Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-30

Mrs Garrett NJ Cosgrifr. wife OF
well-known provision dealer in Burling-
ton. disappeared from home Monday
night. Two hackmen say they saw her
board a southbound train. Her friends
are Of the opinion that she was not right
mentally when she left home.
II. William Scott has been appointed
city Judge of Barre to succeed Allen c.
Fay, who has held the office six years
Mr.. Fay was a candidate for re-appoint-
ment. Mr.. Scott Is 80 years old. He
graduated from Goddard seminary in 1898
and was admitted to the bar in 1895
Col. ID. X. Andross. so. died at his home
In Bradford Wednesday morning when
the civil war broke out he was made cap
tain of Company b. First Vermont Vol
unteers. and later was promoted to the
lieutenant colonelcy of the Ninth regi-
ment. in which he served with distinction.
Bud Fowler. an electrician. while
soldering wires in West Rutland Nov. q,
fell 80 feet from a pole to the ground.
sustaining a fracture OF the skull and
other injuries which resulted In his
death the following day at the hospital
in Proctor
Col j. Edgar Bliss, g. who had been
a newspaper correspondent at the STATE
house in Boston several years, died Fri
day from acute nephritis. He was
native of Brandon and served I'm the
civil war He was editor Of the Great
harrington, Mass, Courier a number of
years.
Arthur Sanders, IA. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. c. Sanders of Brandon. has been miss
ing since Saturday He was traced as far
as Rutland. He is Ave feet tall. weighs
about 1870, and can be identified easily,
he has only one hand. the right one.
except the thumb, having been missing
since birth
The points of land discovered by Com
mander Peary in his Arctic explorations
were named in honor OF Collector c, II.
Darling and his wife OF Burlington. Mr..
| Darling as assistant secretary OF the
| navy, was of great assistance to Com
mander Peary in fitting out his last ex-
| petition
Daniel Barnard was found guilty of as
sault with intent to kill by a jury after
six hours deliberation In the Rutland
! county court Friday. In Chittenden Aug
ust % Barnard fired a shotgun at John
| Cassidy. One shot struck Cassidy in the
eye destroying the sight. Jealousy over
a girl is said to have been the motive for
the attack.
Cashier d. II. Lewis, who was SEN
fenced to seven years Imprisonment on
the charge OF embezzling funds OF the
| Farmers National bank in Vergennes,
was released this week from the house
of correction in Rutland He was sem
fenced to seven years imprisonment, but
gains his liberty after serving about five
years A change in the national laws
added to the time which he gained by
good behavior
Mrs. Wallace c. Clement, wife of the
president of the Clement National bank
died at her home in Rutland Friday night
after an illness of three weeks with a
form of gastritis She was born in Sher-
buTne but had lived in Rutland since heI
marriage in 1857. She was prominent IN
La
ton and retired recently from the presi-
dency of the Vermont Society of Colonia
Danes. She is survived by her husband
four sons and a daughter.
The next term of Windsor county cour
will open at Woodstock Dec. s. Thu
county court docket contains 296 cases
OF the 246 civil causes and fifty stat
cases, 40 are set for jury trial Tn
court of chancery has "a cases. Their
are 80 divorce cases, of which 80 are OLE
entries. or the state cases, five are 70
burglary, IS are liquor or intoxicatiol
cases, and five are for adultery, the large
part of the others beipg for larceny.
The business meeting of the Vernon
commandery of the Military Order o
Fol- egn Wars was held at Miller Inn II
Montpelier Friday night when thes
officers were elected: Commander, Majo
II. r. Dyer of Rutland; vice commander
Lieut.. G. r. Anderson of Brattleboro
secretary, Lieut.. w. w. Russell of Whit
River Junction; treasurer, Lieut.. G. n
Tilden of Barre. Major C. M Bonet o
St. Johnsbury is vice commander-gen
eral.
The directors of the Brightlook Hos
pital association at ST. Johnsbury hav
J announced that their attempts to rails
I $4,000 for a new hospital have been sue
cessful and that $152S5.29 has bee
? pledged toward the erection of a ne'
building. They have bought of e. & 7
5 Fairbanks & Co. large lot in the hear
of the village, which has been for ger
Grafton occupied by the big reservoir {
! the st. Johnsbury aqueduct compan!
e The treasurer will at once ask the sui
scribers to redeem their pledges. TIL
new hospital will replace Brightlook hos
pital.
The William ii. Burns company
= Worcester, Mass, manufacturers of hig
> grade muslin underwear, will begin
b N@cc the establishment of a branch fac
4 tory in waterbury in the quarters fol
merry occupied by the True Mandfactul