Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-10
VERMONT NEWS.
THE MONTPELIER MAIL ROBBERY.


Henry A. Bowers was bound over in
81 900 for trial next month, at hearing be-
fore Commissioner Gleason at Montpelier last
Saturday, when the charge of mail-robbery
was presented, U. S. Attorney Haskins ap-
pearing for the government. A mail bag hav-
ing been missed January ~ with many valu-
able letters, suspicion fell on Bowers, who
the day after showed about $50 in bank bills,
and about ten days afterward he had guam
tity of one-cent stamps in his possession,
which he offered for sale at a heavy discount.
When suspicion fell on him, Bowers fed to
Moretown, where he secreted himself in a
barn on the farm Of Mr. Bower. He reD,ain-
ed concealed from Thursday noon until Sun
day noon, when he entered the farmers house
and asked for food His feet were frozen and
he was in a furnishing condition. He had a
single barreled pistol and box of cartridges
about his person, which he tried TO sell to
Mr.. Bower Bowers on the following Mon
day was brought to Montpelier and surrender
ed to the authorities and lodged in Jail.
THE RUTLAND VILLAGE TRUSTEES IN TROUBLE
The trustees of Rutland village have
spent more money during the year than the
taxes amounted to and have not money
enough to run the village to May LIST. At
recent village meeting the citizens refused to
grant them more money in any form, so they
have no money to run the fire department
light the streets or pay other expenses for
the next three mouths.
Benjamin Wright, one of the four men
severely burned by molten iron at the recent
accident in Drinks foundry, Burlington, died
Monday. His is the third death resulting
from the casualty.
"A Ludlow lady has written to the sheriff
in charge of the Dedham, Mass, house of
correction, that she knew James Il. Powers,
the clerical tramp, when he was a gifted
preacher aud valued contributor to the Ma
tional Quarterly Review. His wife was Gull
tured literary woman, and died in 1873, and
said Powers, "when she died died with her,
and have had no ambition since then"
The st. Adams working committee have
secured the prosecution of s. d. Stroud, pro-
prietor of the American House, for selling
liquor. He pleaded guilty to two offences
and was fined $50 and costs. He appealed.
There have been 32 cases of small pox in
Holland, of which seven have proved fatal
The infection was brought by young man
who came home from New York and had the
varioloid, but so lightly that the doctor called
it chicken-pox, aud from him it spread to sur
rounding families. There are five houses in
which it broke out at about the same time.
The infected district has been carefully quar-
antined aud it is believed that the disease
| will be confined to its present limits. Hol-
lrnd is an Orleans county town on the Cana
da line.
Last Saturday afternoon the house at
Windsor occupied by Fred D. Gallup, ex ..
press messenger, was burned with most of its
contents. The fire took from defective
chimney. Gallup is insured on the furniture
for $500. The house is insured for 81, 400.
The works of the National horse nail
company at Vergennes were burned about
O'Clock P. M, Thursday, Loss probably from
! 100000 to S25, 900.
Elmer Faddin of East Middlebury, aged
| 10, was killed GU Saturday by load of wood
falling on him.
The Grand Division Sons of Temperance
| of Vermont was recognized last week at
Woodstock by the M. w. Z. of North America,
! Evan j. Morris of Cincinnati.
There are over fifty students in attend
ance at the preliminary term of the Burlington
Medical College and the prospects are that there
will be atleasttwo hundred at the regular term,
which begins March g.
John L. Hammond of Orwell died last
Friday night, at Middlebury, of pneumonia
He was president of the Orwell bank from its
organization in 1868.
Mary L. Gilbert OF North Troy, aged 80,
fell, Wednesday, on the ice, breaking her
skull and sustaining fatal injuries.
The broad lake opposite Burling ton
closed over on Saturday The closing is later
than usual, January 29 being the average
time for the last threescore years.
"A little child of Henry Pratt of East
Wallingford was terribly scalded, last week,