Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-28
VERMONT NRMA.

One of the Burlington banks was done
out Of $3.50 the other day by raised check
Hon. Trenor W. Parks 'homo" for poor
children at Bennington will not be begun I'M
I'll next autumn, owing to the necessity of
certain legislation before the charity can be
safely entered npon.
-Lindy Derby accidentally shot himself in
the mouth and died instantly while hunting
near the Isle La Mott shore last week.
Prof. ]. w. Abernethy Of Mddlebury
college accepts the chair of English literature
and history in the Adelphi school in Brooklyn,
N. Y, and Henry W. Hubert supplies his
place temporarily.
-Tncendiaries burned Uzziel Whitcomb's
house, barns and their contents at Richmond
Sunday loss $15, 600, insurance $4,000.
Nellie Sleeper of Waterbury woke up the
other day, took most Of the goods from her
millinery store and absconded, leaving debts
amounting to several hundred dollars.
"A resident of Fair Haven for quite
while missed wood from his shed, and finally,
to find out what became Of it, loaded several
sticks with powder. The next morning, hear
ing an explosion at the house of neighbor,
he ran in and found the FIRE blown out Of the
stove and the grddlo-cakes, which the woman
was cooking, plastered on the ceiling.
The barn of Alexander Clayton, Pawlet,
with thirty tons of hay ETC., was burned,
probably by an incendiary, on Wednesday
night of last week. Partially insured.
Daniel Champagne, aged 1G, was run
over and killed by the mixed train north at
Middlebury last Saturday forenoon. He at
tempted to get on the moving cars and slip
ped and fell between them.
"A 7-year- old son of Jerome Gleason of
Barnumville was kicked and hit on the right
side of his head and had his ear torn of by a
fractions horse one day last week
Barney McEnany of Fairfield, profess
sional wrestler, has died from the effects of
injuries received during wrestling match at
the state fair.
Several hundred cords Of bitter walnut
timber are being cut in the forests Of Addi-
son, to be used in making OK bows, principal
ly for the South African and Brazilian trade.
There are now three of the automatic
apple evaporators in Grand Isle and South
Hero, each using about fifty bushels of apples
per day. bushel of apples will make from
to y pounds Of dried fruit
Mrs. ISAIAH (Evans) Abbott, who recent
ly died in the north part of Sutton, had about
81 600 snugly tucked away in a trunk in her
house, ana nobody knew about it till her eff
fects were looked over after her death.
The Bellows Falls wood pulp company
AhfV BaiNhhhth th1 NhAti lONNt NJ Dtlhtuh
Falls, three miles north of the village of Mid
dlebury, and will at once erect large pulp
mill at the east side of the falls.
The northern part of the state has had
another snow storm. A Newport dispatch of
the 2Gth said We are having the second
snow storm of the season. Two inches fell
last night. Strong, cold northwest winds
prevail to-day.
While at work in Clark's sawmill at
Milton, Monday afternoon, 'Stanch" Farrant,
a young Frenchman, was struck on the breast,
just over the heart, by piece of wood which
flew from a saw and so badly injured him
that he died the same night.
The Rutland Herald of last Saturday
says Even Rutland county is not free from
'moonshiners," it appears. One day last
week Deputy United States Marshal L. n
Sprague and Deputy.SheriG Stearns visited
the premises of Daniel Tubbs in the south
west part of Clarendon near Chippen Hook
and seized a distilling arrangement found in
the barn. 1t is supposed this party has car
ried on the business for some years. The ket-
tie taken was new, made of copper and fitted
with wooden top, and would hold two and
one-half barrels. Daniel Tubbs and his son,
IL. g., were brought to Rutland and before
United States Commissioner Barrett gave bail
in $500 each for their appearance when want
ed for trial.