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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
Another Startling Fatality.

Thomas McGrssn Knocked from the
Railroad Bridge into the Canal by a
eomottv----ths Body Recovered In
Mutiiated Condition.
Bellows Pals seems 20 be having a sue
cession Of startling. and in some cases IA
tai. accidents during the past few weeks.
Thomas NcCIreen. one Of the older citi-
zens of The village lost bis life Friday al
terpoou In a terrible manner
He left his residence on Atkinson street
about ! O'Clock % 90 20 the depot. In do
ing this be went around through the old
mil ward on Green street. and through
Rockingham and CANA streets. 20 the But
land railroad iron bridge across the head
of the cana. This has been a route much
frenuented bv him for long time. While
rrossir, the bridge between the tracks he
was overtaken bv the mail train from Rut-
land. Being q little deaf be evidently did
not hear the train until il was within a
few feet OF him The train was not NOV
inc RAPIDLY. having stopped and Whistled
for the crossing but a few rods back. The
enginea- who saw him. expected he
would pet of the track until IL was too
late. The large snow piow on the pilot Of
tbe locomotive struck him and threw him
of the bridge on the upper side into the
cana The accident was witnessed by a
number Of people who gave the alarm. He
Immediately rose 70 the surface and fioated
the whole length Of the cana In a nearly
r,rright positiou. followed by AL increasing
crowd the current being so rapid he could
NOT he rescreE Il. Is probable the injury
from the train. and the fall. caused death
rather than drowning Effort was made
TO sbut the head gate. .u the cana above
the mills before The body went through.
but il was impossible until j. had been
missing sou- minutes When This was
done. and men went into the cana. below
them. oniv a few parts Of the body were
recovere. Evidently It was caught .u the
gate as thew descended and somewha,
mutilatea E-1r. was made a.. the after
noon 10 recover . tv raising and lower
ing the gates. examining closely each time
the water was drawn CT. bat with little
success. the man parts 81 the body r.
naming undiscovered until Sunday morn
ing.
SATURDAY. the family arranged 20 have a
diver come from Boston aad il the body
was not found when the gates were shut
SUNDAY morning have him examine above
the gates This was not needed. as when
the water was shut out the body was found
caught upon cross rod which held the
side Of the cana. together lust below the
boiler house. II had come from the gates
after they were opened the last time. Al.
parts Of the body were recovered. The
funeral was held IRON ST. Charles s church
Tuesday morning and burial IN the old
Catholic cemetery in the family LOT.
Mr.. McGreen was born in Ireland and
was "a years old. He came here in l~4s,
about year after be emigrated to this
r,orrf-v and has lived here since. He
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
Col. Charles b. Stoughton.
His Death and BurisI---Sketeh of His
Brilliant War Service and His Family
History.

His Death and BurtsI---Sketch of His
Brilliant War Service and His Family
History.
Col. Charles 3. Stough.on, who died at
the Soldiers Home on Monday. was buried
on Wednesday in the churchyard Of In
manuel church in the Stoughton family
lot, by the side Of his brother. Gen. Z. ".
Stoughton, and his parents. Col. slough
ton was born in Chester Oct. 81. IS4l. and
was the second son OF the late Il. L. and
Laura Clark Stoughton. When a lad his
family came 70 Bellows Falls which was
their home for several years when they re-
moved 10 New York city where Hon. Il
L. Stoughton was associated IN the practice
of the law with his brother, the late Hon.
4. ". Stoughton. who was later foreign
minister 10 Russia. Charles i. graduated
al Norwich military academy. and when
Company a Of the Third y ermont regiment
was mustered into service he was the drill
master, which was the nrst service he rem
nered the Union army. Al the age OF lq
he went out as adlutanI of the Fourth regi-
ment, which had for It's colonel MS brother,
the late Gen. Edwin Il. Stoughtou. The
esteem IN which he was held as q brave.
daring intrepid soldier was shown in his
AAAAA p4DluOL4bLs WHICH has lew DdTAlltls.
His record was that OF an idea soldier
noted for his courage and dash He went
out as adlutant September. lsGl was pro
NOTED 70 major in January, l>G2, 70 lieu
tenant colonel in September and colonel in
November Of the same year He was
wounded July 10, lsG3, at FunkstoWu. five
days after the last day. night at Gettysburg.
The wound caused him the loss Of one eve
After the V-ar ne aurarl1 .l. a.
Of his uncle, Hon. (. ". Stoughton. in
New \ oTk, where he studied and practiced
law for several years. and then settled in
his profession in New Haven, Conn.
The Stoughlon family had a wide repu-
tatlon, even nationa, the elder as LAWYERS.
and the younger as soldiers. The family
OF Il. /. Stoughton consisted OF Gen. Ed
win H.. Col. Charles b.. Mrs A. d :
Bell tSue Stoughtoul and Mrs William
Hooper louie. Mrs. Bel. now OF Cam
bridge, Mass, IS the only surviving mem
Der OF the family, one child having died in
infancy and all the others within a few
years. Col. Stoughton married Ada Hoop
er of Dorchester, Mass, who. with one son
and three daughters. survives him
Col. Stoughton died OF CONSUMPTION in
the Soldiers Home at Bennington. where
he had been but about TWO weeks. His
sister, Mrs. Bell, and other friends were
with him when he died His BODY was
brought here on Wednesday for burial. ac-
companied by Mr., and Mrs. Bel and two
sons Of Cambridge, Mass, Bradley Slough
ton and Miss Mildred son and daughter of
the colonel, Of New Haven, Conn Rev.
c. S. Hale Of Claremont, n. H., who was
a personal friend Of the family, read the
committal service at the grave. The pail
bearers were all members of the Fourth
regiment; H. W. Spofford Of Rutland, Il.
L. Taylor Of Bratteboro John W. Graves
of Saxtons River, Geo. NJ. Rogers of Al
stead n H., H w. Hutchins and B. NJ.
Smith of Bellows Falls. The services
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
SPORTING

". I. Aver Of Putnev has been elected
captain Of the Goddard seminary base ball
team.
Reynolds. formerly pitcher for the Clare
mont team, is a student in the engineering
department at the University Of Vermont.
Heis expected TO cover third base for the
varsity team
n. B. Gaw, an Enosburgh Falls boy.
has signed TO catch for the Springfield base
ball team Of the Eastern league. Iaw and
Leroy Beeman. the latter son Of Rev j. D.
Beeman Of Brattleboro were the battery
for the Montpelier seminary team in their
college preparatory days and when al
Wesleyan they became known as two OF
the best men IN their positions in the col
lege ranks Mr. Iaw and Myra Augusta
Scribne- were married az EnosburCh Falls
last summer Nj. Iaw has been teaching
10 school a. stamford, Conn. since his
graduation from college. and his friends
are surprised al his determination 70 be-
come a professional base ballist
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
Murdered MS Family and KILLED Him

case believed to be a triple murder and
suicide was discovered a. New York Mon
DAY. The bodies Of John Matthews. wife
and two children were found in Matthews
home on Columbus avenue, under circum-
stances that would indicate the man mur.
dered his family aud then committed
suicide. Matthews did his murderous
work with hatchet and then shot him
self win pistol. The mother and chill
dren were asleep a. the time. Matthews
was retail grocer and is believed 70 have
been respondent over pecuniary difficulties.
From letters left ty him il IS evident not
only that he had long contemplated the
act, but had the cooperation OF his wife.
who often urged him to kill the family and
then himself
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
ANGLERS
PETROLEUM
d EMULSION S s,55,,.,,,.....

II will speedily correct all these dif-
cul,ies. The oil especially exerts its
soothing and healing power on the
lining membrane of the throat and
lungs, What is more, it nourishas
the body and giyesit strength to throw
on disease. II contains ingredients
that Nature Graves to help herrestore
wasted flesh and tissue, and it is IT,
superior to cod-.iyar oil becaas..
being already partially dgestod. il.
can be retained by the weakest
stomach. The hypophosphires also
give valuable aid They keep the
nerves active and vigorous. Or4
bottle is often sufficient 10 cure .
chronic cough.
Sold h7 an ururrisrs s1r.arls.o1
-Ai-s'sI chemical TO-, A..stlu District. boston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

A vesse. to be named the Oceanic. which
is now being bull, for the White star line
passenger service. will be the largest ever
launched. Her length Will be 7O4 feet. -
feet longer than the Great Eastern and 81
feet longer than the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. II IS expected that she will be
able 70 maintain sea speed Of 20 knots.
aud her Goa capacity will be so great that
She Will be capable u steaming $1,000
knots without coa.nr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
FUqTTIEE ARRESTED
From the Springfield Republican Of this mo

IRON The Springfield Republican Ct tins morn
DE
John Sullivan OF Brattleboro succeeded
10 October l~st. iu wringinE from the
American wringer company $50 worth Of
goods while acting as their agent In Brat
teoor0, and lef, for paris unknown. He
was not again heard from until YESTERDAY.
when be was located by the wagon man
ager Of the company, i. j. DELANEY. IN
Northampton. Later be WAS arrested on a
warrant which has been waiting for him IL
Brauleboro for over 4 year. He pleaded %
be allowed 20 come % this city and settle
the claim agains. him. and was granted the
privilege. spending q par Of the afternoon
with l.. %. Hess. the local manager. al the
company office a. 20 Dwight street At
$50 O clock il was found THAI negotiations
were about H. fa.i. and the Office boy was
dispatched Tor policeman. sullivan i'm
medlateiy took the hint and started out Of
tha office. and for some moments PLAYED
hare and hounds with Hess and DELANEY
OF the moist sidewalks and back dOorvards
OF DwiEh, street. Il lie WAS nnally captured
however. and sat upon TIL the officers ar.
rived. The charge placed against him was
being fugitive from Justice. and the Brat
ueboro officers viii come 20 this CITY for
HIM today
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

last NAMED. lived with her mother and
cared f0r her in her last sickness The
children living 10 other places are Herber,
A. Of Bellows Falls. Mrs Belinda Corco-
ran Of Kansas City. Mrs. Jennie Wood Of
Putney and Mrs Clara Richardson Of
keene. y. Il. One son died in the war Of
the rebellion
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

The celebration Of the j0th anniversar-
Of the discovery OF gold 10 California VI.
begin in san Francisco next MONDAY u
connection with the Jubilee a mining fa-
will BIZ held which promises 10 be tn
mos, complete exposition Of the kind eve.
known 10 the West.
Rev 3. ". Jones, 3d. pastor Of the I'm
versa.ls, church Of Barre. died Wednesdar
from typhoid fever. he was native o.
Dubuque. Iowa. graduated from the thee
.oglc4. department ri Lombard unIversi
q. Ga.esDur-. ILL.,. 10 l,9Z. and after w.
years uas,Ora.e Z Waterloo came TO Barr.
d. leaves wife and daughter.
Luther swift. 80. Of North Pawlet. wa
instantly killed IN Granville, y. l., w.
nesday He was u a sleigh in front OF
grist-ml. when the noon whistle va.
sounded from the electric light plant. u
team. one II which vas a young colt, 60
frightened AMI swerving rapidly arouD
threw swift, from the sleigh against
trestls with such force as to crush his head
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
When a man own.

~ y q man OEuA
a blooded horse he
Is always careful Of
it's h { alth. H {
looks after its diet
and is particular
that the feeding
shall be regular and
night While he is
q oiug this it is
likely as not that he
IS himself suffering
from some disease
or dtsOr6er
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
ACard.

10 al tn'se who nave So kindly given IN n.
- nelp ana sympathy IN our recent and arss
1---'~Llou, W. VISA ~ tlls manner 70 exDres,
Slr gratitude ana appreciation. ami NAV on
.atnrI FlchIy 81 - anu comfort them in All trial
'N'Ou1 ~ M w they NAV Dc called to pass
CHAS- Z NEWELL
FAMILY " NJ h " Iii
brstIiebor0. Jan. a.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

She-"Ihey tell me, professor. that You
nave mastered all the modern tongues.
He-'AA but two-my wife's and her
mothers ,"-Judge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

A beech tee, L feet in height. is grow.
ing on the tower of the church al Fish
toft, Lincolnshire. England.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

The wood and log teams are active. i'm
proving the me shedding
Henry Davis has just bought for his
own use a superb new sleigh
Henry Wiley long az invalid slowly dee
cllnes IN mind and BODY De is now very
weak
Nj Cory is disposinr Of handsome
sleighs under the .uducemeut ot splendid
s!eighln-. - 49,
Mrs. Holmes has for seyera. weeks been
confined 10 her bed She suffers from sp.-
ma weakness.
Steady progress has been made from
week 20 week 10 the stone work and ~
grading for the new bridge.
The marks OF IRE upon the Mlhkeu
house are We. covered. A neat porch
taxes the place Of the Old shed which was
burned. so that the place is improved il
looks
The thaw Of las, week caused the ice ~
the river to break and 60 ou; These late
cold days have nearly made ready another
crop Of ice for the further supply Of the
community. 49, g.
Dr. Campbell Is very feeble and takes
very little fool. /, is difaculi for hin 10
talk Yet be retains his consciousness and
quietly awaits the close Of life. HIS chill
cren are constantly IN attendance at his
bedside
Union services continue this week with
unabatec profit. sunday and wednesday
evenings large numbers from Vermont
Academy shared ~ the village meetings
The followers Of Christ are glad 70 md
themselves again and again al with &C.
cord in one place
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

sullivan was brought 70 Brattleboro
thus morning by Chief o. Police Hal &C
companled by the managers Of the Amer
can Wnncer company. A hearing viii
probably be held this afternoon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
were lu charge Of Adiutaut Barney Can
non. and go veterans were iu lire as escort.
The Corporation Meeting,
II VIII ne Held Next Monday Evening
---TotaI village Expenditure Of sI0,-
sol During the Yesr---Nhat the Re

/ II VIII ne Held Next Monday Evening
.--TotsI village Expenditure Of sIe,-
sol During the Yesr---What the Re
ports show.
The annua. report Of the officers Of the
Bellows Falls village corporation has been
distributed this week in anticipation Of
the annual meeting Of the voters next
Monday evening. The treasurer report
shows expenditures in the different de-
partments as follows Streets, $G2Z3:
lighting. $3.50; IRE department, S2G5,
water department, S2l05: police. 1907
health. Sl4l, and miscellaneous, Sl524:
total. SIG sql. The total expenditures in
1896 were Sl6,llZ The principa! increase
was in the fire. light and miscellaneous
departments. the latter having been Increas-
ed about $500. caused largely by the settle
ment Of two suits al law tfor personal dam
ages against the corporatonl which were
COMPROMISED. The Indebtedness OF the cor
poratiOn is SJ4.GZg This has increased
from So 573 since the last annual report.
The IRE department has been called out
six times during the year, al only two Of
which was there any loss. viz. IN the
basement Of the opera house and the barn
OF George Sablu. Probably $500 viii
cover all ire loss to property in the cor
porAtion during the past wear The board
Of health report 81 deaths il the village
compared with - In 1895. There have
been total of "a cases ofdiphtheria report
ed. only one OF which was fatal The
largest number have died from the follow
ing causes. bronchitis 70. heart disease 3,
consumption .. accidents =. The contrac.
for street lighting expires next August
and vii. probably cause some discussion Al
the Monday evening meeting
The report Of the water commissioner
shows no prof, during the pas wear. caus-
rd Dy The excessively low rates charged.
An increase is strongly recommended. as
has been advised for a number OF wears.
This should certainly be- done this year
The rep0-. Of Ch.ef-oi-Po.c- Thompson
shows that be has seven assistants. and
tina, III arrests have been made during The
wear. -t Of which Were for simple breach
Of the peace and nine for into1.cat.ou.
Two hundred and four tramps have been
lodged a, a cos, Of So. The reports are
very complete and III deia. They ind
cate the affairs Of the village 70 be IL pros
porous condition, with promise Of Us con-
unuance a tax Of 30 cents upon the
grand list is suggested as necessary for the
coming year. The meeting Monday night
should be fully attended, and every citizen
should take a personal interest in the de-
tails OF our government and its admins
tration. instead Of avoiding this duty. and
then finding fault that things don't 60 as
they think they should This is often
owing 10 an entire lack Of knowledge Of
circumstances which are fully discussed
and voted upon al the annual meetings.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
sAxTONs RIVER
Alexander. smith a Co.'s schedule.

An assignee Of the insoIvent nrm Of Al
exander. smith & Co. will be- chosen al a
meeting of the creditors Jan ~ The
following is the schedule Of assets and
liabilities. Description Of property Real
estat--woOleu factory with machinery.
dye house. AID stock houses ID Saxtons
River four dwelling houses and lots il
SaxtOus River wood lot 800 OF 40 acres. iu
SaxtOus River al the buildings above
mentioned are situated on one lot contain
ing a. acre.. Persona. property 500
pounds fleece WOO. 1900 pounds colorel
and white WOO. secured. 100 pounds col
oret waste. warn. book accounts. claim
ia law suit pending IL Los Angeles, Cal.
etc.
Schedule Of Creditors John 4. Farms.
worth. >axious River. note $500, due
5000. Hannah i. Perry. saxtous River.
note $4,000. due S2>tJ.3e: same note 1920.
due Sl55s.e.. Charlotte =. Anderson.
Waterbury. Conn. note sos. Que Sl4>- O.
49, Mar c. Alexander. Saxtons River.
note Sls54.5+. due Sl45g-s. Harrie, a.
ScO.iay. Saxtous River note. 500. du,
500. John H. Baker. Saxtons River.
500. due S44, Mrs Irene Holmes. sax
tons River. note So, due ST.. ". ".
Cory, Saxtons River. account about so
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

". I. Aver Of Putnev has been elected
captain Of the Goddard seminary base ball
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

II never read the simple messages Of
those doomed miners without Wet ewes. 90
said the old Lackawanna miner. Il can
picture 10 myself the scene Of the rough
handed but soft-hearted men spending
their last moments, not In raging against
late, not in wild cries for mercy and
screams OF remorse, but in writing these
farewell messages to their loved ones. who
were even then bewailing them as dead ("
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21

>o.a h7 an druggists 5lr.a ulsl0'
Angler Chemical To-. A..stau District. boston.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-05
ABOUT SLEEP WALKERS.
Queer Things About Them and Their
Narrow Escape.
From the Hartford Courant.

From the Hartford Courant
The mention of a sleep walker standing
upon the street railway track the other
night and barely escaping being run down
has brought to the minds of many people
Incidents in this line that have come I'M
der their observation and it is simply as
tonishng how general is this singular hib-
it. One person mentions the case of
member of the household who was found
wandering about on the house top, all I'M
mindful of his danger, while the observer
was at his wis end to know how to get
him I'm before he should make a misstep
and fall to the ground. Usually the eyes
of the somnambulist are wide open, and
now and then a story indicates that the
vision must be fairly good at times. For
instance, a gentleman remembers that
when he was young man an acquaint-
ance was badly given to the habit and ne
would often so out into the yard and wan
der about. One night number of them
lay in ambush for him just to watch his
operations. By and by the door opened in
a business-like way and out came the
young man. He went straightWay across
the street into a lot where there was a
nut tree and proceeded to pick up nuts
and put them in Pile. few moments
at this task, then he started toward the
house. In spanning the fence he made
while he was in the first act of collecting
his thoughts he saw in the darkness the
young men who were watching him. Just
at that time their appearance so startled
him that he fed like a deer. The circum-
stance was so impressed upon his mind
that he never afterward INDUCED in the
habit
A gentleman told an amusing incident
that happened in his early life. He was
sure that he could not have been more
than Ave or six years old at the time. He
often found himself al the far end of the
long. unfinished chamber where he slept,
and usually could not awake sufficiently
to find his way to the bed again, so one
or the other of his parents would hear
him crying and come to his rescue. Nat
urally they got a little tired of the bother
and no one should be blamed for what fol-
lowed AS stated the chamber was an I'M
finished one, and in place of the guard
rail al the danger end of the stairway a
number of barrels had been placed. When
the nights somnambulistic tour culminat-
ed that left lasting impression on his
mind. as well as his body-he was near
those barrels and it seemed had been
struggling to get through between them,
when he must surely have been killed by
falling down the stairs. The noise aroused
the parents and on this memorable occa-
sion the father visited the chamber Just
in time to save the lad from getting
through He was on his hand and knees
pushing through, and the opportunity for
administering the usual punishment of
those days could not have been better ar
ranged to order Talk about spankings."
said the relator; why, that must have
been forty years and more ago, but / can
feel the sting as if il was last night But
it cured me, you may be sure"