Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
STATE MATTERS.


ADDISON COUNTY.
Middebury boasts Of II widows" We
wonder If the enumerator embraced them all.
The dwelling house Of Mr. samuel Gale, in
the south part of Cornwall, took fire on Sunday
morning, and the whole roof was burned of Ry
the assistance OF ncghbors they succeeded in OK.
tinguishing the flames without great deal Of
loss, beyond the destruction of the roof It was
fully insured.
On the night Of Tuesday, April 9th, some
scoundrel visited the stables Of Mr.. Samuel 5.
Andrus, in West Cornwall, and sheared oil the
mp7es and tails Of his three hne horses. lnvcs-
tigation iad to the arrest Of one Joe Gcrmainc,
Frenchman. who had vowed vengeance upon Mr..
Andrus for some iancicd wrong The respondent
was called to answer to the charge, ON Friday
last, and lie was bound up in $1,000 for appear
ance at the next term Of the County Court.
BRSstSoToN COUNTY.
Arlington was visited by severe storm on
Friday. The rain descended in torrents, wash
ing away many bridges, and damaging the roads
very seriously
The stockholders Of the Walloomsac railroad
have leased their road 10 the Troy and BJston,
agreeing to raise and expend in construction
$3.50, 900, IL the latter will then finish the rad
and pay three per cent on the stock, and under
certain conditions six per cent. The total cost Of
the road will be $4,000
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
". Is. Smith, Of ST. JOhnsbury, has sold out
his livery business The Prescott stabe) N Jerry
Drew Of Derby and Arson Stevens Of Bradford
The trustees Of the St Johnsbury Academy
are to put upa new academy building the present
summer The old scnicny building will be
moved back, and q new brick ed Gee erected very
nearly on It's site.
Daring the three months ending the last Of
March the Eirbankses sent out $50 car loads Of
scales This firm uses about 5000 tons Of pig
iron and 300 tons VI bar iron annually. The price
lat Of scales was increased to 10 per cent on the
fret Of April, in consequence Of the great advance
10 material Since last fall, pig iron has advanc.
ed from $50 to $50 ton, bar iron SO to SlO7
ton, sheet brass 81 10 30 cts a pound, copper %
20 30 cents
The Mcludoes Lumber Company resumed work
some two weeks ago, and is running at present in
the day time with only one set ofhends They have
nearly ~ 1000 600 feet Of lumber in the river and
some 1000 600 in their boom, being Of last years
stock The company have recently cut channel
from the mill along side their boom, distance Of
one-third Of a mile up stream The channel was
about feet wide, and cut through Is inches Of
blue ice, with f,ot OF sjft snow on top, which
ensures the safety Of their BOOM and enables then
70 get out the logs
culTTENpyS COUNTY
The ice in the lake at Burlington broke up
Monday The lake has been closed one hundred
and I've days, length Of time without precedent
IN the memory Of the oldes. inhabtaut
Mr. r. r. spaulding, who has 80 acceptably
kept the hotel in Bolton for the past two years,
has leased the junction House, nc Essex junction,
and takes possession May LIST
The free Press exposes a swindler Of that city.
Horatio n Fredercks By name, who has fir
long time been IN the habit Of " borrowing a
few dollars At time from number Of the husi-
ness men Of the place, and never paying back
lie is a first class dead beat
Thursday, in Bronson, Weston, Greene & Co'-
" Gil - at the basin in Burlington, a lad named
Thomas Daily, thirteen years Of age, received in.
iuries which resulted in bis death lie was driv-
ing dump cart down steep decline when an
other team ran into him. up>etting his cart and
throwing him out upon the ground. The horse
fell upon him and the cart passed over his body.
Before he could he extricated he was fatally in
jured. lie died at Eve o'clock Thursday evening.
IssEI COUNTY
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by an engine on the evening Of the 18th inst,
and 40 severely injured to render necessary the
smputa,ion Of one Of his Limbs His age 10 II
years.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The sugar house OF Alvin Mason, in Highgate,
was burned on the night of the 18th inst; The
origin Of the FIRE is unknown. lnsurei
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The dwelling house Of George W. Brown, in
Poultney, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
morning, about five O'Clock The house was
nearly new-hAd been built but two or three
years It cost some 50 900 and was insured in
the Glens Falls Insurance Company for $4,000,
including furniture.
wNDHAN COUNTY
On Sunday last, Rev. /. j. Matteson, Baptist,
Of Brattleboro, extended the right hand Of fellow
ship to thirty-two, aud in the evening baptized
six more converts.
The house and barn Of Joseph G. Fish. near
the East Putney depot, were totally destroyed by
fire on Tuesday afternoon, together with three or
four hundred dollars worth Of personal property.
including one COW, 25 bushels Of corn, and -
tons Of hay. Furniture and clothing partially
saved. Mr.. Fish was away from home at the
time. The fire is supposed to have heen set by
some boys who were PLAYING about the barn
The buildings were insured in the Farmers Mu-
tual FOR $500 Loss on personal property fully
covered.
WINDSOR COUNTY
The Acorn is T. be the next venture in the
newspaper way in Woodstock There are seven
papers printed in that village eight printing
presses. and five Offices.
A few members Of st. James Episcopal church.
in Woodstock, as an Easter Offering, gave $1,000
to be applied up,n the parish debt, the great por-
ton of which is thereby extingushed
The town of Springfield was visited by very
severe thunder shower on Tuesday evening of
last week, ciu>ing quite ireshet and doing con
siderable damage to highways, and some to indi-
yiduals.
The ice in going out Of Woodwnrds Pond at
Wood-tock, on Saturday, carried away about for
ty feet Of the old dam at Iaftsville, much to the
Inconvenience and damage Of the important bust
ness interests at that place.
With characteristic energy the citizens Of
Barnard mustered in force few days ago and
with teams and other appliances excayated high
way through the drifts over the hill, 80 that the
Bethel stage again runs its regular trips.
The Vermont Novelty Works Co. at Springfield
barely escaped a confagration on Sunday evening
last. The fire caught from the stove pipe in the
machine shnn and burnt a hnla thrnnn oh the hnnr