Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-01-16

Benjamin Manly of Westfield undertook to drive
home from Middletown, on Monday evening Of last
week, while i'll state of intoxication, in wagon
with his wife and daughter but he held the reins
unsteadily that the carriage was overturned and
his daughter, young lady Of 20 years, instantly
killed. A Lesson to rum drinkers
As a young gentleman with two ladies, all Of ST.
Johnsbury, were returning from Barnet, the shafts
of the sleigh became detached and the horse un-
manageable; consequently the party, horse aud all
were precptated down. a thirty feet embankment,
but happily without serious injury.
The commission of which George p. Marsh Of
Burlington was chairman, appointed by the last
legislature to adjust the claim Of Henry Stevens OF
Barnet for services in arranging, indexiug and
binding large mass of valuable manuscript pa
pers relating to the early history Of this State and
for the value Of an important private collection Of
manuscripts and books detained in the secretary
Office by order Of previous legislature and des-
troyed in the burning OF the State House year age
has awarded him $4,000 for his services and disal-
lowed his claim to loss on the books. The dcstruc-
ton of this valuable collection is rreparable, al
though some portions Of it may be made up by da.
plicates
A more than usual interest upon the subject o.
been preaching during the evenings of the week al
the Baptist meeting house, and prayer meetings a
those of the Methodist and Congregationalist.
Strong & Ross of Brandon bid fair to vie witt
the Fairbanks of ST. Johnsbury in the manufac
turc of patent scales, having just commenced
very successful business. Their scales took tn,
first premium, over Fairbanks, at the last Stat,
Fair
David Crawford Of Woodford, Bennington coun.
~, has obtained verdict of 1927 against Rollir
Smith of that town, in action of trespass upon
the freehold, for breaking and entering ,laintitf
close, and dcbauchug plaintiffs daughter, gin
of l6 years.
| We learn that forty thousand marked copies 0
the Bellows Fails Argus, continuing the articl,
reading Judge Douglas out of the party, were for
warded to Washington. The Judge is reported il
very precarious condition, from the shock bu
when last heard from, was doing as well as coult
be expected. "-Patriot.
Tho Rutland Courier understands that Mr. Mar
tin Leach, OF Pittsford, who was imprisoned in tn
County Jail about year, and has since then beer
serving an apprenticeship in the States Prison
at Windsor, was last week pardoned by the Gov
ernor, and is now with his family. His wife is sicl
with lung fever, and is not expected to live but
short time.
The definition of " wild oats" is given as {"
cereal crop that is generally sown between eighteen
and twenty-five the harvest usually sets in abou
ten years after, and is commonly found to consis
Of a broken constitution, two weak legs ba
cough, and n trunk filled with small Walls and med
ical prescriptions.
The wires of the national line running from Ne,
York to New Orleans, distance of about 200
miles, were connected last week Thursday night
and large number of messages were sent bac
and forth without the aid of reporters. No simls
feat, 1t is believed, was ever before performed i
this country or Europe, and the result would seei
to demonstrate beyond all doubt, the entire prac
ticability of transmitting dispatches across the Al
lantic.
Suits against the town of Meredith. N, H., fc