Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-30

- The crop Of fall and winter apples In the
towns Of Grand lsle and South Hero will
amount to 10,O 600 bdrrels--the largest yield
for many years.
AT Montgomery, the other day, lIoury
Fushoy, while at work chopping was 80 bad
ly injured about the head by falling limb
that he died soon after.
Willard Ray Of Hinesburgh was drowned
at Split Rock, in Lake Champlain last week.
while out pike fishing
"A large barn belonging to W. @. Marsh,
in Wallingford, was burned last Friday.
Lightning did IT,
The Rutland Herald chronicles the death
Of Prof Mietzkes dog Snyder" "tho best
known quadruped in town, aud whom every
body knew who kneS his master.
The wood-shed and water-h house of the
Connecticut & Passumpsic railroad, with 500
cords of wood, were burned Thursday night,
22d inst. Loss 81, 600.
st. Johnsbury is TO have musical con-
vention, October 4th, with Carl Zerrabn rs
conductor.
COL LeGrand b. Cannon has given
81, 900 to the fund for Mrs Garfield and her
family.
There is to be a band tournament at Lyn-
donville, soon, in which twenty of the tune
full organizations will compete. The inhab-
itants have taken TO the woods.
Edwin p Abbott, wealthy and promi-
nent citizen of North Troy, was fatally injur-
ed Thursday, by falling on pitchfork handle,
which passed into his body IL inches.
Henry d. Langdon, NJ. D. of Burlington,
died last Saturday morning, Of consumption,
aged 81 years. DIR. Langdon was assistant
surgeon Of the Seventh Vermont Volunteers,
and several years had been chairman Of the
board of United States examining surgeons
for pensions for this state.
The sixty.ninth annual meeting of the
Vermont Bible Society will be held at North
field on Wednesday, Oct 18th. The sermon
in the evening will be preached by Rev. DIR.
Hamlin of Middlebury College
The centennial of the Springfield Con-
gregational church which was celebrated on
Tuesday drew large attendance.
A cyclone passed over part Of Addison,
Waltham aud New Haven last week, running
crops, fences, etc.
"A 9-year-old sou OF Geo. Hamilton of
St. Adams fell between the cars of moving
freight train on which he was playing last
Tuesday, and his legs were run over below
the knee and had to be amputated.
Last Saturday evening II. L. Lougee, a
brakeman, fell of freight train about one
mile north of Milton and was killed.
THE VALUE OF A BEARD.
The Unknown case OF George Cox of
Rutland against George N. Eayres, Superin-
tendant of the House of Correction, to recov.
er damages for the beard of the plaintiff,
which was cut of by order of Eayres, has
been decided in the county court in favor of
Cox, damages being placed at S22O.G1. Cox
kept a statutory nuisance at Rutland was in
dctod convicted and sentenced to the House
OF Correction with the option of fine. He
refused TO pay the fine and was committed,
the prisoner waving the "a hours allowed by
law in which to pay his fine. He wore a
heavy beard and when told that he must be
shaved, protested, withdrew his waiver of "a
hours and told the officer he would pay his
fine and begged them to wait until he could
send for his friends who would pay his fine.
But the barber paid no attention, and cut his
beard of. In consequence Of it Cox took a
very violent cold and came near dying He
was released in Is few days, his friends pay
ing his fine. Suit for damages was brought.
On the first trial the verdict was for the de-
PENDANT. The Supreme Court reversed this
and on a second trial the result is as above
stated.