseph q. Greene,
=
| Clarke, Boston society Vermonters.
The Rats Had Eaten Out Walter Carr
rier's Eyes.
Walter Carrier, aged - years, has been
missing from his home in Bridport three
months. He was last seen Dec. at Ii
conderoga, n. Y. Two men who work
for Howard Birchard in Shoreham went,
last week, to barn used for storing hay
and were badly frightened at finding Car
| rier's body on the hay. 1t was horribly
mutilated by rats. Both eyes were eaten
out and the face and hands badly bitten
and chewed.
booming Worthwhile.
The village of Morrisville has bought
the present plant for furnishing water, in
addition to the new one in process of con-
struction. The village is also constructing
arc and incandescent electric light systems,
and has voted to issue negotiable bonds
to the amount of $4j, 900 to meet the ex-
penses of the two enterprises.
Fire Caused by Railroad Accident.
A freight train on the Central Vermont
railroad broke in two between Proctor and
| Pittsford Friday. The rear section ran to
Plttsford depot, jumped the track and
crashed into the structure, upsetting the
stoves in the building The depot, freight
house and several freight cars were burned.
II. S. Reads barn at East Fairfield was
burned one night last week. The loss was
$1,000, with $1,000 insurance.
}. f. Dolan of Walingford has invented
a chemical fire extinguishing compound
which was successfully tested before men,
bers of the Rutland fire department last
week.
Will Lathe, who was arrested for shoot
| ing Mrs. Geo. Barstowe of Barton, has
been held for the grand jury in the sum of
| $500. The evidence against Lathe is very
strong.
John o. Holden, 90, a member of the
city council of Quincy, Mass, fell dead at
a meeting of that body Thursday night of
last week. He was a native of Castleton,
this state, but had been in business at
Quincy many years.
Peacham has an epidemic of canker
rash. The disease was brought there by
Jessie Varnum, who came home from
Mortified, Mass, i'll with it. Schools and
churches are closed and no entertainments
held.
The Vermont State Board of Pharmacy
met at Montpelier recently, and a perma-
nent organization was formed with the
following named officers President, A..
/ w. w. Higgins; secretary, j. g. Belrose /:
treasurer, f. w. Pierce
John Putnam of Chippenhook drove
into Rutland last Wednesday with sleigh
which attracted great deal of attention.
1t is Is years old; there are three seats,
/ the two rear ones facing each other, and
the runners were hammered out by hand
John Walker, 40, chief clerk of the en-
gineers of the district of Columbia govern
ment, died at Washington Jan. 2. He was
a native of Williamstown and fo- many
| years held a position in the comptroller's
office of the treasury department at Wash
| ingtOn.
Mrs. Abigail Stebbins of johnson will
| be 100 years old Jan. %. She remembers
when there was a whipping post in Bur
| lington and once saw a person whipped
there for giving false alarm of Indians.
| George Stebbins, doorkeeper of the house
at the recent legislative session, is her
/ grandson.
The 35th annual festival of the Orleans
| County Musical association will be held at
Newport Feb. SIS. The talent engaged
| includes Blaisdelrs orchestra, Prof. Blais-
dell as conductor, Mrs Martha Dana Shep-
ard, pianist, and the Boston artists quartet,
consisting of Mrs. Alice Bates Rice, so
prano; Miss Edith Macgregor, contralto A.;
Thos. E. Johnson, tenor, and VIM. H.
Clark, bass.
L. H. Talcott of Williston owns over
1900 acres of fine agricultural land in a