Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-11

Frank Tomlinson. ~. of Jonesvil'c, a
hamlet In the town OF Richmond, was
drowned recently by falling head first into
a spring
The quarantine for dipnthcria at the
state industrial school in NcrEcnnes was
lifted Friday and III beds were burned
to remove traces of the disease. There
have been more than 100 cases of toe
disease in the institution.
About 50 feet OF brick coruicc ON the
Tomasi building ON Main street Barre.
became looscncd 10y frost and fell Monday
evening striking Irene Fdrlar. II. and
crushing her skull with fatal results.
Another gin was hurt, but she was able
To go home.
Supt +. NJ Roscoe Of Springfield, Supt.
George :. Wright OF st, Alhans ana Priu-
cipal \ +. futile of Bellows Falls. cN-
ecutivc committee Of the state Teachers
association. met in Bellows Fails Satur-
day and arranged to hold the annual con
vcntion of the association in Rutland oct
p, y ana %
Henry NJ. Anderson OF Walingford. an
Gmpoye Of the American Fork and Hoe
company. was found dead saturday after
noon about o'clock in the basement Cf
the finishing department at the works.
Evidently he mad fallen downstairs, strik-
ing against the foundation stone at the
bottom. His skull was fractured.
The building on Merchants row in
Randolph. known as the hanson block,
was burned Saturday afternoon. The
cause of the hre is unknown. The upper
floor was unoccupicd. The lower floor
! was used as garage 10y Fred c. Hey
| wood and the BASEMENT was used for
storage purposes. The loss amounts TO
| several thousand dollars.
Ex-Gov. L. \. Woodbury. of Burlington.
who is now in Florida, has notified Col.
| +. +. Woodbury. manager of the Van
| Ness House in burlington. that IL is
mis- intention to tear down the south
| wing of the hotel next fall and build i'm
| place a fiVe-stOry freproof structure with
! bath for every room The wing is now
! four stories high. The new wing will
give 30 additional rooms.
Daniel Worcester. vino is known the
country over as the original "Gncle Tom,
| has Just been admitted to the Soldiers
| home i'm Bennington Mr. Worcester
joined the first Uncle Toms Cabin"
company organized in Boston and played
the role of Uncle Tom two years. ON
| this his claim OF the original Uncle Tom
is based and the honor has been conceded
| to MIN for years. despite the fact that
| many companies were organized about
, the same time.
The first annual meeting of the Yer
mont Bankers association will he held
in Woodstock Feb. Il. r. W. Scammons,
bank commissioner of New Hampshire,
will he one of the speakers. Coy. Prouty.
National Bank Examiner Smith ana state
| Examiner Williams are expected to he
present. Messrs. Rowland, Merrill and
harrington, recently appointed by Gov,
ProutN commissioners to suggest changes
in the banking laws, will meet i'm Wood -
stock Feb 10th and will attend the meet
ing of the association the following day
The Green Mountain circuit was formed
| in Rutland Friday when these officers
We're elected: Pres, 3. II. Norton OF
Fair Haven; vice pres, VIM, NOonan OF
Mddlobury; sec. and treas, w. X. Farms
worth of Rutland, About $4,000 I'M
purses will be offered in the circuit, con-
fined largely to Rutland, Mddlebury and
Fair Haven, each of which will Offer
$1,000 for free for all, As arranged al
| present races will he held as follows
Middlebury, Aug, 81, Sept l. 2; Rut-
land, Sept. Z, Z, s, .; Fair Haven Sept
IA, 10, 16; Wallingford, Sept. 81, %, 23;
Manchester, Sept 2s, 20, 30, An effort
is being made to have Westport, y. Y.
enter the circuit.
Dr. Charles T. Thayer, e., dean OF tn,
Tufts college medical department, wht
died recently, was a native OF Randolph
He left his studies in the University o
Vermont to serve as private and hospita
steward in the 18th Vermont regiment IN
the Civil war. After returning from III,
war he graduated from the medical de-
partment of the university. While hi:
father was medical director Of the North
ern Pacific railroad he was surgeon on th'
roads staff Later he practiced In Bur
; lington. He went to Boston about 8
p years ago, and in 1898 became dean o
! the Tufts medical department and pro
fessor of anatomy, positions which h'
) | filled at the time Of his death.