Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-02


A expenditures So, $50 Sc cash on hand
4 sl96,033 81. The report detailos at con-
4 siderable length the operations of the road
4 during the past year and its present condi-
\ ton About thirty-sx miles Of new iron
4 have been laid, with about 10000 cross ties
\ -Four bridges valued at 100000, have been
d lost by the fire during the year; the loss
\ covered by insurance, however There has
n been added to the rolling stock Of the road
A $50 freight cars, passenger cars and To-
Il comotives The business Of the road has
steadily increased, aud Gov. Smith said it
& was only to be estimated by the capacity Of
4 the road, since they had been compelled for
n want Of facilities to turn away large amount
q Of business during the year.
-Thesurvey of the Belden's Falls Railroad
4 branch chartered at the late session Of the
Legislature, has been commenced by Messrs.
a j. H. Simmons and o. Wooster. This road
is to run from Bclden's Falls in a southeast
direction and terminate near Fast Middlebu-
ry. It is designed to accommodate the mar
BE quarries.
-Breyot Captain Charles +. Rockwell,
q Ordnance Department United States Army
son Of W. H. Rockwell, Esq, Of Brattleboro,
& a young man with many friends aud Of much
s. promise, died al Washington d. c., Nov. 10,
Of typho-malarial fever.
"A barn and twenty tons Of hay belong
& ing to Mr. Pierce Of West Salisbury, were
entirely consumed, by fire on Friday night.
4 The stock in the barn at the breaking out Of
the fire was all removed The fire originated
q from a lantern which Mr. Pierce carried
into the barn.
Snow fell to the depth Of eight inches in
Shoreham on Saturday, while in Cornwall,
which lies adjoining, the farmers were plough
n ing.
Tho survey of the Belden's Falls Rail-
road Branch, chartered at the session Of the
q Legislature, has been commenced by Messrs.
# J. II. Simmons and O. Wooster. This road
Is to run from Belden's Falls in q South East
8 direction, and terminate near East Middlebu-
w. Ii Is designed 10 accommodate the mar
bic quarries The Beden's Falls Marble Co.
propose TO erect large mill at the Falls, with
capacity sufficient to meet the wants Of all
the quarres along the proposed road.
MIR. Chas. w. Phelps, of Dorset, raised
the past summer thirty-eight bushels Of Nor
& way oats from forty quarts Of seed, sown on
one-half acre of fair grain land without ma
nuring.
IA The Grecian bend Of female who ar.
81 rived in St. Adams from Montreal last week
& was found to consist Of 5000 worth Of silks
She had it bad. The Custom House officers
relieved her.
Twelve hundred hogs were shipped over
the W. Central Railroad 20 Boston on the
9th inst.
Two new freight and passenger engine.
have been recently added 10 the rolling stock
Of the W Central Railroad Their names
are the Fairfax, -" Braintree,'" Richmond
and Stowe
"A boy named Gutehen was horribly and
fatally injured by being caught in the machin
cry Of Hunts shawl mandatory in Benning
81 .ou. His side was torn open
by a recent act Of the Legislature, fifty.
four pounds Of onions viii make bushel
A fine new thirty ton locomotive, from
&'raunton Mass works has just been placed
on the Rutland r. r. It is called Gov
Page and is designed for lreighting purposes
Nearly 600 hands are at the prescn
time employed in the mills of the Burlington
Moolen Company at Winooski, and they worl
~ hours each per day.
Lincoln complains Of school houses toe
email 10 accommodate the scholars.
"A misguided father came to the aid Of O
#contumacious scholar the other day in Hard
wick, and refusing to leave, the gritty littl,
ieaoher aided him in that particular with hi
#ierule and boot,
N. McNeile Of Hardwck has a COW iron
(which he has sold this season, 1872 lbs. Of but
per, besides supplying family Of three viii
4lmilk and butter, tattening pig aud raising
good calf Thecow hashad noextra keeping
A history Of Albany is in preparation
for the Vermont Historical Magazine b,
q Norris NJ Darling The history Of Barto
4 Is to be written by Thomas o. May, that 0
&Troy By Samuel Sumner, that Of Browning
II ton by Rev 5. r. Hall, that of Craftsbur
+ by Hon VIM } Hastings, the histories o
j jay, Salem and Coventry, and the history 0
Orleans County, by Rev. Pliny II. White
Samuel Cooper died in No. Troy las
Sabbath, aged 100 years, months, and l
days
The customs officers last week seized o
l.. NJ. Parkhnrst, of Troy, two horses, yok
of oxen, wagon and four tons Of hay, for al
legged violation of revenue laws.
The St. Adams butter market was du
on Tuesday and prices lower-prime Al
middling 40 to 43 cents per pound.
BENZ IIoyt of Greensboro killed no
the present week which weighed 59l pounds
H. Collins of Coventry lately " holed
and killed with his dog four coons, whic
weighed 60 pounds
"A pamphlet edition Of Rev c. Il. Fee
rims sermon on the murder of Mr.. PER-
Russell, of Hinesburgh, is in press and wi
be soon issued.
III The city court provided for Burlingto
by the late legislature, has been organized b
the appointment of William G. Shaw I
q Judge, and j. Reid Hickok as Clerk. Ei
4 cellent selections
Mr.. Rix is to giyea vocal concert at S
Johnsbury tomorrow evening, by $50 chi
dren, whom he has been drilling for the pu
) pose
M Anna Dickinson is to lecture at
Johnsbury Dec. 3D.. Her subject will be
struggle for life"
IA The officers have levied upon the pro
/ erty Of Mrs. Dillon, of St. Adams, for Il
penalty of $500, which she incurred
smuggling liquors from Canada.
The Adams Manufacturing Company,
Castleton, employ one hundred hands in Il
manufacture Of one hundred thousand sla
pencils per day.
Theodore Tilton ectured to an audien,
of about four hundred, in Rutland, on Mo
day evening, upon the subject of "Tr
Craftsmanship"
Two lads in Cambridge, one iourte,
and the other eighteen years Of age, ha
caught this fall 76 muskrats.
Under the head of :" big suit" the Ia
Rutland Courier SAYS "Thc contest betwe,