Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-12-05
STATE NEWS.

According to a despatch To the Boston
Globe Mrs Lucy Wood Of Barre tOl years
old and probably the oldest person in Yer.
mont, has sent petition 10 Congress Tor
pension Her husband was a teamster in
the war Of 1872, and a. the present law re
lating 10 the veterans Of that war does not
include teamsters Mrs Wood has asked
Congress for a special pension.
A sydicate Of Rutland business men have
bought large tract Of land At Cuttings
vile, on which they expect to develop quar-
ries Of fine granite
The repairs aud alterations ON the Epis
copal church at Rutland are nearly com
pleted, and will cost about 80 900
Dr. George Dutton. who STYLES himself
dean Of the Vermont medical college. left
Rutland for Boston on Saturday, aud 1t is
reported will soon 20 10 Michigan TO see if
he can get "A charter to establish his so
called medical college in that state. The
doctor announces that the winter term Of
the institution will open soon IN Boston, and
that the spring term will begin in Rutland
in April.
Rutland lumbermen are reported 10 be
making preparations for big winters bust
ness, as they think all the indications point
10 a large quantity Of snow.
The railroad commission organized Mon
day evening 18th ex-Gov. Pingree as chair
man and Alfred + Watson as clerk 1t
was decided to hold regular monthly meet
ings in the state library building at Mont
peler
The Franklin county hop crop amounted
to 5000 bales this year.
1t is remarked that game is unusually
plenty throughout the state.
| The grain elevator at Richford, the largest
| in New England, which is now being built
| by the Canadian Pacific railroad company,
will be ready for receiving in February.
| Thus far 100 men have been at work upon
| it, but the force is soon to be increased to
! 100 or POO. The elevator is built upon 90
| stone piers, seven feet square at base, four
feet square at top and ~ feet high The
elevator will he ljl feet high, 1872 feet long
and 80 feet wide with receiving capacity
Of 800, 900 bushels or a little over 30 900.
900 pounds Above the piers the elevator
is 10 he built Of wood covered with CORFU
gated iron so constructed as to be practically
fire proof The power is supplied 10y a Cor
liss engine Of - horse power. in llug
adjacent to the elevator and a carload Of
gain containing 666 bushels, or 80 600
pounds, can he unloaled in seven minutes.
and 300 carloads easily disposed of per day.
The elevator is to he lighted throughout hy
electricity To build it will cost over
100000
The case Of Winters receiver vs. o A.
Barton ct a. which resulted from the st
Adams bank disasters, aud has been pend
ing in the circuit court Of the United States
for the past six years, has been finally de
termined by Judge Wheeler, who has en-
tered a decree for Sll. SO aud mteres'
and costs taxed at $500 making in all abtut
SIG, 900 the defendant, Albert Sowles being
discharged without costs An appeal hi.
been taken 10 the supreme court aud th,
case will be reached in about four years
The $50 600 required to build new hote
at Woodstock has all been raised and tn,
foundation Of the building put in. Work
will be resumed in the spring and it i,
hoped it will be finished early in September
The late Frederick Billings gave $1,000
for the project before his death
The iron bridge across the Black river il
Cavendish has been completed 1t is
handsome, substantial structure, having
span Of 80 feet. 1t cost $500
The Wells x Richardson company 90
Burlington are to resume the mauufartur,
Of milk sugar, trusting to the protection
afforded by the duty ON imported eool, &.
make a success of the business in which tn,
firm is said to have sunk nearly $50, 900 IL
their first venture a few years ago
Among the gifts made to the state durin.
the closing hours Of the session Of the lecis
lature was handsome life size portrait %
the late Gen. Philip Sheridan, done in cray
on from rare portrait furnished by Mr-
Sheridan. The givers included many prom
inent citizens Of the state, among whom
we're the the late Frederick Billings, Frank
lin Fairbanks, Gov. Page. Commissioner \
B. Valentine and Percy W Clement.
An old ladies home was formally d-di
Gated in Rutland GA Wednesday eveuin
after several years Of effort to get the in
stitution started Besides "A reception room
parlor, dining room, etc there are doz
en- rooms for the accommodation Of in
mates, the furnishings Of which have bee
contributed by Rutland people It start
off with four occupants. The building is
! new one erected during the past season.
There were two cases Of severe burnin
with molten iron at the Howe scale work
, in Rutland on "Wednesday. In the frs
case three men were handling what
known as "bul ladle filled with melte
iron, when one of them stumbled and fe
and portions of the liquid metal wer
thrown over his head. burning "A wide stri
on the top of the skull and burning also hi
right arm and knees Immediately afte
this a small ladle. carelessly handled. cause
melted iron u he thrown over the arm An
leg of "a man IN another part of the shop
burning him severely also. Both men WI
n probably recover, but the one first mel
e toned will be disabled for a long time,