Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-06-01
VERMONT ITEMS.

Prof II. A. p. Torrey of the universl-
ty of Vermont sails for England in two or
three weeks, and will spend the summer in
Europe.
Gov. Vance of North Carolina has
been invited to the Bennington centennial,
and Raleigh paper says no will probably
accept.
George Il. Trask of Felchvillc, was
held in 81 200 at Boston last Friday, charg-
ed with obtaining about $500 worth of dry
goods from different merchants under false
pretences.
The bears in the mountains near Beth
ell, are making their annual raid on sheep,
and some fifty or more have been destroy
ed by them.
Cyrus f. Kenyon of Stowe has been
sentenced TO five years in the State prison
for attempting to kill Frank Kale with an
ak some time ago.
The house and out-buldings of w. A.
Dodge of Chester were burned Monday /;
loss $4,000, insured for $4,000.
"A great deal of land in Addison county
has been planted with potatoes this season,
several farmers putting in from 20 to 80
acres each.
John j. Lewis, from Woodbury., who
has been in Jail in St. Johnsbury five
months for petit larceny, was pardoned by
by the Governor on the ODD ult
Worthwhile physicians are puzzled be-
cause young man who recently died there
had only one kidney, a sort of sack ten
inches in length, filled with water, having
fbrous or ileshy partitions filling the place
of the other.
Recently while William jameson OF
East Hardwick was removing the boards
from All old barn, hay knife, which lay on
the great beams, fell, striking him first on
his chin, laying the bone bare, and then
cutting deep cash in his chest. Both
wounds bled prolusely, but the surgeon
succeeded in stopping the bleeding.
"A company has been formed at Athol,
Mass, mostly of Athol men, for mining for
copper at Canaan in this Slate, and Foster
Merrill has already gone on to superintend
the work. Some of the surface ore has
been assayed, and is found to contain 500 of
pure metal TO the ton. The mine is only
four miles from railroad, and the compa-
ny are sanguine of success.
M. T. Hatch of North Troy, editor Of
the Palladium, in his last issue published
an article derogatory to one Miss Hadlock.
Friday afternoon, as Hatch was passing
George Brayley's store in North Troy, Miss
Hadlock emerged therefrom, threw hand
full Of red pepper in his eyes, completely
binding him, then drew large horsewhip
and gave him severe thrashing in the face
and upon the head, and finally rotten-egged
him. Both are respectfully come cted
Hatch was captain in the army during the
late rebellion.
Frank II. Brown, late teller of the
Springfield, W., national bank. Amak es
damaging statements against Albert Brown,
cashier of the bank, in a statement pub
lished in the Boston Journal. Brown
claims that The cashier used bonds deposit
ed as collateral for his own purposes,
though he afterward managed TO restore
them-and he also says that the president
OF the bank has had more or less knowl-
edge of these alleged Irregularities. The
disclosures have created much local excite
ment.
A party consisting OF Judge William
Strong of the Supreme Court of the United
States, Senator Edmunds, Hon. John F.
Henry of New York, Gen. w. w. Henry
and Geo. p. Foster OF Burlington, left Bur-
lington ON Tuesday fo~ short season of
trout fishing, near the raii Leon Springs,
in Canada. Later in To dseason, Senator
Edmunds proposes to take trip to the re-
gion OF the lower st. Lawrence, for salmon
fishing.
Two fatal accidents have occurred in
the Rutland marble quarries during the
past few days. Michael Welsh, second
foreman in Sherman and Williams quarry,
was instantly killed Monday. A large
block of marble had just been raised from
the quarry and was standing on the brink.
In the block was a seam which had not
been detected. Owing TO this one-hslf Of
the block gave way and fell into the quar-
ry, striking Mr.. Welsh and killing him in
stantly. Tuesday afternoon two men were
injured in the quarries at East Dorset, and
one of them died about seven o'clock in the
evening. On Saturday a laborer in quar-
ry near Centre Rutland narrowly escaped
with his life, large derrick chain falling
some $50 feet into the quarry upon him,
where he was at work.