Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-03-23
STATE MATTERS.

Pleceu anu qultcu bed quit That has I2b.
pieces.
Between 100000 and 100000 logs hav,
been cut in the mountain towns Of Addison
County this season.
Hon. Nelson Strong Hill, Assistant j udq,
of Grand Isle County Court, died few day,
since, aged 4S years
Very choice new maple sugar was offered
on the streets Of Brattleboro, Tuesday, al
twenty-five cents pound
There is an unusual amount of sicknes,
in Stove; four funerals within eight days
The mumps are quito prevalent.
Some exciting horse trots have been tax.
ing place in Middlebury Shoe Fly and
Snow Flake " were the fastest
Several men in Concord aud Victory
have drawn to different mills this winter over
100000 feet Of lumber each
$. II. RowelI Of South Pcacham has a
COW from which has been made in the past
eleven months $40 pounds of butter.
--lorenzo Harrington ofSharon trapped an
enormous gray eagle, recently, which measur.
ed seven feet from tip to tip and stood four
feet high
One hundred new volumes have recently
been added to the library Of the Vermont
State Prison, which the inmates are eagerly
reading
Thirteen car loads Of po,s.ocs left for
Boston from Salem depot recently. containing
upwards Of three hundred aud twenty-five
bushels each
Ralph Jones a Co.. contractors on the
Woodstock railroad. have swindIed their
workmen out of their pay the sums ranging
from $50 to $500
John Demsey, who fell from the Conuec.
ticut river bridge on which be was a. work
some two weeks ago has died FROM The iuiu-
ries then received.
Charles MerriIls hotel at South Vernon.
with its barns etc, were burned Saturday
morning on account of defective chimney
loss covered by insurance.
Hon r. W Park, c. Dewey and Hon.
II. G.. Root are all at jacksonville. Florida.
as is also Dr. NanRensselaer Of North Adams.
hut formerly Of Bennington
The auditors of the Passumpsic Savings
Bank report the amount Of a-scst. Of the
Bank at slO2,0lS,9l ; liabilities, sSS.2j7,-
N"' NuhutI VI utI'uNltH t'-s
In Castleton, last Wednesday. the dwell.
ing Of Rev Mr. Maynard was totally dcs.
tryoed by fire. Insured for $1,000 IN the
Farmers Mutual at Montpelier
The plans for new depot at White River
Junction are not yet maturcd IL is quite
likely large building will bee pa. up and the
upper story occupied o, hotel
A Frcuchman, at work ia Alburg, was
caught on Tuesday, by a circular saw, laccrat-
ing one side Of his neck. 30 as 10 cause instant
death. lie was about - years old
A drunken man 10 Bennington recently
pulled off his boots and laid down under a
piazza, supposiug that he had gone to bed
He was nearly frozen in the morning
Maj Gaius Perkins Of South Woodstock
died March I'd, at the advanced age of %
years. lie had a wide acquaintance aud in
his day was a leading man in this section.
-Asahel Smith Of Montgomery, 30 years
old, has drawn 1000 logs to the mill this
winter, with the aid of one man and boy
Seven hundred Of the logs were drawn three
miles.
The ladies of Westminster West have
formed a society for mutual improvement 10
household and domestic duties, aud they meet
and discuss suitable subjects the same as
farmers clubs
Mr. Thomas Edwards of Jefersonyilc
has raised the past year, from three pocks of
seed, sown on one-eighth ola acre Of ground.
sixteen bushels Of White Norway oats, weigh
ing l3 pounds per bushe
A young lady in Brattleboro made SOM
uambulst excursion the other night Of more
than a mile in the snow, barefoot, in her rolc
de mar, and only awoke as she locked the
door on her return Result, severe cold.
There were registered in the town Of Rut.
land for the year ending Dec 81, 1869 800
births, % marriages aud 1874 deaths OF
the deaths in 1863, seven were between 20
and 50, two between 50 and 90, and one at %
During the recent ircshet Calvin Smith
Of Lunenburg was crossing bridge when it
was swept away by jam Of ice, and he was
carried down stream some distance and
lodged on an island whore he remained soma
time
MIR Walter : Hayiland of Danyille, has
in his possession bill Of sale for slave
named {" Nero dated 1860. 1t was made
to the grandfather of Mr. Hayiaud at the
time resident of Westchester County, New
York.
Eli Borne of Bakersfield, is Zoe years
old, and has worked nearly every day this
winter saving wood. He has eight children.
fifty grand children, over two hundred great
grand children, and two great great grand
children
The FIRE in the Brandon Hotel, Wednes.
day, was extinguished in about an hour after
it was discovered The furniture was almost
entirely removed from the hotel The loss
will probably he from $4,000 to $4,000 full
ly insured.
Patrick Hogan Of Bennington, recently
had his nose bitten off in a fight but was sup
piled with new one by the doctors, taken
from the skin and flesh of his forehead 1t
has nearly healed, giving Patrick nose about
as good as the old one
e. W. Gage of Vergenues, was fined
$40 and costs some two weeks ago for liquor
selling. A short time after he was again
brought up, charged with the same offence,
and fined 500 and costs, and sentenced to
three months imprisonment
An old nag in Charleston fell down. and
remained dead to all appearances, while the
owner dragged him off into the lots. When
the man went to the barn again, imagine his
surprise at finding the old horse standing at
the stable door, lively as usual
Mrs Harriet Strong, one Of the oldest and
most esteemed ladies Of Rutland, died on
Saturday She was daughter of Judge
Enoch Woodbridge of Vergennes and widow of
Judge Moses Strong. Ex-Congressman +,
+. Woodbridge is her nephew
A repair train on the Rutland aud Wash
ington railroad was thrown down an enbank-
ment thirty feet near Pond bridge in Poult-
ney, Tuesday morning, and Peter Munin was
instantly killed, while two other employees Of