Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-04-26
VERMONT ITEMS.

A 1i-years-old Monkton youth has just
been fined $40 for intoxication.
Tho general convention of the Congrega-
tional churches Of the State will be held Mt
Rutland next June.
A man visited Castleton last week who
resided there through 1913, 1871 and 1915,
and found not person living in the village
who was in it ut that time He is SO years
old.
A son of Mr. Bill, years old, was killed
Mt Perkinsville, Saturday last, 10y being run
over by heavy soapstone wagon upon which
he was riding He was jostled of, and fell
under the wheels.
The Vermont editorial association holds
its annual meeting at Brandon in June, when
Mrs Julia G. Il. Dorr of Rutland will read
poem and d. NJ Camp of the Newport Ex-
press deliver an address.
The failure Of Farrar Brothers at st Al
bans, iron and hardware merchants was an
nounccd on Monday. Their debts are SGj,-
600 and their assets Sl2,OOO. The failure
will bankrupt Mrs. Farur, the mother of the
partners.
The press-room of the Rutland Daily
Herald was burned out on Saturday, and the
Job room somewhat damaged. Loss, includ-
ing damage 20 the building, $500 insured.
The paper appeared as usual Monday.
The residence Of Hon. George W. Har-
mon of Bennington, was entered by masked
burglars Tuesday night, the family gagged
and bound and the house ransacked and rob
bed of "a gold watch and over a hundred dol
lars in money.
DR. Thayer's suit against Burlington for
SlO,0OO damages ON account of imperfect
sewerage was the first case Of the kind tried
in the state and the jury, after intimating
flint tha pnapti,,, nj .41nuuh IN la
taken before the supreme court, gave him Il
verdict of $50.
C. +. Wiley, of Lyndon, hns--or rather
had, for il has been transpanted to the shades
a pig having two tongues and n windppe,
| but no opening for Il throat its head and
body were perfect, but it had six legs, two in
front and four behind, with still another start
| ing from one hip.
of the inmates of the States prison at
Windsor, thirty one are sentenced to ten
| years and upwards, including four under SEN
tence of death . for ten years; : for twelve
years for fifteen years 3 for twenty years (;
| for eleven years for fourteen years | for
| eighteen years, and for life.
A reunion Of the gallant Sixteenth Regi-
ment Vermont volunteers, is to be held ut
! Chester on the third day of July. picnic
| dinner will be provided for the soldiers and
an address from Col. Veazey, embodying the
prominent events in the history of the Six
| teenth, will be one of the most interesting
| features.
VIM p. Horne Of st. Johnsbury. was
wounded in the left shoulder by musket
bah ut the charge on Fort Wagner South
| Carolina. in 1868. the ball breaking the collar
boue, and passing down near the first rib.
1t was extracted last week, being taken from
| between the ninth and tenth ribs, about four
teen inches from the place where it entered.
The ball is in battered condition and weighs
| almost an ounce.
A mail bag was found near Healdvile
station on the Rutland ~ Burlington railroad,
| on Sunday, 9TH inst. which the route agents
| had failed to get with their catcher. about the
first of January. 1t had remained under the
snow over three months. Special Agent Big.
Glow Of the post Office department caused the
bag to be sent to the Rutland post office, the
mail was forwarded to Its destination with ex-
plantations and the matter reported to Wash
ington for investigation.
Burlington has just had an illuminated
town clock placed in the tower of the College
street church. which is one of the finest of it,
class, and the only one of the kind in the
State. The dials, which are five feet four in.
ches in diameter, are of ground glass, with
black hands aud figures, and are lighted by
gas jets. BY an ingenious arrangement the
gas is turned on and lighted, and turned of
by the clock itself at any hours desired. The
dials visible 10y night and day from larg,
portion of the city. The clock and bell cos
5000, and were paid for by subscriptions o.
several public-spirted citizens.