Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-16

Articles Of association have been filed
with the secretary of state Cor the incor-
poration of the Second Congregational
church at West Townshend.
Edward r. Buss. IS. superintendent Of
the water works in Bennington. died
Monday from the effects of sumach pois-
ioning after several months of suffering.
w. F. Russell, farmer in Kirby, was
terribly gored by a bull Monday, but will
recover. The staff by which he was lead
| ing the bull broke and the animal at
| tackled him.
Charles Downer, representative from
| Sharon, intends to introduce into the leg
lsature next month "A bill providing for
the direct primary system of making
nominations for public offices.
| FiftyNeterans of the Third Vermont reg
| iment met in reunion at St Johnsbury
| Tuesday They elected Daniel Harvey of
| West Barnet president and 5. Il. Pingree
| of Hartford secretary and treasurer
Gov. Elect Charles j. Bell has desig-
| mated Charles r. Walter, editor of the st.
Johnsbury Republican, to be secretary of
civil and military affairs. Mr.. Walter is a
resident Of Lyndon, graduate of Bates
| college, and is one of the best known
newspaper men in the state.
Robert Williams of South Poultney was
brought to Rutland Friday charged with
attempting to murder his sister by cut
ting her throat with large carving knife.
| He was later adjudged insane and taken
to the Retreat at Brattleboro.
Emmett Mott, %, of Proctor has been
held in the sum of $4,000 on the charge of
| criminal assault. He went to the hos
pital in Proctor one evening recently, say
ing that the doctor sent him there for n
nurse The nurse who accompanied him
was assaulted while in a lonely part of
the town.
Nebbo Ferri an Italian, was sent to
Jail at Rutland Monday for three months
for killing songbirds. When caught he
had seven robins and n shotgun, and ii is
claimed by the game warden that Ferri
has made this practice for many
months, selling robins to n colony of
Italians near Rutland, who live largely on
them.
, a man and two women who ran a
, gambling machine at the fair in Water
: bury were arrested at Morrisville and
fined so and costs each, amounting to
| 1872. Ed Patterson of Moretown donated
$4S to see the wheels go round and then
, | 'squealed" The machine was seized by
the officers and the operators fled to Nor
risville.
2 The grand jury of Chittneden county
has returned an indictment against Ben
2. iamin f. Williams for murder in the first
degree. 1t is alleged that Williams de-
r serted his company at Fort Ethan Allen
. | and shot and killed Policeman James X
e McGrath of Burlington on May IL. The
= officer was endeavoring to capture VIII
t liams at the time of the shooting.
Early Sunday morning the body of VIII
a liam H. Gle, who had charge of the nigh
< shifting i'm the Central Vermont yard a
White River Junction, was found between
= two tracks in the yard with the head sew
, cred. 1t is supposed that he jumped
u from between two cars of the train, wa
!, stunned by falling on the adjacent track
u and was run over while in that condition
y His home was in Windsor, where h.
u leaves a wife and six children, four o
; them small
70 A bill will be introduced at the com
ing session providing for an appropria
| ton to the state agricultural college 70
| the purpose of the erection and equip
ment of an agricultural building to b
used as a dairy school and for othe
teaching and inVeStigG ton in agriculture
This movement has tie hearty approba
10 ton of such bodies as the Vermont Dairy
m mems association, the Vermont Horticul
* tural society, and the Vermont Farmers
4 legislative assembly
The visit of Senator Proctor John "
Titcomb and ii. n. Carter to SwantO
. Wednesday probably means that the fs
hatchery which has been in contemplate
for some time will be built so 1t can
| used next spring. Senator Proctor sal
that funds for the purpose could be take
from the general fund and that no spec
ial appropriation by congress would /
necessary. The site for the hatchery hi
not been secured, but it will be on II
bank of the river near the village
The new library building, the gift
Benjamin F. Blood of Walpole, Mass
his native town, Windsor, was dedicate
Saturday Gilbert A. Davis made Il
presentation speech for Mr.. Blood, wi
is in his SD year, and Sherman Evarts
New York city, summer resident r
sponded. Isaiah r. Clark, Boston a
torney who was born in Windsor, ma,
an address on 1.-THE Library as a Fact
in Education" Remarks were made
Rev. e. II. Roberts of Brownsville. Mar
o. Perkins presided at the exercise
A reception was held in the library bull
q ing after it was thrown open for inspe
II ton The building is one story high,
by 20 feet with an annex for the libr
rian's room, has a capacity of 10000 vc
y umes, and cost about $4,000.