Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-01-17
state ffems.

-Ihe 1allure or Solomon w. Wright,
wooden manufacturer, of Pownsl, is an
nounced. His liabilities foot up slO3,64s.
Gov. Converse has appointed Charles
Morgan of Rochester inspector of finance,
In place OF Evelyn Plerpont of Rutland
The Vermont horse stock company held
its annual meeting at Burlington, last week,
re-electing Henry G.. Root, presid ent. The
company has debt amounting to $4,000.
j. A. II. Ellis, ofSprinpfield has invent
ed wonderful doll, which will sit, stand
alone, and assume numberless positions.
1t is made of wood throughout, and is with
al an ingenious toy.
Prof. Henry w. Haynes has resigned
the Greek chair at Burlington University.
and intends to spend several years in for
eign travel. His wife has Just fallen heir
TO an ample fortune, and the Professor is
evidently going to enjoy 1t.
Deacon Asa Nourse, OF Pittsford, while
attending prayer-meetng in the vestry of
the Congregational church, on Monday
forenoon of last week, fell from his seat and
Immediately expired. The cause of his
death was disease of the heart.
The Montpelier and Wells River Rail-
road held its annual meeting in Montpelier
Tuesday. The Hon. I. N. Hall of Groton,
was chosen President. The road is expect
ed to be completed next summer.
The Masonic Grand Lodge OF Vermont
was organized in 1898, and now has in its
jurisdiction 90 lodges with 5000 members.
There have been 592 limitations during the
year, and 22s have withdrawn; II have
died.
Hiram b. Brown was seriously aud
| probably fatally injured at the steam saw
mill at Barton recently. He was running
the plane, when splinter nearly az large
AS a mans finger flew with great force, en-
tering his head just above the eve.
James Van Ness, son Of Gov. Cornelius
p. Van Ness of Vermont, and prominent
figure in San Francisco, 20 years ago, died
at San Louis Obispo, CAL, on the 2sth OIL
December. He was born at Burlington in
1909, graduated at one of the colleges in the
state. and began to practice law, removing
to California in 1850.
"A Chittenden county man has made an
experiment designed to ascertain how fai
soil is protected from cold by snow. Fol
four successive winter days, there beinl
four inches of snow on level, he founC
the average temperature Immediately a
bove the snow IA degrees below zero i'm
mediately beneath, 10 degrees above zero
under drift two feet deep, q above zero
Sam Lucas, the Windsor horse THE
and buggy burner, nearly succeeded il
breaking Jail at Bennington the other night
He concealed about his person a case kniie
from which he manufactured saw, ant
with this sawed asunder the bolts of hi
cell door, gaining access to the corridor
where he was discovered and again place,
in limbo.
One of those fearful accidents that thrill
a community occurred in Chester recent,
by which little daughter of Oscar George
about seven years of age, was so severed
burned by stumbling over threshold wit
a kerosene lamp in her hands, as to prob
ably cause her death. and, if she shoul
live will he totally blind. The cruel fir
cleaned her long and beautiful ringlets Z
the scalp, and her entire face and head i
one perfect blister.
The Burlington Free Press SAYS the va
cancy in the chair of Greek, in the Univer
sity of Vermont caused by the resignatio
of Professor Haynes, will be temperate
filled by Mr.. c. +. Dole of Brook line, Mass
Mr.. Dole graduated at Harvard at the hea
OF his class. lie is also graduate of An
dover Theological Seminary. He has ha
experience as an instructor in one of til
best classical schools of Boston, and ha
very high qualifications for the position.
Fire was discovered Monday mornin
in the wing of the Central house at RUTLAND
owned by J. A. Salisbury & Co., and tn
roof and about one-hal of the rooms in tn
wing destroyed. The loss on building an
furniture is estimated at Sl2, 900, insure
for $4,000. The fire is supposed to hav
caught in the porter's room. Two of th
firemen belonging to the Washington ell
CINE company No. 8, we're badly frost bi
ten, and one injured on the head. tn
house will be at once rebuilt. 1t was SUI
; posed at one time that the entire hous
with several of the adjoining building
would be destroyed.
The recent escape from Jail and cal
ture OF Shiette, the Burlington burga
show the desperate character of the maj
Shiette remained around Burlington for
days, and then started for Plattsburg, whe
the farmers were aroused and turned o,
to aid the sheriff in his pursuit. Mile a
ter mile they ran, some of the time bein
so close to the prisoner as to fire their r,
volvers at him but Shiette waved h
handkerchief at them, shouted defiance an
kept on. They crossed lake Champlai
twice on the ice not two inches thick, ar
the pursuers to gain time threw aside the
boots and ran in their stockings. SHEET
finally borrowed pair of skates of a be
! and then escaped from his enemies, on
to fall into the hands of the officers at Co
chester Point, lie had run so miles vii
hardly a stop,