Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-06-13
VERMONT ITEMS


Geo. r. Plumb of Bennington, Company A,
2nd Regiment was killed on Thursday of last
week on his way to the encampment at Burling-
ton, few miles below Middlebury, by striking
bridge.
Two sons of John Cain of Rutland, initiating
their fathers patriotism, are to serve in the field
against the rebels. Avery B. Cain has been
appointed Lieutenant in the United States
Army, and VIM. J. Cain is Quartermaster Ser
geant of the End Regiment.
George V. Boutelle formerly station agent
at North Bennington and son Of Josiah w.
Boutelle formerly stetion agent in this village,
has been appointed lst Lieutenant 18th Regi-
ment United States Infantry.
At the Commencement of the Medical De-
partment of the University of Vermont at Bur-
lington, on Thursday evening last, twenty young
men received the degree of NJ d.
The commissioned officers of the Burlington
company were presented each with a beautiful
sword by the men under their command, on
Thursday of last week.
shoes to the LIST Vermont Regiment at Fortress
Monroe, on a government transport, leaving
New York last week,-and lots of boxes and
packages which had been sent to his care, by
friends of the soldiers from Vermont.
Found in the Delaware at Philadelphia, May
18th, the body of Col. John Morgan, aged 10
years formerly resident of Windsor Cir
cumstantial evidence indicated that Col. Morgan
was murdered and his body thrown into the
Delaware.
In Montpelier, Monday morning, June Sd,
tenement house m the rear of Burnhams Hotel
took fire, and two children were badly burned,
one of whom died the next day.
On Saturday, June /, at Jericho Center, at
the close of exercises had at the raising of a
Flag, bright and intelligent lad about four
teen, named Frank Stoddard was run over
while helping draw cart used as q gun-car-
riage, and fatally injured. He fell and the
wheel passed over him crushing his lungs. He
lived about an hour.
Another boy named Frank Perry fell with
him, and was also run over but not seriously in
jured.-Free Press.
The Waterman relates the following exploits
of bold bigamist A fellow by the name of
Walter Daily of Calais, about four years ago
married Miss Carr of the adjoining town of
Woodbury., and soon after left her. She OBJ
tanned divorce in due time, and Daily shortly
married Betsey f. Hersey, of good family and
reputation of Calais, and then left for parts UNI
known, but soon turned up in Hancock where
he married Miss Andrus, also of good family,
M no of | ct bn mis-
able scamp was arrested and bound over for
trial at the County Court in Mddlebury, which
has just commenced its session, and, having al
ready been indicted, he will now doubtless meet
his Just deserts.
w. w. Gilman was arrested in Warren, on
Monday of last week, for stealing a horse and
wagon from Mr. Spaulding of Roxbury, about
year since. Gilman hired the team and then
di posed of it and went West, since which no
trace of his whereabouts could be found till the
day of his arrest. lie fled to the woods on see
ing the officer, and quite an exciting chase was
had, in which some twenty men were engaged,
before he was finally unearthed from beneath a
brush-heop. He is now in Montpelier Jail.
While firing salute in Bennington, recently,
on occasion of raising the national flag, in or
der to be handy and hasten the firing, the keg
of powder was set close by the mouth of the
cannon, and the man who was loading was
smoking a pipel Of course, the powder ex-
ploded, presently, burning one man in the face
and jut smuggling another's hair. 1t seems al
most a miracle that more disastrous conse-
quences did not follow this careless course.
A correspondent of the Freeman says that on
Sunday, about halfpOst four a. M an ear'h-
quake shock was felt in Huntington so strong
that it caused window, DOORS furniture ana
dishes to rattle. Its course appeared to be
from southeast to northwest, and its effects were
felt in starksboro and Monkton to about the
same extent.
Jed. IL. Baxter NJ, d., son of Hon. Portus
Baxter, has been appointed assistant surgeon
in Col Fletcher Webster's regiment of Massa-
cbuse,ts, which has enlisted for three years.