Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03

Chas Buck, 40, committed suicide Tues
.tay at Troy by taking large dose Of laud-
iaaum. He was brother of Postmaster
Back.
An article in the warrant for the town
meeting at Middlebury calls for action look
ing toward the determination of the forest
tent caterpillar in that town.
Jehn NJ Norton, Al, a member of the
drug firm of Norton, Warner d Co, died
Saturday at Vd mes from pneumonia
He was postmaster at Vergennes during
the administration of President Harrison.
At the preliminary hearing which ended
at Richford Friday, Jack Powers, former
well known character at Montpelier, was
place a under $4,000 bonds. Failing to pay
he was committed to the St ALI ms Jail to
await trial for the burglary of the Richford
savings bank on Nov. &, 1898, in coniunc-
ton with two others unknown.
A curious discovery was recently made
by the woTkmen who were repairing the
Boston & Names steamer, Lady of the
Lake, which has run on Lake Memphrema-
,, cog for the last 80 years A gold rivet
was found in the steamers bow which was
placed there by the late Sir Hugh Allen of
Montreal when the boat was first built
The rivet was four inches long and must
have cost originally about $500,
1t is expected that an electric railroad
will be built the coming season from Rut-
/ land to Lake Dunmore, via Proctor and
Brandon. company has been organized
with G. H. White AS president and T.. d.
\ Blackwell as manager. The company
/ owns the water power on Sucker brook,
| which runs into Lake Dunmore. 1t is es-
timated that 1000 to 1900 horse power can
be developed at the fall on the brook. Dan
| Stuart, the New York sporting man, is in
terested in the project, as he wishes to
build club house at Lake Dunmore.
Silas l.. Griffith of Dandy is preparing to
| ship trout in large quantities this year from
his hatchery at Mt. Tabor. He had been
asked to furnish 90 pounds a day to the
Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. Mr..
Griffith has recently sold 400 trout, averag-
ing two pounds each in weight, to G. w.
| Barnun of Lime Rock, Conn, who will
place them in brooks at that place. When
his hatchery is running at full capacity
Mr.. Griffith expects to send to the mar
ket each season four to six tons of trout,
and to have about 10000 900 fry to sell
each spring.
George l. Hager, 90, hardware dealer at
\ Burlington, died Saturday at the rooms OF
hhe Stannard Grand Army post in that
oiby while waiting to march with other
veterans to attend the funeral of his old
comrade, W. w. Walker. Mr.. Hager
went to the front in 1861 as second lieu
tenant of the company known as the Bur
lington Light Guard. After being mus
tered out he enlisted as private in Com
pany @, I'd Vermont regiment He was
afterward promoted to the position of ser
geant-major. He had an honorable record
as a soldier.
There are only five widows of Revolu-
tionary soldiers on the United States pen
sion list-Esther s. Damon of Plymouth
Union being the only one from New Eng
land. She is "a years old Her husband,
Noah Damon, served with the Massachu-
sets troops. He was married at the age of
GO to Esther Sumner, who was 81. Mr..
Damon died at the age of "a. His wife
did not live with him the last 10 years of
his life. She did not know of his death
until several years after it occurred.
When the news reached her she at once
applied for a pension and it was granted
to her.