Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-12-21
VERMONT ITEMS.

Foster of Burlington United States marshal
for Vermont.
The next annual meeting of the Orleans
County Musical Society will be held Mt New
port, Jan. S-11.
Huntington has free drawing school,
which is proving great success the number
OF applicants for admission exceeding the ca
pacity of the room where instruction is given.
The ladies of Burlington are making COM
mendable efforts for the care of the poor in
that city during the coming winter One
hundred and thirty families were assisted dur
ing the last winter, and the amount of money
expended was S3G54S
The town of Calais has the latest wrinkle
IN the shape of general information" meet
lngs. Questions upon various topics are
placed IN box from which they are drawn.
discussed and decided according to the best
judgment and experience of those present.
The directors of the Passumpsic and
Southeastern railroads held n session in Bos
ton last week for the purpose of settling the
controversy between the two roads, known as
the border railway war" The conference
was pleasant and harmonious. but no definite
conclusion was reached and the meeting was
adjourned for two weeks
"A Rutland lad, named Bagley, has been
out lately with his little rubber sling. and nm
to date has bagged two of his playmates
One was hit in the forehead and stunned
and the other, named James Robinson. will
probably lose an eye rs n result of young Bag
leys attempts to initiate the slayer of Goliath
of Gath.
-Orville Robinson. ESD. who recently
died at Newport, was n very corpulent man
weighing little over 800 pounds. After his
death all attempts to procure coffin or casket
OF suthclent dimensions were futile and MS n
last resort box was made and covered with
broadcloth and Hastily trimmed, in which he
was buried.
While two men were splitting wood to-
gether in the woods in Glover. recently. one
of them slipped and brought his foot exactly
under the axe of his companion. who struck
full force blow. The bottom of the foot in
Guiding the heel, was nearly cut from the up-
per part.
We are asked to believe that there is now
living in Coventry in Orleans Co.. an English
man by the name of Putney who fought at
Waterloo under Wellington. He also served
with the British army in India, and Waterloo
was his last battle on the Continent, as he was
sent to this country directly after that affair
with those soldiers who served in the war of
1872.
The examination of the accused parties
in the Gaudette abortion at Rutland last week
closed on Friday, with the holding of DIR.
Haynes for action of the grand jury under
bonds of $1,000. Mrs. Titus. mother of the
deceased, waived an examination and was
held under $500 bail on her own recognizance.
In the case of the other defendants. Dr. Chase
and his mother, n HOUe pros. was entered
While several men were at work blasting
in HOLSTER, Tyrel d Coz marble quarry at
East Dorset, recently, they were blown up by
an explosion of giant powder, one of them
having nearly all the flesh burned and torn
from one of his arms, while the clothing of
the others was burned from their backs. and
they were injured in a shocking manner.
Mr.. John A. Conant, of Brandon. publish
es an offer of 800 for the three best crops of
winter wheat, grown on the area of an acre
under certain conditions, and the seed to be
sown in the autumn of 1878; $50 for the best.
$50 for the second, and $50 for the third
Judges have been appointed, and several
farmers have decided to devote an acre of
their land to competitive trial.
Six divorces were granted at the late
term of the Washington county court. The
Montpelier Journal says: This has been the
most remarkable term of the court for filthy
divorce cases since the law was passed allow
ing testimony in the county court. Outrageous
as the testimony was, three married woman,
residents of the town. remained in the gallery
fact, during the trial of every divorce case,
displaying hardness of forehead and brassi-
ness of cheek which even the most hardened
of the male sex might have envied."
Rutland has another abortion case, the
victim this time being Eliza Mcmahon. TWEEN
ty-fve years old and unmarried. The parties
implicated are her paramour, Daniel Conway.
and DIR. Oscar F. Thomas, of Middletown,
who have been arrested About two weeks
usrn ATpAl t,l-.
Thomas was summoned. As she grew worse
her friends urged that the advice of other
physicians be sought, bat none were called.
Saturday night her cries and groans were
heard by the neighbors, and in the early
hours of the morning she died.
The Vermont officers and soldiers reun-
ion was held at st. Johnsbury on the 18th
inst, with a good attendance. Col. G.. W.
Hooker of Brattleboro was elected president,
and Coils. II. NJ. Porter of New York and Fred
f. Smith of Montpelier, vice presidents The
address was delivered by Col. Farnham of
Bradford. A banquet was served at the St.
Johnsbury House. At the Vermont Cavalry
reunion, held on the day preceding, Willard
harrington of st. Adams was elected president,
and q. p. Blair of West Barnet vice president.
The next annual meeting of both these organ
izations will be held at Montpelier.
The amount of forgeries of r. L. Pea
body of St. Johnsbury is definitely fixed at
$4,000. Peabody, it is said, has no sympathy
among his acquaintance, for he chose as his
victims his most intimate and truest friends,
and had previously ruined his father who at
one time had a business capital of $40, 900,
Troubles come plentifully on this unfortunate
family. Some years ago, while living in Gov
entry, three children were drowned from it in
one day. Mrs Peabody has been confirmed
invalid for many years, Mr.. Peabody's bust
ness affairs have become embarrassed, and
last of all comes his sons forgery.