Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-03
STATE AFFAIRS.


A boiler in d. s. Potter's mill al Groton
pond exploded last Friday night, iniuripe
two men loss $4,000.
H. @. Burwell Of Brdport, who took the
swcepstake prize on sheep at the centennial
exhibition In 1876, and FIVE first premiums Al
the Vermont state fair last fall has been
awarded two sweepstske prizes at New Or
leans, amounting to $875-nearly half Of the
money offered on sheep.
The st. Johnsbury Young Mems Chris.
tian association will occupy in about two
weeks its new building, the gift Of Prof
Henry Fairbanks. The right side Of the
building is fitted up in a store, offices and
tenements. On the left, the association
home proper, is gymnasium, reading-room.
parlors, aud large hall, and rooms for the
secretary and janitor. The association was
organized in 1865, with 2l members, which
had increased to $50 In 1882
The Mary Fletcher training school fer
nurses opens at the Mary Fletcher hospital In
Burlington May 4. The four-weeks couree
of instruction will consist of lectures. reoita.
tons, demonstrations and practical teaching
at the bedside upon all topics which come
within the province of an experienced nurse
Any woman who wants the benefit of the in.
struotion given in the school without intend
ing to follow the vocation Of a nurse. NAV
attend the course by paying the usual fee.
The Bradley building at Bennington was
burned Saturday night, taking fire from the
explosion OF lamp; insured for $4,000.
The Noyes block, In which the fire originated.
was slightly damaged; insured. The occu
pants have the following insurance. Tobias
Stark, clothing, $4,000; Charles E. Graves,
hardware, $4,000. The losses are not az
large as at first supposed and are probably
covered by insurance.
In the civil libel suit brought by Chief
Justice Royce against Editor Maloney of the
r clifford Gazette, which came on for trial at
the September term Of Franklin county
'urt, it will be remembered that Judge
Royce's counsel demurred to the pleas filed
~ the defendant, claiming that they were
sham pleas and failed to meet the allegations
made. The defendant refused 10 amend
them and the case was carried up to the gu.
preme court and argued at the January term.
Judge Taft has just filed the decision of the
court sustaining the demurrer Of the plain
tf and adjudging defendants pleas INSULT.
cient-a decision which Is a substantial voto-
ry for Judge Royce.
Bella Rice, ca, a Weathersfield farmer,
hanged himself Friday TO beam in his sug-
ar house.
The Boston and Lowell railway company
has secured control of the St. Johnsbury 4
Lake Ohamplain railway, which, with other
connections to be made, will give that corpo-
ration new line TO Montreal This purchase
throws out all Of the st. Johnsbury & Lake
Ohamplain officials except Mr.. Jewell, who
will remain as division superintendent Port
land Ogdensburg freights have already be-
gun running via the Montpelier & Wells Riv-
er railroad.
The st. Johnsbury Masonic bodies now
occupy as handsome and finely appointed
quarters as there are in the Masonic juris-
diction of Vermont. Their new lodge rooms
and commandery armory are in the Sanborn
block and have just been finished and furn.
ished at an expense of $25O0. The main
hall is 80 feet wide by so feet long. The
ceiling is 10 feet high, handsomely frescoed.
The side walls are painted light terra cot
ia, and the wainscoting is ash and black wal
nut with gilt and carved ornamentation.
Leading out from one Of the ante-rooms is a
pleasant pArlor. The floor above is finished
of as an armory for Palestine Commandery,
and also contains banquet room and kitchen.