Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-24
State Items.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.


nington &Rutland Railroad, had Il mar
row escape from death at Manchester on
Monday last. In attempting to jump
from locomotive while in mo ION, his
foot caughtin one of the driving wheels,
carry ing him some twenty feet before
he could extrcate himself. He was
considerably bruised but no Lones were
broken.
Burglars abound in Bennington.
Stores have been entered quite frequent
ly, and the other day trunk was stolen
from the rail road depot, the contents
of which were valued 800.
Henry W, Booth has been elected
President of the bennington Young
Mems Association, and John II. Flagg
Corresponding Secretary.
cHITTENDEN COUNTY
Alfred Bellows, of Westford, has sold
his farm and stock to Haskell Allen for
$500.
The rite of confirmation was admins
tered in st. Paul's [Episcopall Church,
Burlington, to Is persons by the Right
Reverend Bishop Bissell, Oh Sunday af
ternoon.
The body of James Flynn was found
Sunday in the swamp on the farm of
w. R.Vilas. in Colchester. He became
confused in storm, and persisted.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The last standing pine timber in the
town Of Jay, of any consequence, has
been cut and hauled to the mill this
winter.
The Jonas Kidder farm, at Barton,
was sold at auction last Wednesday, to
Benz. II. Hancock, for $1,000.
The Metcalf house and barn. with
contents, owned by N. Chillis. and
occupied by Mr.. Rothchilds, was
burned Thursday, the 18th, between IL
and o'clock am. Two horses, COW,
and MIR. S pedlar's cart and goods were
also burned.
Several sugar-houses in Coventry have
been crushed by the heavy snow and
last Thursday night about two-thirds of
the roof of barn belonging toWheeler's
tavern fell in, and the gable end fell
out.
The town of Albany is in luck Its
debt is but $129.S7, and some 13 paupers.
There were II marriages, % births, and
10 deaths last year.
The pastoral relation existing between
Rev. David Shurtlef and the Congrega-
tional Church at Bloomington has been
dissolved.
Mrs. James Rice, of Greensboro, an
old lady IS years of age, has wove over
200 yards of cloth, carpeting, &C., since
last fall, besides doing a good deal of
house work she can walk four miles a
day without difficulty,
M. II. Fuller, of Newport, has been
elected poet by the senior class of Dart
mouth College, for their class day, next
summer.
r. S. Howard, of Irasburgh, about two
weeks ago, lost a hog valued at between
RUTLAND COUNTY
Mr.. Leonard has been appointed sta
ton agent at Fairhaven.
The following are the number of arri-
walls at the different hotels in Rutland
for the week ending Friday, March 10 4:
Stevens House, 346 Bardwell House.
400 Central House, 240. Total, S95.
Mrs. Harvey Shaw, of Wallingford,
dislocated her shoulder by falling re-
Gently
Chester Kingsley has sold his resi-
dence in Rutland to Thomas Ross, for
$1,000.
Rutland is the headquarters of a
county choral society, formed to prac-
tice for participation in the Boston
Peace Jubilee.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Waterbury has a velocipede school
and rink.
The number of" cradle holes " be-
tween Barre and Montpelier is PIG.
G. II. Cross & Son, of Montpelier,
have just made a great improvement in
their bakery and confectionery estab-
lishment, having substituted first
class siX-horse-power steam engine for
the horsepower they have used to pro-
pei their machinery.
a calf owned by G. G. Willard, OF
East Montpelier, being of the Durham
old.
The Montpelier Post-oflice is to be re-
mOvad tO tho LOT on Main Ctraot o1yna d