Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-16
VerLIh ont News.

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opted.
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
E. w Bird, of New Haven, has
purchased One-ffth interest in the brush
mandatory established at Burlington,
II. c. Clifford and c. w. Eaton.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Silas Mason the extensive lumberman
and chair material manufacturer at
Hartwellville, has had a Mr. Sprague in
his employ for 81 years.
Trout fishing has commenced at
Stamford.
The preparations for getting out
lumber at Hartwellville this season are
immense. Its mills are stocked with
1000, 900 feet of logs.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Eli Dell was fond dead in heis bed
at Danville one morning lately.
The stage line from st. JohnsbuIy
10 Hardwick has changed hands, John
Q. Adams having sold the route to B.
p Young.
Sim Jangreau, hostler at St Johns
bury, has been arrested on charge Of
general pilfering and sentenced to jail
for two months.
C. VI. Stevens of Walden. met with
a severe accident last Monday by falling
down stairs, and injming his spine and
hip.
The St. Johnsbury chief of police
has notified all the drinking shops in
town that if they continue to sell con
trary to law they will be prosecuted
cHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Mr.. \. F. Clark of West Charlotte,
had a COW, about ten years old, which a
few weeks ago was delivered of calf
of the immense weight of one hundred
and twenty-six pounds when only two
hours old. The cow and calf died soon
after.
ESSEX COUNTY.
In Canaan last week the snow was
four feet deep in the streets.
An epidemic is raging among the
hogs at Island Pond.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. B. Bailey Nelson of St. Adams.
has Cotswool lamb, less than a year
old, whose wool measures eight inches
long and is very fine and even.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
H. G. HOlcomb of Isle La Motto. is
acting sheriff of Grand Isle county, in
place of l.. PiXley, sheriff, who las re-
moved to Virginia.
Captain Stephen Connolly, Grand
Isle county, who has followed the sea
for nearly twenty-five years without per-
sonal injury, was lately kicked by a colt
which he was leading to water, and Sc
riOusly injured.
Extensive fires have been raging
through the center of the town of Isle
La Motto. Fears were entertained that
the village would be burned the cinders
falling thick and fast upon the houses:
but by almost superhunhan eXertiOns the
place was saved.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The village Of Albany has thirty
five cases Of mumps. Pretty wen
mumped, we should say
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The house and barn of Joseph C.
Fish Of East Putncy, Vt, We're totally
destroyed by fire last week, together
with three or four hundred dollars worth
of personal property.
Burglars stole gold watch and
S275 in cash from the house of George
Newman at Brattleboro, recently
The new hotel at Brattlrboro. the
Crooks House, is nearly completed.
1t cost one hundred and twenty-five /
thousand dollars 1t is one hundred and
aud scventv-five feet long on Main street
and one hundred and twenty on High F..
street, is of brick four stories high. and
has over eighty rooms, exclusive of Of /
fee, parlora, etc.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A good deal of building is being
done in Barre this spring.
Warren has decided to build a town |
house, with two halls, the coming sea- /
son.
John NJ E1kins Of Montpelier has
been imprisoned Tor selling hay which .
he did not own.
-GeorGe King cut off his toes one
day last week, while chopping wood at
N0rthIield.
-Captan R&fns Barnard, now 81
years old, has lived in Waitsticld, and .
on the same farm - years
John Marquette of Berlin was badly
Injured at Montpelier last week, by the
falling of some part of an old building
he was helping to tear down.
Luther Ainsworth of Calais, has for
a long time been a gray headed man, but
now, in his 88th year, his hair is again
turning black, which was its color in his
youth. O..
DR.. E. w. Slayton, while returning
from East Warren, where he had been
to set broken ankle for A. E. Eldridge.
on the 18th of April, was thrown from
his horse and dislocated an ankle joint.
S. d. Allen, while exercising his
horse last Thursday afternoon, in War
rem, was thrown from his gig, distance
Of q feet, striking upon his back, and
received severe injuries in the hip and
arm.
The body of a male infant was
found in a water closet connected with
the ladies' room of the depot at North
field, last Sunday morning, the indica-
tons being that it had Eot been there
more than day or two.
Preston. Conn. whites away the hours
of the Sabbath with the regular church
service, beer garden, a shooting match.
a game of ball, one or two chowders,
picnic, and other excuses appropriate to
the day, according to the Norwich BuI-
letin.
The King of Dahomey is said to have
received the Italian scientific commits
sion, seated on his throne, his body pro-
fusely decorated with blue, gold and
green labels, carefully peeled from medi-