Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-23
Vermont News.
GENERAL,

Vermont News.
GENERAL.
The appraisal of real estate in Yer
mont is $SO9,931.00.
The Twenty-first session of the Yer
mont Legislature was held at Windsor il
1885, commencing October 18th and clos
ing October 9th, after a session OF only
fifteen days.
The assertion is made that more than
one.half the hotels of the country are
kept by natives of New Hampshire and
Vermant.
ADDISON COUNTY.
-weybridge voted 25 cents on the
Grand List to defray current expenses.
-Starksboro votes 60 cents on the dol.
lar for town expenses.
The Poor expenses of Salisbury last
year were S703.69, other town expenses
1906 70, balance in treasury $102.89.
-Bridgpert voted tax of IL cents on
the dollar.
Addison county re-eleets L. W.Stowe
county commissioner without opposition
The farmers in Addison county are
about starting their plows.
The mail for Port Henry is taken
across the lake at Chimney Point in &
boat. Ice gone.
&C. L. Russell of North Ferrisburgf
has gone into the gift enterprise busi
ness.
Hon. George W. Grandey of Yer
gennes delivered powerful temperance
lecture ut Menkton on Wedn esday of last
week.
CHARLES Lane of Cornwall sowed an
acre of wheat last Wednesday.
The sixty-third anniversary of the
wedding day of Henry Grosvenor and biz
wife Hannah was celebrated by them the
other day. He removed from Msssachu'
sets to Bridport, VT, when he was fifteen
years old, and was married in the year
1903, to Hannah Barrows. They removed
from Bridport four years ago to Ferris
burgh.
Capt. G. l.. Harrington of Weybridge
was reelected first constable of that town
for the seventeenth time at the last cleo
ton. He has been for twelve years JUS
tice of the peace, and has twice represent
ed the town in the Legislature.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
F. F. Cook of Brownsville, has q
child four and one-half years old that has
six grand parents living within speaking
distance.
Daniel Curtis. Eaq, a well known
citizen of North Dorset is confined to his
house.
The temperance ticket for town off.
GERS was elected in Pownal, at the annual
March meeting.
The spring term of Bristol Academy
commenced on Monday last.
Towns in Bennington county, at the
annual March meeting, voted taxes as fol.
lows: Dorset, 40 cents on the dollar
Landgrove, so; Pownal, 65; Peru, 100
Readsbore, 200; Rupert, IS; Salisbury
so; Stamford, 100; SYNDICATE, 100 J.; Sun.
derland, so; Winhall, 100.
The town of Winhall voted not to
pay their officers anything for their work
or time the present year.
Fowler W. Hoyt of Manchester, has
been elected County Commissioner in
Bennington county.
Much sickness is prevailing in the
town of Woodford.
The Adventists in Woodford are en-.
joying an extensive revival, with converts
on all sides.
Thirty different loads of different
kinds of merchandise passed through
Woodford last week from eastern town.
ships.
Harrington e. Co., grocers Of North
Adams. recently purchased one thousand
dozen of eggs in the towns of Manchester.
Sunderland and Arlington, paying %
cents per dozen for them.
The Battenkill, from Manchester to
Sunderland, is we'll stocked with logs, and
q party started on Monday to raft
them to their destination. Different mill
owners in Salem, N. Y, are the principal
owners.
-E. r. Holmes, Of Stamford, was seri.
ously injured several days since, while
drawing logs, by being thrown from bis
load and striking on stump, which en-.
tered his body.
g. Z. Davis. the popular landlord Of
the Bromley House, in Peru, is preparing
to make additional accommodation for
summer boarders. People who are really
tired of the summer dust and heat of the
city, and sigh for the invigorating breezes
of the Green Mountains, will find this q
very pleasant retreat.
AT recent auction in SYNDICATE corn
sold at $1.12 and oats at 70 cents Der
bushel. Cider, apples and cake were
''passed round" at short intervals during
the day.
The liquor dealers Of Bennington are