Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-10

The annual convention of the Vermont
State Teachers association will he held
in ST. Johnsbury oct. -, % and u.
Merrill Sloane 81 committed suicide 10y
cutting his throat from ear to ear with
a razor in East Calais Friday morning.
5. w. Cummings has resigned as gen
eral passenger agent of the Central Yer
mont railroad. after - years of contin-
uous railway service.
The steamer j. c. L.. owned by j.. &.
Leslie, and a boathouse We're burned at
St. Adams Bay Thursday morning and
the steamer, Liberty was also damaged.
The property was insured for S2l51.
Frank Dumas Is, who stole ride on
freight train from Northheld, jumped
from the cars at Montpelier Junction
and fell between the train and the plat
form one foot was crushed and he sus-
tanned internal injuries that may prove
fatal.
The authorities of Chester have decided
that Nahum Bemis, whose body was
found in brook at GassettS recently.
fell from a bridge last fall and being in
a weakened condition persisted in the
snow. and the high water in spring car
ried the body to where it was found.
Margaret ODonnell, is. was working
on loom in the mill at Winoosk Thurs
day when her hair caught in the gearing
winding around a gear. The scalp was
badly torn and lacerated. but other en-
ploNes stopped the machine in time 10
save the girls life.
Plans are being formed for the con-
struction of an electric railroad from
Bennington to the Massachusetts, line.
1t is expected that the North Adams line
to Willamstown will be extended to con-
meet with the Vermont road 50 that
eventually Bennington people will have
a line from their town through Berk-
shire county almost To the Connecticut
state line.
The Vermont Association of Boston
will leave on the old Home Week pill
grimage August ii and l.. going to St
Johnsbury and proceeding the next day
TO Newport, where two days will be
spent with trips on Lake Memphremagog
and to Guildhall and Montreal. 1t is
+ expected that 30 or more will make the
trip. The party will disband at Newport,
the individual members going To their
several natiVs towns for the Old Home
/ Week celebrations.
The first liquor licenses granted in the
state under the new law We're issued to
John II. Sargent of the Hotel Logan and
John Higgins of the Addison House in
Mddlebury at $500 each. Both hotels be-
gan doing business at once, and the sale
at the Logan House exhausted the en-
tire stock the first evening. The town of
Worcester in Washington county voted
yes on the license question. but not a
single application for license has been
made to the license commissioners,
Frank Frouda. who was recently ac-
quilted in the orleans county court for
alleged Understanding, has made himself
notorious once more. In company with
. two other desperate characters he enter
ed a farmers barn near Sherbrooke and
i'm broad daylight started off with one OF
his horses, leading il behind a gig. Wher
the farmer appeared to eXpostulate the
thieves fired two shots at him, which took
effect though not in vital parts of the
body. The desperados were tracked tC
Coventry and captured Friday morning.
DR.. Donly c. Hawley took the oath OF
office at Burlington Monday as mayor
for his third term. James f, Burke, tn,
blacksmith and Democratic candidate
who was defeated by DR.. Hawley by
three votes, will Immediately bring quo
warranto proceedings to contest thu
right of DR.. Hawley to the mayoraltA
chair, Mr.. Burke claims that he was
fairly elected, and that II votes i'm ware
which were cast for him Were thrown
out by the ward clerk, against the ad
vice of the inspectors of election, thu!
giving the election to Hawley.
Suit has been brought by the Capita
Savings Bank and Trust Co, against thu
Montpelier Savings bank for collection
of the certified check which figured II
the Hardness forgery affair. Hardness
received from the Montpelier Saving
bank in exchange for his note for S2060
a cashiers check for $1,000 and $1,000 il
cash, all of which he at once paid owe
to the Capital Savings bank. The for
mer bank soon after it suspected for
gerry stopped payment on the check ant
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latter bank sues and the legal question
will be settled in court.
Deputy Sheriff j, H. Policy of Fai
/ Haven has i'm his possession a freal
pig born in Fair Haven. The pig ha
two noses, placed almost at right angle
TO each other and two mouths, connecte
with a single esophagus There wer
two eyes i'm the regular places and
third nearly between the noses. Thi