Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-01
VERMONT ITEMS.

An overdose of morphine recently killed
little child of Henry Wills of Norwich.
-Groton, too, has her birds nest with
young birds in it, found on the 18th ut.
Five deaths have occurred ut Richford
from drinking water from the polluted well
A little daughter of Augustus Barrows, n
Burlington merchant, found pistol in her
fathers trunk last week and accidentally shot
herself, inficting bad wound.
A very pleasant and successful musical
convention was held at st. Johnsbury last
week.
The difficulties between the Central Yer
mont and Woodstock railroads over the cross
! ing at White River Junction have finally been
settled by the directors of the companies.
Jericho Centres Congregational church
odifce has been thoroughly repaired and
modernized, and the re-dedication of the build
| ing took place last week Wednesday.
Another centenarian, Mrs Martha Morey,
has recently died at STAFFORD at the ago of
lOl She retained her faculties to the last.
recognizing her friends up to the day before
! her death.
Henry Cave sexton of the Methodist
church at Alburgh Center, left his keys ut
/ home on recent Sunday, and in trying to
enter the building by crawling through small
hole in the UNDERMINING wall got stuck fast,
and might have persisted, if two women going
to Sunday had not happened along and
dragged him out 10y his heels
OF the seven deaths in Lowell last year
five were of people over seventy-fiye years
| old The number of births in the town was
twenty-thrce. The total population is 9l2.
George Perkins of Highgate committed
suicide on Saturday, February lG, by hanging
in barn. but he was not found until the fol
lowing Wednesday He was between 80 and
30 years of age, and leaves wife and two
grown-up sons.
A letter received from the commanding
officer at Pittsburgh n. Y, exonerates the
town Of Alburgh from any blame in the death
of the soldier frozen to death at Wind Mill
Point, recently His hame was McGarvey
inst -ad of Mead, and the Colonel says he was
absent from the command without leave.
A correspondent of one Of the Boston pa
pers tells n story of curious case of fascina-
ton by rat in Burlington. For several weeks
a little Flaherty girl had carried bits of food
to the barn for her kitty as she said the
mysterious pet finally proving to be an enor-
nous rat. which she brought to the house in
her arms last week. The animal was killed
by her brother after sharp fight, in which
the family cat refused to Join, the boys panta-
looms suffering from the teeth of the rat.
The wrestling match ut Rutland last
|
Dandy. trainer of the famous Murphy of New
York, and Peter Owens of Fairfield, brother
and trainer of the champion Of the world, was
won by Conner
The late W. w. Caldwell of Montpelier
had a habit of tucking away money in all
manner of odd places and among several
hundred dollars recently discovered was a ST
treasury note. which ceased bearing interest
ten years ago, and a number of State bank
bills that had become worthless.
The volume which is to be the officia
record of the Bennington Centennial and m
enduring memorial of the great celebration
Is in preparation by Charles NJ. Bliss, Esq.
secretary Of the monument association assist
ed by Chauncy K Williams, Esq, Of Rut
, land.
The Sphygnoparh, delicate machin,
invented by DR. f. A. Pond of Rutland
which, applied to the wrist, records in line
the movements of the pulse, has attained tn,
honor of an illustrated description in st. Mich
$ olas for March
: Rutland had disastrous fire, Sunda.
morning, when the large. thrce-story woodei
building, known as Landons block, whicl
has stood on the corner of Merchants Row
and West street for the past twenty-six years
was burned to the ground. The loss is est
2 mated at SOS, 400; insured for $1,000.
Napoleon a little son of Bethany Rivers
, | aged years. was drowned in Otter Creek. a
Nergennes. Tuesday afternoon. He was ly
ing upon his sled and propelling it with hi
hands across piece of ice where some par
D ties had been cutting to fill ice houses, an
which had but just frozen over about half a
n inch thick, when it gave way under him. Tn
body was recovered in about Il minutes, bu
W all efforts at resuscitation were frutless.