Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-02-21
STATE MATTERS.

boro' Hin was visited by young miscrcant
named John NJ. Fuller, who having threatened
to break up the school, split bottle Of skunk
essence uron the floor, and scented the house 10
as to prevent its re for school purposes for some
time.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
Mrs. Caris,a Crouch, wife of David Crouch Of ,
Fast Rupert, was burned soa to cause her death,
by her clothes taking fire. on Jan. 9Th. She
was over 70 years Of age, and was native Of Mid.
dlctown
The sum Of 400 dollars has been raised in
Bennington for the prosecution Of all the vendors
Of liquor in that town.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
We record again this week the sale Of the st.
Johnsbury Times, Mr. Earle having sold out
printing material, list, good WILL etc, to Mr. +.
j.. Dalton Of st. Johnsbury. Mr. Dalton isa pric-
tical printer, and we wish him success in the
Times.
ESSEX COUNTY
Rev. A. j. Shaw, Of Victory, was very serious
Is injured, on The 81 inst. lie was driving q
loud Of logs, when the bride chain broke and
il is supposed the load came against him. The
injuries are such that he is unable 10 speak. II
is earcd he will not recover,
rR,NKLN COUNTY.
The Portland and Ogdensburg railroad will
build depot, round.house, and turn table in
Swanton early in the spring They intend to
have cars running from that place to Sheldon iur
passengers aud freight by the first OF July.
There will be a meeting Of the Board of Agr-
culture at st. Adams, either the last week in
February or the first one in March. Definite
time and programme will be given.
The Fairfax burglars, who stole horse from
the landlord Of the hotel, after having pill
LACED the dwelling house of Hon j. NJ lloich-
kiss, and fed we're arrested at Mansouyills, +.
Q. subsequently,, and committed TO Swcetsburgh
jail to await government rcqusiton, The Can
adam authorities allowed the officers 10 take
away portion Of the stolen property, rosefying
the balance until the prisoners are transferred by
due process Of law The prisoners have since
been returned to Fairfax. They arc very pcni-
tent and ascribe their conduct to too free use Of
liquor
Mcdonald * Hamilton, who were suspected Of
uclnE tue ldIhlt- EullAf 10 WV NANtft-N''+' Wv
ing of Michael Grace, at St Adams as published
last week, have been arrested Hamilton was
discharged, and Mcdonald was held in $500 bail
to the county court Mcdonald was also fined
$40. for selling liquor Grace injuries are not
as serious as al first reported.
GRAND ISLE DrSrYI
Some time between TUESDAY and Friday even
t..t mt
entered the Good Templar- Hall, in Grand Isle,
and broke open the chest containing the regalia
Of the order, and burned in the stove all the re-
gala belonging 70 the officers of the Lodge to-
getber with about ore hundred Of those for ncn-
officials
ORANGE COUNTY.
The school house in district NO 9, Chelsea on
" West Hill" was consumed by fire Thursday
before last, about nine O'Clock in the evening
supposed cause, a barrel Of ashes with Goals in
them, under the wo1dshed
vershirc, at town meeting held last Saturday,
voted to bond in aid of the railroad 70 the amount
Of $93 200 There WIS but one dissenting vote
Dr. Howard Of yer,hire oilers 70 put one mile
Of road in readiness for the rails, a- BIZ, part To-
ward building the West Fairlce railrJad.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Rutland HeraM says " IAdie. Pro-
tcctive Society" has been formed whose object OPP
pears to be toprotect the young and unsophsii-
Gated maidens of the place from The contamiuating
influence Of the haser sex
The hotel porters are. By n new regulation,
prohibited from soliciting passengers ia the Rui
land railroad depot at Rutland They arc len
out in the cold '
There are twenty marble mills IN Rutland coun.
ty- in which are two hundred gangs Of saws.
each gang having about twenty-five saws. About
fifty gangs in different mills are at present idle
from various causes, the most apparent one being
from want Of capital Some Of these gangs are
idle for want Of paying marble TO saw. the de-
post upon which they are located being worth.
less as practical enterprise These saws in the
most approved mills will pass through block Of
marble Tree from flint four by SIX feet. at n nte
Of one inch ard a half to the hour. each GAN,
saving 300 feet IN twelve hours and tho ia
gangs now in operation saving $4,000 feet Of
marble every twelve hours, making an aegreeate
annual production Of sawed marble in Rutland
county OF 100000 feet. It is estimated by sta
tisics and careful observation. that Of Ibis mar
bic there is ,joO,O 900 dollars worth sold in tho
markets each year
The new Baptist church at Rutland. will cost
80 900 dollars.
An employee Of the car shop in Rutland states
that there are now sixty men employed in de-
pariment which kept but forty before the lease to
the Vermont Central That certainly docs uot
look like reduction Of business at this point.
wISDnAM COUNTY.
Twenty-Five persons died in Londonderry last
year. Of whom five were over 70 years Of ace
the average age was go
The directors Of the West River railroad 20.
'en'ly held an enthusiastic meeting at Towns.
hend, and expect to put the road under contract
ms spring 1t is understood that other eorpore-
lons VIII build the road, with what help they
a,an get from people and towns along the line
Inc greater part of 100000 from Brattleboro.
md $500, 600 from towns north Of Brattleboro is
-ready pledged
jacob Estey and son and his son-in.law, L. X.
fuller OF Brattleboro, have presented the Bapti.,
hureh at Bellows Falls with 81 900 to build
lew parsonage.
iilard Graves, a former resident of GuilG,rd
Hers the town, provided it will accent il. A mar.
el oil land lying 20 miles south Of Chicago. and
alued at Sll 900, and 5000 in cash, for the
urpose Of establishing school and library.
WINDSOR COUNTY
Hiram ordway of Sharon, who was recently
'rown from horse car at South Boston, died in
ne city hospital at Boston last Wednesday
Col. O. ii. Joyce delivers his lecture on the
ermont Brigade at Woodstock, on SATURDAY.
Iening Of this week
Reuben DickeIt, Of Springfield, being tired Of
le' took three iourths of an ounce of laudanum
&c night not long since, but was surprised to
axe up alive towards morning and took another
'se' but all in vain he still lives.
Nelson Parker is appointed Postmaster at As
'tneyvllle, in place Of II. S. Bowen resigned
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