The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-20
STATE NEWS.

'ah - NEWS
ADDISON COUNTY.
Three boys a few days since while fish
ing near the meeting house bridge in Addi-
son encountered in the clear waters an eel
Of monstrous proportions which they sue
cccded in landing. He measured - feet in
length, three inches in diameter and weigh
cd 4 lbs 6 Oh.
Mrs. ". f. Griswold. wife of Conductor
t'rlswold on the Des Moines Valley Rail
road, and son of Nathan Grswod, ESQ. of
Waltham, was seriously injured by rail
road accident nj Plattsburgh. Mo-. ON
Thursday last. and congestion of the brain
is feared.
\ horse fair and iIotling is 10 take place
at Middlcbury. Oct. list and Cd 500 in
! premiums are to he offered.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Rev. G. II. Hubbard, of Bennington. i.
expected home from Europe very soon.
Hon. Lyman Bowles. of Woodford. is
lying very i'll with typhoid fever. as is also
I Fred Stone.
Rev. f. VI. Haynes supplies the Baptist
! church pulpit at Bennington for the pre-
sent
The Bennington County Courthouse IS
receiving thorough and needed repairs.
Miss Mary +. Slocum. of Bennington, II
/ recent graduate Of Nassar College has ac-
| ccptcd the position of teacher of French
and English branches in Kimbal Union
| Academy at Meriden, II. II.
\ new Catholic church is soon to he
erected in Arlington.
y car load of people from Arlington went
! on an excursion to IIoosic Tunnel last
Saturday and had an enjoyable time
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
/ The sutton people have been waiting pa
| ticntly for sixteen years for Il depot in their
| town, on the Passumpsic railroad. the court
now gives it them
/ In one ncighborliood in Sutton. raspbcr-
| lies must have been plenty. One woman
has picked and dried Al POUNDS another CO,
another 40, and different children $50 lbs,
| besides some $50 worth of fresh ones hcing
sold,
| In the part OF Barnet known as Copcn-
hagen, j. S. Milliken having discovered n
copper mine has commenced to work it,
Indications are that the mine is extensive
- @"'l'''ino also considerable silver.
l., ne l'assumpsic river has never been 50
il S, Is a. lhG present writing; Moose river
about falling. particularly in the north part
! Of the county.
/ Sunday of week before last John Drew
OF Danyile. had thirty bundles of rye
burned. The grain was in field near
his house. and was fired by some wanton
person.
The fair Of the Caledonia County Society
will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and
| Thursday Of next week. at St Johnsbury.
| Prof Ian1nr 4 lla,, of II
| Will ascend in balloon on Wednesday at 3
| p. IN.
Henry G. Baldwin of North Wolcott. has
received patent on milk and cream
/ cooler
CglTTENDES COUNTY.
| Rev. l.. o. Brastow, the new pastor of
! the White street Congregational church in
! Burlington, commenced his labors on Sun
day last.
The Vermont Medical journal is 10 he
| published commencing Oct. list, by DR..
/ }. NJ. Curiier at Burlington.
The son of Prof. McKendrec Petty is at
The head Of the High School at Shelburn.
| The recent arrivals of lumber at Burlng-
| ton from Canada, have been very large, and
| the yards along the lake shore for nearly
/ two miles, are well stocked for fall and
| winter trade
ESSEN COUNTY.
y new Union church was dedicated at
Concord Corner Wednesday of last week,
with sermon by Rev. G. VI. Southgatc of
II. ]ohnshury.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Work has commenced in earnest on the
l.amolle Valley railroad at Swanton. The
contractors are now in Canada looking up
help. They purpose to put several hun
dred men at work as soon rs possible.
Ion. John X. Whitney of franklin. for
mcrly assistant judge of the County Court,
and prominent citizen of Franklin coun-
ty, died on the Eth inst. after lingering
illness.
The annual Methodist camp meeting of
! the st. Albans district opens on Monday of
! next week at Fairfax.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Leonard Mcdowell, of Eden, got his lee
broken just above the knee. aud received
other injuries last Wednesday. His har-
ness broke while descending the hill near
MIR. Dcwey's in lrasburg, throwing him I'M
der the wagon which passed over him it
was loaded with thousand feet of lumber
There were three hundred and twenty
tubs of butter sent from Iydepark station
last Monday morning, and three cars of
stock. In the month of August over three
hundred and fifty tons of freight was re-
ceived. The tonnage of freight from that
station is much larger than any other on
the line of the north division of the Port
land " Ogdcnsburg railroad, notwithstand-
ing statements made by other stations to
the contrary
very pleasant family gathering occur
red at the house of Mr. John Carpenter, in
Johnson, on Saturday consisting of the de-
scendants OF MIR. Carpenter and wife. There
were present three grandparents over eighty
years OF age, and son and three daughters
with their famlies-al Mr.. Carpenters
children except one daughter in Kansas.
The occasion of the meeting was the visit
of Rev Elbridge Gale, of Kansas, who for
mcrly preached in johnson.
Two sad accidents occurred week be-
fore last in the north part of Cambridge.
The first, an old lady by the name of
Dodge, aged 70 years, and living with her
son on the Harry Brush farm, tell down
Hight OF stairs, fracturng her skull and
Otherwise inJuring her, SO that she died two
after: 1t was supposed that she got up in
her sleep, as she and the rest of the family
had retired for the night The other was
the killing of little son of John Moore
ny being thrown from wagon, while rid
ing with neighbor, Mr.. Rice. 1t seems
that the horse became frightened and un
manageable in consequence of smelling
blood, as one of the neighbors had been
butchering hogs by the side of the road.
Al L.