Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-09
VERMONT ITEMS.

Gold mining has been begun at West
Hartford on land owned by S. W. Hazen.
e. II. Wheeler of Charlotte has held the
Office of town treasurer for thirty-two consec-
utvo years
A chimney ~ feet high, on the Weldon
House at st. Adams, blew down Saturday
night crashing through the roof of the laun-
dry, and tearing hole 8 by Il feet.
The annual State convention of spirit
ualists was held at Waterbury last week, with
large attendance.
Albert Durkee's Il. years old son at STRAIT
ford accidentally shot and killed himself Sat,
urday while carelessly handling a revolver.
Mark Mudgett a Cambridge man of 20,
shot white owl lately, after following it sew
eral miles.
The Central Vermont railroad shops at
st. Adams have Just turned out n new mogul
engine, the largest ever built there. It's cyl
inders are 1Slx2i, and it weighs ~ tons
The wooden mill at Proctorsvilo has put
in FIVE new broad looms and an extra set of
cards. Ninety hands are employed, and the
company intend to enlarge the buildings and
increase the machinery to eight sets.
Last Thursday morning the grist mill at
East st. Johnsbury, owned by Mr.. Mcleod,
was destroyed by fire.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
sheep breeders association, will be held at
Middlebury the nth inst.
Mr.. John p. Howard, the builder of
the Burlington Opera House, is very i'll at
Paris. He was taken with paralysis while
travelling from London to Paris, but is now
said to be improving.
John G.. JENNIE, hardware merchant at
Enosburg Falls, hrs failed. His liabilities
unsecured are about $4,000; assets unknown,
but supposed to be sufficient to pay good
percentage.
The Washington county court, at it's re-
cent session. adopted the rules for practice
recommended by the State bar association,
for the purpose of having uniform rules of
practice throughout the State
The firm OF J. a J. NJ. Poland, publish
ers of the Vermont Watchman and State
journal, has been dissolved by the retirement
OF the junior partner, on account of i'll health,
Although negotiations for the purchase of
the paper have been pending for several
weeks, there is no other change and Mr. Jo-
seph Poland remains the sole proprietor
Rev. Jacob S. Clark died at ST. Johns
bury, on the 27th ult., aged 81 years. He
was settled over the Congregational church
at Morgan, Jan. II, ls27-a passionate which
was only dissolved 10y his death, and lacked
but few days Of being 80 years. He was in
the active ministry for over 10 years but Of
late has not preached.
In the Washington county court, Josiah
Seaver, 81 years of age, who confessed to
burning various buildings in Waterfield was
sentenced, last week to % years in the state
prison. Charles Blay, found guilty of larce-
ny, was sentenced to two years in the house
of correction Mark Daniels, boy 10 years
old, indicted for horse stealing plead guilty
and was sentenced to three years in the house
of correction The sentence of Royal S. Carr,
convicted Of murder in the first degree, was
respited on exceptions by the respondent.
Mr.. Geo. b. Noyes of St Johnsbury,
aged nearly ~ had quite number of badly
decayed teeth which he wanted extract
ed, and DR.. H. s. Calderwood was called to
administer chloroform and also remove the
teeth. Young Noyes's father was present
and assisted the doctor. After two or three
teeth had been removed the young man came
out from under the influence Of the drug,
when more was given; but before any more
teeth were extracted, and in IA very few mo-
ments from the time of the second inhaling
of the chloroform, the young man sank away
and died in his fathers arms