Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-01-29

1t is vouched for on good authority, tina, 4,
digging well at Brandon, recently, the wo,t
men, at a depth Of rs feet, came to a layor 90
compactly frozen earth IS feet in thickness on5
that directly under this, or at the depth Of So
feet, water was obtained which nightly ho,.
over, the ice forming nearly three inches ~
thickness. The well has been stoned and ,bo
water still freezes. Here is a nut for scients.
cracking.
Justin Chaplin Of Bernardston, while turnir,
a corner in Greenfield, on Monday, was strno2
by the shaft of sleigh furiously driven bv :
party of rowdies, and knocked or thrown io,
ward several feet, receiving injuries from Which
his recovery was considered doubtful.
George Field of Ashfeld had his shouldo,
broken and sleigh smashed on Thursday last in
consequence Of horse being frightened by bovs
while sliding down HILL
They have very bungling way of hanpip,
men in Virginia, almost always doing it oyep
two or three times before the job is finished -
Bray Saunders was hung at Jerusalem Va, last
week, for shooting his wife while she slept. lie
was very much overcome, trembling and shak
ing like leaf after the drop fell. The knot in
the rope slipped, and the miserable man fell to
the ground. In the most piteous tones he i'm
plored for mercy, and begged the officers not to
hang him again. The next time he was thirty
five minutes in dying.
The black barber at Lawrence, Kansas de-.
clned to shave Gov. Medary by the month";
Tom said, "Well massa gobernor, don't mean
no riz dispeck, but den, all the gobernors of dis
territory don't stay here but so short, and dey
run away so fass, and Use not sure dat YOU be
here mont; and so, you see, don't know,
massa."
The Vermont and Boston telegraph company
at its annual meeting in Windsor, on Wednes-
day, elected the following directors for the en-
suing year: Joseph Lathrop, Northampton,
Mass; G. w. Benedict, Burlington; b. p.
Cheney, Boston; Wendell T. Davis, Greenfield,
Mass. II. L. Knowles, Potsdam, n. Y. Ben
iamin Brewster, Montreal, G. c.; II. Sherburne,
Mortified; /. H. Norris, White River June
ton; Mahlon Cottrill, Montpelier Joseph
Lathrop was subsequently elected president, G.
w. Benedict, secretary and treasurer, and l. H.
Norris, superintendent
Within week $4,000 have been paid out in
st. Adams for horses, the prices ranging from
$50 to 800, and the purchasers were from
Philadelphia.
z. Clark of Brandon, had 5000 horse killed
few days since-the second loss of the kind
which he has sustained within six months.
The Bay State Mills, the well known immense
manufacturing establishment, situated on the
Merrimac River at Lawrence, Mass, were sold
at public auction on Wednesday last to the
Washington Mills corporation for SjO0,OOO.-
The original cost was not far from 81, 00O, 600
The sale was made by order of the receivers
| appointed to close the affairs of the corpora
ton.
The name of the pretty Chicago sewing girl
who is heiress to an immense India estate is
Lydia r. Schooley. Should Lydia now desire
a nice young man to look after her interests she
will find an agreeable article hereabouts without
any trouble. Her propertyis estimated at mil
lions and Miss Schooley is said to be particu-
larly interesting young woman.
Mr.. Morphy seems to have ended his brilliant
career for very lack of antagonists. He has
beaten Lowenthall, conquered Harrwitz, and
vanquished ANDERSEN; and besides these there
remains no foeman worthy of his steel Staun-
ton, clearly, is not worth the trouble Morphy
has had with him. Having made some reputa-
ton by beating Indifferent players, he inglori-
ously retreated at the sight of the first man OF
mark. He studiously avoided a match with
ANDERSEN, and sneaked away from Morphy, af-
ter pretending to have the courage to meet him