Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-06-10
VERMONT NEWS.


Rev Mr. Walbridge of Stowe has been
called to the Unitarian church at Peterboro,
N. II.
Ii L. Liberty Of Vergennes recently set
a nest of partridge's eggs under hen and
now has nine young cartridges which are
quite tame.
st Johpsbury has voted to refund its
SO, 900 water-works debt at interest not over
~ per cent.
"A new worm is killing young corn in
Addison county, and the army worm has APP
peared in Rutland county.
L N. Cushman has been appointed Judge
of Probate for Orleans county, vice Hon. L.
H. Thompson resigned.
--Emmons Raymond, president of the Con-
necticut and Passumpsic rivers railroad, has
bought Owls Head on Lake Memphremagog,
and is now having the hotel thoroughly re-
built.
The Van Ness House at Burlington is
lighted with the electric light under its new
management. Two or three leading stores in
the city will have the light from the Van
Ness House machine.
The Postmaster-G General has issued an or
der providing for the establishment of free
mail delivery service in Burlington, with four
carriers, commencing on the first of July
next.
"A FIRE at Derby, Sunday evening, burned
the dwelling house and barn of E. White and
oftice-of Dr. Blanchard. Loss, $500 in
sured for $500.
An eight-years-old son of John Morse
was killed by train at South Royalton, Mon
day.
The Vermont Editors and Publishers
Association will hold its annual meeting this
year at Bellows Falls on June 2s. Arrange
ments have been made for an excursion to
Nantucket via Boston thence to North Ad-
ans over the Hoossc Tunnel line; returning
to Bellows Falls via Greenfield.
First Lieut. NJ e. Tutherly of the LIST
cavalry has been detailed az professor of mil
itary science and tactics at the university of
Vermont and state agricultural college
at Burlington, 10 take effect July l, relieving
First-Lieut. A. S. Cummins of the 4th artil-
lery, who viii join his battery.
Edgar r. Shedd of Bethel was killed
by falling 30 feet from barn Tuesday.
The state trust company, with 800, 900
capital, has begun business in Rutland.
Charles Clement is president, and Charles
Clement Wheelock G.. Veazey, DIR. Mead p.
w. Clement and John N. Woodfn directors.
The cotton mills at Middlebury, for sew
eral years idle, will be enlarged and stock
company with $500, 900 formed, employing
800 hands
C. G. Leavenworth, the Middlebury col
lege student whose suspension gave rise to
the rebellion last year, recently broke his
nose in gymnasium practice.
John p Clark of Milton, with a list of
5000, 900, is said TO be the heaviest taxpayer
in the state.
The Rutland rumsellers were raided by
| officers of the law last Saturday afternoon,
| and large amount of liquors of various kinds
captured Two officers were sent TO each of
| five places simultane ously and, being surpris-
ed, the seizures were unusually large. Hogs
heads, barrels and casks of beer and ale, bar
rels, bottles, jugs and demijohns, of various
capacities, of whiskey, gin, wine and cider,
were seized. Operations commenced at about
| two O'Clock and ended about half past six.
The liquors have all been confscated since,
nearly the whole of the spirits being turned
over to the town agent. The beer, ale and
malt wine were spilled.
"A Swanton man named Record was !, adj
| ing W. H. Bake's Jersey bull to st. Adams
Tuesday morning, where it was to be sold at
| auction, when the animal became enraged,
broke the rod by which he was led, and gored
| the man in terrible manner. The bull could
not be captured in his frenzy, and had to be
| shot.
David T. Rowell of Chittenden has been
arrested and bound up on q charge OF poison
| ing the cattle of neighbor, VIM. Mullin. II
| is said that Rowell refused TO give an inyen-
tory to the listers, Of whom Mullin was one,
and it is alleged that he sought revenge for
having his list doubled by poisoning the cattle,
four in number, by placing mixture of salt
and Paris green in Mullins pasture.
Gov Farnham has commissioned Col
] Il. s. Peck of Burlington Adjutant and In
spector General of the state in place of Gen.
James S. Peck, recently appointed postmas-
| ter ut Montpelier, and who rendered his res
| ignation of this state office on his accession
TO the postmastership, June first The new
Adjutant General served through the war of
| the rebellion as a private soldier in the Yer
mont cavalry and Ninth regiment. Since its
/ close as colonel in command of the only regi-
ment of the National Guard in the state he
has made capable and popular officer. Gen.
| Peck will enter ON his new duties at once,
and the vacancy caused in the National
Guard by his resignation will be filed by a
vote of company officers, soon to be held.
A fve-years-o daughter of Isaac Cum
| mings of Vergennes, was drowned in Otter
Greek, Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings left
home Saturday on visit, leaving the girl and
a seven -years-old boy in charge of the hired
man On Sunday the man took the children
down the creek TO pay visit, and, reaching
the place, left the children in the boat and
went into the house. A strong wind pre-
vailed at the time and soon the little girl be-
came frightened. The boy told her TO come
| and sit in his lap, and as she was attempting
10 do so the wind and the motion she impart-
ed tipped the boat so that she was thrown
into the water. The boy could make no one
hear his cries nor could he reach the girl,
though he says she rose to the surface five
times The body was recovered Sunday
night