Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1908-07-03

The women's hospital aid society of
Rutland observed tag day" in that city
last Saturday and $4,000 was raised for
the hospital building fund
The father, mother and two children in
a Moretown family were poisoned last
week by eating sausage which had been
kept too long. All were critically i'll and
the younger child. two years old, died
The Capital City Press of Montpelier,
formerly the Union Card company, re-
Gently and newly equipped by H. e.
Parker of Bradford, has secured 100000
government job-the printing of the Cuban
census
John Golden of Montgomery died last
Thursday in Richford from injuries re-
caived June 49, when he was found
beside the railroad tracks in Richford
The cause of the accident by which he
met death is a mystery and there are
hints at foul play.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed by William H. Hickey of Rutland,
| proprietor of a moving picture estab
| ishment. His liabilities are 1925 SO
and his assets all exempt, 5000. The
debts include $4,000 for rent of Me-
| chanics Hall, Boston.
Isaac Thomas, who resigned as princi-
pal of the Burlington high school to take
| effect at the end of the year just ended
| has been elected principal of the Rutland
high school at a salary of $500, succeed
| ing Samuel H. Erskine, resigned There
| were 40 applicants for the position.
The Barre and Montpelier Traction
| company has closed a deal for the c. P.
Pitkin farm, property of $50 acres, near
the Intercity Park ball grounds, including
| Benjamin Falls. The price paid was $780,
900. The company made the purchase to
get possession of the Benjamin Falls pro-
perty to be used for public park.
An appeal from the order of distribu-
| ton of the Rutland probate court in the
| estate of the late Sias L. Griffith of Dam
by, the lumber king, discloses the fact
that there was left for the heirs, after
| the costs of administration were paid,
| 1896, 65473. Mr.. Griffith died about two
years ago, leaving the largest estate that
the probate court of the Rutland district
has handled for several generations.
Harry Evans Balch died at the John
S. Holden Memorial hospital, Hardwick,
June 22, of blood poisoning A week be-
fore he picked small tester on his
| upper lip with a pin and soon afterward
| the lip became inhamed but no doctor
was called until Friday. Sunday morning
he was taken to the hospital. He was
the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
| Balch of Mackvile and was born Is
years ago in Hardwick.
The post office in Hartford village, was
broken into early Sunday morning, and
| while there was a large sum of money
in the safe, only 65 cents was missing.
The safe was blown open and the parti-
tion between the office and store was
blown down. Some one across the way
saw three men inside and telephoned for
help. In doing this the telephone in the
Office rang and this is supposed to have
frightened the burglars away.
In order to strengthen the Canadian
immigration laws and make them con-
form more closely to those of the Uni
ted States, the Dominion government
has established station at ST. Adams
with James Stahl formerly of Montreal,
as inspector of trains on the Central
Vermont entering Canada. Similar offices
have been established all along the line
from Halifax to Vancouver wherever a
railway crosses the boundary. 1t is said
that Winnipeg has been harboring 10000
unemployed men. Now immigrants must
have at least $25 and pass a medical ex-
animation.