Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-19
VERMONT ITEMS.

The Burritt brothers Of Manchester have
Just killed their jsth bear.
The Chttenden Eddys, OF Spirit Vale
notoriety, have returned to their old haunts.
Otis Gray of Calais, whose son was re-
Gently killed by the caving of n sand bank,
has sued j. " Il. Kent for $4,000 damages,
claiming that the accident was due to an OK.
cayation by Mr.. Kent
The Vorgennes Vcrmonter says that
james Douglass of Cornwall recently dug
from one hill los potatoes, one Of the largest
weighing two and a half pounds. The pota-
toes were all perfectly sound and good.
Mrs. Amasa Jones, an estimable lady OF
STAFFORD, while laboring under temporary
fit of insanity occasioned by sickness, COM
mitted suicide by drowning in watering
trough ON Monday night Of last week.
Stella Nichols, u servant girl at st. Johns
bury, has fallen heir to $1,000, but does not
know where it comes from, though it may
have been left by deceased brother in Cali
fornia The money is now in a Montpelier
bank, but the cashier says he is not at liberty
to divulge whence it comes.
Robert Williams employed on the Ross
farm at Clarendon, aged about thirty
years, took Paris green Sunday and died from
the effects of the poison Monday afternoon
-Ol recent evening INC tuhtOulh ull'tl7
at St. Adams seized s, al skin sacque and
muG which were found concealed on the person
of a New York woman, who had purchased
the goods ut Montreal. The sacque aud mun
were valued at SlGu. The goods were found
under her dress. She had converted the sacquc
into II skirt and fastened it round her with a
| belt, and the mum did the duty Of hustle.
At st. Adams, on Monday of last week,
| Peter Nayo, about is years Of age, died from
| the effects OF injuries received on the previ-
GUS Wednesday. While standing in the street
| he was struck in the stomach by stone
weighing four pounds, thrown by young
| boy named Curtis, and was so injured that
he lived only until Monday. 1t is supposed
| the affair was accidental.
A teu-year-old son Of Henry Cummings
| of Manchester, was accidentally shot on
| Tuesday of last week. His older brother
took down a shotgun (which had been load
ed some tme) and went to remove the cap,
when his finger slipped of the hammer, caus-
ing the discharge of the gun, the younger
brother receiving the contents, the charge
! going completely through him in the region
of the liver. The poor little fellow lived
about ten mnutrs.
A curious petrifaction of human body
| is reported from Albany. The remains Of q
woman buried ~ years ago, and recently dis
inferred for removal, were found to hc petri
fed from the knees to the neck, white II,
marble ard Of the consistency of chalk, while
of the other portions nothing but dry bone,
remained. The grave clothes had entirely
disappeared.
Captain Curtis president of Norwicl
| University, gives notice that he will admit
free Of charge for room rent and tuition. ant
Mt reduced rates for board-upon condition,
to be settled by letter-two young men from
every county in Vermont Said young mel
must be not less than five feet four inchc
tall and over sixteen years Of age. and O
good character and habits. He is enabled tC
make this offer through the generosity Of
former graduate, who will meet the expense