Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-04-19

""' "i0"hdiSing q fowl
lng-piece' it burst, severely decorating hi,
left hand. and wounding his head cons;a
erably. 1t is hoped that a part, if NJ,
the whole of his hand may be saved
Rutland Herald.
CT An Otter Creek Pickerel was cap0b,
in Pittsford a few days since, by WaTlso.
Breese and E. Nutting, which weighed 90
pounds.
Eg- ]. H. Barrett, Esq, former editor
of the Middlebury Register, now Of ii.
Cincinnati Gazette, is reported to stand
very fair chance of being appointed ,
member of the Court of Appeals in Ii.
Patent Department.
ca Hon. Geo. W. Grandey has besr
appointed Postmaster of vergennes.
sBT Geo. P. Hayes, of Windsor. 70.
ceives the appointment of mail agent from
Springfield to Barton.
CASKER RAsH.--This disease has prevail.
ed, and does still, to quite an extent in
this and one or two adjoining towns, the
present season. Several children have
died Of it.-Lrasburgh Standard.
A FALSE REpoRr.-It has been reported
quite freely from time to time within four
or five weeks, that Elisha White of this
county, and who has been in Texas for
several months, has Leen hung BY A
southern mob, because of his republican
principles. We have good reason to be.
lieve these reports untrue-B.
gg' We learn that Charles Simonds
has purchased the American House in
this village of Joseph and Wells Goodhue
for $4,000. The property has been in the
hands of the Goodhue family for about
half a century. Mr.. Simmonds is expect
ed to take charge Of the house eventually.
-Meni1.
Hg- J. S. D. Taylor of Plattsburgh, is
to be principal of the new Union School
in St. Adams.
GgH The Menir may as well hide with
its musk-rat story, for East Putney can
give it odds, and leave it entirely in the
shade then. AS E. F. Hooper, and a
hired man, were moving the remains Of a
NOW of corn fodder, on the Dist inst,
they thought they smelled a RAJ" which
caused an arming for the work of slaugh-
tie, ing them. They then began it, and
did not leave off until they had killed two
hundred and forty seven full grown rats,
measuring seven Fights of a bushel, and
weighing eighty-two pounds.-BeAOw
Falls Argus.
EE- Franklin Henry, of this village
has a hen belonging to him which last
week laid an egg that weighed four ounces
and measured nine and a quarter by six
and "a half inches.-B.
E- Col. A. Wentworth, of this village,
was quite seriously injured Monday even.
ing last, by being precipitated from u wagg'
on, by the sudden starting of the horse-h,
CT The money drawer of the toll gath
erer on the bridge between Walpole and
Westminster was robbed of $50 the other
evening. Crossett went out into the
bridge to light the lamp, and on his re.
turn found the money drawer lying in the
road.-H.
ESCAPE AND REcAprURE.-Wheeler, the
leader Of the three prisoners confined in
Jail, at Fayetteville, for passing counter
felt money in Londonderry and Windhan'
made a bold push for liberty on Tuesday
evening, April 2. He managed some way
to get a small bar of iron, with a claw on
one end, made to draw nails, with which
he broke the lock to his cell, and. it IS
supposed, with that, and a stick of wood
he strained the window CRATES apart 50
that he escaped through them. The hole
he went through was only 7 IL by II IL
inches, and he left without either bat
or coat. A new snow had just fallen
which made it easy to follew his track
Pursuit was made with a horse and sleigh
a light being held out each side to see bis
tracks did not leave the road, and after
going three miles they were within about