Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-02

cution. They were bound over to the
october term in the sum of $1,000 each.
Some of the plumber found on them was
identified as that taken from the post
Office building in Essex Junction.
The gasoline yacht zeta, which arrived
at Burlington Saturday, is making an I'M
usual trip. Starting with a party from
New Orleans she sailed by way of the
gulf and the Atlantic coast to New York
thence up the Hudson and through the
Delaware and Hudson canal to Lake
Champlain. From Burlington her course
is to be through the Richelieu and St
Lawrence rivers to the great lakes, and
thence to Chicago, from which city she
will pass by canal to the Mississippi and
proceed again to New Orleans.
The annual lawn tennis championship
tournament of Vermont will be held at
St Johnsbury Tuesday, Aug. G. The win
ner of the singles will be awarded a cup
offered by the st. Johnsbury Tennis club
and will be required to play George
Worthington of st. Adams, the present
state champion. The winners in doubles
will be called upon to play Adams and
Deming of Arlington, the present state
champions. All contestants must be bona
fide residents of Vermont. The entrance
fee is 81 for singles, 81 for doubles. En-
tries will close Aug. with A. G.. Sprague
of st. Johnsbury.
and Deputy Marshal T.. II. Chapman
brought to Rutland Friday Thomas
Flaherty and William Carroll, who were
arrested in Springfield, Mass, and who
are alleged to be the men who robbed
post offices in North Hartland and
Essex Junction some time ago. The men
had I'm their possession a large number
Of articles including watches, revolvers.
cutlery, and n Central Vermont railroad
switch key, etc, which led the officers to
think they were concerned in some of the
recent Vermont robberies
George Champaign, 45, was drowned In
the cove" ~ mile east of Richmond
Saturday. Champaign and his brother-
in-law. Joseph Stone, were gathering
pond lilies when their boat suddenly filled
with water. They jumped into the water
and struck out for shore. stone VINO
was a poor swimmer, was startled on
looking back to see only one or Cham-
paugn's hands in sight as the latter was
an expert swimmer He jumped into the
water but the hand disappeared before
he could reach it and being poor swim
nner he could do nothing but return 10 tne
shore and summon help. Champaign
body was recovered. 1t was in only hVe
feet of water but one leg was drawn up
probably showing that he was disabled by
cramp..
The herd of cattle owned by II. Y.
result of a test made for tuberculosis.
Mr.. Wemple became suspicious that the
disease existed in the herd and mad the
animals tested by DIR. Stevens, veterinary
of White River Junction. The herd con-
sisted of q cows and one bull. Twenty-siX
of the animals responded, leaving Two
cows only. DR.. Stevens made a report
to the State cattle commissioners.
George Aitken of Woodstock. member OF
the board, visited the stock last week
Thursday and acting under his advice
Mr.. Wemple had the animals condemned.
The 26 were killed Friday by Seth King
and son. All but two showed an ad-
vanced stage of the disease. and some
were almost n putrid mass, inside the
hide. Mr. Wemple is a summer resident
from New York. He purchased this iarm
and stock. which formerly belonged to
the late George S. Moulton, last Novem-
her. He knew nothing of bovine tubercu-
losis at that time. He intends to re-
stock his farm with carefully selected
animals. His loss is about s9OO.-[Ran-
dolph Herald.