Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-01-12
STATE MATTERS.

last week. at the great age of 90 years.
The gross earnings of the Rutland rail-
road the past year have been sS7iSj5, an
increase Of s23,79l over 1868
"A loose board blown from building at
Burlington during the gale on Saturday broke
Horace Whocler's leg
On the 9th ult., the body Of man
about sixty years of age was found in Clyde
River.
The laboring men in Greensboro are
clubbing together to buy their family groce-
RIGS, etc, and are saving thereby about 90
per cent.
The officers of customs recently seized
three barrels of flour at Island Pond, in which
were found three casks of gin and 200 pounds
Of poultry.
"A meeting will be held at Shoreham vii
lape, January 10, to decide which Of three
surveys Of the Addison county railroad shall
be taken.
John Bahan of Bennington, ploughed in
his field all day on the 29th Of December.
This is very remarkable circumstance, and
one that is worthy Of record.
"A meeting Of the dairymen, residing in
the vicinity of Fairfax, is to be held 10 take
action respecting the erection Of cheese fac
tory thocoming season.
"A man in Pomfret recently found his
stock buried under a lot of straw from bro
ken down scailolding. The cattle came near
smoihering to death.
-Messrs. Cochran & Co., in tho lumber
business at ROCKVILLE, are building spout
about three miles long, to run lumber from
their mills TO the railroad.
The saw-mill, shingle-mill aud cder.mil
Of Milon Wilson at Colchester, were burned
Monday. The FIRE caught from the chimney
of the cider-mill. Insured for $4,000.
The Middlebury Historical Society at
their annual meeting elected the following
officers President, Hon. John w. Stewart ;
Secretary and Treasurer, Philip Battell, Esq
The store Of A. b Oatman Of Benning
ton, was entered by burglars on Monday
night about. twelve o'clock, and property TO
the amount Of 500 or $3.50 was carried of.
Frank Blackmer, Of Bennington is SELL.
ing new breed Of pigs, lately imported from
the South, called fat-tail Chinese, for 81 a
pound. Either the pigs are very light or the
price very heavy.
The opening Of the new road from Lynn
don to Stannard and the success Of the Port
land aud Ogdensburgh railroad enterprise,
has nearly doubled the value of Wheelock
timber lands
Ralph f. Lee has been appointed post
master at CRANKY, in place Of Jonathan
Matthews, resigned, and Edgar 4. Bentley at
Cambridge, in place Of Joseph Eaton, re-
signed.
"A large and elegant school-house has
been erected the past season at South STRAIT
ford School-room on the first floor, with all
the modern Improvements, Village Hall on
the upper floor
Berkshire has again refused to bond in
aid Of the Mississippi Railroad The vote
stood ll9 for, and 80 against, which is a
gain Of two majority for the anti-bonders.
Another meeting will be called sometime next
month.
Sunday morning about halfpast nine
o'clock, when the wind was at its highest, a
fire broke out in the residence Of A. ID.
Stuart on Union street. Bennington. The
building was entirely consumed. Loss Sl0,-
000-insurance $500,
DR.. c. W. Horton of Brattleboro, was
the recipient Of a Christmas present in the
shape of set Of surgical instruments, valued
at $40, aud some $500 in greenbacks, the
gifts Of some of his PERSONAL friends. The
Doctor met with severe loss by the recent
fire.
A young man named Barnes, employed
in the printing office in Springfield committed
suicide on the LIST inst He had not been in
good health for some time, and this in con.
nection with recent disappointment in a
love affair is supposed to have impelled him
to the act.
Saturday afternoon, the engineer of a
freight train, north of Swanton Falls, perceiv-
ed an object lying on the track some distance
ahead, but was so fortunate as to stop the
train within few feet of the object which
proved to be young man in a state Of intox-
ication.
The Teachers Association Of Chittenden
County is to meet at Colchester on the 2Sth
and 29th insts \ full and spirited meeting
is expected. Teachers should remember that
this is not an Institute, and come prepared to
contribute their share in the way Of discuss
ion and essays.
-Messrs McGregor & Bristol of Yer
gennes are doing heavy trade in hay press
ing at the depot. They are paying ten to
twelve dollars per ton for hay and ten dollars
per ton for straw. The demand in market
for pressed hay is so urgent that they are
obliged to keep their men at work night and
day.
John Lawrence, of Irasburgh, and Dan
lei Lawrence, of Albany, have been brought
before U. 5. Commissioner l.. H. Bisbee, on
charge Of buying and receiving struggled
goods, and held to bail, for their appearance
before the February term of the U. s. Cir
cult Court. Charles Downing and n. II.
Wright, of Barton, were also held for SNUG
Cling.
"A Telegraph Company has been organ
lied in st. Johnsbury with Franklin Fair
banks as President and Judge SAKE of Shell
don, Vice President John IL. George of
Hardwick, Clerk, and Calvin Morrill,, Treas
urer. As soon as a capital of $4,000 is
raised, work will be begun on the line which
extends from Swanton to the Connecticut
river.
MIR. Mark II. Bruce of st. Johnsbury,
was kicked by one of his horses on the 29th
ult. Mr.. Bruce drove into his barn prepara-
tory to feeding his horses, but not coming into
the house as soon as expected, Mrs. Bruce
went to the barn and found him lying upon
the floor, nsensibe. He was removed to his
house and surgical aid summoned, when it
was found that he had received fracture Of
the skull. He died from the effects of the
blow.
The Windsor Company of Windsor are
just completing an order for $4,000 worth
of milling and screw machines, to be shipped
to Edinburgh, Scotland, to establish there a
large factory for the manufacture of the
Singer Sewing Machine Not content with
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