Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-03-27
STATE ITEMS.

jay, with a population of 600, had y
births and only one death, last year.
Coventry has subscribed $40, 900 for the
Black River Railroad.
Luther Delano, of Albany, retires after
40 years service as town clerk.
"A Catholic Total Abstinence Union is
soon TO be organized in Burlington.
F. l.. & l.. w. Olds of Norwich have
failed With liabilities Of $4,000.
The liquor sellers Of Montpelier have
paid over $4,000 in fines since the opening
of the present temperance campaign.
George Parkeror IIillsboro, was drown
ed while fishing through the ice on Island
pond, last week. His DO ~ has not yet
been recovered.
The Burlington manufacturing com
pany has contracted TO furnish 1900 mar
bic tile for the new post-onice at New
York.
eager Brothers of Sharon have tailed,
with liabilities OF SOS, 900 and $4,000 assets.
Bishop DE Goesbriand has sailed from
Brest, France, Tor tie United States, with
three priests and three seminarians for the
Catholic diocese OF Vermont.
"A couple OF young knavcs at Milton
have been lined $40 each for throwing bad
eggs at minister because lie recently took
the lead in a temperance movement.
Machinery is to be set up at Suther-
land Falls 10 run the four marble mills,
and the machinery at the quarries, n mile
distant.
Vermont claims Millard Fillmore an-
cestors on his fathers side; hi, erandfath-
err, Nathaniel, after serving in the French
war, settled at Bennington, and took part
as an ensign in the revolutionary battle at
that place.
Recent Vermont patents: Robert ID.
Whiuemore, Belvidere, car brake; Levi
X. Fuller, Brattlebo:o, design for organ
case; Zephyrin Druon, st Albans, means
for prorellng vessels.
Men who are In a situation to know.
say that the liquor trade in Rutland a.
mounts TO over $500, 900 year
Louis Shaltuck Of Ludlow was so Sc
vcrely injured by his insane father, who
threw him violently against The foot board
of bed, few weeks ago, that he cannot
recover.
"A RoNbury man is Boosting over cat Of
his that is Il years old and weighs PA
pounds. having gained pound and half,
this winter.
There are several cases of small box i'm
West Haven, and, owing to the tardv action
ofthe authorities, the disease bids fair to
spread.
Some of Fairbanks workinen at st
Johnsbury, took dog and went into the
grist mill recently, and in few minutes
came out with ITO dead rats, their total
weight being 30 lbs.
Preston Mortified, the venerable hook
seller of Windsor, died recently, at the
age Of SIS. Mr.. Merrifield was the publish.
er of the first Bible printed in Vermont.
MIR. Solomon Woolworth Of ST. Adams.
claims 10 have invented method of an
plying water by compression as a motive
power, which will supercede steam and be
vastly cheaper, safer and better.
Rutland devoted the town hall on Sat
nrday evening to wrestling matches.
Michael O'Neil threw L. w. Titus twice in
'hree bouts and took a prize of $40. Homer
Lane took prize of $50 by throwing Titus;
and John Mcmahon, known as "the cham
pion," threw Lane twice out of three times
and took $50 Five or six hundred persons
were present.
The state fish commissioners propose
to establish a fish Matching and breeding
conservatory near Montpelier. This move
ment necesstates the appointment of
another fish commissioner.
Testimony in the railroad case between
t. w. Park and Commodore Vanderbilt.
involving the question whether the Com
modore shall take an amount of $3.50, 900 of
bonds and 81 200, 900 OF stock in the BEN
nington and Rutland railroad, as is claim
ed he stipulated TO in 1870, is being taken
in New York.
By an extra issued from the Office of
the VI. Gazette, we learn of the burning.
early Monday morning, ofthe noted pottery
works at Remington, owned by L. Il l..
p. Norton, involving loss of about $40.
900. The pottery has been a prominent
enterprise at Bennington since 1893, and
the building destroyed had stood since
1915.
An interesting insurance case was de-
cided by the county cour: at Rutland last
week. George c. Hathaway, who, by the
way, was defauller in $4,000, committed
suicide at New York in 1871, and the Ma.
''onaI life insurance company of Mont
pelier refused to pay his policy of $1,000 on
that account. The heirs sued for it, and.
proving that he was insane when he killed |
himself, won their case.
Dick Wilson, who has been in Jail al
st. Johnsbury for some time awaiting trial
on charge of robbing n. NJ. Johnson's |
store, escaped on Saturday evening. He |
was In the upper part of the Jail, but got off |
some OF the bars from the widow, tore up |
ms bedding, and with It lowered himself |
to the ground.
Mr.. Day of the firm of Day & May of
st Johnsbury, who failed short time ago,
len his wife, ostensibly to go to work in |
Portland, Me, but, the next day, he nut |
up at first class hotel in Montreal, in COM |
Pany with Miss Agnes Harlow of st johns.
bury, who len her home claiming that she
was going to work In Newport, VT, and |
the couple are still supposed TO be in Can
ada.