Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-08

The dwelling house OF Judge Stephen j.
Hastings of Waterford was burned Friday.
Loss $500; partially insured.
Rev. Richard l.. Nanton died in Rich
ford Tuesday. He was transferred from
the Maine conference to Vermont three
years ago. He was born in the West In
dies in ISL.
Mrs. Henry Colt of Brookded was Sc
riously burned last week, her dress catch
ing fire from a spark from a stove. She
would have persisted but for the timely as
sistance of her son.
Five physicians who made an autopsy
on the body of b. Rossi at Barre report
that death was caused by fracture of the
skull No clue has been obtained to indi-
cate foul play, as was at first feared.
Charles LaJoy, 20, son of Frank LaJoy,
was seriously and perhaps fatally injured
Monday while chopping wood in West
FeIrisburgh A tree fell on him, crushing
him TO the ground and knocking him
senseless
The death of William II. Hare, SO, of
Burlington occurred Monday at the home
of his sisters in Troy, Y. y. He was city
judge of Burlington for eight years and a
prominent lawyer in that city for nearly a
quarter of a century.
George Williams of Waterford was ar
rested and lodged in Jail last week for
assaulting and threatening to kill his wife.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 for want of which
he was given into the custody of the Off
GERS. 1t is thought that he is insane.
The store of >. l.. Smith in North Pow
nal was entered by burglars Friday night
and about $500 worth of merchandise tax
s.. ,,I I,,N . ct, IL
nothing of value. Before leaving the
thieves locked the safe and left no eew.
The Vermont Condensed Milk company,
which was organized last spring by Wells,
Richardson II Co. of Burlington, has erect
ed a plant at Richmond at a cost of $780,
600. The company makes its own cans
and is now using 1900 one-pound cans a
day.
The 18th annual reception and banquet
of the Vermont association of Boston will
be held at the hotel Vendome Jan. 10.
Gov. and Mrs. WOlcott, Gov. and Mrs.
Grout, Col. G. G. Benedict, Gen. W. W.
Henry and Hon. Charles A. Prouty are
among the invited guests.
The leading topic of discussion at St.
Johnsbury last week was the suit for SLAM
der brought by Harry II. Carr against c.
II. bagley, secretary of the Merchants as
ISOLATION. Carr claims $1,000 damages be
cause, as he alleges, Bagley claimed he was
using the Merchants association funds to
| run his dry goods business.
Massachusetts capitalists are endeavor-
| ing to float stock for a proposed company
| to build railroad from Bethel to Stock,
bridge common, to connect at the latter
point with the proposed Rutland and
Montpelier railway. 1t is understood that
the persons behind the new deal are also
interested in the tale mines and gold mines
on the upper White river valley.
The house and other buildings in Tun.
bridge on the Chelsea road, owned by Cor
nelius Noyes and occupied by William
Luce, were burned Sunday. Mr.. Luce
who has been seriously i'll for several weeks
was carried to a neighbours house, where
he died about noon. He served three years
during the Civil war in Company E, %
Vermont regiment, and had an excellent
record as a soldier.
The farmers in Bethel and vicinity are
feeling very keenly the effects of the shut
ting down of the Vermont hide and leather
companys tannery, thus depriving them o.
local market for their bark. This tan
merry and that of G. G. Warren at Water
bury are the only large ones in the state
The Bethel tannery used about 5000 cords
of bark year. The Bethel company ha
usually paid from So to $3.50 per cord
while the Massachusetts tanneries paiC
from 50 to $40, the difference being tn
cost of transportation. This year the Mas
sachusetts tanneries can buy all they want
delivered at their stations, for $3.50 pc
cord, which would leave very small mar
gin for the Vermont producer.