Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-07-06

Nelson Earle. an aged man living on
Sawyer hill i'm Mt Holly. committed sui
eide Thursday by taking paris green. He
had been in i'll health long time.
A baby girl neatly dressed. apparently
but few hours old. was found in bas
ket on the doorstep by Mrs. Frank Cob
leigh of Lyndon the morning Of June 90.
The town AUTHORITIES will either find the
parents or provide a suitable home for the
little one.
Charles Taggart of Ira, IS, farm hand,
was struck and fatally injured by a Della
ware & Hudson train near West Rutland
Saturday. Taggart. who was deaf and
dumb, stepped directly in front of the
train. His skull was fractured and his
left arm crushed.
Harold, son Of Forrest Taylor of Bridge
water was drowned June % while bathing
in the river. His young companions ran
for help when they saw he was beyond
his depth. but the body was in the water
Is minutes and all efforts at resuscitation
failed.
James Eagan seized revolver from a
sentry on duty at Fort Ethan Allen Sun
day and shot himself in the right breast,
infiictng a serious wound. His home is in
Amsterdam, N Y. He has been at Fort
Ethan Allen two years and had a good
military record. His injury was first re-
ported as fatal, but he will probably re-
cover.
The mangled body of Charles d. Tur-
ner, SO, of Pownal was found early Tues
day morning on the side of the Boston &
Maine railroad track one mile north Of
Pownal station. After attending the cir
Gus in North Pownal Monday evening he
probably started to walk home on the
track and was struck by locomotive. He
was sober, industrious young man.
Edward Larock saved the lives of VIM.
Dolback and Charles Doner in Middle
bury Sunday. The three were on the river
in a boat which capsized. Larock's COM
panions could not swim but he managed
to pull them upon the bottom of the over
turned boat and tow the craft ashore.
Doner was unconscious when the land
was reached but was soon resuscitated.
Larock was formerly soldier in the
Philippines.
Dana Merrill, IS, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Merrill, was drowned at Royalton
Thursday He had been riding a bicycle
and was very warm when he went into
the water with two companions. He sank
Immediately and it is thought that heart
failure resulted from the shock OF going
into the water. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill,
who came to Royalton recently from East
Hartford, Conn, have had nine children.
but the only survivors are an infant and
a boy of four years.
The result OF the hose races at the an
nual meeting of the State Firemen's as
ISOLATION in Burlington Friday was as
follows; First prize 800, Winooski steam
er company, 45 seconds; I'd, SIS, Vergennes
volunteers, As; Sd, $50, Battell hose of
Middebury, 40; 4th, $25, Volunteers of
Middlebury. 50 Randolph hose company
| and Alert hose company Of Keesville, N.
Y, last, 56A seconds each. The Winooski
company also won for one year the associ-
atoms silver trumpet. The distance was
300 yards with coupling at the College
street hydrant 200 yards from start.
Dwight, 10 months old, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Olin Bradley of Bethel was struck
and instantly killed by a northbound ex-
press on the Central Vermont railroad
Friday afternoon. The child wandered
from home to the track, 20 rods away.
Engineer Parmelee on rounding a curve,
saw the child, blew the whistle and APP
piled the air brakes. The baby, who was
| in the middle of the track, started to walk
away, but sat down again, and the engi-
neer was powerless to prevent the loco
motive from striking the child. The skull
was torn away and one leg broken.
The Windsor county Republicans, in
convention at Woodstock Friday, NOM
mated: For senators, DIR. o. w. Daley
| of Hartford, Fred L. Davis of Pomfret,
Charles r. Aldrich of Weathersfield; for
sheriff, p. A. Thomas Of Woodstock;
| for states attorney, r. r. Buck OF Wind
sor; for judges OF probate, t. o. Seaver
of Woodstock and f. A. Walker of Lud-
/ low. In the states attorneyship contest
Mr.. Buck received 6s votes to Sc for
Homer Slxeels of Ludlow. The Caledonia
county Republican convention nominated
Thursday: For senators, w. H. Taylor