Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-07-07
STATE MATTERS.

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he is short, and will send It on his arriving at
home. He is vile swindler.
The Teachers Institute for Franklin
county will be held in 81. Adams on or about
the 25th Of July.
There will be Sabbath school cclebra-
ton at North Fairfax, Saturday, July I'd.
The sales of butter in the Richmond
market on Monday were 100 tubs, and the
prices realized from 38 to 30 cents per pound
The market was unusually active. The GALES
of cheese were 343 boxes, at from 10 to IL
cents per pound.
Deputy Inspector Walker and Consta-
Bile Julius Halbert, Of st. Adams, seized
team loaded with whisky, in the town Of
Fletcher. They found ten or fifteen gallons
of high wines and pretty good team.
"A Mr.. Hannah, employed in building
and repairing fences on the Rutland railroad,
was run over by train Of cars, between
Healdyille and Ludlow, Monday and Instant
ly killed.
byron McDermott had hand badly
crushed last Friday, while tightening a nut on
a marble cutting machine, at the Addison
county quarry.
Sergeant f. Il. Rollins, of Greensboro,
is engaged in writing history Of the ID Vt.
Regiment, Of which he was a member
On Sunday, the goth, the citizens Of
East Dover were aroused by the cry that a
bear had been seen near the village Several
guns were fired at him, but he walked OIL UNI
harmed and escaped into the woods.
The Sheriff of Addison county recently
went to East Middlebury to serve a writ Of
ejectment at the abode Of Mr.. Rice He was
met at the door by Mrs. Rice, armed with
monster pitch fork, who threatened death to
the sheriff if he touched the goods The lat
ter procured help and arrested Mrs. X. who,
in default Of bail, is now provided with a
summer residence at the Jail.
Last week, the workmen employed in
digging race-way for a new factory at Wal
lingford, unearthed a mineral spring. The
water ischalybeate, and also contains sulphur.
Five hundred persons visited the spring on
Sunday, and carried away large quantities Of
the water for trial.
Tho Vermont Agricultural Society was
organized in 1906, with % corporators, Of
whom none are believed to be now living
The Standard says that Carl Newton,
of Barton, is so much in love with the exploded
confederacy that he hashung out its flag over
his hog pen
--Chas. Ingalls,, Of Sheffield, has three
year old heifcr that has given on an average
% pounds Of milk per day. the past week
and has no extra feed-runs in rather a poor
pasture and is yarded nights.
The Jail at Middlebury was set on fire
on the 25th, by prisoner in the lower dun
geon, named Piper. The female pris oneri
in the room above gave the alarm, and the
FIRE was speedily extinguisbed.
John Hopkins, Of Ira sburgh, aged abou
65, got tired Of living last Wednesday morn
ing, and so sawed of his juguar vein and Gu
a small cash clean across his throat, HI
bed freely of course, but did not die. Grea
fears are entertained that he may recover.
A fire broke out in the woodshed Of tn
Rutland railroad company, at East Walling
ford about $50 O'Clock Tuesday morning
supposed to have caught from a spark from
passing engine on the night ex press train
consuming the shed, which was about 2OI
feet long, with its contents, IT'S cords Of saw
ed wood, and about 275 cords of wood pile
in the yard adjoining Loss about $4,000
fully insured.
The store of j. G.. Clough, at Newpor
\ Center with its contents, was consumed b.
FIRE at an early hour Sunday morning Their
was about sll3 in money in.the safe, aud a
i it is missing, the opinion is that the stor
was entered by burglars, robbed and free
The amount of loss is unknown; the insul
ance is 5000.
Another dismissal has occurred at Mid
dlebury College for breaking the College lay
forbidding matrimony to students.
The anniversary exercises of New Hamr
ton institution take place next week. Their
is TO be a reunion Of the present and iorme
members of the literary societies on the st
prox.
The company which owns the turnpik
across the mountain through Hancock pre-
I pose to sell the route to the town, and a tow
meeting has been called for the purpose {
considering the proposition
"A. T. Stewart pronounces shawls mad
by the Bennington Manufacturing Compan
! the best manufactured in the country, and ha
I given the company heavy order.
The Banner says " a Bennington bell
not yet Is, takes grim satisfaction in boas
ing that she has already induced ten youn
men to break marriage engagements, thereb
running the risks of venomous attacks frol
breach -of-promise suits, while she herself
yet free from all matrimonial entanglements
On Friday last very painful accideI
occurred to James Beals, of Walden. II
b. was driving the hind pair of cattle drawing
, building, when a skid caught his leg aboy
. the ankle and literally smashed the flesh fro
: the bone, up to the thigh. Fears are enter
tanned as to his recovery.
There were about $50 tubs Of butte
weighing about 1000 lbs, purchased in Fai
fax last Saturday.
: "A lady in Morgan, says the Standar
/ recently gave birth to a child with dog
= head 1t was permitted to die.
john Morse, of Morgan, in digging
i cellar for his barn, found silver quart
t three feet below the surface, coined in $50
The annual meeting Of the stockholde
I. of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rive
n railroad, will be held in Newport, July 2st
The anniversary exercises of the We
: mont Conference Seminary and Female Ok
$ lege, will occur at Montpelier, July 49,
}, Rev. Dr. Clark, of Boston, will deliver
d address before the Ksthetic Society, Tuesdi
a evening, July 2lst.
!, The Vermont and New Hampshire pc
pie are to have a musical camp meeting
. Lyndon in the former State in August, VIII
q the Jubilee is to be repeated on a small
; scale. All the participants are to camp o
for the four days of the festival, and Il te
capable of holding two thousand persons "
o be erected for the concerts.
u -Messrs. Mann & Sharp, of West Ra
dolph, have this spring set out nearly seven
: thousand young trees of choice variety
l. They have also some ten thousand trees rea'
IS for transplantng of choice varieties of appl
c crab and pear trees and some two or thr
hundred thousand seedlings which will
II ready for budding another spring.
is Mr.. John Montgomery, of Braintr'
" axhihits a % hall nanner nlant - about thr