Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-02

Burglars broke into Albert Grenier's
barber shop in Sheldon Sunday and stole a
large part of the proprietor's kit. The
store-house of w. G. Marsh was also broken
into and several articles were taken. There
is no clue to the robbers.
John Marsh of Barre was arrested Mon
day for perjury in n recent disclosure in a
liquor case. He was bound over in the
sum Of $1,000 to await the action of the
grand jury He was unable to furnish
bail and was taken to the county jail
j. w. Sault, who is well known in Yer
mont newspaper circles, has resigned the
editorship of the Bennington Banner aud
has accepted position as manager for the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
company with headquarters at st. Johns
bury. He will be succeeded by A. f. f.
Starkey who has been connected with the
Springfield Reporter and the Wilmington
Times.
The officials of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad are considering a plan to
| extend the road to the Pine Mountain
granite quarry at Groton The Pine
Mountain Granite and Development com
| pany is capitalized at $3.50, 600, and it pro
poses to build large plant, equipped with
| modern machinery, and TO transact an all
around granite business. If the company s
plans materialize employment will be given
| to about 400 men
A Montpelier lad, whose name is with
| held out of respect for his widowed moth
err, was arrested Friday on suspicion of
having stolen money from the students of
| Montpelier seminary. The lad confessed
to having taken small amounts at intervals
during the previous five weeks. He wait
ed until the students were absent from
their rooms when he went through
their effects, collecting about s. on each
| occasion or about S23 in all
( The commencement exercises of the
state normal school at Randolph will be
| held June 4 to S. Following is the pro
gram Sunday evening, sermon before the
graduating classes by Rev. Farley p.
| Womer; Monday and Tuesday, examina-
tons; ednesday-morning oral examina-
| tions; afternoon, class day. alumni meeting
evening, concert: Thursday morning,
teaching exercises and address by Hon.
Henry e. lde; graduation.
For several weeks past the young wom-
en- students of Montpelier seminary have
been harassed by a "Peeping Tom" who
has made practice of peeping into their
rooms at night A vigilance committee
was organized by the male students, and
on Saturday night the intruder was dis
covered. After a long chase through the
fields he was caught by Prof. w NJ New.
ton, assisted by the foot ball and base bal
teams, and he was fined $12.
The steam yacht Mayita, which has been
chartered by DR.. W S. Webb for use on
Lake Champlain this summer, has arrived
at Shelburne Farms. TIE Mayita is 81
feet long, has a speed of lG knots per hour
and will carry - people The yacht for
merly owned by DIR. Webb, under the name
OF Eltrida, was given to the United State,
government as despatch boat during the
late war. A new yacht is now being de
signed for him, and is expected to he ready
for use in 1900.
| Nancy Stevens of Middlesex was LODGED
in Jail in Montpelier Saturday night for dis
turbing the peace. The road commission
er of Middlesex started in to widen tn,
road in front of Mrs. Stevenss house wher
Mrs. Stevens ordered him to desist. Tn,
road commissioner paid no attention to hel
and III few minutes she appeared with
loaded revolver, declaring she would shoo
the first man who moved another shovelfu
OF dirt in front of her premises. A consta
BILE was called to arrest the woman, but sh,
fought like an enraged tigress and it wa
necessary to handcuff her. When she ar
rived in Montpelier she sat down in tn,
road and refused to go into the Jail Sh,
weighs 25O pounds and it required foul
men to get her into the Jail