Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-30

| boro was elected speaker of the Vermont
House of Representatives at a special ses-
sion of the state legislature May 3. Col
Haskins was also elected speaker of the
House at the next regular session which
began Oct. s. AT the close of the session
! the members of the House presented Col.
Haskins with an elegant solid silver low
ing cup suitably inscribed. G. w. Wyman
was nominated for governor of the state by
the prohibitlonists at mass convention
in Burlington June %. DIR. T.. S. Munger
of Putney was elected grand dictator of
the grand lodge, Knights of Honor, of
Vermont at Middlebury July -.
Neurology.
Bratteboro has lost some well-known
residents by death during the year, includ.
ing S. II. Sherman, the veteran insurance
agent, Dea A. A. Stearns, j. X. Parker.
d. N Bartlett, Isaac w. Cutler, John p,
Houghton, j. b. Robinson, o. w. Sher-
win, VIM. Whitman, S. p. Sherwin, John
H. Stebbns, Elijah F. Reed, and Daniel II.
Marsh, A. II. II. Gould and Henry Stearns
of West Brattleboro.
Among those once residents of Brattle-
boro who have died are F. N. Horton of
Braidentown, Fla, A. Pope Wilder of To-
peka, Kan, Rev. Scion W. Bush of Bos-
ton, Edward S. Henry at Dixon, Calf,
John Burnham of Orange, Calf, b. f.
Weeks of Chicago, ILL.,, Maj b. X. JENNIE
of Hudson, N. Y, Francis G.. Ryan of San
ia Monica, Calf, John f. Phelps of
Chicago, treasurer of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway, and
Chas. Miller of Hartford, Conn, and F.
W. Pellern of Jacksonville, Fla, formerly
of West Brattleboro.
The list of Windham county men who
have died also includes Austin Hitchcock
Athens; John Robertson, George Slate,
Frank w. Richards, George H. Babbitt
superintendent Of the New England divis-
ion of the American Express company, II.
d. Aldrich, Bellows Falls; William NJ
Ware, William b. Harris, Brookline;
Henry Campbell, a widely known hotel
man, Stearns Clough, George A. Walker
Oscar Dix, Lemuel Dickinson, Dummers-
ton; Postmaster j. G. Wilcox, Edward
Thurber, Warren Wilder, Elisha X. Or
cult, Ii. Ii. Wilmington, Frederick Cook
Joshua G. Stafford, Guilford; Edwin
Frost, Guilford Centre; j. d. Dickinson,
Green River; George b. Boyd, Dover I;
Henry johnson, Isaac Gould, East Dover :;
Nathan Phelps, Halifax; Charles f. Grit
fin, West Halifax; Joseph Whitaker, Hi
land Kingsbury, |. W. Higgins, L. NJ.
Barry, j. o. Lanphear, Sala Thayer
John p. Robinson, Jamaica A. Whitman
Leonard Simonds, William Beden, South
Londonderry; Alonzo II. Stowell, London
derry; Henry S. Kenny, Newfane; II. NJ.
Collins, South Newfane; John Densmore
Wheat, Samuel p. Pierce, John w. Stow
ell, Lorenzo Field, 5. +. Beebe, John
Harding, Charles w. Kimball, Putney
Albert Buxton, Putney Falls; Charles c.
Simpson, Reuben Phillips, Townshend;
Edwin Chase, Benjamin b. Burroughs,
Edward A. Holmes, West Townshend
DR.. Daniel Campbell, Henry Wiley, Still
man Thompson, Frank Sco6eld, Z. &. Will
son, Saxtons River; Charles +. Cone,
John F. Stoddard, Emmons d. Barber,
Daniel Harris, Wardsboro; +. j. Fits,
West Wardsboro; John S. Leach, Samuel
Sischo, Westminster; Elijah Goodell, Dea.
Ebenezer Hall, Westminster West: II. n.
Brown, Nottingham; James w. Shipman,
Williamsville; Jonathan II. Corbett, Luz
clus N. Harris, George Rice, Perley Rich,
John NJ. Gilbert, John S. Rice, Whining
ton; William II. Stowell Windham.
Other former Windham county men who
have died are l.. A. Fassett of st. Louis, Mo.
Col. Charles b. Stoughton, at the Soldiers
Home in Bennington, John y. Baxter of
Rutland, Solomon +. Merrill OF Keene, n.
H., w. b. Snow of Chicago, ILL.,, formerly
of Bellows Falls; William Bridges at the
Soldiers Home in Bennington, formerly
of Athens; Prof w. b. Stickney of Ann
Arbor, Mich, Asa Fl mt of Neodesha, Kan,
natives of Brookline; Henry II. Sparks of
North Brookfeld, Mass, a native Of
Dover; Charles Gale of Ansonia, Conn.,,
Jarvis c. Shepardson of Everett, Mast,
Charles S. Barber Of Springfield, Mass,
formerly of Guilford; DR.. John NJ Clark
of North Adams, Mass, a native of West
Halifax; Charles b. Worden of Alden, Ill.,,
native of Marlboro; Ichabod Gibson of
Hoosick Falls, n. Y, Warren Adams of
Manchester Center, formerly of South
Londonderry; w. +. Starkey of Keene,
n. H., James w. Cudworth Of San Fran
cisco, Calf, formerly of Putney; Rev. T.
M. Butler of Canton, Mass, formerly of
Townshend; DR.. Fernando Gale of Chi
cago, ILL.,, formerly of West Townshend:
Chester n. Ramsdel of Mortified, Mimi,
Franklin Glazier of Greenfield, Mass.
natives of Wardsboro; Irving Brown of
Worcester, Mass, Charles II. Denison of
Springfield, Mass, well-known inventor,
natives of Nottingham; Jonathan b.
Green of Northampton, Mass, formerly
of Vernon; Ira Perry Of st. Louis, Mo-, a
native of WilliaDsville; Z. NJ. Bruce of
Philadelphia, Penn, w. F. Lawton of
Sheffield, ILL.,, Clark Harris of SARATOGA,
n. Y, Daniel c. Higley of Waukegan,
ILL.,, John W. Lawton of Eustis, Fla, for
merly of Wilmington.
Miscellaneous.
Dea. and Mrs. Leroy Wilder of Dunn
merston completed 60 years of married life
Jan. II. Capt. and Mrs. D. c. Gorham
of Westminster West celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary early in the
year.
The Farmers and Mechanics Exchange
grocery store was sold in January to the
Grange store, the members of the Grange
store being largely stockholders in the Ex-
change. The sale was made necessary by
a depreciation in the value of the stock.
The candidacy of Judge l.. M. Read of
Bellows Falls for the office of representa-
tive from Vermont in the United States
Congress was announced Jan. 20. Judge
Read was defeated by w. w. Grout, who
was his own successor
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