Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-16
IN OUR OWN STATE.

John j. Paris conductor on the Rut-
land railroad has wagered $1,000 with
George c. Underhil of Florence,
Democrat, that Fletcher d. Proctor will
not be nominated for governor
The annual convocation of the grand
chapter of the Eastern Star of Vermont
will be held in Bennington June and
3. Officers from the grand chapters in
Vermont, New York and Massachusetts
will be present.
Furio Geuige 80. an Italian stone cut
ter, fell from an electric car while riding
between Montpelier and Barre Sunday
afternoon. He struck on his head, his
skull was fractured, and he never re-
gained consciousness.
Gov. Stickney has appointed James NJ.
Boutwell, of Montpelier railroad commiss-
ioner to succeed Judge L. NJ Read of
Bellows Falls. whose continued in health
compels him to retire. Mr.. Boutwell, is
mayor of Montpelier. and is owner of
one of the largest granite quarries in the
state.
At the Republican caucus held in Essex
Wednesday night four Proctor delegates
were chosen to the state convention by
2lS votes against 1893 for Mccullough The
Mccullough men say they will contest
the delegation, claiming irregularities.
Huntington chose three and Bolton two
Mccullough delegates.
Mrs. c. f. Braley. 75 one of the wealth.
lest women in New England died at
Barre, Tuesday. She was the widow of
DR.. w. NJ. Braley, president of the Barre
National bank. She and her husband
made gifts to several educational institu-
tons, and largely supported Goddard sem
mary in Barre. She is survived by three
sons
The contract for building a second i'm
mense dam at East Pittsford, which
|
to store water for immediate use at the
power house has been awarded to d. II.
| Cowles & Co., of Glens Falls n. y. They
will employ several hundred hands. The
| contract calls for the completion of the
| work July 10.
The Rutland fire department was called
| out Wednesday morning by what was
evidently an incendiary fire in j. H
| Holiness boiler works on West street
The fire was discovered just in time to
| prevent a confiagration. The perpetra-
| tors had taken lanterns belonging to the
| street department and poured kerosene
about the room in the lower floor.
Christopher Freutrisch. gardner for F
B. Jennings of North Bennington. at
tempted to get on a wagon Monday by
stepping on the whiffletree but slipped
and fell inside the traces behind the
horse. The animal kicked viciously
striking him ten times. and before he
| could he removed. two ribs were broken
! his spine fractured. and his back hor-
! ribly damned. He is still living.
The wind and waves did much damag &c
! Friday to the Rutland-Canadian rail-
road fill between Colchester Point and
Aliens Point on the south end of South
Hero. washing it so badly that traffic haC
! to be abandoned. Passengers on the
train reaching Burlington at $50 in the
morning reported that the spray made
by the waves striking the rocks covered
the cars. AS the day passed the waves
washed over the fill and after 1880 O'CLOCK
the line was considered unsafe for travel
| 4 gang of men We're sent to check tn,
4 damage but their efforts were unavailing
The entire three miles of the fill ar,
badly washed but the worst damage wa,
done between Aliens Point and the draw
bridge, a distance of three-quarters of {
| mile.