Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-22
IN OUR OWN STATE.

Charles II. Vaughn. -. representative
from Pomfret in the Legislature of le12.
died Monday. He wal a country mcr-
chant and postmaster
There is excitement in orwell because
OF the frequent appearance there Of a
large panther. which has killed live stock
and seems to live near the village.
y. J. stephens g. of Barre. of the
firm of Macmillan X STEPHENS, one OF the
best known granite manufacturers In
that city, died suddenly last week.
Mrs. Ambrose Grow Of Bristol com
mitted suicide Tuesday hy hanging. Her
body was found by a neighbor in course
Of half an hour Insanity due To poor
health was the cause.
TIE handsome new soldiers Memorial
building at stowe will be dedicated dur
ing Old Home week. Hon Leslie NJ,
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, Will be
the orator for the occasion.
Negotiations are said to be on for the
sale of the Pavilion Hotel at Montpelier
to its manager, J. f. Bailey, and y. {.
Blanchard. The price asked Tor the
property is said to be 100000.
L. IL. Cleveland of Franklin. who died
sunday morning in his >lst year. WAS "a
longtime and highly respected resident
Of that town. He had served as assistant
+ judge OF the Franklin county court. and
had held other offices.
While \. l. Morse of DuXbury was at
work on an edgins saw last week ne ac-
cidentally dropped his wrist upon the
saw. as he was leaning over il, and the
bone was completely severed, but the
arm will be saved from amputation
Capt. Z. d. Blodgett, who died in Bur
lington last Friday, was a native OF Ram
dolph He had a notable We. record and
. had been department commander oI she
-
surance agent in ST. Johnsbury ircsa l>'
to 1900
The farm buildings of Frank Nichols,
north 'ot Earre city, were burned Sdtur-
day nlGht Mrs. Nichols has confessed
that she set the fire in The hay NOW be-
cause her husband refused To give ner
>l'" to spend. She has been declared
insane and sent to the Waterbury asy-
lum.
During President RooseVelts visit &c
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in
Arizona a company of young Vermonters
resident there. among whom was James
NJ. Goulding of Proctor, son of Col. J. II
Goulding of Wilmington, had the pleas
ure of entertaining the President a.
lunch. and of showing him the most won
derful part of the Canyon.
The Rev. DIR. David n. Beach, acting
pastor of the North Congregations
church at st. JohnSDury, formerly o.
Cambridge, Mass, has been elected presi
dent and professor of homelitics of Ban
gor, Maine Theological Seminary. II
will be recalled that Mr.. Beach gave 9
, Sunday evening address in Brattlebor'
at the Auditorium during the campaign
against the adoption of the license law.
The lOSth annual meeting of the Con
! gregational Convention of Vermont vii
be held in the College street church
Burlington, June to IL. The Vernon
Domestic Missionary society and tn
: Women's Home Missionary union Wi
hold their annual meeting at the sam
time and place. A programme of marke
a excellence has been prepared. The gen
eral theme is The work of Christian
Evangelism by the Congregations
= Churches of Vermont" Rev. DR.. c.
Merrill of ST. Johnsbury will preside
The Oldest Universalist minister /
Vermont Rev. George w. Bailey, die
last week in Springfield at the as
of ST. Mr.. Bailey had held several pas
torates in this state and in New Haml
shire and had been prominently connect
Q ed with educational matters. Since ~
he had lived in Springfield without
charge, but had ofiiciated at many tun'
e rails and weddings. He represented II
town of Morrisville twice in the We
mont legislature, and the town of Leb'
y non twice in the New Hampshire legs
t. lature.