Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-25
Symptoms OF ArsenicaI Poisoning.


symptoms of ArsenicRl Poisoning.
Mrs. Stefano Quattropani, "a, and her
four children, were taken suddenly i'll at
their home in Hallowell, Maine, Thursday
morning after eating their breakfast of
porridge and milk. The children recover
ed but the mother died after "a hours of
suffering. Her symptoms indicated arseuical
poisoning and the case is now under inves-
tigation. The family formerly lived in
Montpelier and Barre, and the husband
was at work in the granite quarries at
Barre when the news of his wife's death
was received
A golden jubilee was held in Plainfield
recently in honor of Rev A. L. Cooper,
who has just completed his 50th year of
effective ministry in the Vermont confer
ence.
A. f. Crandalls saw mill was burned at
Jonesville early Friday morning, causing
a loss of $4,000 A tenement house only 90
feet from the mill was saved. Mr. Gran
dali will rebuild the mill at once.
The freight house of the Bennington and
Rutland railroad was burned Wednesday
at Bennington and a portion of the freight
estimated at 50, 800, covered by insur-
ance.
John Riley of Island Pond, many years
foreman of the Wild River Lumber com
pany, was instantly killed Thursday night
by slipping under a moving train which
was about to stop at the station Mr. Riley
stepped to the platform, and in some way
was thrown under the wheels.
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was burned at Milton last Thursday morn
ing. 1t was owned and occupied by lsa-
dore Plant and VIM and Elmer Bean, who
saved only part of their household goods.
Mrs. Jennie Berkley's house adjoining the
block was also burned.
The house of Louis Young, jr., on the
Swanton road from st. Adams was struck
by lightning Wednesday night March 16,
and burned with its contents. The family
escaped in their night clothes The house
and contents were insured for $1,000,
which will not cover the loss.
McKaunon Brothers & Co. of Burlington
have reported to the police the loss of $l3S.
o. in checks and money orders and $40 in
cash from their safe in the Office The
money is thought to have been taken Satur-
day while the employees were in the store.
Over $175 remained in the safe cash
drawer.
Arthur Cakes, who lives on the outskirts
of Bennington, saw five deer IN one herd
last week They were near where large
buck was found dead a few days before
The next day young man living in an OPP
posite direction saw three together. 1t was
thought that they came out of the woods to
get rid of travelling through the deep snow.
T. P. Daley, Patrick DAILY and NJ. c..
Powers of Burlington were arrested Friday
charged with violating the law requiring
that pharmacists shall be licensed. They we're
taken before Judge Thompson. and ba il
was fixed in the case of NJ. {. Powers at
$500 and the Days at $500, which was fur
nished.
Mrs Clark of East Lyndon. 81, lives all
alone, does her own work, shovels her snow
paths in winter, and in the summer makes
and cares for her garden and raises her
| vegetables At 90 years old she broke her
wrist and it has beer a trouble to her all
her life. A year ago she broke the other
wrist and was forced to bring the lame one
into all kinds of service.
James Lathrop of Lincoln took off his
coat and hung it up in the barn while NOV
ing some hay the other day. When he
came back he found that $50 so, which had
been in the pockets, was missing. Julius
| Hepburn and wife, who had been staying
at his house, were arrested About half
the missing amount was found on them, and
they were held in bonds of 500 for trial.
One of the victims of the Wabash avenue
! fire in Chicago last week was W. j. Will
cox, formely of Middlebury. He was 81
years old and member of the firm of w
| A. Olmstead Scientific company, dealers in
labratory apparatus. All the members of
| the firm and several members of the Office
force persisted Mr.. Wilcox is survived by
a wife, formerly Miss Lizzie Wainwright of
Middlebury, and a daughter.
| The executive committee of the Vermont
| State Firemen's association at their meet
ing in Middlebury decided to increase the
purses for the hose races which will occur
at the state tournament there July 2lst,
making the first prize 5000, second 500,
third $50. They have also added a consola'
ton prize for companies competing in the
| first prize race and not winning prize,
first $50, second $25. There will be nc
hand engine contest.
The Daughters of Vermont>i in Boston
elected these officers at their annual meet
ing the 18th inst: President, Miss Helen
| NJ. Winslow; first vice president, Mrs
| Charles II. Greenleaf; second vice presl
dent, Mrs. Hiram circuit; recording secre
tary, Miss Bertha Joslyn; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. William A. Barton; treas
urer, Mrs. William P. Shreve; executive
committee, Mrs. Oliver Croker Stevens
Mrs. f. P. Hitchcock and Mrs. Abbie G
Cousins.
Prof Charles d. Hazen, a son of L. d
Hazen of st. Johnsbury and professor IL
Smith college, has received from the Johns
Hopkins university one of the highest hon
ors within the gift of the institution, the
John Marshall prize. 1t is awarded fol
his treatise upon "Contemporaneous Amer
lean Opinion of the French Revolution,
and is relief portrait in bronze of Chic
Justice Marshall 1t has been awarded IL
successive years to the most distinguished
alumni of Johns Hopkins university, thu
first recipient being Prof. Woodrow Wilson
of Princeton college.