Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1860-12-14

IL The December term OF the Caled0-
MIA County Court commenced its session :.
on Tuesday of last week, at ST. Johnsbury.
ey The cars on the Passumpsic road
ran off the switch, at Barton, on Wednes-
day morning of last week. causing no
damage, however, aside from two or three
hours delay. n if E 3tst
CT Jonathan Ross, of Hardwick, has
dressed a pig not quite seven months old,
which weighed 800 pounds
RBvIvAL-We hear that there is a re-
ligious awakening now going on at New
port Center We hope that itmay extend
to the Bridge, and cross it-IrasbmgA
Standard.
ca A. Sias for forty years clerk of the
town of Danyille has resigned.
ssg Two boys in Milton N. H., were
playing with gun, a few days since,
when one of them pointed it at the other.
and supposing it not loaded, said, ~ am
going to shoot YOU The gun happened
to be loaded, and going off, Immediately
killed the other boy.
ca Navigation on Lake Champlain
closed on Wednesday of last week. Il
ca A young man named Burnham has
been arrested in Williamstown, for steal
ing property from a wagon in Barre, and
is now in Jail in Montpelier awaiting trial. Il
He has already spent six years in prison.
When arrested he was trying to extort
money from his grandmother, and she
was blowinga horn to raise the neighbors,
being in fear for her life; and while OH
trial he threatened the life of the prose-
cutting attorney Mr.. Whcelock,
ca The Irasburge Standard says there
are but three D. DIS on the eastern side of
the State and at least sixteen on the wes-
tern, and pertinently asks if the divinity
of the east-side ministers is so sound as
not to need doctoring? ss.H}.
ca The town of Brighton, in Essex
County shows gain in the population of
1872 per cent. since $50, numbering now
$50 inhabitantsan; increase due in great
measure to the railroad A large lumber
ing business is done at Island Pond.
ca An Advent Meeting House, which
has been erected and furnished at an ex-
pense of from two to three thousand dol
lars, was dedicated at Castleton, on the
22d ult.
ca Two men named Burbank and X
Barnes, had a quarrel in Bethel, a week 4
ago, about a trespassing cow, Barres
struck Burbank on the head with a club,
injuring him so severely that his life was
despaired of for some days. Barnes was
arrested au 5H aH s.....
ca A man named Pierce has been
arrested at Chester, for robbing clothes
lines, and was fined S3S A large guam
tity Of stolen clothing was found in his
house. -'t sn. r
ca A man named Cakes was arrested
in Shrewsbury for stealing two-years-
old colt, harness, wagon and cow-skin,
from several individuals. He was carried
to Jail at Rutland
O. Packages have been received at the
Post Office in Alexandria, Va, directed to
Alexandria, Virginia, Southern Confed-
eracy.' .a aaniaj5spf .
A HEAVY BoY.-There is lad in
Orange, eight years old, by the name of
Henery S. Tillotson who weighs over 100
pounds, and measures thirty-three feet
around the breast. South Carolina had
better keep quiet, if she don't want to
see a few specimens of our Yankees down
amongst her W indsor Journal.
ca A large eagle was captured up in
St. Armand few days since, under cir
cumstances SO unusual that it is worthy
of record The eagle first made an attack
upon man, bouncing down upon him
with all the ferceness with which they
are accustomed to light upon their prey,
but unfortunately for the eagle, he caught
tartar. and turned ont to be victim