Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30

Mr.. Willing gave $4,000 toward the $50
900 endowment and this places him at the
head of the seminary benefactors.
BY the will of the late Henry j. Willing
of Chicago. Burr and Burton seminary in
Manchester will receive $4,000 in trust.
Howard Heaton, stone mason, fell
from a staging at Waterbury Saturday,
one shoulder being dislocated and inter-
nal injuries sustained. He died Sunday
morning.
Mayo Wyman of Marshfield and Harry
Northrup. his brotherin- law, were hunt
ing Friday when Wyman accidentally
shot Northrup through the leg above the
knee.
Dr. b. o. BARRIERS house. one of the
finest in Pownal was burned Tuesday. a
spark from Boston & Maine engine
probably starting the fire. The loss is
over $4,000. with only partial insurance.
Jennie 10, daughter of r. Ellis Roberts
of Fair Haven. fell down the cellar
stairs at her home Saturday night. strik
| ing on her head and shoulders. on Mon
/ day afternoon she was seized with con-
vulsions and her death took place Tues
! day.
Lonne Boomhower, II, only son of Mr..
! and Mrs. G. V. Frazier who moved two
weeks ago from Barton to West Danville.
was drowned in the pond at the latter
place Thursday, He went out in n canvas
boat using an umbrella for sail when
the wind was blowing strongly, and his
frail craft tipped over.
Burglars stole 10 watches valued al 800
from the Vermont Marble companys store
in Centre Rutland Wednesday night. and
they had drilled a hole in the safe and
inserted an explosive charge when Neal
| Foster. the night Waterman. who had
been in Rutland. returned, and hearing
him approach they fled through the rear
door.
Mildred. Is months old, daughter of l.
p. Spooner, an empolye of the Wells &
Lamson company in Barre, died from
strychnine poisoning Tuesday. Her
brother. four, found the tablets, fed some
to the baby and ate others himself The
baby lived only an hour, but the boy s
dose was so small that it had no serious
effect
Mrs. Harriet Weston Seabury, who died
in her 95th year at Cabot Monday. be-
longed to a family remarkable for lon
gevity. She was the eighth of the II
children OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Preston of
Cabot. More than half of the children
passed the age of CO. Two lived to be
over 90 and ten over so, and the average
age of the II was II years.
The building on the camp ground Of
the First Vermont regiment near Fort
Ethan Allen has been looted completely
since the last muster was held Every
thing of value has been carried away
| Chests have been broken open. and not
satisfied with thefts the plunderers
wrought great damage to the immovablt
furnishings and the building.
The exceptions in the Caledonia county
case of State VS.. Eastman, former pro-
pretor of the Avenue House at St Johns
bury, have been waived and Eastman
has been taken from the jail at ST. Johns
bury to the house of correction in RUTLAND
to serve his sentence of four years. HI
was convicted of keeping house of IL
fame.
p. T. Kellogg of Whitefeld. N. H., II
company with one or two others, hal
leased the water power known as Mol
ley's Falls !" in Marshheld. He propose
to erect a large electric power plant 70
the furnishing of power and lights 70
Marshhed and to furnish power for tn
neighboring cities of Barre and Mont
pelier.
Mrs. Miles Foley, wife of a teamste
who lives two miles from Poultney, Will
in the cellar Saturday, stepped upol
something and on examining 1t foun
that II was the nude body of baby witt
the skull crushed. She was so overcom
that she tainted. 1t is thought that tn
body was brought into the cellar by
large dog owned by the Foleys.
Bartelmi Croteaux. under indictmer
for the murder of Peter Vorren in Eas
Montpelier Sept s, is either insane @
shamming. He talks in a rambling wa,
says acid he drank is issuing from hi
skin and will cause his death. Whe
court returns Nov. II Judge Haseto
may be asked to commit him to Water
bury to be watched. Croteaux can neithe
read nor write and has nothing to occup
his mind He continually begs the off
II GERS to let him out so that he can work.
y Twenty-three newspaper men OF Vel
= mont held a meeting at Burlington Frida
a night and recognized the Vermont Pre-:
u association. A new constitution wa
adopted which differs in many respect
!. from that of the old association. A
- editors. assistant editors business mar
- ayers, publishers. owners and reporter
- can become members. The annual NEE
- ing will be held the first Friday of eac
- year. The following officers were elected
p President. II. e. Parker of Bradford; se'
- rotary and treasurer, l.. II. Lewis I
Morrisville
,e In the case OF Garrett M. and Margar
l. NJ. Cosgriff VS.. DIR. p. E. insolvency,
in Burlington, for the recovery Of $50
n damages for alleged malpractice, whi'
has been on trial in Chittenden coun