Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-01
state Ifos's.

Bennington is to have a fremen's mus
ter, August 10, with 5000 in prizes. First
prize, $500 second prize, 5000; third prize,
800.
George Jones, the publisher of the New
York Times, is summering at Poultney,
his native place.
The Chittenden county agricultural so
ciety holds its fair at Essex junction, Sep
TENDER 16-1S.
The old iron ore beds in Gilmore are to
be re-opened. The ore is said TO be of very
superior quality.
j. w. Hagar and George Knapp recent
~ captured a black bear in Woodford,
which weighed about three hundred pounds.
Some Sl9O,O00,0OO feet of lumber was
shipped, last year, from Ottawa to Lake
Champlain ports, and quite over 100000
600 will be forwarded the presog' year.
The comptroller of the currency au-
thorizes the organization of a national bank
at Chelsea, witt, a capital of 100000.
One day last week carreoter at st.
Adams, feel from the roo, of q church,
distance of forty feet. lie went home with
out assistance, changed his clothes, and re-
turned to WORK in the afternoon.
Snow, the Walden murderer, who kill
ed Stanton, is in bad situation, refusing
to eat, and imagining that his victim visits
his cell. Some think he will not live to be
tried, unless the trial comes off soon.
james Tracy, living in Hartford, about
thirty years of age, committed suicide Ju-
ly %, by taking strychnine. Family troub-
les are supposed to be the cause.
"A most rascally outrage was lately per-
pftrated in the ST. Johnsbury cemetery,
nine granite monuments being doctored
with muriatic acid, the effect being to turn
the granite about the color of rusty sheet
iron.
"A boy fourteen years of age was killed
at West Randolph on the Odd ult., while
attempting to get upon freight train in
motion. He fell between the cars and the
wheels passed over him severing his arms
and splitting his head.
On the night of the Sth ult., the wife of
Dea. Julius Hazen of Hartford, through
mistake took quantity of bed-bug poison,
which was saturated solution of corrosive
sublimate in alcohol. She died from its
irg,
During thunder shower on the 18th
ult, the lightning struck barn on the
farm of Ormand ii. Wilson at Walden, and
that, together with another burn adjoining,
were burned to the ground. The neighbors
rallied and saved the house and horse barn.
A few tons of hay and some farming tools
were destroyed.
Hon. Hubart Wright, an old and prom
inent citizen of Bradford, died July 23d,
aged about sixty-fve years. Mr.. Wright
was member of the last Constitutional
Convention of Vermont, represented the
town of Bradford nine terms, and in the
affairs of the town had always taken an ac-
tive part.
Among the patents recently issued is
one for TYPE Writing Machine" to j.
Read Pember of Randolph. Mr.. Pember's
invention is such that he hopes to print
some seventy-live words minute. The
types are moved by touching keys, of which
there are several banks.
AT Nc Indoe's Falls, on the 18th ut.,
two boys-one a son of John Dixon, aged
8, and the other a son of Geo. Raymo, aged
5 years, were drowned by the sinking of a
leaky boat in which they were sailing.
DR.. A. G. Brush, of Fla riax, recently
discovered on crab-apple Tree in his yard
what appeared TO be an unusually late and
also large bud or blossom. He watched it
for a few days when it developed into some
thing like large, full blown white rose,
having the genuine rose perfume and beau
ty. Charles N. Peck Of Montpelier has
similar curiosity.
The saw mill of G. +. Mattison & Co. of
Ripton, was destroyed by fire on the 18th
ut., together with 1000 barrels of slaves
and valuable machinery. The property
was valued at $500, and was insured for
5000.