Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-12

Fire broke out Saturday night in the
wing of Mari & Gordons blacksmith shop
at Graniteville, Barre, and the building and
boiler room were destroyed with contents.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 and the in
surance is $4,000
Hattie Bonnette, the "aerial artist" of
st. Johnsbury, has probably made her last
balloon voyage. 1t will be remembered
that she fell from her balloon at the Ma
lone fair in September, and was seriously
injured. As a result she is unable to walk
her lower limbs being paralyzed.
George Hail. the Calais farmer suffering
with lock jaw, died Thursday Several
days before he cut one finger in a hay cut
ter and let it go uncared for two days
finally having it amputated in Montpelier.
The lock jaw germ took hold Friday and
he was unable to control his facial muscles
thereafter
a charter has been granted by Secretary
of State G. w. Brownell to the Cav
Brothers company,of Cavendish, organized
for the manufacturing of wooden and tex
tile fabrics and wooden and metal goods.
The capital stock is $50, 600. The members
OF the corporation are Joseph E. Gay, c.
ID Gay, James Gay, Joseph F. Gay and
Mrs. Aura Austin
A certificate of consolidation of the Hoosic
railway company and the Bennington cleo
trio railway company was filed Tuesday
with the secretary of state. The name of
the new company is to be the Bennington
* Hoosic Valley railway company The
number of shares will be 1900 of the par
value of 500 each
Joseph Battell of Middebury has resigned
the presidency of the National Morgan
Horse Breeders association, giving as his
reason that the organization holds its meet
lngs SO far away that he cannot work with
1t to good advantage. He says he can bet
ter serve the cause for which the organiza-
ton exists through the Vermont Morgan
Horse Breeders association, of which SEN
ator Proctor is president.
The annual meeting and banquet of the
Vermont Fish and Game league, to be held
at the Berwick House, Rutland, the 18th,
promises to be well attended Many let
tiers have been received from members
who propose to attend. The committee of
arrangements have engaged of DR.. Leo
Sommers, the Russian band, New York,
and the plans for the banquet are in other
ways of an elaborate nature.
"Lofe" Washburn, popular young man
OF Milton, was called out of the old Ladd
store one evening recently to receive a Sc
we're castigation from a whip in the hands
OF Mrs. John Ingalls,. She claimed that
Washburn had been circulating stories de-
rogatory to her character and SAYS that
other young men are in danger of receiv-
ing the same treatment. Washburn de-
MES that he has tried to iniure the woman
and there are intimations of further trouble.
Frank H. Miles, formerly of st. Johns
bury Centre, now a clerk in the office of
the assessor of taxes for the District of
Columbia, was recently arrested on a
charge of embezzling So. This was merely
done to hold him while an examination of
the books was being made. 1t is said that
money has been received for taxes due and
certificates issued, but that the amount has
not been entered on the tax books The
commissioners believe that the discrepancy
will not amount to more than $1,000
The badly decomposed body of a man
was found in what is known as Bear
swamp, at North Adams, Mass, last July,
and Identification being impossible, it was
buried at the expense of the town Recent
developments have led the authorities of
Bennington county to believe that the body
was that of Frenchman named Russie,
who had been employed on a wood job, in
Stamford. They believe that a man named
Cooley, living in Stamford, was connected
with his death, and intend to arrest Cooley
and give him hearing.
The New York World recently contained
a double column picture of w. S. Swan,
formerly of Woodstock but now of Rutland,
in bicycle costume. Mr. Swan is six feet
eight inches in height, weighs 1876 pounds
and is claimed to be the largest cyclist in
America who rides a wheel over country
roads or wherever fancy wills. He created
some comment among business rivals when
he located in Rutland four years ago as the
proprietor of a photograph gallery by adj
vertising as ''the largest photographer in
the world"-this lasted until they saw him.