Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-05-25
VERMONT NEWA.
FOREST FIRES IN THIS STATE, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
AND NEW YORK

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two large wood sheds belonging to tho Pas
sumpsic railroad company were burned with
three carloads of lumber and cars. At
Woodville N. H., a steam saw-mil and p
000, 900 feet Of lumber belonging to A. T. &
e. Baldwin, the depot, water-house and 500
cords of wood property Of the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad company, and two cars
were burned. Wood.lan fires ragged at Twin
mountain, Jefferson and Warren Summit.
Forest fires were raging fercely Saturday
night on Mt. Webster and Burberry noun
tain, and brisk wind blowing. A special
train went from Plymouth to Warren Sum
NIT with 200 men to check, if possible the
fire reported there, and TO protect railroad
property. jeremiah Rickers steam saw mill
and boarding house at jefferson, N H., with
large quantity of logs and manufactured
lumber, and Willoughby Il Gales coal
and 200 cords of wood were also burned.
Three great forest fires were visible from
Burlington on the hills west of Lake Cham
plain. OF the FIRE at Groton later informa-
ton says that A. T. Baldwin whose mills and
lumber were destroyed, puts his loss at over
| 800, 900; small insurance. Mr.. Baldwin
himself escaped the flames by ducking in a
| brook under the railroad track After burn
ing the mill property the fire passed along
the railroad some three miles to Peabody sta
ton and burned the depot and all the build.
ings there The entire territory on both sides
of the track for about six miles is waste,
timber, buildings and everything being
burned. The track has been relaid. The
loss to the railroad is estimated at over $25,-
600. A gang of men saving wood for the
railroad and living in the cars at Groton Pond
station barely escaped with their lives.
MEMORIAL DAY ORATORS
The FREQ Press gives list of 80 Memo
rial day speakers in this state Burlington,
Kittredge Haskins of Brattleboro Milton,
Henry o. Wheeler of Burlington; Hinesburgh,
j. H. Goulding of East Dorset Cambridge,
II. IL. Powers of Morrsvile; Wolcott Henry
Ballard of Burlington; Stowe, A. F. Walker
of Rutland Waterbury, Rev. Or. l.. o. Bar
stow of Burlington; Montpelier, s. E. Pin
gree of Hartford; West Randolph, p. X. Ken
dali of Rutland South Royaton, Rev. A. j.
Hough of White River functions Hartford,
i. NJ. Reed of Bellows Falls st. Johnsbury,
+. " Randall of Brooksheld Bethel, 4. o.
Seaver of Woodstock Rochester, S. NJ. Pin
gree of Hartford; Brattleboro, Rev. A. b.
Truax Chester, w. w. Grout of Barton
Bellows Falls, c. +. Eddy and George A.
Brown Thetford L. &. Hinckley of Chelsea
Bradford, Roswell Farnham Bakersfield,
Willard Harrington of st. Adams Newport,
Rev. G. Ii. Parker of North Troy and Josiah
Grout Warren, Frank pumly North Troy,
@. 2. Hogan of Sheldon Rutland, George
T. Childs of st. Adams Londonderry, W. q.
Veazey of Rutland Brandon, Rev. Walter
Rice Bennington, Warren Gibbs of Burling-
ton Weybridge, Robert Roberts of Burling-
ton Dorset, Rev. ID. Il. Lowell OF Rutland
Arlington, G.. w. Hooker of Bratteboro
Cavendish, Col. w. G. Holbrook of New
York Bristol w. C. Dunton of Rutland.
WOMAN DOING GOOD WORK IN METHODIST
PULPIT.
The Methodist church at Stamford is in
an anomalous position. 1t was formerly con-
nected with the Troy district in the Troy
Conference. At the General Conference in
1850 it was placed ia the Burlington district,
and with this district placed in the Vermont
Conference. 1t is quite remote from the
churches of Burlington district aud has no
utilization with the churches of the Vermont
Conference. The presiding elder of Bur
lingtou district does not visit it or exercise
any supervision over it. The church asked
the presiding elder of Troy district to furnish
them a supply and make quarterly visits to
them, which he does. But he cannot send a
member of Troy Conference to them, and
must therefore provide some one who is not a
member of the Conference. This year he has
secured for them lady supply, Miss f. II.
/ Delevan. She is reputed to be most excel
/ lent woman and talented preacher. She ID
| a graduate of the Boston Theological Semi.
nary The Methodist church has not made
any provision for the ordination of women to
the ministry, and therefore none have been
ordained. They are permitted to act as lay
preachers, however, and such is Miss ID ,le
van. She is not, rs has been stated in the
press, sent to Stamford by authority of Troy
Conference, for the Conference has no au-
thority over her or the church. The arrange
ment is made between her aud TIE church,
by the assistance of the presiding elder of
Troy district who, while not having any Off
cial relation to this church, is kindly lending
his aid 10 it until it shall be again returned to
Troy Conference.
Last Sunday afternoon between I aud &
o'clock five barns in Brandon belonging to
Bradley Barlow, together with two moving
machines and quantity of hay and straw,
were entirely consumed by fire. Sunday
evening Frank Thornton, young fellow Is
years of age, was arrested charged with set
ting the fire aud was bound up in $500
The latest development in the Rutland
fight is the arrest last Saturday afternoon Of
Grand Juror Spellman on charge of being
drunk SpellmRn is one of Loves opponents,
aud the arrest is said to have been mads at
the instance Of Love and his friends to retail
itate on Spellmau.
Hon. Prosper Merrill of Woodstock is
home from Florida in Improved health
Harvey Tilden, judge of probate for
Washington county died ut Barre last SLtur-
day, aged 10. He represented the town in
the Legislature in ls49 and had been judge
of probate u years He had recently sent
his resignation to Gov, Barstow on account
of i'll health,
Frank Leighton stabbed George Heath
at Barnet last Friday, and was arrested at st.
Johnsbury Saturday. The two men were al
work in swamp and quarrelled. leighton
says Heath, who bears a bad reputation,
threatened his life and he acted in sell. de.
fence leighton is in Jail in default of $1,000
bail. He is brother of Mrs. Heath.
-Unwashcd wool is selling in Yergennet
at 10 to q cents washed, % to 32 cents.
Harvey RoardmRn OF Middlabury, aged
80, is dead from injuries received by being
thrown from wagon.
The grand list of Middlebury shows G
net gain of $81, 4O2 over that Of 1882.
-In recording the death of Mrs. Betsey
CLee) Sherman, at the age of 50 years, the
st. Adams Messenger says that she used to
teach school in Fairfield, and had distinct
recollection of President Arthur's father, Al
he used to come, leading his little son Chestti
by the hand on Sundays and preach in the
school-housa whefe she Arst taught school.
Tho Central Vermont railroad passenger
depot and wood shed and Gilson's cooper shoI
at Hartlaud were burned Saturday noon. L
is supposed that the fire caught from pass
ing locomotive,
Frank Newton, farmer living in the
west part of the town of Bethel, died rec mt
ly of blood poisoning. Having a colt will
some kind of sore upon him, he made {
wash of poke root to apply to it, and in max
ing the application the poison got into BIZ
blood, producing erysipelas, from which h'
died in a few days
Mrs. Alphous Eldredge of ArooksYille
aged 10, Committed suicide in the Addison
county Jail Saturday night by tearing up
sheet, hraiding it, tying it to her neck an'
the bed post and choking herself to death
She was probably deranaed. Ahe was arrest
ed last summer for stealing various ANAL ar
ticles but took poison on the day set for thu
hearing She was afterward arrested and in
carcerated for burglary and larceny.
The assessed valuation OF Burlington il
SO, sos, G73, a slight gain over last year.
, The suit of the Bradley Fertilizer compa
ny against DIR. Cutting has been postponed a
the instance OF tho company
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