Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-09

The Union Bobbn company of New
port has been forced into insolvency,
throwing $50 hands out of employment.
About 20 delegates attended the oath
annual meeting of the Vermont branch,
woman's board of missions, at Woodstock
last week.
Frank w. Labor's barn in Bristol was
burned Saturday night with five cows, two
horses and quantity of hay and grain.
Every thing points to the work of an in
cendiary.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Medical society will be held in St.
Johnsbury, Oct. 10 and 16. DIR. Lyman
Rogers, vice president of the society, will
give an address on "The Practice of Med
icine in 1S5S-1S96."
There are 26 Burlingtons in the United
States and two in Canada. A letter intend
ed for lady in Burlington, VT, was sent
from Durham, n. H., directed to Burling-
ton, Mass. 1t was ON the road two months,
went to Is Burlingtons and twice to the
dead letter Office before it reached its des-
tination.
Spontaneous combustion caused a threat
ening blaze in the basement of the print
ing office of the Waterbury Record early
Friday morning. Waterbury's new system
of water works was given its first practi-
cal test and prevented the destruction of
the block, which was occupied by the prin-
cipal business concerns of the village.
Loss $400.
The 18th annual state convention of the
Sunday schools of Vermont will be
held in the College street Congrega-
tional church in Burlington Oct. Is to 10.
Rev. G. w. Morrow of Randolph will be
the general conductor and G. D. Sherman
of Burlington will be the musical director.
C. w. Osgood of Bellows Falls will be one
of the speakers.
Hugh Riley, a carpenter, was seriously
| injured at the WinoOski twin bridges on
| Thursday of last week. He was knocked
off from the bridge by the falling of a
piece of iron and fell to the rocks 90 feet
below. He received severe scalp wound
and three fractures of the skull. Riley
lives in Burke, N. Y.
A bad wreck on the Central Vermont
road took place Friday night near Pages
bridge, two miles south of Roxbury
| Nineteen cars were smashed and badly
piled up. The road was blocked all day.
Passengers and baggage were transferred,
but were very late in all directions. No
person was injured, but the loss is heavy
to freight and rolling stock.
The annual reunion of the 18th Yer
mont regiment was largely attended al
Morrisville last week. Frank Kenfielt
presided and interesting letters from sew
eral comrades were read by d. e. May o
st. Johnsbury. B. j. Derby of Burling
ton was chosen president, A. W. Wood
ward of Rutland vice president, D. e
May of st. Johnsbury secretary and treas
urer, and B. j. Derby, Capt. Yale ant
Wesley Smith of Burlington executive
committee. The meeting next year will b
held in Burlington.
DR.. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, VIII,
promised to give $4,000 to the trustees o
Mount Holyoke association, has agreed tt
give them $4,000 for the building fund
DR.. Pearsons is native of Bradford VIII
graduated at the medical college at Wood
stock. He then practiced medicine a
Chicopee, Mass, but for nearly 40 year
has lived in Chicago9 where he has becom
very wealthy through dealings in real e'
tate. He has given over 100000 70
educational and benevolent purposes, il
GLIDING sums of $4,000 to 100000 eac
! to several colleges.