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was burned on the night of Dec. llth.
A house in Marshfeld occupied by Mr..
Nowns, was burned Dec. I, the family barely
escaping with what clothes they had on. Mr..
Nowns was burned by rushing in after one of
his children. The fire is supposed to have
taken from ashes kept in a wooden vessel
in the shed. No insurance.
Montpelier has voted to purchase d new
fire engine, and committee has been ap-
pointed to to get such a one as they think is
needed
Samuel Mutt, Postmaster Of White River
Junction, Vt, has been removed from Office
for violation of the law in ranking his
private letters The commissions of that
Office being over $500 year, he had no
right to send free any letters except such as
were exclusively upon Post Office business.
The Banner learns that, last week, man
by the name of Holden, of Arlington, was
severely injured by the bursting of grind
stone in the chisel factory of Douglass & Co.,
in Sunderland
John Halves, Of ST. Johnsbury. had his
Log brolOn while getting out lumber last
week
On Sunday the 18th inst, while Mr.
Fleming with others, was removing ice from
below Strickland's Machine-shopin Bradford,
he was carried down nearly the whole length
Of the lume, some IS feet, in the midst of
ice and water, out through a trap-door into
the river. Fortunately, he was not much
hurt, and got out before the rest knew where
he had gone.
Michael Kelly, aged II while trying to
get on a moving freight train at White River
Junction lately, fell, and the cars crushed
one of his legs so that it had to be am
putaated above the knee.
A young man, son of Mr.. Hiram Merrill
of Craftsbury, dropped dead in Coventry on
Tuesday last. He was in starch factory,
looking round, and fell, almost without
asound. Cause, disease of the heart
Geo. Fletcher. in Jail at Irasburgh for
horse stealing, escaped by saving of the
windows grating Dec. IA. He has broken
Jail once before, cut was caught
Michael Cone, tried to escape from Jail in
Bennington short time since Having by
some means freed himself from his shackles.
he slid out of the door, when the Tailor
brought in his food, but did not get the door
fastened outside before the jailor turned
round. Cone ran, but was soon caught.
The Banner says that Russell's powder
mills have stopped for the winter. All the
invaders of Virginia having been disposed of.
we presume the demand for powder has abat-
ed.
In Wallingford, Dec. !, a man came late
at night to Martindale's store and got the
porter to get him some oil to physic his horse
as he said. When the porter had gone down
cellar, the rascal tried to fasten the door.
meaning no doubt to rob the store. But he |
was not quite quick enough, and was glad to
MAKE his escape.
Somebody in Felchville who had a grudge
against Joseph Davis, went to his house
sometime since while he was gone, tore up |
the steps, and otherwise damaged the
promises, then went TO his saw-mill. col
lected all the tools there and threw them
into the pond. The pond was afterwards
drawn off and most of the tools recovered.
On the l4th inst at st. Adams, Chas. D.
Bogue was elected Captain of the Ransom
Guards, uice 7. F. House resigned, and
Geo. c. Hunt was elected LIST. Lieutenant.
Mr.. D. Buckland of Brandon, who keeps
a table of the weather says that the amount
of water which fell between Jan. . and Nov.
l. of this year was e. Sc inches During
the same ten months last year, only l. IS
inches more rain fell. This would show that
though the summer was so dry, about as
much rain fell as usual.