Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-11
State Ifeass.
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ST. Adams capitalists have subscribed
$4,000 toward lumber company at Rich
ford.
The house of Rev. p. T.. Bradford, at
st. Adams, was robbed of $500 on Friday
night.
Benjamin Griswold of Cambridge, has
read his Bible 164 times In course.
Hon. j. s. Adams, late Collector of
Customs at Jacksonville, Fla, and forme. =.
ly of this State, has received the appoint
ment of postmaster at Pensacola.
-"Staging it" is not popular method
of travel in many parts of the State, just
now. The last number of the Ludlow Ga
zette informs tho public that "As we go TO
press, Mr.. Fletcher, with the mail ON his
back and one passenger by his side, left
for Woodstock, on FOOT
Tho profits of a rum-hole in Benning-
ton, are said TO have been $3.50 during the
last week in February, while one of the
leading stores made only s25.
A. d. Hager, formerly State Geoogist
of this State, and subsequently of Mlssou-
ri, has been appointed Superintendent Of
the Washington Home, an asylum for ine-
briates at Chicago.
The Ladies' Temperance Association of
Montpelier have printed synopsis of the
liquor law Of Vermont, in tract form, cop
les of which can be had by addressing the
Association.
The Brandon Scale Company are about
to spend fifty thousand dollars in enlarg-
ing their present works and adding new
machinery. The works are driven to their
utmost capacity.
The dwelling house and shed of Dem
mis- Shay, in Waitstield, were recently con-
sumed by fire, together with nearly all the
furniture and clothing of the family, as
well as considerable quantity of grain.
Loss about $500; insurance 5000.
Douglass A. Danforth who was post
master at Burlington, during the admins
trations of Presidents Pierce and Buchan-
an, died at Hyde Park, near Chicago ILL.,,
on the Goth ult. He was editor and propii-
etor of the Burlington Sentinel for several
years.
Richard Russell, of Springfield, COM
mitted suicide last week by taking strych-
nine, after making an unsuccessful attempt
to murder his wife. He was man of in-
temperate habits, and when on spree has
attempted to take his life several times.
Peter Collier, professor of chemistry In
the university of Vermont and state agri-
cultural college, and secretary of the board
of agriculture, has been appointed one of
the seven scientific men to represent the
United States at the Vienna exhibition, and
will probably sail on his mission sometime
next month.
-Messrs. Hammond and Severance OF
Middlebury start this week for California
with nine car loads of fine sheep, which
they have selected from the best hocks in
Addison county. The trip will be made In
three weeks time, at an expense of about
$1,000 per car The freight alone, per ear, ia
| $3.50.
Miss Ina Brigham, of Hardwick, gave
an interesting lecture at Montpelier, re-
Gently, on the theme "Woman, the hope of
the Temperance cause.' The Waterman
says she is about twenty-five years of age,
possessing fine figure, very pleasant fea-
lures, and quite melodious voice. Her
address was warm aud candid advocacy
of the right of woman to the ballot, in
| which she spoke of the good results she
supposed would follow to society, to the
Stale, and more especially TO the temper
| ance cause, were these privileges vouch-
safed her.