Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
VERMONT NEWS.

Mr. u. A. Austin OF East Georgia, a
prominent citizen, aged so, died suddenly of
apoplexy, on Sunday, while sitting with his
Sunday school class in the Methodist church
at Georgia Centre.
Arthur Wilkins, a Bennington school
boy, was thrown violently against a fence
while coasting, last week, breaking his arm
and cutting his head badly.
Superintendent VerplancK Colvin, Of the
Adirondack survey, says that the mean height
of Lake Champan, as obtained by seven
years observations, is SO feet above tide
level.
The Bellevue House at Newport has been
sold to Jerry Drew for $4,000.
Most of the wells and springs in the
south and west parts of Middlebury ARE COM
pletely dry, and drinking water is scarce ar
ticle.
The snow and ice were 80 bad on the
Mssisquoi railroad last week that passenger
train was 20 hours running from st. Adams
to Rchford, % miles.
Peter Trudo an employe of the Cutter
marble company of Middlebury, is believed
TO be the strongest man in Addison county
He is feet q inches tall and weighs 2lO
pounds.
The worst wind storm of the season pre-
vailed at Barre last Monday. The roads over
the hills are impossible. There is three feet
of snow on a level and it is drifted in many
places to an immense depth.
VIM. Harmon, aged 49, was killed at Pow
nal, on Saturday, by being caught in re-
volving wheel
George Carpenter, brakeman, lost a leg
under the cars at Windsor, Tuesday. He is a
young man and has a sick family at White
River Junction.
Mrs. f. =. Barden of Burlington. 20
years old, was very badly burned on Saturday
evening by her clothes catching fire from a
candle but finally ran out doors and plunged
into a snow bank, thus saving her life.
All the hill roads in Orange county are
impossible. A New Yorker aud his wife
who are spending the winter at West Ran
dolph, were stopped by drifts the other even
ing while driving from neighboring village
and were obliged to take refuge for the night
in school house.
The regular February term of the United
States circuit and district courts, Judge Wheel
err presiding, will be held in Burlington be-
ginning Tuesday, the 27th. The interesting
and important case to be heard is that of & he
Bradley fertilizer company VS. Dr. II. A. Gut
ting, secretary of the state board of agricul-
ture. It will be remembered that in some
lectures at the farmers meetings last year,
DIR. Cutting passed adverse criticisms on the
Bradley company's goods, and this suit for
SlO,0 600 damages is the result,
On the evening of the I'd inst some 200
pensioners and friends gathered at the Con-
gregational parsonage in Hinesburg, and made
Rev. A. G. Field a donation of $50. All the
religious societies of the place were well rep
resented
John Ring, who murdered Noah Thomp-
son at Bristol some years ago, and who was
sent to prison and afterwards pardoned out
by Gov. Fairbanks, died Tuesday night in
Bristol Sunday he was out driving an ugly
colt owned by him, and when attempting to
put halter on him in the stall after reaching
home, the colt reared aud struck him in the
stomach with Lis fore feet, milictiug fatal
wound
DR.. Grow of st. Johusbury found live
baby in box on his front door steps the 9TH
er morning and adopted it.
A shocking accident has occurred in
Hoadley's sawmill, near Bennington man
named Chapman, while working around some
gearing, was caught and literally torn to
pieces. His legs and arms were torn from his
body and his head crushed.
-Scerle; fever is spreading in the northern
part of Windsor county, Royalton, Barnard,
Sharon, Stockbridge and Bethel Icing aflict-
ed with the disease
The estate Of the late Trenor W. Park,
of Bennington, is estimated at 81, juO, 600.
He left no will but the heirs, it is said, will
carry out his intention of establishing and en-
dowing a home for destitute children at Ben.
nington.
A three -year.old daughter OF Oliver Cam
eron, who lives near St. Adams, fell into
kettle of boiling soap Tuesday night and died
Wednesday morning.
The Free Baptist society of St Johns.
bury. whose church was burned last March,
dedicated new edifce Tuesday, Rev. G. S.
Frost of Pawtucket, r. l., preaching the ded-
icatory sermon.
Middlebury has authorized committee
to buy the Nathan Woods place and build
thereon a town hall, the whole expense not
to exceed SIG, 900.
Mayor Hatch withdraws from Burling-
toms mayoralty contest
-'rhe Boston and northern telephone COM
pany, which has control Of the exchanges at
Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington and st.
Adams, are to put in a through line from Bos-
ton to Montreal run wire from Burlington
to Montpelier. Middlesex, Waterbury, North
field and Plainfeld will also have connection
with Montpelier.
--Postmasters nominated by the President
this week: Benjamin D. Hopkins, st. Al
bans Harris Whipple, Fair Haven; Buel j.
Derby, Burlington.
The Central house block at Burlington,
occupied by Andrew Bontin, dealer in milin-
cry and crockery, and used on the upper
floor as a boarding-ho was burned last
night. Bontiu's loss is 50, 900.