Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-11-10
VERMONT ITEMS.

Inc nelus.
Gov. Fairbanks has appointed Rev. DR..
Lord of Montpelier fish commissioner.
Some children playing with matches,
burned the barn OF Griffith J. Davis at
Poultney, the other afternoon, and a little
son of William G. Pritchard was burned 10
cinders.
brandon has Reformed Mems club
numbering some 200 membership result
of the laboFs of Messrs. G. G. Frost aud II.
NJ. Bryant.
Augustus Torrey, Jr., OF Burlington, n
graduate Of 1874, has been appointed Pro-
lessor of Civil Engineering at the Burling-
ton University.
Lorenzo e. Armington, a well.known
and esteemed merchant of ST. Albans, who
failed, some time since, paying 40 per cent,
has been missing for about three weeks,
and his books are said TO show the failure
10 have been dishonest. Hetook some SlO,-
900 with him, aud leaves wife and child
and mother. in. law destitute.
-Incendiaries have taken an uncomfort-
able liking for Manchester, now, and the
secctmen offer $500 for their conviction.
Merrill Davis of North Cambridge &C.
cidentally shot himself on Saturday by
carelessly handling gun, and is in pre-
carious condition.
The barns and outbuildng at Derby
Line known as Sunnyside, and belonging
to C. w. Pierce of Boston, were burned on
Thursday, presumably by an incendiary,
with 400 tons Of hay, oats, etc. loss above
$4,000; partially insured.
Alfred Redway Of East Montpelier fall
ed in an attempt TO commit suicide on Fri
DAY, by the rope around his neck breaking.
His injuries, however, will probably prove
fatal. He is about % years of age, aud a
son OF Alonzo Redway, we'll known in Ver-
mont and Massachusetts.
arrangements have been completed
for the construction of the Bethel aud
Rochester narrow gauge railroad, which is
TO be operated by the Central Vermont un-
der'a lease. James L. Batcheder & Co., OF
Springfield, Mass, are the contractors, aud
the work is to lie finished by Sept. l, 1877.
The report that the late Judge Bellows
of st. Adams has left $780, 900 and his resi-
donte to found a college in that town is au-
thoriIatively denied. The will has not yet
been made public, but, though he has left
liberal requests, they are not for such a
foolish object.
Sellers, the young fellow who recently
committed forgery at Derby Line, confess
es that be is the man that lately made a
sensation at ST. Adams by forging the name
of wealthy Bostonian named Parker,
whose son be claimed 10 be. Who no is
still remains mystery.
Religious revivals are in progress in
various parts of the State. At st. Adams
Ridge, rs have asked for prayers; Hart
land counts $50; Cambridge some so or 60
and similar work is going on at Enos-
burg Falls, Richford, Sharon, Sheldon,
West Windsor, Fairfax and in other towns.
-Middletown feels pretty proud because
1t Is discovered that within the century she
has furnished governor for Ohio, a lieu
leuant governor for Indiana, chief justice
of the supreme court of Ohio, foreign am
bassador 10 Chill, member of Congress
for Vermont, a mayor for New York city,
and long string OF Union officers and
leading men.
About two o'clock Saturday afternoon,
little daughter of Stephen Young OF
Braintree, about IL years old, was sweep
ing around the stove during the absence of
her parents when her dress caught fire.
She started on the run for brook about
20 rods distant, but before she reached it
her clothes were nearly all burned off. She
lived until two O'Clock Sunday morning
when she expired.
On Thursday OF last week, q son OF
Henry X. White, of Chester, aged about is
years, went hunting with n double-bar-
relied gun, and was subsequently found
near fox, both dead. Tho young man
had received charge of shot in his bowels.
The probable theory is that he shot the
fox, wounding, not killing. and beat him
with the breach of his gun, discharging the
contents of the other barrel, causing his
death.
"A little girl FIVE years OF age, daughter
of Warren Leland of Barton, was burned
TO death, last Saturday night, by the burn
ing of her own clothing. Mr.. Leland was
away from home, and while Mrs. Leland
was at the barn doing chores, the little girl
set her clothes on fire by burning shavings
She ran 10 the barn with her dress in
flames, but her mother could not put out
the fire until she went to the house for a
pail of water. The child was terribly burn
ed, but lived until Sunday morning in the
greatest agony.
AS Milo Mack and sister were driving
from Fairlee to their home in Thetford the
other day, their horse was frightened by &
horse of ii. c. Cotton, which was feeding
by the road, running about them. Mack:
horse ran, throwing him from the wagon
breaking his back and inllicting other in
juries. He died in two hours. The lady
was drawn some distance under the wager
and badly bruised, though not fatally in
jured. The whole cause of the terrible &C
cidenl was through Colton's earelessness IL
allowing his horse loose In the road.
"A man and woman in Riehford, witt
were divorced from each other twenty
years ago were remarked, one day las
week. Since the dissolution OF the origin
al tie tie bride had been married once ant
tie groom twice. They met one noon, fail
ed 10 recognize each other, were introduced
by mutual friend and were married tn
same evening. When Gabriel sounds hi
trumpet, as many queer crowds will &c
up from Vermont soil as from that of an.
commonwealth In the Union Of eqnal size
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