Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-27

fine deposite of copper has been dis
covered on the farm of John Riley at Mt.
Holly and there is said to be good prospects
of a copper mine being opened. The
deposte is only half mile from the rail
road and the ore very accessible to shipping
facilities.
d. b. Cilley of West Berlin captured a
bear in the woods near the MoretoWn line
Friday night which weighed nearly 300
pounds. This makes the fifth bear that Mr..
Cilley has trapped in Washington county
within year.
All of the buildings on the Washington
Bailey farm in Gilmore, owned by j. l..
Slavton, were burned Friday morning.
Men on the farm saved the live stock and
part of the furniture. The buildings were
insured for 5000.
Frank j. Tague, 81, of East Fairfield, a
member of company G of the 26th United
States Volunteers, was killed June 8 in the
| Philippines. He was acting as advance
| guard when men of his company were at
tackled by 400 natives. Five bullets pierced
Tague's body.
John II. Venton, jr., of Granville and
| Francis d. Lamb of SOmerville, Mass ,
were arrested in Granville recently, hav-
ing in their possession 151 trout less than
the legal length of six incl es. They were
bound over in the sum of 500 each for trial
| at the December term of the Addison
county court.
The body of Stephen March, %, who
was drowned in the Connecticut river at
Windsor while bathing, was brought to
Woodstock for burial Thursday. March
was married last February to Josephine
Lamountain. In addition to his young
wife he leaves mother and sister who live
| at Woodstock.
Mrs. Mary Grahlfs, 81, wife of DR.. Fred
erick Grahlfs, a German physician, com
mitted suicide Thursday at Burlington by
taking an ounce of carbolic acid Little il
known about the affair, but Mrs. Grahlfs il
said to have been greatly depressed as the
result of sustaining a sunstroke in New
! York Wednesday.
An attempt at suicide was made Friday
evening by Alexander Mcmillan of Mont
pelier by cutting the veins of his wrist
He was suffering from melancholia caused
by heavy drinking. The cut was not deeE
enough to do serious injury, and Mcmillan
finally concluded that he had rather liv'
and called his wife, who sent for a doctor
Fire caused over $4,000 damage to tn
Drury Brick and Tile company's plant a
Essex junction Thursday night, destroying
the engine and boiler house, and damaging
! other buildings and brick moulding ma
} chine. The company will be badly cripple,
, at busy season. The concern is one o
the leading industries of Essex Junction
employing rs hands.
DR.. r. w. Newton of Barre has been OF
dered by the war department to report 70
duty at San Francisco, whence he wi
probably 60 to China. DR.. Newton is
: graduate of the medical department Of tn
= university of Vermont and his forme
home was in West Topsham. He wi
draw salary of $3.50 as assistant surgeo
{ in the army.
. Hartman and Talcott, two men employ
ed by Daniel Willard at Hartland, went
bathing one night recently, and Harrima
. had gone only short distance from shol
! when he was seized with cramps. Talco
went to his assistance and succeeded in ge
ting him within a few feet of shallow watt
y when he, too, went down from exhaustion
Is Talcott managed to reach the shore and
5. give an alarm. HaTriman's body was r
n covered quickly, and physician was sur
D. moned, but efforts at resuscitation we
IT unavailing. Hartman was 30 years o
! and a young man Of good habits.