Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-08

lIlenu OI the murdered woman. Mrs.
Peters had been living with johnson as
his wife more than a year, but her re-
fusal to return to him led to the murder.
The Spaulding & Kimball company of
Burlington, a wholesale grocery concern.
has filed articles of association in the sec
rotary of states office. The capital stock
is $110, 900.
Burglars broke the glass indow i'm Jo-
seph Levy's cigar store in Rutland Mon
day night, crawled through the opening,
ritled the cash register of 1924 and carried
away a large number of pipes.
L. N. Dunbar's grist mill at West Dan
vile was burned Tuesday morning with
all its contents. The Vermont Mutual
ompany had an insurance of $500 on the
mill and $500 on the stock. The loss
will exceed $4,000.
4 verdict of not guilty was returned by
the jury at Bennington Monday in the
case of Mrs. Alice Moffat of Sandgate,
charged with completely in attempting to
poison her husband by putting corrosive
sublimate in whiskey.
George F. Sibley, 20, a wooden manu-
facturer in North Montpelier. who was
representative in the Legislature in 1856
and one of the senator's from Washing
ton county in the session of 1902, died
Tuesday from cancer of the liver.
The estate left by Lorenzo G. Wood
house, a retired merchant. formerly OF
Burlington, who died in New York city
in September, amounted to 50. 1924. 313. He
left 81, 900, 600 to his widow and large
sums to relatives in Burlington.
The Pittsford Manufacturing company's
plant in Pittsford was burned early We'd
nesday morning. The loss is $40. 900, with
$500 insurance. This is the fourth build
ing destroyed on this site, the last pre-
vious one having been burned three years
ago.
William H.. Shund, 40, was instantly
killed Sunday night. being struck by a
locomotive near his home in Wallingford.
He was deaf and dumb and did not hear
the engine. The body was carried on
the cowcatcher for 100 rods and was hor-
ribly mangled. a wife and three chill
dren survive him.
The Montreal express for Boston ran
into a freight train OF the Central YER
mont railway near the station at Bolton
Sunday. Engineer Charles Holland
jumped and was critically injured. The
passengers were unframed. The pas
senger locomotive was wrecked and traffic
delayed several hours.
The trial of Joseph Bean, charged with
the murder of Ephraim Root. at Rochester
on oct. u, was opened in the Windsor
county court at Woodstock Tuesday.
fNtol WIS louuu uNlIE III "A Darn. IL is
alleged that he and Bean had a quarrel
over a mi y jury has been empan-
elled and l2S witnesses sworn.
sworn.
The Barre Telegram, which has been
run by Henry c.. Whitaker the past seven
years. has been sold to a stock company
headed by Rev. w. X. Davenport, for
merly principal of Montpelier Seminary.
Mr. Davenport will direct the editorial
nplipN Of tho Manor which will G1Innprt
prohibition. Under MIR. Whitaker the
Telegram was a strong advocate of high
license.
At the annual meeting of the state
board of pharmacy, held in Montpelier
Tuesday evening, c. c. Bingham of st.
Johnsbury was reelected president. J. c..
Bellrose of Burlington secretary. and w.
F. Root of Brattleboro was chosen treas
urer to succeed \. l.. butcher OF ST.
Adams. Meetings for examinations will
be held in Brandon April 6, Burlington
July 6. and Brattleboro. October 5.
Judge Wheeler has granted a new trial
of the case of Samuel d. Wilson vs.. +.
w. Clement. In the previous trial. at
the Jury returned a verdict for
the defendant, but Judge Wheeler says
the jury was not nearly as impartial as
could be and should nave been obtained.
Wilson sued for $4,000 for Islander, claim
ing that Clement in his campaign speeches
called him a murderer.
The treasurer of st. Johnsbury acad-
envy announced Tuesday that friends and
alumni OF the institution had pledged
$6d. 656. SO toward ar endowment fund OF
500. 900. Efforts will now be made to
get the balance of the endowment at an
early date. The trustees and fund COM
mittee have been working ~strenuously
for the past year to get the two-thirds
pledged before January l, 1904, and are
much gratiied over their success.
DR.. H. d. Holton, president of the Yer
mont society. Sons of the American Rev
has appointed G.. G.. Benedict of
Burlington. Gov. j. G. Mccullough of
Bennington, Fletcher d. Proctor of Proc
tor, Z. NJ. Mansur of Newport and Hiram
Carleton of Montpelier a committee to
investigate the matter of buying the
farm near Burlington at one time own
ed by Ethan Allen for the purpose of con-
v~erting ii into a public park.
The stockholders of the Citizens saw
ings bank and trust company of st.
Johnsbury We're surprised on New Years
day by receiving a stock dividend, each
one receiving a certificate for as many
shares as he held before. The directors
decided to increase the capital stock from
$50. 600 to 800, 600. The bank was es-
amounting to nearly 50, 900, 900. John T.
Richie has been treasurer of the bank
since it was established.
\. f.. Cudworth of South Londonderry
who was appointed by Gov. j. G. Nc
Cullough to investigate the recent death
of Edwin Harris at the house of cor
r%ection, Rutland, after a fight with a
fellow prisoner, has made his report to
the governor. Mr.. Cudworth ind that
no blame for Harris's death can be at
tached TO anyone but himself as he was
quarrelsome and in this fight was the
aggressor. He reports that Harris died
of nephritis.
Harry Bean, 10, is in custody in Ben
nington, charged with stealing $40 from
Charles Kemp and Miss Lucy Kemp of
Stamford. The boy came to the Kemp
home about two years ago from a state
institution in Massachusetts. He went
to work for A. b. Sanford two weeks ago.
The Kemp house was entered Sunday af-
ternoon or evening while the owners were
absent, and the money was taken from a
small secretary which was broken open.
Deputy Sheriff Morrissey went to San
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