Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-03
STATE MATTERS.

Mr.. Luther Bradley, Of 81. Jobnsbury,
had his right arm drawn into a thrcshing
machine on Tuesday morning last, mangling
the flesh and breaking the bones in a shock
ing manner. Amputaton was performed
near the shoulder, and the patient is as well
as could be expected.
Tho lodge Of Odd Fellows, at st. Johns
bury, is said to be in dourishing condition
It has just moved into new and commodious
hall
Nathaniel Bailey, Of Newbury, had
horse worth $500 killed in Bath, n. H.. on
Tuesday. lie was driving in buggy and
met man driving the other way Mr. Bal
Icy turned out, but the other mau ran against
him, one shaft penetrating the breast Of the
horse, killing him almost instantly.
"A pedar named Rothschild had his cart
broken open in Danvillc the other day and
quite a quantity Of dry-goods and furs carried
off,
Last Friday afteroon, as two young men
named Charles Houghton and Charlie. Mich
OILS, were driving near Lyndon Corner they
were stopped by Geo. NJ Downs and James
Howard, one Of whom took the horse by the
bridc and the other, displaying o revolver
demanded what little money they had. The
boys claimed that they were in fun" but
the authorities could not see it in that light
and the boys are now in Jail awaiting exami-
nation
Mr. George Henry Perkins q graduate
Of Yale College and the Sheffield Scientific
School, has been appointed professor pro TEN.
Of zoology, botany and geology in the Uni
yersity Of Vermont on account Of the illness
Of Professor Marsh
The West Rutland slate pencil company
has recently put up machine which will cut
out 5000 pencils an hour.
Mrs Lea7itt Of Braintrec, aged IS years,
has woven since April last over 400 yards
Of carpetng.
The collections IN this State for Che w.
Colonization Society during the past year,
were sl,006.S5.
A Vergcunes cheese dealer has purchased
the entire lot OF cheese manufactured on the
farm Of Ezra Meoch, of Sneburue, since June
lst for which he paid s800-boing 10 cents
per pound.
In the Nergeunes market, Saturday,
butter sold at from 81 to 40 ceuts cheese
10 cents; eggs, % cents potatoes, 40 cents;
apples, 81 per barrel; and beans, 50 so per
bushel.
The towns of Dummerston and Towns
bend have voted to raise one dollar on a dol
lar on the grand list, for the purpose Of re-
pairing damages done by the late ireshet
j NJ Ketcham, Esq, Of Sudbury, rails
ed this season, fifteen bushels of potatoes
from one potato, No. variety One Of them
weighs lbs. o., and measures 81 by 30
inchcsin circumference, and 10 Of them fill a
heaping half bushel.
Mrs Kenneston, of Morgan, went to
Massachusetts to visit her friends, taking her
two children with her-the oldest not three
yearsof age. While there both children
died.
The market at St. Adams, on Tuesday
last, was quite active, The amount shipped
was 1900 tubs, with the price ranging form
3S to AZ cents a pound. The ruling price
was 40 cents
There are only four towns in the State
that have never failed since the organization
of the State government to be represented
every year in the gislature-Guliord Rut-
land, Weathcrsfeld and Wells
Since the repair of the roads, so that the
trains could run, there have been shipped
from st. Alhans 1929 tubs of butter and 200C
boxes, or l5l,0l0 pounds, of cheese.
The store of f. p Burnham, of Roxbury
= was entered by burglar on the night of til,
7th inst, who emptied the money-drawer, ant
took other articles to the amount Of one thous
and dollars.
Henry S. Bowen has been appointed the
postmaster at Ascutneyyille, in the place o
VIM. Cobb, resigned.
The Bennington and Rutland and Leba
F non Railroads are now in running orde
through to Chatham, and trains will be run
regularly in few days through to New York
The first through train over the Butlan,
road in % days passed over its entire lengtl
Tuesday afternoon, it being the mail trail
4 from the east.
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