Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-08

wINDHAM COUNTY

wINDHAM COUNTY.
The West Brattleboro brewery ba
been So d at auction for $4,000.
-Js.mes Roberts, Of Jacksonville, killed
q ye"'ling porkcr recently, which dressed
$50 pounds. : q :
Mr.. and Mrs. Larkin G. Mead, Jr.
aro registered among the Paris arrival,
at the banking house of Drexel, Harie.
& Co.
FRANCIS Z. Bingham has been an.
pointed postmaster at South Wardsboro,
in place of Amasa Fits, resigned.
DR.. FL. Swift recently lectured, civ
ing description of his travels in Cali.
fornia, before the Young Mems Christian
Association of Wilmington.
DIR. G. G. Haskell has sold his place
and will remove to Greenfield; and when
he goes, Wilmington will have lost one of
its best and most popular citizens.
joel Wilcox, the hotel keeper at
Nottingham Centre, died last Sunday
night, of congestion of the lungs, aftss
a distressing sickness of two or tbfee
days.
H. n. Hicks is about to build, in
Nottingham, an addition to the Sada-
waga Springs hotel, 45xG0 feet, for hall,
store and more sleeping rooms. Sada-
waga is rapidly progressing in business
point of view, and promises TO become a
village.
About two weeks since, Elan Boyd,
of Wilmington, fell from his sleigh while
going home, and lay in the snow for sew
eral hours. The cause was too much rum,
and the effect feet frozen so badly as to
render amputation necessary.
Rockingham had an exciting time
last week Friday at town meeting held |
for the purpose Of deciding at what poin,
in tho town future elections were to be
held. Bellows Falls and Rockingham
Centre were the points in contest, and
rum was freely used to induce the weak
kneed to cast their votes right In vote
Of 53S, Bellows Falls was victorious by II
WINDSOR COUNTY.
-Saltash mountain in Plymouth, is
2 $50 feet above the ocean.
Norwich is 400 feet above the
ocean.
The eleventh annual session of the
Vermont Baptist State Convention was
held at Windsor in 1896. Hon Joseph
D. Farnsworth was moderator, Rev.
Joseph NJ. Graves, preacher. The number
If baptisms the previous year was IA
members of churches 1852
The Woodstock Baptist Association
vas formed in 1856
Mr.. Daniel Mosher, of Sharon, met
With serious accident short time since,
~ falling upon the balance wheel of
saving machine. He was very badly
bruised and barely escaped with his life.
The tannery of C. w. Warren & Co,
If Hartland was burned last Saturday
morning. Loss about 100000 Insured
or $4,000
An item that originated in a Mont
'elier paper, about the business Of Wind
or, is going the rounds, which exposes
strangers to wrong impressions about the
acts. The fork factory is part of the
works of the Windsor Manufacturing
Company. They have closed that branch
or the present but are increasing IN the ]
department.
Mrs. Anna Austin. of Bethel, VT, is
he Oldest woman born in that town. She
ives on the farm where she was born,
With her son-in-law, Isaac Emery, Esq
She is over 81 years old. Mrs. Austin is
he WIDOW vs c-r.a;- AbiaI Austin.
;apt. Austin commanded company of
ireen Mountain Boys at the battle of
'lattsburgh, whittier he went, taking his
wn team, carrying through the wilder
less the commissary stores and baggage
# his command.