Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-01-22
NO. 90.

HE LoRRILLARD WILL-The Court
OF Errors have made several important de-
clsions in relation TO this will They have
reversed the Chancellors decision, by which
the whole will is destroyed The property
len by Mr. Lorrillard is over three millions
/ OF dollars-embracing about FIVE hundred
houses in this city. BY the Will, this prop
ery, with the exception of about thirty
thousand dollars in legacics. which is not
touched by the decsion) was left in fact, 10
8 nephews and nieces, and their descend
ants. by this decision the property goes 10
the heirs at law. who are his brothers and
sisters, viz Jacob Lorrillard, Peter Lor-
rillard, Mrs. John G. Cosier, Mis-, of
Patterson, and three children Of deceased
sister. The revenues accumulated since the
death OF Mr.. Lorrlllard, which are untouch-
! ed, and which must now be divided, amour.
ted to nearly half million OF dollars The
! property IS the largest that any individual
has ever been possessed Of at his death, in
the history OF this city. Mr.. L. was bach
elor, humble unpretending man, of kind
feelings, and Of benevolent heart Ilis
name as a manufacturer OF Cut Tobacco, is
known far and wide
BY close application TO business, and in
dustrous habits be acquired large proper.
! ". which he invested usually in real estate
/ The rapid growth Of the city, the increase
/ of the value Of properly. has enhanced his
estate 10 the value above stated and at his
decease be was the largest real estate owner
except Mr. Aslor in the city. By this de-
cree, this immense number Of houses must
be divided and probably be sold by auction
II the distribution of property among indi
yiduals is public advantage, as we have
no doubt it is. this large estate will probably
soon by purchase fall into the hands ola
great number Of persons.-N Y Daily I'D.
ceTfiSer
Earthquake ia Ialy--The Neapolitan
Gazette OF the 9TH Nov. has the following
account Of the destruction Of Castiglioni BY
an earthquake, and the burying Of more
than 100 Of its inhabitants under the ruins.
In the middle of the night Of the 18th ult a
strong shock OF an earthquake was generally
felt in Calabria CItra; this was followed at
intervals by ten other shocks, some also
were experienced ON the following days
! In the midst of these connections, Casti9li-
oni, a commune in the district Of Cosenaa
was levelled to the ground. and 100 out ola
population OF 1000 thus met an untimely
death. Many ofthe inhabita nts who attempt
ed flight were seriously wounded by the fal-
! ling of the houses. The small village of
| Rovella, with q population Of $40 persons,
shared the same fate, although with the loss
of only two lives aud about 80 wounded.
In Lepanno. family Of six individuals were
buried in the ruins of fallen house In
Rende two were killed from the same cause,
and one in Casole. Nineteen persisted in
Sanio Pietro Guarano where also several
houses were thrown 10 the ground The
buildings in Cosenza, the capital ofthe prov.
ince. were considerably damaged, although
no lives were lost Calamitous as this event
has proved, it sinks into insgnifcance when
compared 10 a disaster of the same kind
which befel the other Calabria in 1893, a
great part Of which as we'll as Sicily, was
destroyed by most tremendous earthquake.
with the loss Of forty thousand persons who
peished in the ruins Of towns and villages.
Sir gular Circnmstance.-An extraordin-
airy occurrence is related in the Newark Ea-
gle in relation TO suicide in that town.
An unusual noise being heard in the house
where the melancholy affair took place. two
or three persons suddenly ran in. and on
their entrance, beheld with amagement and
horror person with a razor in his hand.
holding fast TO another person whose throat
was cut from ear to ear aud who was rapid
~ bleeding to death from the fatal wound
The intruders at once demanded who had
done the dreadful deed2 The dying man
had just breath enough left to reply, 4 did it
myself and falling down. expired in very
few minutes. 1t seems the man was recov-r
ering from fit of sickness, and sent for the
gentleman who was found IN so critical
situation TO come and shave him; which op-
Grafton having been in part completed he
sat down in chair to re-sharpen his razor,
| While he was engaged in this manner, the
sick man stood behind him unobserved, and
there cut his own throat with knife The
man with the razor in his hand, hearing u
strange noise behind him, jumped up in
great terror, and seized the person as he was
falling 1t was in this situation they were
discovered
Goafs MiM at LaSbOh-The decree for
suppressing the supply Of milk from goats