Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-09

streets in Barre. 1t is alleged that the
highway is obstructed, that the city mas
taken street without due process of
law, and that the so-called Cummings
property has been damaged.
There are no butternuts this year. \
Bennington trapper and ginseng gath
erer says that on the hundreds of trees
that he has seen on his travels this fall
he has found only one butternut, and he
took that home for curiosity. Late
spring frosts killed the blooms.
The current number of lions Herald,
Boston, has a cover portrait of the Rev.
Byron Alden, the oldest Methodist minis
ter in the world. who was born in Hines
burg in 1SOG Mr.. Alden is also believed
to be the oldest living descendant of John
and Priscilla Alden. He is now living
with his daughter in Streator, ILL.,. and
frequently breaches. although he is 81
years old
Fire started in a shed Thursday in West
Charleston and store. tenement. black
smith shop of f.. f.. Goodwin. store and
tenement of J. II. Holton and residence
of Mrs Reagan were totally destroyed.
Maurice Sickle. who lived over the Hol-
ton store, barely escaped with his life.
Nothing from the building was saved.
The insurance on Holton's store was
5000 and there was small insurance on
the other buildings.
Adelbert Martin. the alleged assailant
of Mrs. Stephen Trombley in South North
field. is thought to have escaped from the
state. \ stranger who may have been
Martin was seen near Gaysville 40 miles
from the scene of the crime. 1t is gen
orally believed that Martin boarded
freight train which carried him long
distance, He remained near South North
field several days and large force of
armed men secured the woods for him,
hut were unable to find him
Robert Courser was arrested at Hard
wick Sept. % charged with the attempt to
dynamite the home of Duncan Mckenzie
at Dalton, y. H.. before daylight Sept.
-. He was taken to the Jail at Lancaster
where he broke down and confessed to
being one of party of three men who
had deliberately planned to murder orion
Crouch. Il boarder at the Mckenzie home.
He refused to disclose the names of the
other men. Courser Is 81 years old and
Grand Army veteran.
c. X. Witherell u Sons of MiddleburY
have started "a consignment of 80 fancy
thoroughbred Merino sheep for Durham,
w. II. Kingsley. In about two weeks
another shipment Of 90 animals will he
made. Carl Church of Whiting will be
in charge. Mr.. Church was in charge of
a shipment of sheep owned by the With
erells which was lost in November of
last year by the burning OF the steamer.
Stowell Witherell of the firm is in Africa
arranging for the sale of the sheep now
en- route.
The Vermont State Sunday school con-
venton will be held in Burlington oct.
20-22. \ special feature of the opening
session will be the nature institute con
Quoted by Mrs. Ella ID. Petit of New
Jersey. The service Tuesday evening will
be memorial to Rev. j. II. Babbtt. for
merly pastor of the Congregational
church in West Brattleboro, and for many
years one of the leaders i'm the work of
the convention. Gen. O. O. Howard
Prof. II. II. Horne of Dartmouth College
Rev. \. G. Dixon of Boston and other
prominent speakers will be heard.