Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-21
VERMONT NEWS.

-Ex-Secretary Evarts is at bis farm in
Windsor
"A st. Johnsbury man had a tomato plant
nine feet high growing in his garden, which
produced nearly two bushels of fruit.
The Ohamplain Valley Poultry Associa-
ton will hold their annual exhibition at Bur
lington Dec. 20.24th.
"A man from Sandgate attended a circus
at Cambridge, N. Y, one day last week, en-
gagged in the game of three-card monte with
strangers, and saw the elephant for the sum
Of $3.50.
AT the recent session Of Rutland county
court, John I. Teynon, the Poultney barn
burner, convicted of arson, was sentenced to
ten years in the state prison, and Patrick Car
roll was sentenced to five years for assault
with intent to kill.
-Chas. H. N. Sibley, aged about 40, an
engineer ON the New York express on the Ben
nington & Rutland railroad, either fell or,
while leaning out of the cab, was knocked
from the engine by the bridge near Walling-
ford, last week Thursday, and died soon after.
He leaves widow and two children. He had
been an engineer on the road 20 years.
-Alonzo Amidon of Middlebury some two
years ago blistered the inside Of his right
hand. He took but little notice of il at the
time, but it soon began TO be inhamed, and
medical aid was called. All the ordinary
means Of skill were used to check the swell
ing, but failed, and amputation became neces-
sary to save his life Now he has had to have
it cut of again.
The apple crop of Shelburn, at a rough
estimate, will not be less than 10, 900 barrels,
and that of Charlotte not far from 5000 bar
rels.
C. Everett Brown, clerk for Fuller, Dana
n = =
the Weldon House, st. Adams, on Wednesday
by shooting himself through the head with
revolver. Cause unknown.
-Diphtheria has broken out in Montpelier
again. Many fatal cases are reported and
great alarm is felt.
Burlington is doing its share toward fill
ing the House of Correction, having within
the past three weeks contributed twelve in
mates to the institution.
An unsuccessful attempt was made Tues
day morning about one o'clock to rob the
safe of the First National bank of Royalton
by parties entering the bank and blowing
open the vault. The noise aroused the peo-
pie living near, which drove them away.
There is a tax case at Tunbridge similar
to that of Chauncey Warner of Cambridge.
Aaron NJ. King failed to make out his list,
and the listers by doubling assessed him S92,
900. He appealed to the selectmen and they
reduc ed his list to $50, 600, at which sum IL
appears in the grand list book This is a
gross injustice to other tax payers, and prob.
ably invalidates the whole list
An interesting ENLIGHTENMENT case was
called in the Washington county court, Mon
day. At the time of the issue of the $40 GER
tiicates by the United States a Montpelier
bank made grab for them and called in ev-
cry one, boys and men, to go and buy them
for the bank. Among those thus sent was
w. w. Noyes He took the money, and, as
he says, was told simply ito go and buy some
certificates" This he did, and put his $1,000
in certificates in his pocket At the instiga-
ton of the bank he was indicted, and it re-
mains to be seen how the case will come out,
as there are some nice legal points to be set
tied.