Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-05
General Vermont News.

The Proctor Trust company has declared
n 5 m-annual dividend Of 3 per cent.
4 parlor match came near destroying thu
residence of j. W. Edwards Of Winooski ri
Gently.
DIR. Otto Daley has been appointed pen.
sion examining surgeon at White Rive
| Junction.
Edgar Waters ofwcst Brookileld was taket
Violently insane while shingling on bari
| recently and taken to Waterbury.
Hon. Joseph Bnttell has built II carriag,
. road to the top If Lincoln mountain for III,
benefit OF tourists and summer visitors.
Charles \. Clark, II Berlin young man now
with the American army in the Philippines
has bcon discharged and will soon start fol
! home
William Kane. IN employe OF the j. II
Booth lumber yard nj Burlington was seri,
ously injured recently by falling pile o
boards.
Durnga recent thunder storm lightning
struck in the cornilrld of Charles W. BiXby,
| chelsea. and tore Il hole Tor ten feet, killing
the corn for rod.
The fertilizer trust has bought the busk
ness of NJ. L. Wheeler & Co.. of Rutland
This firm handled Al. 900 tons of commercial
fertilizers this year.
Bcrnice Holden of st. Johnsbury. IL years
old, while visiting in Danville recently, fel,
from hayloft, and, striking on her head,
received serious injuries.
Several carloads OF Italians have been en-
gagged in building the Bethel and Rochester
electric road for two weeks. Another car
load arrived at Bethel Friday to join tn,
, force.
J. Il. Day of Addison had horse stolen
from his barn one night recently and join
Norton II wagon and harness. Each has re-
covered his property. but the thief is still ~
| large.
Charles Brooks, agent for J. y. Donovan
CT Montpelier, put up ut Cottage hotel, War
rrn. recently and tried to skip his bills.
but Sheriff Heath and Sheriff Bean per-
suaded him to pay.
Harry Il. StOrrs of the University OF Yer
mont. has been appointed junior electrical
engineer in the quultermasters department
Of the United States army and stationed 1T
New Icndon. Conn.
Bradley Newell the Vermont "healer
! and legislator, is still i'm the business, and
was reported giving addresses and perform
lag miraculous cures ut Il little Massachusett,
| sumrCer resort recently.
Vim. p Hill, formerly OF the Argus and
Patriot editorial corps, is snmmering ut Pit
kin. Gunneson county. Col, In the heart oi
the Rocky Mountains. He will be so years
old If he lives until Oct. IL.
Charles L. Dickcnson Of Chelsea, IA promi.
his stock Of goods and good will to Fred
Ordway. n. II. Mattison and H. &. Holmes,
all of Chelsea. They took possession july 20
The contract for building the foundation
for Dewey hall ut Northileld has beeL
awarded to j. F. Rice of that place Abom
10. 900 cubic yrrds of earth will have to be
excavated. The contract price is not stated
Charles A. Bissctt and Mary Ellen Greene
of Colchester Pond walked to Burlington
| tn la, nv i.p In r,l,
Gently. After the ceremony the happy
couple started for home, walking as they
| came.
Among recent deaths in Chelsea and VII
cinity were: Mrs. Caroline (Galc) Iarbell,
aged ~ years; John A. Tracy, aged 90 years,
II wel-to-do farmer in Washington; Steele
McAllster. aged " years, formerly living
ON the Washington edge OF Chelsea, wha
died in Wlliam>town.
The Peerless Manufacturing company o,
Barton is now employing nbont l50 hands,
an unusually large number new hot ali
dryer has recently been added to the equip
ment of the Harding tub factory Of the same
place. Machinery for making butter boxei
is soen to be put in, giving employment to
about ten men.
The masons have begun work on the new
vault of tho Lamoile county court house a,
| Hyde Park. An appropriation OF SltOt
was made ut the last 50: sion of the l.egisla
ture for improvements in tho buildings, in
Guiding the vcult, which will probably COS,
about $1,000. The offices will be enlarged
and remodelcd and other needed repair:
| made.
Daniel Bass. a young man about 23 year.
of age. narrowly escaped death Sunday al
Randolph while bathing In Ayers brook. Ht
ventured beyond his depth and not being "a
swimmer realized his danger and cried fol
help but had gone down for the third time
before one of his companions, Guy Spear,
nj hi Ia ~ lex
tated.
Burglars entered the store OF ID. l.. Mich
os at Roxbury recently aud blew open the
safe. Mr.. Nichols heard them enter anc
took revolver and fired at them just as
they were taking the contents OF the safe.
The burglars escaped. Local parties are
suspected. The safe was ruined anu the
window damaged by the explosion but moth
| ing of value was taken.
The lightning struck the home of Alfred
Lamb of Warren, recently, going down the
chimney, blowing ont the stove pipe, visit
ing every room in the house, breaking
pla,tering. svering up the floor, removing
casters from the table and bed. 1t left the
house by the way of the sink spout. MIR.
Lamb. wife and son. Arthur, were in the
house ut the time but escaped injuries.
The followers vcrmonters have obtained
letters patent: James Hartness, Springfield,
stock fe,dng mechanism for screw ma
|
strument for cutting grooves in cylndrica
holes in rocks: Eugene II. Brown, Benning.
ton, assignee Union Ravcer company, North
Bennington. trimming and raveling attach.
ment for machines for sewing looped fabrics.
James Saterlee Phelps. brother Of ex'
Minister +. j Phelps of Vermont has just
died at Washin;ton. He was born at Mid
dlebury, and was u clerk in the comptroller's
Office of the treasury department at the
time of his death. He entered the treasury
department in 1867. He was widower and
leaves four daughters, two Of whom are
married and two sons. One of the sons is
civil engineer in Michigan and the other il
an expert accountant in New York.
Dr. John Ladd Burnham, a Windham
county boy. who has worked his way through
college, has graduated from the medical de.
partment of Yale university with every pos.
sibe honor In addition to the degree OF
doctor of medicine "cum laude," which is
conferred on students whose examinations
are unusually meritorious, DIR. Burnham
captured the Campbell gold medal for rank
ing highest in examinations and the Reese
prize Of $40 for presenting the best thesis.
j. II. Geer Of Ludlow sustained heavy
loss recently when his herd OF cattle, con.
ssting OF l3 cows, one yearing and yalu-
able bull, were killed by lightning When
Mr.. Geer went to the pasture he found his
herd under Il large tree. where they had
herded to keep out of the heavy storm. Their
position showed plainly that they were
killed instantly. for no marks OF struggling
were visible, but though the tree was shat
tered by the lightning, no marks could be
found on the cattle.
While some young people we're bathing at
Queen City park recently, young man
dared Miss Michigan Of st. Louis, one OF
the campers, to make high dive from the
end of the pier. The invitation was
promptly accepted and the young lady i'm
mediately dove off the dock. She could not
swim and when she struck the water was SO
stunned that she lay on the bottom in Is feet
of water. Jack Withell Of Montreal, who is
camping at the park. throwing of his coat,
jumped into the water and brought Miss