Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-23

| doing good business and no reason for
his absence is known.
Maxwell Evarts has offered a special
prize of $50 $50 and $40. for the dog of
any breed which will drive in the best
form at the coming state fair four sheep
from the middle Of the half-mile track at
specified place. once around the track
and pen them in small pen in a corner
Of the grounds. Owner of the dog will
be permitted to accompany the animal and
assist him by voice and signals
John La Montague so, was found Sum
day morning lying in vat Of potash in
the Rutland railroad yard. About 70
inches Of the liquid, which is used by the
railroad men in cleaning. was in the vat
at the time, and the man was seriously
burned by it. He was taken to the
hospital where he now lies in a serious
condition. lie claims he was assaulted
and robbed and then thrown into the
tank
l.. +. Gleason, 60, a prominent business
man Of Montpelier, died Saturday after
long illness. He was a member Of the
frm OF Ellis & Gleason and a director of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
and the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co.
holding the position Of vice president in
both organizations. He is survived by
his wife and two sons, Carlisle, a lawyer
in New York city, and Fred, a student in
the Harvard law school.
Mrs. Daniel p. Rhodes. 81. who died
in Cleveland, Ohio August 10. was born
and reared In Vermont. her maiden name
being Sophia Russell She was married
to Daniel p. Rhodes Of Brandon. who
became "A successful business man in
Cleveland. Mrs. Rhodes was the mother
Of Mrs. Mark Hanna and Robert r.
Rhodes banker in Cleveland, and OF
James Ford Rhodes. the historian, of
Boston.
Tho Champlain Manufacturing com
pany has begun the erection of two adj
dttions to Mary Fletcher hospital i'm Bur
lington at an expenditure of $780, 600, to
consist Of two wings stretching east and
west from the main administration build
ing. each 10 by 80 feet in dimensions
one Will he devoted to surgery and will
contain large ampithcatre. The other
will he ward building Both will be
hreproof
on bench warrant issued by States
Attorney Benjamin Gates Constable Will
bur Cutter with three deputy sheriffs
Sunday morning made a raid on the
house of James Grande, East Barre, and
caught man just going into the house
with a pail of beer. The officers seized
that and then. going into the woods back
Of the house, they found an empty beer
a
men lying around drunk.
Thomas Whiting, :. son Of William
\. Whiting, "A wealthy manufacturer
OF Burlington, died in New York
city August IS from cocaine poi
soning after he had been opera
ted upon by DR. G. LenoN Curtis for the
removal Of adenods Half an hour after
the operation the boy suffered a relapse,
became unconscious and DIR. Curtis and
otncr physicians who were called were
unable to rcsuscitate the lad.
John Robinson. who had recently been
employed in the wooden mills in Bridge
water, was struck and killed by gravel
train near Biddeford Maine. Monday
night 1t is supposed that ne committed
suicide. as an hour before he was killed
he tried To throw himself under train,
but was restrained. The wooden mills in
Bridgewater shut down recently and
Robinson left that town Saturday 1t
is understood that he had relatives in
Lowell. Mass.
Eugene Richie. 50. who had been en-
plOyed as "A car repairer for the Rutland
Railroad company in Rutland. has dis
appeared lie told his wife that ne had
good position with the Boston & Maine
Railroad company in Troy, y. Y. Nothing
was heard from him for several days and
his wife went TO Troy but found no trace
OF him. He was in Whitehall. n Y,
August s, and went from there to Green
Island, n Y, but Mrs. Richie could not
find him in that place.
Commander A c. Brown OF the YER
mont department OF the Grand Army is
engaged in a strenuous campaign to
gather recruits to the enrollments of the
different posts in the state. During the
first six months of the year SIS enrolled
veterans died and the total number Of
recruits has brought the loss 10 the state
membership down to 40. There are
many veterans in the state who have
never joined post, and the commander
hopes to get large number in the next
six months.
At the closing session OF the Vermont
branch Of the American Federation of
Labor, held in Rutland, these officers
were chosen: President, Alexander l.
Cruikshank of Barre; vice presidents,
Peter Richie of Burlington, Robert
Honeyford of Hardwick, NJ. d. Staples of
Bellows Falls; secretary +. NJ Minard Of
Montpelier. Resolutions were passed con-
gatulating the slate workers at Fair
Haven on their strike gold ring was
presented to the retiring president James
Cruikshank Of Barre. The next meeting
will be held in White River Junction.
Within a few weeks the work of con-
structing the concrete dam across the
Lamoille river at Cady's Falls will be
completed and the flood gates will be
closed. Twenty-four hours later the old
inhabitants Will fail to recognize a Sec
ton of ,ne Lamoille valley for a lake
will lie between Hyde Park and Morris
vile. Already the boom in real estate
has begun and cottages are being erected
upon the bluff overlooking Lake La
moille,' as the new sheet OF water will
probably be called. A 220-foot steel
bridge will span the southern extremity
of the new lake and lessen the distance
between Hyde Park and Morrisville. The
cost of the whole undertaking will be