Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-14
Vermont News.
GENERAL ITEMS.

The number of students in Middle
bury college and the University of YER
mont is 80, and 7S of these come from
this State There are 20 Vermonters at
Dartmouth, 10 at Amherst and 90 in
other colleges.
Vermont in 1891 had population of
14,787.
Vermont WAS admitted into the
Union in 1871, seventy-nine years ago.
The Congregational churches in Yer
mont last ear made benevolent contribU-
lions to the amount of s39,S19.S0.
There are 1856 persons liable to tax
alton in Vermont.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Somebody imposed upon the Yer
na01ater, recently, and induced him to pub
lish bogus marriage notice of parties in
Bristol The editor of the Ve1monter
gives the particulars of the imposition,
apologies and copies of threats.
There are thirteen Congregational
churches in Addison county.
Samuel Barnum was the first town
clerk in Monkton, in 1886.
Lincoln Pass over the Green Noun
tains is 2415 feet above the ocean.
Addison county hass1, 1879 dogs
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
1t is proposed to locate the new Ben
nington county courthouse on the site Of
the late Mount Anthony observatory in
Bennington, as the only chance of recon
Cling the rival neighborhoods.
Hiram Barton was town clerk in
SALISBURY twenty-six years.
There are 485 families connected with
the Congregational churches in Benning-
ton county.
-Readsboro is 1875 feet above the
level of the ocean.
One per cent. of the Grand List OF
Bennington county amounts to 500, 35793
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Miss Adelaide Bickford of Sheffield,
Vt, blew out her candle night or two
since, on retiring, and a spark set the
bed on fire. She was awakened during
the night and barely escaped with her
life, losing part of her hair, her books,
&c, and badly burning her hands.
The charter name of the town of SUIT
ton was BILLY Mead" and was altered tc
its present name October 10, 1912.
wells river pond, in the town Of
Groton, is 1000 feet above the ocean.
There are - Congregational churches
il Caledonia county.
Caledonia county has 533 dogs.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The sugar season in Chittenden coun
ty has thus far been unusually dull.
The list for State taxes in in Chit
tenden county is $50, 034,9
-Erastus Bostwick was Town Clerk OF
Hinesburgh thirty-six years.
-Williston is 400 feet above the ocean
There are males 440 females 945,
1885 members of Congregational churches
in Chittenden county.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
George P. Foster of Montpelier, haf
a prolific and profitable Chester county
SOW that has brought forth within three
years, seven litters of whose 1T pigs, u
were raised and sold for $725.
Washington county lies chiefly be-
tween two ranges of the Green Mountains
and is very uneven.
Thomas Osgood was Town Clerk il
Cabot forty-nine years.
The Congregational churches il
Washington county last year made bene
VIOLENT contributions amounting to $2,56'
SO.
The appraisal of personal estate il
Washington county is $47, 9S2 "a.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
john II. Noyes, the head of tn
"Oneida Community is native of Brat
tleboro, and began his operations. in tina
town.
Bellows Falls people walked up OF
Wednesday morning feeling rather bin
because the school meeting the night be
fore had voted tax Of 300 cents on tn
dollar.
, -Townshend is the sixth town Ii
8 wealth and population in Windhau
. county.
The former name Of Grafton wa