Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-22

in New York state for the protection of
its policy holders
Frank r. BruidnelIs house and barn
at Mortified were burned Sunday after
noon. The buildings were insured.
Gen. j. G. Mccullough of North Ben
nington has given the trustees of the Gill
odd Fellows home 800 to pay for the
erection of a barn at the home in Lud-
low.
Judge c. II. Mason's barn and carriage
house in Bennington were burned Sun
day night. Horses, carriages, harness,
etc. valued at $4,000 were saved. The
barn was valued at about $500 above the
insurance
The clubhouse of the Lake Champlain
Yacht club was burned Friday together
with u small boats and house furniture.
The loss is about $4,000; insurance $4,000.
1t is thought the fire was caused by boys
overheating a stove
Thieves broke into Arthur Sewers
store at the railroad station in Taftsville,
Saturday night and stole cigars and mer-
chandise valued at $50. The post-otfice
was in the store but the governments
stamps and money were not touched
Rex, g, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sill
oway of Craftsbury, was fatally burned
recently. The mother built fire in the
the barn. The child was putting papers
into the front of the stove when his
night dress caught fire. The garment
was burned off entirely before the mother
returned. The boy lived only few
hours.
A report from the United States fish
commissioner just issued shows that dur
ing the past year there We're sent into
this state 100000 pike perch Try ana
MI. n
supplied with 200 bass each; of land
locked salmon there were 10000 fry, ~
OOO yearlings and adults; steel head trout
16 600 brook trout 100000 fry, and 10000
fingerlings, and lake trout 100000 eggs
1070 900 fry.
Miss VIVA Desjardin of Shoreham, en-
Moved as a domestic in Middlebury, took
washing fluid with suicidal intent sunday
night. Physicians who worked over her
all night succeeded in saving her IRE.
Henry Abar of Weybridge had been
having attention to Miss Desjardin. and
his action in escorting another girl to her
home Sunday night caused Miss DesJar-
din to take the poison.
The Chatham and Lebanon Valley Rail
road company has filed mortgage OF
its tracks and rolling stock for S5OO'OOO TO
the Standard Trust company OF New
YORK The money is largely to be used
in raising and improving the track and in
the eouipment and operation of the ROAD
between Chatham and the Vermont line
The mortgage is for so years, four per
cent gold bonds. The mortgage is signed
INV w. Seward Webb, president OF the
road.
An attempt was made Thursday night
IN murder Roy A. Plumley, station agent
at Wallingford. He closed the stauoh
about Q o'clock and started for home
when a shot was fired from some bushes
bv the roadside The bullet passed
through Plumleys overcoat and heaVy
cIotbing. but struck a steel locket whlch
he wore over his heart, and he sustained
nnIv flesh wound. Search has been
made for the assailant, and one young
van Is under suspicion, but no arrests
have been made.
The election of e. N. Foss of Boston TO
+ba directorate of the Manhattan Ele-
vated Railroad company, is one OF the
da,,elonments of the week in the man
cial world that will have particular IN
terest for the people of Vermont Mr.
Mss is n Franklin county boy, peing
hrotber of Congressman George H. ross
% chicago. and has for some time peen
~ General manager of the SturteVant
1io,,'ey company. 1t is understood that
NJ Foss represents the Dwight Bramah
INTERESTS of Boston and New YORK whose
raOuest for representation on the Doaro
Is pleasantly accorded by Presluent
cid II Is also stated that the holu-
NOS of Manhattan stock or the bosloH
! interests in question aggregate apout
| se OOO 200 and that they nave recSn'ig
ocouired a very large block OF bro oSI II
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