Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-05-19
STATE NEWS.

Rutland was visited, Saturday al(or-
noon, by quite lively hail storm. Hail
stones fell from the size of walnut down.
The State Fair is to be held at ST. AL
bans on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, September 18th, 18th and Nth.
A large black bear went through Rich
mond village Monday, which ii was esli-
mated would weigh over four hundred
pounds.
AT the meeting Wednesday of the stock
holders of the Central Vermont railroad,
the old board of directors was reelected,
with the exception OF J. 3. Page Of Rut-
land, James w. Emery of Boston being
elected in his place.
New thirty-foot rails are now being
laid over part of the Rutland railroad.
Many of the rails that are being replaced
have been down from the time the road
was first built-a period of about genera
ton.
st. Johnsbury is in a bad way, accord
ing TO the Caledonian. 1t says: What two
years ago was $500 residence in this
place, will not bring over SO, 800 this spring.
Reason--taxes and no hope of reform.
st. Adams butter market, May TO-
Attendance good, receipts large, market
dull and sales slow at quotations. We
quote common, 16 to IS cents; medium TO
good, is to 20 cents choice, 20 to % cents
gilt edged, % cents.
The cooperative company at SPRING
field are doing so well that they have deci-
ded to add $40, 900 to their capital.
George L. Balcom is about TO close his
mills at Proctorsville, which he has run
for twenty nine years past.
Peabody & Co. are building on the site
of the recently destroyed mill of the McIn-
does lumber company at McIndoes Falls
mill that will cost $4,000 and have a capac-
ity OF 100000 feet a month.
The elegant residence of Chester Pike
of Cornish, just across the river from
Windsor, was burned Thursday; loss
$780, 900. The fire was caused by detective
chimney.
A young man named Frank Bailey
was drowned at West Concord, Sunday
night. He was rocking in his boat, which
suddenly glided over the mill dam at the
cost of his life. A companion who was
with him succeeded in reaching the shore.
BalleyS DOuy was recovered.
Barre had triple burial, few days
ago, that of Royal C. Gale and his wife,
who died within few hours of each other,
and Martin v. Bailey, their son-in-law,
who had been killed by falling tree.
Amos Goodwin is a strange resident of
Woodford who goes by the name of "Wild
Amos" One of his freaks, when he was
boy, was to sell for $40 a girl he had court
ed for two years; because another fellow
wanted her more than he did.
Rutland Railroad stock, preferred, Is
selling in Boston at 10 Vermont and Cam
ada, %; Vermont Central IS, 1902, 500 I;
Connecticut and Passumpsie, preferred,
3s3 Ogdensburg and Lake ChamplaiH, 80 (;
| preferred, S5l.
j. b. Chase, of Hartford, farmer and
large dairyman, has gone into voluntary
| bankruptcy, with liabilities amounting TO
$4,000. His principal creditors are the
| Windsor Savings Bank, of Windsor, and
near neighbors who have loaned him sums
ranging from 500 10 $1,000. Tho Windsor
bank is secured by mortgage on real es-
tate.
The good people of the Congregational
society at Weston have been engaged in an
interesting war with a woman. They got
a new minister, and he warted to go into
the parsonage Immediately, but the woman
who occupied it refused to leave. She bar
ricaded the doors and windows, and every
attack was repulsed, for two months, but
finally compromise was made.
"A serious and probably fatal accident
| befell Jonathan Powers and his daughter of
West Newbury on Sunday forenoon while
returning from church, the horse taking
| fright, throwing both occupants from the
buggy. Mr.. Powers had his jaw broken
aud side injured. The daughter received
| a severe cut in the forehead. The dauPh-
ter will recover, but Mr.. Powers is not ex-
| pected 10 live. He is 20 years old.