Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
Vermont News.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.


The total debt of the school district
in ST. Johnsbury village is reported to
be S10,S00
Measures are proposed for the Port
land and Ogdensburg Railroad to give
up its White Mountain route to Connec-
ticut River and Vermont. and build
from Cornish to the New Hampshire
line, about ten miles, and thence join
the New Hampshire Central Railroad to
Meredith or Plymouth, 43 miles, and
connecting thereby Wells River, Mont
pelier, Burlington, st. JOhnsbury, Swan
ton and Ogdensburg.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Loren Shores, young man of Gro
ton, while hewing railroad ties on the
21st ult., cut his foot very severely, the
the toes almost to the ankle He was a
mile from the house and alone, but sum-
mOning all his strength and courage, he
made his painful way back, through the
deep snow, and reaching it was kindly
cared for.
Victory is a new town having been
settled less than fifty years. Lumber
ing, which keeps six mills in operation
is its principal business, though there are
a few good farms. The nearest depot
on the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail-
road, will be only four or five miles from
the south part of the town where the
larger part of the business is done. John
Shores, Sen, was the first man to settle
in the town. He still lives on the same
| place and though past eighty, has taken
care of quite stock of cattle during the
past winter.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The ice in Trout River in MontgOm-
| cry is six feet and one-half inches long.
The recent prosecution of Patrick
/ Conley for violating the liquor law, re-
suited in fine of 5000. The States At
| torney was well sustained by the citi-
zens, and other towns in Franklin county
are soon to be visited.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
-Whittingham is free from debt, and
| has a surplus of 81, 1922 in the treas
| ury.
Hon. Homer Goodhue is elected
county commissioner for Windham
county.
Mr.. Prior, of jamaica has sold his
| hotel to Mr. Rawson from Massachu-
setts.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mr.. Austin j.
Morse, of Fayetteville, was celebrated
on the 10th of March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Nichols, Of
Athens, celebrated their golden wedding
on Saturday, March 10th.
-L.umbermen have been very busy
/ this winter. and it is said that they have
90, 900, 600 feet of spruce lumber above
US to come down the river this spring
BeLl0loS Falls Times.
George Allen, of Bellows Falls, who
was thought last week to be fatally in
iured. is still living, and hopes Of his re-
coverv are entertained. His face is ter
ribly injured, one eye lost, and jaw brok-
en- in two places.
Hay is getting to be a scarce article
among the farmers in the county. The
price ranges from $50 to S22 per ton,
and is hard to get even at that price
Were it not for the Western meal. the
farmers would fare hard for feed for
their stock.
The Green Mountain cheese factory
at Peru worked up 496, $50 pounds OF
milk in "a working days last year, max
ing 81, 151 pounds of green and 80, l24
pounds of cured cheese. This was al
the rate Of S.68 pounds Of milk to one
pound of green cheese, and 80 to one
pound of cured.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
One day last week. a Frenchmar
named Peter Savage. of Grand Isle, feel
ing thirsty. drank by mistake a quantity
Of alcohol which contained about tive
ounces Of aConite-a yiTulcnt poison
Fortunately for the victim DIR. Jackson
happened to be within call, and the
Frenchman was able to tell that he haC
swallowed something he hadn't 'orter
and was burning all up inside Th'
usual remedies were administered, anC
the man is in a fair way of recovery, hu
had narrow escape.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Barre is trying to raise S30,O 600 to
wards building the railroad from Mont
pelier to Barre.
George 4. r. Bragg, late in the EN-
plov of J. Keith s. Sons, in their tanner,
at Warren. fell through the ice and cam
+ near drowning last Saturday, whil
, crossing Cardell's pond.
R. Dow, of Woodbury., was arraign
I, ed before Justice Wells on a charge o
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