Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-21

The girls department Of the Vermont
reform school is now in readiness for in
mates.
Mrs. Jacob Mertz, OF Bennington, is
one of the heirs to an estate of 800, 900,
just lefl her by an ancestor in Prussia.
The failure is announced of w. IL.
Darby, Of Alburgh, for $4,000. The loss
falls principally upon the farmers, as he
speculated largely in hay, grain, ETC., buy
ing good deal upon credit
The contract Tor furnishing tho post
Office department with scales for the cur
rent year, has been again awarded to
Messrs. Fairbanks, of st. Johnsbury, over
all competitors, and one thousand scales
are ordered, TO be sent forward at once.
Rutland courty has the largest amount
of banking capital; Chittenden is second
in amount; Washington third; Windsor
fourth Windham fiflh; Bennington sixth
Orange seventh Addison eighth; Frank
lin ninth; Orleans tenth and LamoilO
the smallest.
AS David Sprague, OF Huntington was
out in pursuit of bear he had seen, a day
or two since, he accidentally slipped and
fell to the ground, discharging his gun, the
contents of which passed through his foot,
rendering arputation necessary.
1t is rumored that the Legislature will
be petitioned at The extra session, If it is
convened, TO change the name of st. Al
bans TO Rossville.-FTee Press.
The graded school building, at North
field was burned at three o'clock last Sat-
urday morning. Loss, $4,000.
vermont points with pride" 10 the
fact that the Stale Prison, during the two
years ending August l, ls14-the date OF
the last report-showed a surplus OF over
$1,000, after paying all expenses, including
$500 for repairs.
The Spiritualists gathered in conven-
ton at Cuttingsville Friday, Drs. H. r.
Storer of Boston and II. p. Fairfield of
Greenwich Village, Mass aud Mrs. AL
berson "from abroad" being among tho
prominent speakers.
The construction of the Vermont divis-
ion of the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad
is being rapidly pushed forward. One
thousand men are now employed between
johnson and Swantou. Every section Of
the road is being graded.
George G. Hunt, Esq, OF st. Adams,
paymaster Of the Central Vermont road,
lies at The point OF death with an incurable
cancer. 4 painful operation to which he
submitted last summer at the White noun
tains, by which portion Of his lower jaw
bone was removed, failed to remove the
disease, as was hoped at the time. For
some weeks past he has been gradually
falling.
"A very painful incident of the recent
failure of the Bradfords, at Bennington, is
the case of a man named Cummings. Sew
eial years ago his sisters husband named
Cunningham, was killed by the explosion
OF powder mill, and Mrs. Cunningham
was killed at the explosion OF the mill of
Henry E. Bradford d Co., two years ago,
leaving several small children. These
children Mr.. Cummings took care of, and
had saved with their help $1,000, all Of
which was in the hands of the unfortunate
firm for safe keeping, and is now lost.
Mr.. Phineas Dow, an insane man, sew
enty-two years of age, residing in Lower
Cabot, wandered from his home a few
days since, and his family, thinking lie
was at one of the neighbors, made no search
found dead in the pasture, about mile
from his house. Considerable of his cloth
ing was taken off and left in different parts
of the pasture. His arms aud extremities
were considerably frozen, and the indica-
lions were that he must have died early
the night before.
An accident which was almost perfect
parallel with the one near Middlesex, three
weeks since, happened to the up mail train
on the Central Vermont when near White
River Junction last Friday p. m. The
train consisted of five cars-three passeu-
ger, smoking and baggage. The passenger
cars were thrown from the track, tho rear
one going down the embankment, some
twenty or twenty-five feet high, and turR-
ing completely over, while the other two
narrowly escaped similar fate. In this
rear car were seven passengers, only one
Of them was seriously injured, and this
was lady who had her nose broken.
-Lemuel Morgan of Montpelier, pen
siou claim agent, has been arrested for
fraud and violation OF the law in transact
ing his business with the Pension office
and with the pensioners. His offence Is
serious one and may land him in State
prison. n Is said that he has made 1t a
practice TO take large share of the pen
sions collected by him aud 10 require enor-
nous fees, and has many times obliged
those for whom lie worked TO advance
large sums OF money for his services.