The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-07-12
cHirrENDEN COUNTY.


der five hundred. '' "'-' '' 7oa
Number containing five hundred and nm
der one thousand, 81
Number containing one thousand and
over,
Total, 1000
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Horace Pierce, of Barton, has cut
from one acre of land, ninety tumbles
of hay, weighing GO pounds each.
The depot of the Passumpsic Rail
road IN Coventry, was burglariously
entered and robbed on the 31st ult,
to the amount of $14O The robbcr is
still at large.
ORANGE COUNTY.
One of the suits tried at Orange
county court, was that of j J. Nichols
VS. f. H Gilman, well known horse
trainer of Montpelier Plaintiff par
chased valuable horse, known as
Brown Dick somewhat noted as a
trotter, and hired Gilman to keep and
train the animal for trotting horse.
January 5, 1865, the horse died, and
plaintiff claimed its death to be be-
cause of the neglect and improper con-
duct of the defendant. The defendant
denied this, but the evidence seemed
to be with the plaintiff, as the jury
gave him verdict for 81, 14l and costs.
The trial occupied one week, and was
conducted for the plaintiff 10y A. NJ
Dickey, of Bradford, and b. f. Fiield,
of Montpelier; for the defendant by II.
Farnham, of Bradford, and r. Nick.
Ormsby, of New York City.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A building in Rutland was struck
by lightning on the 4th, and Henry
McNIaster of Middlebury, nearly
killed He vas taken up senseless,
but afterward recovered, though still
almost blind.
Lorenzo Pierce, n former resilient
of Rutland, died in Columbus, Ga, of
congestive chills.
On the Sd ult. fire occurred at
Cuttingsville, destroying about one
thousand cords of wood, the property
of the Rutland and Burlington Rail
road Company.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Rev. Rufus Emerson, recently of
Grafton, entered upon his labors as
pastor of the Congregational church at
Wilmington, June Both.
A man named f. Pickering, was run
over by the cars, on Tuesday night,
between South Vernon and Keene, n
H., and instantly killed. He was deaf
and consequently did not hear the
alarm.
The Republicans of this County
have placed in nomination the follow
ing ticket; Daniel Kellogg Brattlebo-
70, Homer Goodhue, Westminster,
Senators; Peter W. Dean, Grafton, w.
H. Jones, Dover, Assistant Judges;
James NJ. Tyler, Brattleboro, State S
Attorney; Walter Taylor, Rockingham,
Sheriff; John Hunt, Vernon, High
Bailiff; r. Tyler, Brattleboro, Malboro
Dist, A. Stoddard, Townshend, West'r
Dist, Judges of Probate.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Aaron Dunster was arrested in
Felchville on the 18th ult., charged
with an assault with intent to kill one
Herbert o. White, in January last.
In default of bail he was committed to
Jail, but escaped, and is still at large.
A new Post Office, called West
Bridgewater, has been established at
the corner lear the bowl factory in the
southwesterhly part Of Bridgewater,
and Joseph X. Spaulding is appointed
postmaster.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Republican County Convention
was held at Montpelier on Saturday
wheh The following ticket was put in
nomination:
Senators-W. w. Henry, Water
bury, Joseph II. Orcutt, Mortified
Charles Dewey, Montpelier; Assistant
Judges-F. G. Putnam, Woodbury. Ira
Richardson, Waitsfeld; Judge of Pro.
bate-Timothy r. Merrill, Montpelier
States Attorney-Joseph p. hanson
Cabot; Sheriff Clark King, L. Mont.
, pelier; High Bailif' Noah Robinson
Waterbury.