Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-30
VERMONT ITEMS.

Mrs. Rivers of South Troy, who was
recently shot by her husband, still fingers
between life and death.
DIR. NJ. c. Edmunds, our State Fish
Commissioner, is stocking Lake Memphre-
magog with black bass.
Three times as much lumber has been
received at Burlington so far this year as
for the same length of time last season.
The Congregational church at Wood
stock Is TO be repaired aud romodelled at
Mrs. Frederick Billings's expense.
The Temperance Reform Club of st.
Adams now numbers 800 members, and
their new reading rooms are well patron
lied.
Professor l.. White, successor of Pro-
fessor Cox az President of the Vermont
Conference Seminary and Female College,
has resigned.
The Woodstock wooden mill, owned
by A. T. Stewart & Co. of New York, Is
again running after short rest. Only a
portion of the machinery will be run this
summer.
Brandon, having raised liberal fund
and secured Hon. N. b. Bryant of Boston
as orator, with fireworks also from a Bos-
ton laboratory, will have grand parade
and blowout on the glorious Fourth
The Fourth OF July celebration at Bur-
lington promises 10 be the largest celebra-
ton ever held In Vermont. The arrange
ments are on liberal scale. People from
all sections of the State will flock into the
city by special trains.
ko &c -. Al. W
High school is TO be changed from class
ical to purely English course. The pres
ent principal, VIM. S. Dana, A. NJ, closes
his connection with the school the present
term, and a cheaper man, with only one
assistant, will have the charge next year.
The body of Hira m Tullar, au old res
ideut OF st. Adams, was found in :he St.
Lawrence river at Montreal Tuesday night.
He left the home OF his son-in-law, c. w.
Stilphen, at st. Adams Bay, nine or ten
days ago, to 90 10 Montreal. II is supposed
that Mr.. Tullar committed suicide, as he
was subject to fits OF melancholy. lilo was
over 20 years of age.
bennington proposes to celebrate the
Fourth OF July under the auspices of the
town historical society. 1t Is proposed 20
mark the site Of the Catamount tavern by
the erection OF granite post, and making
plan of the site and grounds. and deposit
such plan in the archives of the Benning-
ton Historical Society, and copy in the
town clerks office. Ex-Governor Hilaud
Hall is to be invited TO deliver an address
on the history of tho town.
This is what happened to Woodstock
baby Last Thursday Mrs. w. J. Boyce
placed her baby, nine months old, in a ba-
by cab standing on the portico, to wheel it
in the street. She left it for moment and
stepped into the house, when the cab start
ed, rolled four steps to the driveway, across
that and a piece of ground some ten or
twelve rods in width, to the bank of the
Quechee river, thence down a bank some
fifteen feet high into the river. The moth
er bad started after, aud was unable Ia
catch up. She dashed into tie river aud
caught the child, but being in deep water
was obliged 10 let go the child to save her
self The bousemaid had followed after
her, and reached the river in time TO save
tue mother. The baby was carried away
by the current about twenty-five rods,
when gentleman who had witnessed the
affair reached the stream and secured the
child