Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-01-24
state Ffenss.

line junction House at Essex function
has been purchased for $4,000, by DR..
Heinbeerg of Burlington.
"A brakeman named Burroughs, 10
years Of age, was run over at Winooski on
the llth inst, and fatally injured.
Montpelier is TO have 800, 900 hotel
on the site of the old Pavilion, to be ready
for occupation in the fall of 1874.
james Bradford of Bennington. who
accidentally shot himself while hunting,
recently, has died from his injuries. His
age was Is.
Charles Martin has been arrested for
attempting to shoot his lather-ln-law Mos
es Eastman, at Lunenburg.
Lyman Partch Of Charlotte, brakeman
on freight train on the Rutland railroad.
was killed at PrOctorsvilie on the 18Th inst.
by bridge.
The postal service which formerly left
Bellows Falls every morning for SPRING
field, Mass, and returned at night, has
been extended to White River Junction.
Wood is scarce at Cabot, aud one of the
citizens, thinking his went off rather fast.
laid one stick in particular place on the
pile. The next morning one of his neigh
bors, Immediately after building a fire.
found his teal kettle, griddles, ETC., scatter
ed around the room, and the potatoes
thrown in all directions.
Sam Lucas not discouraged by his ma
ny abortve attempts to escape durance
vile, succeeded in break ing out of the Ben
nington Jail on the 10th inst. \ pump-han-
die was was found in his cell, and was the
Instrument with ~ y inl, ha I'D 10 h.,
ty. A reward of 800 is offered for his re-
capture.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
held their mountaineering at Burlington on
Wednesday of last week. Col ] hin b,
Mead of Randolph was chosen Gland Wor-
thy Chief, and Rev. II. p. Cushman of
East Burke, G. w. Secretary. The order
has somewhat decreased in membership
during the past year, in this State, but the
prospects were considered hopeful.
The Manchester journal observes: "If
the Vermont Chronicle would simply tan
propriate' local news without giving prop
er credit we would be the last journal in
the world to find fault. but when il puts
Bondville into Windham county and Eden
into Essex county, it usurps powers which
wesupposed belonged only to theState Leg
slature."
The saw and shingle mill, in Winhall,
known as the Bolster mill, owned by w.
X. Dean, of Manchester and occupied by
VIM. Percy, was totally destroyed by fire
on Sunday morning, the 18th, together with
quantity of lumber. 1t is supposed to be
the work of an incendiary. Six hundred
dollars worth of new machinery had Just
been put into the mill. Loss $1,000. In
sured for $500.
AT Fairfield, the thaw created such a
rapid rise in the river, Thursday night, a
to break up the ice and dam the river a t
the Centre. About five o'clock Friday
morning the ice gave way, sweeping off
Nathan Gilbert's dam and a house owned
by him and occupied for shop and resi-
dence by Mr.. Blanchard, a shoemaker. The
family had barely time to escape in their
night clothes, losing all their household eff
fects and several hundred dollars worth of
shop stock, tools, etc.
The streets of Burlington have been
lately supplied with hydrants for the use
OF the fire department, and the Free Press
says: "Another clever gentleman has been
deceived by the hydrants. He was rejoic-
ing under the influence of about 1000 drops
of joy. He ran against a hydrant while
no neward bound, working long longi-
tudes. He happened to mistake the hy-
drant for colored boy. "Skuse me, sou
ME- said he, patting the hydrant patern-
ally; didn't run you down because you
was black. Grow up [hicl and be useful
man [hicl. Initiate [hicl my example,"
and here he laid quarter on its nozzle and
went on with lighter heart and the salts
faction that he had made one poor soul hap
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