Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-10-26
VERMONT ITEMS.

number 1913 boys and 1G girls.
The Vermont Poultry Association will
hold their next annual exhibition in Wood
stock, Dec. 10Th and 18th.
Major ]. Halsey Cushman editor of the
bennington Banner, is very low with con-
sumption, being unable to leave his room.
Work is being rapidly pushed on the new
Howe scale works at Brandon. Over 100 men
are employed in putting in the foundations.
The Vermont Branch of the Womans
Board of Missions will hold its annual meet
ing at st. Johnsbury on Wednesday, Oct.
3lst
The annual meeting of the Vermont as
ISOLATION for the protection and preservation
of fish and game will be held at Rutland,
Tuesday, November 9Th.
A man whom constable s. j. Dana of
Fayston committed 10 Jail for non-payment of
taxes proves himself resident of another
town. showing his tax receipts there, and sues
Dana for false imprisonment.
james f. Owens, of Fairfield, has issued
a challenge to any man in the world, regard
less of size, weight or strength, to wrestle col
lar and elbow, best two out of three falls, for
purse of from 81, 900 to $4,000.
Mrs Chloe Patchen, n native of Wilbra-
ham. Mass. celebrated her Tooth birthday at
South Burlington, last week. Her living de-
scendants are children, 10 grand, 80 great
grand and l great-great- grandchildren
Mrs. Lucy Robinson died suddenly at
Rutland Saturday morning. Her son, Sylves-
ter L. Paige, well-known druggist, went for
an undertaken, and on his return was stricken
with apoplexy and died. The shock has also
made Mrs. Paige very ill.
St Adams Butter Market, Oct 23.-AIar-
ket dull and prices lower. Quotations: Com
mon, - to II cents good to choice Is to 2j
cents; selections % cents per h., with occa-
sonally a choice lot at something higher.
The quality was rather poor. few tubs grading
as selections.
The general term of the supreme Court
commences at Montpelier the 30th inst. The
whole number of the cases on the docket is
frty-two-four from Chittenden, two each
from Rutland and bennington, five from
Windham, one each from Franklin, Orange,
Lamoille and Orleans, and thirty-five from
Caledonia, counties.
The apple crop of Grand Isle county in
Lake Champlain. is reported as being the
largest and of the best quality that has been
raised for years. Common fruit is selling ex-
ceedingly cheap-all the way from Il to 2j
cents per bushel while grated fruit is sold ut
-. 30 per barrel. The potato crop is an
abundant one, and the corn and buckwheat
crops are good.
A tramp of romantic turn of mind and
who evidently thought what n good newspa-
per item he was making, cut his throat with n
piece of glass in the Burlington lookup the
other night, and dipping his finger in his
own blood, wrote ON the wall, Il have sinned
forgive :" He spoiled the effect, however,
by not making thorough work of it, and was
out again in day or two.
The managers of the Central Vermont
railroad have laid 5000 tons of steel rails be-
tween ST. Adams and Montpelier, and the
road-bed is graded and newly ballasted. Next
season steel rails will be laid from Montpelier
to West Hartford giving continuous steel
rail from St. Adams to White River Junction.
The top of every covered bridge on the road
has also been raised, so as to clear the heads
of brakemen on freight trains.
A Holland boy named Belknap was in
stantly killed. Saturday afternoon. He and
another young man had loaded their guns,
preparatory to attending shooting match.
The other boy set his gun in a sap-holder,
and stepped back, and when Belknap placed
his in the holder, he hit the lock of the othel
gun discharging it, the charge striking him in
the chin and blowing the top of his head en-
tirely of.
1t is now alleged in the Smith Champll
poisoning case at Vergennes that after tho
stomach of Mrs. Smith had been sent to Pro
fassor Collier for examination. Deacon Smith
went to him and offered him $500 to make q
report exculpating him and the woman, the
Professor pretending TO agree to the thing foi
the money and afterwards that Smith wrote
to Mrs Champlin telling her that he had fixeG
everything so they need not fear any evi
from Professor Golfers report This letter
was found with the woman after her arres
had been made and she tried to tear it up but
was prevented There was other written evi
d,nce found upon her person.
The body of a Frenchman named Legore
was shockingly mangled and ground up by
the New York express train at Shelburne las
Thursday morning. Neither the engineer o.
fireman saw the man on the track, and they
think he must either have suddenly sprung
up ont of IL cattle-guard, or thrown himself
upon the track. Nothing was known of the
accident by the train men until the train ar
rived at Burlington, when the fireman, while
oiling the locomotive, picked up fragmen
of flesh which was recognized as part of
human body, instead of piece of tallow a
he supposed it was On investigation it wa
found that the locomotive was partially GOV
cred with blood, and bore along with it mutt
lated remains of human body.
Fairfax has a disgraceful scandal witt
the village milliner, Louisa Coffee, and tn
village doctor, A. c. Brush, as principals, tn
full facts of which were developed last week
at the trial of the woman for shooting ut tn
doctor on the evening of the 18th inst. III
doctor is n widower, with grown-up children
who, after being intimate with Miss Cone
under an engagement of marriage, married
Younger woman, but continued his visits t
Miss Coffee. after making n settlement wit
her to prevent n suit for breach of promise
Trouble arose, however, and the bad bloc
enpendered ended in n shower of rotten egg
upon her house. TO avenge which she rushe
TO the door and fired three shots from n
yolver which the doctor thought were mear
for him. as he Happened to be passing, au
caused her arrest. but the legal eXaminauo
ended in the woman's discharge.
Hinder a decree of the Vermont court c
chancery, A. b. Jewett and A. W. Hastne
have reen appointed receivers and manager
of the Vermont division of the Portland
OGdensburg railroad. In order to raise MOI
ey to build this road, bonds to the amount {
-. 300. 600 were issued, which constituted
first lien on the road. In this mortgage bon
there was a provision by which it could |
foreclosed by the holders of half million {
the bonds when the interest was defaultet
As the money raised by sale of the bonds W,
insufficient to complete the road, the conser
of holders of n little over 81, 5000 of bono
was obtained to the issue of n preferenC
bond of $500 900, which was made prior il
cumbrance to the first mortgage. 1t is II
failure to pay interest on this bond we unde
stand which has led to putting the road in
the hands of receivers.
A lively railroad war has broken out
North Troy. Col. Asa b. Foster was arrest,
and temporarily lodged in the Irasburg j.
Friday in a suit growing out of a difficulty
accounts between the PassumPsic and Sou
Eastern roads, and on Sunday he headed
party of men who tore up the track OF Il
latter road aud interrupted communicate
between Boston and Montreal. The Sou
Eastern has been operated under lease
the Pnssnmnsic hnt hY this move II is now