Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-07-22
State Matters.

al 81 Adams, is dead.
- There were two cases Of sunstroke in
Rutland on Tuesday
II. n. Barber was on Saturday confirm
ed Postmaster for st. Adams.
"A mad dog in Windsor was fortunately
shot before he did any harm.
Patrick Burns, who was shot in row
at Rutland Centcr, Sunday, died on Tuesday
We understand that the Burlington Sen
tinei is for sale.
"A teamster for l. Dayey Of Fairhayeu
died on his wagon on Wednesday. The team
returned with him dead.
One of orr Burlington young ladies left
her cultivated home last week, to immurc
herself in a Baltimore Convent
We understand that the Congressional
Convention for the 81 District will be called
to meet at stowe August llth
Mortified has voted to invite the Yer
mont Conference to hold its next session
there.
Patrick Burns, who was shot in melee
at Centre Rutland last Sunday evening died
Tuesday night in West Rutland
IuNI DaDDdtH sthpolSf VIZ liohi I dh-
ton, Weybridge, Addison aud Cornwall, cele-
brated the 4th on Snake Mountain.
-Ex-Gov Smith is recruiting his health
at Caledonia Springs, near Ottawa, instead
Of at Stowe.
The Democrats and Conservatives at
Brattleboro, VI ratified the nominations of
Seymour aud Blair on the 10Th.
A Grant Club was organized in Brad
ford on the eth inst, and its meetings will be
held every Tuesday evening for the present
The receipts Of the festival of the ladies
Of the Congregational Society at Bmttleboro,
week before last, amounted TO 500.
- Cassius NJ Sowles, aged - yeaf= was
drowned in the lake near Dr. Martins house
on North Island, on Sunday the lth inst
while bathing in company with Charles Miner.
Tho work Of rebuilding the " most re-
cent burnt district in Rutand--corner Cen
l ter street and Merchants Row--has already
commenced.
"A barn and sheds containing seven or
eight tons Of hay, belonging to Amos Tower,
Of Ira, were destroyed by fire on Monday
last--haying been struck by lightning.
Engineer Bailey Of the Vermont Cen
trail Railroad. is now surveying the route Of
the Lamoille Valley Railroad from Cambridge
to Swanton
- Mr. II. l. Proctor is to give two grand
floral concerts at St Adams, on the evenings
Of July 23rd and 2lth, in which he will bring
out Saroni's Operatta the " Twin Sisters
- During the mouth of june l99s,03
pounds Of freight were forwarded and receiv-
ed at the Poultney station by b. G. Rice, Esq,
station agent
A nice shower fell between , and 3 P.
m, July 18th, at llinesburgh which appear
ed to be much heavier little to the north
and east of that town.
&C r. Congdon Of Dandy, had all his
silyerware stolen, July 9th, by burglar who
left no trace behind of himself or the
spoons.
Twelve citizens of St. Adams Bay have
united in a protest against the practice OF
bathing along the wharyes and roads Of that
place, especially on the Lords Day"
E. W. Stoughtou, Esq, and VIM NJ
Eyarts ESD Of New York, with their tami'
lies, are now at their summer residences il
Windsor
--Lucus II. Golf of St. Adams, has beer
, appointed Deputy Collector Of Internal Rev
enuo for the Third Collection District Of Yer.
mont
) The United States Circuit Court for tn,
: District of Vermont commences its session al
Windsor, July 2sth, Judge Nelson presiding
A long term is expected
"A party of twenty ladies and gentlemen
from St. Adams, on Friday last, accompanied
J George G.. Hunt, ESD, Paymaster of the Yer
mont Central Railroad, in his private car to
; Waterloo, Canada.
The St. Adams Messenger says the farm
ers in that region are suffering the loss OF
their hired help--mostly Canadians-who ar'
: frightened away by the excessive hot wealth
G err, Alas, whittier will they flee?
! Rev. A. Hitchcock is doing efficient service
> for the church, as canvasser and collector To-
the Vermont Conference Seminary and Fe
male College His field of operations is Mont
pelier district
The Lebanon Springs Railroad is golnl
s ahead finely. The iron is laid five miles be
D yond East Bennington, and everything prom
e ises well for through train from New \ orl
i to Montreal before snow flies.
The big reservoir on the mountain II
s. Bennington, built by the manufacturers t
+ keep their supply Of water full during the dr.
e season, gave way two weeks ago, and tn
o pond, which covers over 100 acres, was con
e pletely drained off.
: -Glenwood seminary at West Brattlebor
! closed its summer term, yesterday. Hlral
circuit has sold his entire interest to X.
s. Hosford, the present business manager, an
m the institution will be under his sole manage
10 ment hereafter.
y The Office of the Vermont Record Q
Brattleboro was entered, Tuesday night, b
- means of false key, and the money draw'
70 robbed of its contents A man must be av
fully deprayed and driven to desperate strait
:, to rob a printer.
d "A meeting of the Board Of Managers
"a the Rutland County Agricultural Society wi
u be held at the Central House in Rutland, Q
a Wednesday, July 2Sth, at l O'Clock +. \
Is Important business is to come before Il
10 meeting, and full attendance is requeste'
Jonathan Weston alias Wesson, recent
> stole horse from John Proctor of Lyndo
u and harness and wagon from Chas. WIFI
= pie. He was found on Monday, secreted
u the woods, was taken to Lyndon, and WI
X bound up in the sum of $500 for trial
ID The remains of the late Hon. Port
TX Baxter have been removed from Oak Iii
Cemetery, Georgetown, D. G., where the
=, had been temporarily deposited, to Straffor
~ W.T. for interment, in which village approprla
III funeral services will take place on Sundf
a next.
ey AT the Republican County Conyenti'
&c of Bennington county, held at Arlington
Id Thursday, Hon. Il. b. Burton presiding al
ms Vim. II. Cook, secretary, Hon. Harmon Ca
is field of Arlington and DR.. Martin j. Love
po,n;,o,on were nominated for Senators