Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07
VERMONT ITEMS

Joseph Laraway's dwelling house and
barn, at Morrsville, were burned on Monday
night.
-Montpelier's new depot. to be built by
the Central Vermont railroad, will be 30 by
100 feet, with a tower 81 feet high. and will
be heated by steam.
Hon. Luke p Poland was thrown from a
carriage at Wells River, Saturday afternoon,
receiving Il severe cut on the lip, but fortu-
nately escaping any serious injury.
M. w. Smiths G-years-old sou was drown
ed at Poultney last week.
The imports of the customs district of
Vermont for the month of March were SiG3,
10, and the domestic exports were 500, Gls.
Gen. W. W. Grout delivers the Decora-
ton day address at st. Johnsbury.
Several Swanton young men who went
to Leadville have returned in disgust.
-Ex-Gov Smith of st. Adams has just
imported from France $1,000 stallion and
two mares
A little daughter of George H. Days of
Woodstock sat down in kettle of boiling wa
ter the other day, and was terribly scalded.
A young man named Standish, of Norton
Mills, was recently killed by falling tree.
George Clark of East Montpelier has hay
in his barn cut in 1907, which is still good.
A new building has been added to the
State street side of the State prison at Wind
sor, a new chapel built, and an outer gate
added.
The Stratton house at Bennington, owned
by l.. l.. Upham, was burned on Saturday
evening 24th ult There was an insurance
of $500 on it. The fire was incendiary, and
the building had been unoccupied for several
weeks
Brn.tpr will haar ut Rut1apA on, h
10Th an application for the pardon of George
L. Miles, the Barre bank robber, sentenced to
State prison for II years in 1876.
Mrs Alfred Sumner of NIddlebury is the
owner of gold ring brought to this country
by early Massachusetts, settlers. 1t is over
l2j years old
Three or four months ago, s. G.. Holyoke
of st. Adams bought lO-acre wood-lot, stu
ated about mile from Richford village.
About dozen wood choppers are engaged in
converting the sturdy naples into cord wood.
One of these choppers is a Mrs. Josephine
Farrand, young married woman of 20 years,
who accompanies her husband and brothers
TO the woods and puts up her cord a day, be-
sides doing her Homework.
The I.andolph State Normal School now
numbers l03 pupils, 3 more than have ever
before been present during the summer quar-
ter.
Malignant diphtheria prevails in Richford
and has caused six deaths.
At North Troy, Monday. Sullivan f. Day
was thrown from his carriage and seriously, il
not fatally, injured.
John Howle of Perkins Landing, aged 81
and respectfully connected, has been missing
for week, and is supposed to have drowned
himself in the lake. Another case of disap-
pointed love
St Adams butter market May ! Good
to choice butter sold at Is to 20 cents per ID.
selections, q cents per b.; a few fancy lots
at shade higher price. General price, 20 to
~ cents per ID,
Ground has been broken on the Davis sill
yer ledge at Fairlee and the ore is said to be
paying, and gives promising traces OF gold and
lead. Several adjoining farms are bonded for
from $1,000 to $1,000 each
Some towels belonging to the Hudson
river steamer Drew We're accidentally found
in the possession Of n respectable choking
man at Albany n. Y, last week, and he was
arrested. While in prison he wrote a letter
to the steamboat agent imploring mercy on
the ground that he had been Methodist min
lister in the Vermont conference, but ill-health
had forced him to give up preaching; that he
was travelling on borrowed money to his home
at Burlington and his taking the towels was
from a feeling of anger at some impolte
treatment from one of the boat hands. The
complaint was withdrawn, and the unfortu-
nate man, who gave the name of Rev. w. l..
johnson, after his release retired to an ante
room, whore he prayed long and earnestly.