Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-16

Mrs. AXIS Allen, VINO lives with Mrs.
Seaver in lower village, Stowe, celebrated
her Tooth birthday anniversary Saturday.
The Chittenden Power company Of Rut-
land has bought 1000 acres of land on
Chittenden meadows adjoining the big
dam built for power purposes.
\ large barn on Walter Ladd's farm
at Cutler Corners in Orange was burned
Thursday night. causing a loss Of about
$2OOO. with only Sl25 insurance.
Mrs. Deliah George. who celebrated
her 10th birthday anniversary in Lancas-
ter, Mass, Tuesday. was born in Wells,
VI. She remembers distinctly events
which occurred during the war of 1872.
Bert r.. Kicker "a the young man shot
through the right lung by a companion
while hunting ducks at Groton pond.
August 3. died August s. He leaves a
father and mother, three sisters and two
brothers.
Miss NJ Mansur of Island Pond. sister
of Col. u. NJ. Mansur, caught her foot
in n rug and fell recently, striking her
head against chair. She became un-
| conscious in "A short time, and the injury
| resulted fatally.
Company of Barre is drilling twice
| a week now in preparation to go to
Nashua, n. H., Sept. 4, to compete in a
| prize drill with companies from New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut
| and Rhode Island.
Ellery Williams of Woodstock was at
| tackled one night recently on Washington
| street in Boston by two toughs who
robbed him of $50 and a mileage book
Williams and a policeman pursued the
| thieves in cab and captured them
| They had the mileage book and 500. II
is thought that they threw away $50
Edward Flanagan. 46, committed suicide
| Mt ic hot "a FL nd
| and Rutland. When his wife found that
he had taken a large dose of strychninC
| she attempted to administer a dose OF
mustard and water as an emetic Elan
| agan objected, and. Selling a 32-calibre
| revolver, pressed II to his breast and
| fired, the bullet passing through his
| heart, causing instant death. Flanagan'S
| dependency was caused by continued III
health.
Mrs. Ada Bracket, one of the central
| figures in the Montana copper mining
| scandal, is a Burlington girl. She is
| alleged to have Influenced Judge Harvey
| to give decision in a case involving mil
| lions of dollars, and one of the stories
is to the effect that she was employed
| as a detective to use her wiles upon
| Judge Harvey and that she expected Ia
receive 100000 for her efforts in the case
| Mrs. Brackets maiden name was Adelia
| Penniman Howe and she was married in
| 1883, while on a visit to Dubuque, Iowa
| to VIII G. Bracket of Minneapolis.
A terrific electrical storm swept over
| Waltham, Weybridge and New Haven
| Thursday afternoon. S. s. Wrights barn
in New Haven, containing 20 tons of hay
was struck by lightning and burned
| Lightning also caused the destruction of
| A. p Daniels's barn in Bristol. Archie
| Perrys and c. A. Pratts houses in Mil
| ton were struck by electrical bolts the
same day, bat were not damaged seri-
| ously. In Mortified l. A. Holton's barn
was destroyed with so tons of hay
| Lightning played pranks but did no seri-
| Gus damage in the house of II. ID. Hop
| kins, College street and e. L. Putney
| Nelson street, in Montpelier.
Fifty people were injured, some severe
| ly, by the collapsing of the centre seats
| at the James p. Morgan company's per-
Torrance of Uncle Toms Cabin in Nor
| risville Friday night. Mrs. Peter Sears
| was taken home in an unconscious con-
dition in which state she remained until
| Saturday morning. Mrs. Mamie Merrill
was taken to the home of c. A. Gle
| near by, in precarious condition, but
| so far recovered that she was removed
to her home Saturday forenoon. Glen
son of Frank Clayton of Gilmore, received
I a badly sprained ankle; Mr.. Wallace, a
| travelling man, received spinal injuries
so that he is unable to use his lower
| limbs as yet. Dozens of others received
| sprains and bruises.