Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-01-20
State Matters.

Fred. Shanty, of Walden, is being pros
ocuted for having an illicit distillery.
-Waren Gray, of Sutton, lately had an
arm broken, while choppug in the woods, by
a falling limb.
The payroll Of the contractors shows
that about 21j men all told, were at work on
the Woodstock Railroad during the month of
December
Tho Congregational Sabbath school in
Greensboro, organized in 1912, being the
oldest in the State held its anniversary on
the 9Th inst Whole number of members
100; average attendance % number of
deaths 3. Concerts have been revived with
good success, and the school has raised for
books and benevolent purposes eTl.32
Butter sold at st. Albans on Tuesday
from IS to 40 cents.
--Elwol Tisdcll Of Troy was arrested on
Thursday for stealinga suit OF clothes, watch
and sl2j, at Manchester y. H., short time
since.
The town Of Wells has citizen who
married at H. His first child was daugh-
ter who married at 10. and eighteen months
altcrward made her father grandfather, at
the carly age Of thirty.one and half years
On Wednesday over s2j0,OOO were sub
scribed in Farhayen, for the Lake Shore Rail-
road.
"A musical convention. under the con-
ductorship Of Mr. u D. Hopkins, Of Mont
pelior, is to be held at Enosburgh Centre, on
the 10Th, goth, and DIST
The trial Of Fox for the alleged murder
Of bis wife occupied sixteen days of the late
term of the Orange county court, when the
Jury stood four for conviction aud eight for
acquittal. Fox was rcmandcd for another
trial
The County Grammar School in Peach
am has an annual aggregate Of 200 pupils.
The receipts Of the recent Musical con-
yention, held at 81. Adams, were Sl95.7j ;;
expenses s47sS3.
Mr.. g. A. Metzke, the popular organist
aud composer, is preparing to bring out the
fairy opera Leila in the Rutland Opera House
Ills chorus will consist of one hundred sing
crs.
-S. y. Buxton, a merchant Of Hyde Park,
ms just failed, greatly to the surprise Of his
friends the general belief being that somebody
has robbed Mr.. Buxton
Some of the citizens of Newport have
recently purchased Of townsman, who pro-
icsses better things, quantity of lard which
is largely mixed with mutton tallow.
A man named Thos. Uttin dangerously
assaulted one Belknap in Derby few days
since stabbng him in several places, though
it Is thought not fatally Ofiicers have been
in pursuit Of Uttin, who Is now supposed to
be across the line
"A former clerk Of Mcssrs Grover 4 Cut
ting, Of Bratileboro, named Chamberlain, has
been found to De the cause, lately, Of leak
ia the cash drawer Of the store. The young
man is employed ia Boston, and Is in the hab-
il Of coming TO Brattleboro Saturday nights
" courting at the same time eking out his
expenses By entering the store and safe by
means Of false keys, procured while clerk
there. His habits have been supposed good,
and his connections are respectable.
j. H. Austin, of West Dummerston, was
fined 500 for violating the liquor law on
the 30th ult
Mortified has voted $4,000, to buy a
Poor Farm.
Mr. g. G Allen, Of Brattleboro, has
invented q four-wheol yelocipede which DIFF
fers from the French both in the number Of
wheels and method Of propulsion. 1t is ca
pable Of attaining a speed Of twelve miles an
hour.
"A four days musical convention, under
charge Of George F Root Of Chicago, will
begin at Newbury, on Monday next.
Hanger & Politics. marble and slate mill
at Fairhayen was burned on Wednesday night.
Many of the machines were saved, butt caused
loss Of 100000 insured for 10000.
st Adams is to have velocipede rent
ing stable.
The track Of the Lebanon Springs a.
" railroad, connecting Bennington, VT,
and Chatham -Four Corners was completed,
Thursday, and trains viii soon run through
from New York to Montreal by this route
-Abiol Peabody, Of Weston, has made
the past season from three cows, 1872 pounds
Of butter, raised calves worth $50 and sold
FIVE or six dollars worth Of milk.
An altar Of crmont white marble is
now being erected at St. Stephens Catholic
church at New York, which will cost $50,
000 and be the largest on the continent
The Barton Standard learns that Chas
Mason of Walden, on the last day Of Deoem
Der, got drunk at one Fred. Shanty's and OF
attempting to get home was so badly frozer
that il is feared both hands will have to b.
amputated.
Mrs John Paine Of Cayendish, a lady
seventy years of age, has, since the first o
July last, spun two hundred and forty-tw,
skeins Of yarn. and wove by hand loom, on
hundred and forty-four yards of cloth, an,
has knit seventeen pairs of striped mittens
besides doing the house work for family.
There are nine and one-half miles o
railroad track in the st. Adams yard, esid
from the main line
A sehool-house in Walingford was en-
tirely consumed by fire on the 4th inst. Los
about 81 900, with no insurance. Cause c
ire--keepiDg ashes in barrel in the entry
Bennington county reports 1921 poll
1874 dogs, 49,, S72.Sl owing the United State
surplus fund, besides an aggregate Of S4lO
SOL 40 of town debts
An old inhabitant says that in 1900, i
circle ola few miles about Clarendon Spring
four families, whose farms joined, had q
children, as follows; George Round, ~
Charles seamons. l6 Jonathan Eddy, 10
and VIM. Harrington, Is. Forty-two {
these children were in attendance at scho'
in the same district the same winter.
Caledonia county has 9,S74 polls, A
dogs, s2s,374.4S owing the United Stat
surplus fund, besides an aggregate of S62
24l.S4 Of town debts.
The arrivals entered on the Hotel regi
tiers of Rutland for the week past numb
362
Grand Isle county has 1894 polls, Il
dogs S2,275.00 owing the United STATE
surplus fund, besides s3,535.S3 of town debt
John Walker of Burlington, while gu
ming the other day, accidentally slipped oy
the edge of a prccpice 100 feet high; but