Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-05-24
State News.


of the Listers of the State at Montpelier
sometime this spring, has been abandoned
for the reason that SO little interest is
manifested in the subject by the different
towns in the State. Without a tolerably
full representation, the Convention would
be barren Of good results.
FATAL AccIDENT.-Master Chas. Bra
ley, son of Mr.. Andrew j. Braley Of this
village. was fatally injured on Saturday
last, while hunting in Mortified. 1t APP
pear that young Braley thoughtlessly
thrust a pipe, which he had been smok-
ing, into pocket where he had quanti-
ty of powder, which becoming ignited
burned him so severely that he lived but
a few hours. His age was about sixteen
years. The family have the sympathy
of the whole community in this sad be.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
A New SEcRETARY.--A meeting of the
Board of Education was held in Bellows
Falls on the 18th and 18th. john H.
French, LII, d., of Albany, N. Y, was
appointed Secretary of the Board to take
the place of Andrew T. Rankin, resign
ed. The following resolutions wese also
adopted
Resolved, That the Board of Education
hereby express its high appreciation of
the faithful and effective services Of its
late Secretary, A. +. Rankin, IN the ad-
ministration of the arduous and trying
duties of his office, and we Individually
sincerely regret the necessity Of his res
ignation, coming from his physical inabil-
ity to endure the increasing official duties
d"volving upon him.
Resolred, That as guardians of the cd
ucatlonal interests of the State we are
profoundly sensible of the loss we have
sustained by the death of Hon. Peter T.
Washburn, late Governor and Chairman
of, the Board Of Education, from whose
wisdom in counsel, vigor of administration
and life long devotion to the cause of pop
ular education, we had looked for results
of the highest consequence to our State.
Mr.. Rankin, the former Sec, excuses
the Board for appointing the new Secre-
tary from out of the State on the ground
that he has had experience. and thus bet
ter qualified for the position.
ACQUITTED. - Frapcis j. Rollins, of
Swanton, was last week tried in Franklin
Go. Court for killing his own child, the
particulars of the case having been pub
ished by us last fall, when he was arrest
ed. Rollins is % years of age, and was
born in Berlin. He was married to Mel
issa A. Patterson of Swanton, May 10Th,
1869, and the child he was alleged to
have killed was born the Sept. following.
The prosecution claimed he had either
strangled, drowned, or buried alive the
child; the defence claimed the infant to
have been prematurely born, and that it
died from natural causes. The verdict
was one of acquittal.
Hon. Fl. A. Burt, of Swanton, and
G. ?. Hogan, Esq, Of Sheldon, have FORM
ed copartnership for the practice of law
at Swanton, under the firm name of Burt
& Hogan. Mr.. Hogan was admitted to the
Bar in this county, and is a graduate of a
Law School in Mich.
PAssUMPsIc ExTENsIcN.-The two con-
struction trains on the Massawippi r. r.
are fast approaching each other, and WILL
doubtless meet at or near Ayers Flats,
the coming week. 1t is not expected that
the last rail will be fastened with silver
spikes, nor the connection celebrated with
wedding ceremony a Ia the Pacific R.R.
but grand railroad excursion to Que
bee on next Dominion day may be conf
IDENTIFY dene ded upon.
Recently house occupied by Mich
ael Kennedy, mile from w. Berkshire,
was burned t. the ground. Among the
ruins were found the remains of several
guns, carbines, and revolyors, arms sup.
posed to have been secreted by Fenians.
The semi-annual meeting of the VT.
Medical Society will be held in Burling-
ton. June 7 and s.
The "Archives of Science" is the ii.
tie of medical magazine about to be
started at Newport, VT, by ]. NJ. Curri-
err, NJ, d.
Our ADVERTISEMENTS, though in. the
main Of respectable class, yet they &C.