Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-15
SOME VERMONT BRIEFS

ltngton Plattsburg, st. Adams, and a
joint Barre Montpelier club
large barn ON the fair grounds at
Rutland was burned Wednesday morning
causing loss of $500. It is Thought
that the fire was set by tramps
j. ii. Douglass, son of Joseph Douglass
of Rutland was killed Friday i'm Law
renee, Mass, by falling 80 feet from n
staging The body was brought to Rut-
land.
Charles X. Witherell. of Cornwall. ex-
porter of Merino sheep from Addison
county to South Africa. is a petitioner I'm
bankruptcy with liabilities of $4,000 and
no assets but those that are exempt.
verdict of $4,000 was awarded bv Jury
in the county court case of Dennis Ma
hOney's administrator against the R,lt-
land railroad company i'm Rutland Thurs
day. The suit was brought for so 600
At a meeting of the Rutland County
Agricultural society Tuesday il was an
nounced that the deficiency at the state
fair last fall was $1,000. Unless this is
cleared up no state or county fair will he
held in Rutland this year.
The plant of the Lumerie North Amer
lean corporation in Burlington began run
ming last week for the first time English
capitalists organized the concern for the
purpose of manufacturing Photographic
dry plates by secret process taught by
experts who came to this country from
France. The plant was erected at
cost of over 5000, 900 and will ultimately
employ about 200 operatives
Martin Wheeler tried to commit sui
eide at Calais Saturday by taking 80
grains of arsenic. His son saw him mix
ing the poison i'm water and after he drank
informed the other members of the fam
lily, who summoned a physician and
prompt application of remedies saved the
mans life. His wife sued him for di-
vorce two months ago but lately went
back to live with him.
The annual tournament of the Vermont
State Golf association will be held with
the Rutland County club August II. Is
and 10. 1t is expected that IA large num-
Der of the prominent players of the
eastern states will compete. A social
program is being arranged for the week
in connection with the tournament The
Vermont Golf association will soon be-
come a member of the National Golf as
ISOLATION.
The suit of Arthur l.. Meyer against Dr.
W. Seward Webb to recover $500, 900 with
interest was heard before Justice Blanch-
ard in the supreme court in New York
city Tuesday. Meyer claims that he was
induced by DR.. Webb to buy $500 900 of
Mohawk & Malone railroad company
bonds, on the representation that the New
York Central and Hudson River railroad
company wished to buy them. and that
through the purchase he lost $500, 900.
John DeForge has brought suit against
John Leahy, ID. j. Cronin and T. j Nor
rissey, all license holders in Bennington
charging that they sold liquor to his SON.
Sidney, aged is, who is now serving a SEN
tence in state prison for assaulting Dep
uty Sheriff Godfrey while under the in
fluence of liquor. The claim is 800 dam
ages from each, with additional 5000
for selling to a minor contrary to law.
The licensees furnished $500 bail for APP
pearance in court April 10.
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bound over to the county court at Mont
pelier Wednesday in the sum of $500
charged with attempting to kill Conduc-
tor Lewis of the Montpelier & Barre cleo
trio railroad. The Italian. who was dis
charged from the employ of the road
some time ago. was put off the car. be-
ing intoxicated. He fired several shots
with revolver. one hitting the frame of
the door. The eight passengers dropped
to the floor to escape harm.
Grin f, Luce, former inmate of the
soldiers home who came from Randolph.
was probably fatally injured near the
power house of the electric railroad by
trolley coming from Hoosick Falls
Sunday. He was asleep on the track and
the motorman discovered him too late to
stop the car One leg was cut off and he
was otherwise injured. He was taken to
the hospital in Troy. Orders were re-
ceived Saturday to send him to the ma
tional soldiers home in Dayton, Ohio.
\ man who gave his name as w. How
ard of Chicago was arrested in Dover, y.
IT,, Friday charged with obtaining 500
by false pretenceS March . from Harry l..
Moore of st. Johnsbury. Howard repre-
scented himself as the agent of a Chicago
publishing concern and engaged Moore as
collector in Dover. Moore made a deposit
of 800 with Howard alleged security
for the company's money. The next day
Howard disappeared and an inquiry sent
TO Chicago showed that he had no con-
.ction with the company.
Joseph Jarvis of Readsboro was before
Judge Bates at Bennington Friday
charged with selling diseased meat Sew
eral witnesses were present from Reads
boro. The testimony tended to show that
Jarvis had a COW that gave birth to a
calf which is now living and healthy,
The COW showed signs of illness and Jar
Wis killed it and sold the carcass to Oscar
Chase, a meat dealer who disposed of
most of it, supposing that it was all
right Upon being brought before the
court Jarvis pleaded guilty, was sentenced
to pay $50 and costs, total of 1872, which
he paid.
Harrison c. Smith and his sister, Helen
Smith, of New Haven, VT, have been
committed to the St Elizabeth insane hos
pital in Washington, ID. C. They were
suffering from similar Authorizations be-
lieving that some mysterious persons were
throwing injurious powders at them. They
half and Mr.. Smith had been student
at the school of diplomacy in Columbian
university. They lived at good hotels,
paid their bills, seemed to be people with
property, but were very uncommuncatiVe.
Their physician says the woman is
confirmed victim of drugs. The two
usually conversed together in a foreign
language. Their father, Timothy I.
Smith, was United States consul years
ago at Odessa, Russia.
Bartholomew Croteaux was taken be-
fore Judge Start in the Washington county
court Saturday for hearing on the ques-
ton of his sanity. superintendent
Hutchinson and DR.. Watson of the state
hospital for the insane at Waterbury,
where he has been confined testified that
Croteaux was troubled with decisions of
sight and hearing, and that while he
might comprehend that he was in court
his mind was not in such a state that he
could make an intelligent defense. lie
was remanded to Jail until the state $
attorney could secure from the governor
a requstion to send him to the asylum
CroteauX was charged with the murder
OF his neighbor, Peter Vorren, in East
Montpelier last September. Vorren was
shot from ambush The evidence against