Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-05-02
state Efess.

---Irasburgh voted almost unanimously
to md In aid of tho Montpelier, Hard
wick and Black river railroad.
--Rutlands new Catholic cathedral cost
100000, is $50 feet long, II wide, with
tower 100 feet high and seats 400 people.
THE Vermont Central have lately put
the Westinghouse air brake on their night
trains, having been so well pleased with it
,on their day trains.
+ Three children of Joseph Sweeney Of
Rutland were poisoned, April 2lb, by eat
ing white helebore which they dug while
rambling in the fields, and one of them has
since died.
The col per mining company at Yer
shire have struck new drift about 100 feet
below the old one, and the whole mountain
seems to be full of rich ore. The monthly
pay roll now averages $4,000.
The dwelling house'a and barn Of Major
Rollins OF Newport Centre were lately de-
stroyed by fire. A portion OF the house
hold furniture, the clothing of the family,
and one COW were also burned. No insur-
ance.
The beautiful steam yacht of Sir Hugh
Allan sank to the bottom of Lake Men,
pnremagog, last week. II was lying at his
wharf, near his residence, about six miles
from Newport. 1t is said TO have cost S16,-
900 in gold.
Mr.. II. N. Ballard, OF Burli gton, has
sold his 400 acre farm in Essex, known as
the Hunt farm to Il. II. Davis for the
sum of s25, 900.
"A child OF Louis Boyer of Winoosk,
fell into pail of boiling water, Saturday,
and was so severely scalded that ii died
next morning.
William Hulett, who died recently at
Mount Tabor, aged 100 years and 10 months,
has father aged 81 and brother "a, bur-
led in the same cemetery.
Wakefield & Brown, paper manufact-
urers from Portland, Me-, have bought the
valuable paper mill property in Benning-
ton, and propose to put up wood pulp
works.
A Rutland father worked himself into
passion over the tbrashing of coming
nobleman" by his teacher recently, and
proceeded to punch the head of the peda-
gogue therefor. This little diversion was
considered worth about SOS by a magis-
trate, the xt day.
--Ruggles Robinson of Westford has
sample of bread in his possession, which
he picked up on the Platlsburg battle
ground in 1914, and which formed part of
the rations left behind by the British troops.
1t is sufficiently stale now to suit the most
dyspeptic.
The body of Henry Royce of Lincoln
a
woods VIII re he bad probably died sud-
denly. He had been missing since the 9th
ult. He had been troubled with his lungs
and his physician had warned him that he
was liable 10 sudden death.
Between five and six hundred voters of
Woodstock have assented to the vote by
which that town guaranteed the interest
on the bonds of the Woodstock railroad,
which makes that action binding -pon the
town.
"A Fairfield mother learned Of her
daughters contemplated eopement. and
on the night appointed for the flight pu,
some laudanum in the girls tea. The lat
ter fell asleep and did not wake up till
morning, and in the meantime Romeo got
tired of waiting and went home disguised.
He goes with another girl now.
The citizens Of Springfield have recent
ly formed a CO operative company, with
capital OF about 100000, for the manuiac-
ture of babes-duIl babies. The bead is
made of various kinds of wood, and the
face is stamped with a powerful steel dye,
the invention of j. A. II. Ellis. The new
company will start with one hundred
hands.
Among those lost with the Atlantic, on
that terrible first Of April, whose fate has
not before been noticed, were two natives
Of Wales-husbano and wife who had re-
sided for some years in the vicinity of the
Eagle slate quarry, Castleton, the husband
having been in the employ of the compa-
ny. They went TO Wales last fall to visit
their old friends and his old home, and
were on their return voyage TO their Yer
mont home when they persisted.
james d. Hughes OF Woodstock, who
prefixes wis name with "Rev." and claims
to be an Episcopal clergyman, get exceed
ingly balmy at Boston, recently, in which
condition he was robbed of money which
he variously estimates from $50 to 5000.
He was taken to the station house, and on
the way there INDUCED in gross profanity,
and made his boasts that he drank whisky
as frequent beverage, and that he made a
practice of getting drunk once week. He
seemed far less troubled at the loss of his
money than at the Conduct of the officers
In locking him up alter he had assured
them he was 4 clergyman.