Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-04
STATE AFFALRS.

windsor has voted an appropriation OF $4,000 to
onId new school house on the cite Of the present
one adjacent TO the town hall
Prosper Merrillis barn in Woodstock va. hrro.,
Mednesday morning and portion Of his residtnee
seSn damaged total loss probably $1,000, insurance
Miss Louisa Howard. sister of the LAT. 1oA, ID
Howard OF Burlington, has given real estate worth
$4,000 to the Howard relief society Of that CITY
The Free Press says that the important case Of
tue spirtuAlisis against the town of Randolph for
mandamus to compel the seectmen TO give them a
snare o. the public money for the support Of the COS
PET Nhleh was tried In the county court and went to
town. :" '@'O' VI TUG
;a,Plymouth has another big gold mining company
Mth capital stock OF 81 600 0OO and vein OF ORE
that is claimed 20 yield the enormous amopnt of
from t2i to $2aT ton. 1t will begin operatiops i'm
boston capitalists are interested in the AFFAIR
"A woman 10 the northern part of the state ia toll
ny u tne way she FOOLED the inspecting DR.. Kay Of
NesPo!It on one OF the recent Montreal trains. Sue
had determined not to be yaccinated on The train
Anu SO seNed button under the sleeve of the dress
near Nhere the arm is usually serAped. The inspec-
she said. He planted his hand on the button. lie
moved along " ny
The recent decision Of the supreme court in
SUIT about the validity OF $4,000 worth Of Rutland
railroad stock bought two years ago by tbe CI,me,ts
OF Rutland, fixing the burden Of that amount on the
Ioau mas caused much gossip and holders Of stock
outside ihe management have sold out. 1t is GOT
covered In some wayt One OF the officers saws there
can properly be no dividend until a year from pext
August some people are rather scared by this pros
pecti while others believe In the property The elem
ents say that they have always been Confident as IN
the outcome OF the suit aud that the decision makes
no great difference with them.
"A despatch from North Troy says that the par
ualy decomposed body OF Chaplin Marden, light.
mousse Keeper AZ Owls Head In Lake Memphremagop
vas found 10 bed last Friday. Appearances Indicated
shat death occurred two weeks ago. Navigation had
oeen suspended aud the absence OF the lights was NOT
Mary Steele Of Castleton, a dissolute unmarried
woman, % years old, was found dead on a lounge in
her house last Saturday night badly bruised some
what cut about the head and the room 10 great dsor
DER She had been on a spree and her brother Guv
VINO ives with her, had also been on a protractrd
drunk. The dead woman had led q curious life She
mad considerable business talent aud was sharpaDd
pushing saleswoman She sold Womenis underwear
about Rutland county aud canyassed for books Her
tallt angular form was familiar 10 that section She
made money aud had received q considerable amount
on the day OF the murder. After business trim she
would have pFoiracied SPREE her brother occasion.
ally Joining her. She would lock herself 10 the house
and lie drink for days. The couple lived aloof from
All neighoora Her brother suspected OF having
murdered her, but an autopsy aud inquest made il
probable that she died from q long debAueh or had
perhaps taken lnudanum with intent 10 commit sui-
eide Her money has all been accounted for and no
arrests will be made.
The Burlington coasting club Is making great
for the winters sport The toboqgap
Aide is abOat finished.