Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-03-20
STATE ITEMS.

George f. Loomis is to start an exteu.
sive basket factory in Burlington.
States Attorney Crane Of orleans coun.
ty, Is serving notices on all the hotels and
drug stores in his district, that they must
stop the sale of intoxicating liquors.
r. S. Williams OF Pennsylvania thinks
he has hit upon vein Of coal in Pawlet
and, with force of miners, is sinking
shaft TO test the richness OF The deposit
Thomas Dunaton, Watersheds old.
est inhabitant, has just died at the age Of
10l, leaving widow 81 years old, with
whom he had lived for "a years.
Joseph shortsleeves, (FrerchJ OF Bur
lington is lO7 years old, and still hale and
hearty.
Three or four large forwarding and
commission houses of Illinois will soon e.
lablsh storehouse for grain near Rutland.
Mrs. John b. Tbbets has offered over
Sl2. 900 in money and stone for the erection
of Baptist church l., Bennington.
Ludlow is agitatcd over the recent
birth of calf with two heads and necks
and six legs-four Of them fore legs.
Darwin ID. Hall, a prominent and
wealthy citizen OF ST. Johnsbury, about 50
years old, committed suicide with NOR.
phine lew days ago, on account Of some
trouble with respect TO his hired girl.
j. c. Dodge st. JChnsbury was rid
ing across a bridge in Waterford last week
Tuesday, with horse worth $500. when
plank gave way and all were thrown into
the stream; the horse was killed, Mr..
Dodge was considerably hurt, and the
sleigh was ruined.
Frank French, aged 20 years, son Of
Stillman French of Pomfret, met with sad
accident while cunning few days since. lie
was resting with his arms across the muz.
zle of his gun, when il was discharged,
crushing one arm, which has been ampu.
tated, aud tearing out the inside Of the 9TH
er hand, leaving his thumb and little fin
ger. His fac and head were also some
what injured.
"A convention of slate producers was
held al Pouliney on the 9TH inst, an asso.
citation was formed and Pitt W. Hyde Of
Hydeville, was elected president. A letter
from Senator Morrill, was read, advising
them not TO agitate the subject of increas.
ing the duties on imported slate, as 10 Do 50
would endanser even the present duties.
"A tire al Weathersfeld, on the 9Th inst,
destroyed the house, barns aud other build.
ings on the premises Of Joshua Upham, To-
| gelher with two cows, ten sheep, two hogs,
hay, grain, farming toOl-, and a portion Of
the household furniture. The loss IL csti-
mated at $1,000, and insured for $500. Cause
OF fire unknown.
"A man found a sturgeon, five feet and
half long weighing a hundred pounds,
which had somehow got out of an air-hole
in lake near st Adams, upon the ice, sew
eral days ago, and dispatch ID him with an
| ak.
Eli Meade, OF Shoreham, on the 18Th
inst, shot himself through the heart. He
was about 81 years Of age, md was living
with his son, James Meade. His death is
attributed TO domestic troubles and insan.
ity.
sheep raised by the late Edwin Hammond
Of Middlebury, has been purchased by
Mr.. l.. J. circuit of Cumminet ton, Mass.
Part Of the flock will lie shipped TO Cali
| fornia.
The directors of the Vermont and Can
ada railroad have refused TO sanction the
| proposed terms of its sale 10 the Central
Vermont, and the directors of the latter
road are unwilling 10 accede to the demands
Of the Vermont and CaLada company. The
before the bargain was undertaken.