Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-30

A petition is being circulated praying that a
post-oiice may be established at the Bend, and
theoficesat Fast Greensboro and North Green's
boro discontinued. II says James Smith foi
postmaster
Chandler Bailey removed the blocking to a
Ger loaded with brick 10 front Of the depot al
North Troy to move the car nearer his works
This car bad no brake attahced to IL, and would
not stop at his bidding but ran rapidly easl
across the bridge and telescoped supply cal
standing on the track near the gravel pit, doing
about sl95 worth Of damage.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Vermont Grand Lodge of Odd Fellow,
meets in Rutland August 90.
Within the next three weeks a line of tele.
graph will be constructed from Poultuey Il
Middetown Spring, distance Of eight miles
The house of Mr. Ice Morton, Of Rutland
was burglari2ed on Friday evening last, and
about $50 captured by the burglars, who arc
At large as yet.
A rattlesnakc was killed the other day in
West Casteton. lie had eleven rattles, was
four feet in length and was thicker and larger
than mans wrist
Tho Dairymen's association of New York
and Vermont have purchased the Cold Spring
Of &. II. lIoughton, near the railroad at Dan
by, and will build creamery in order to use
up all the surplus milk sent to market.
/ Pttsiord's monument to Caleb IIoughton, q
soldier who was killed by the Indians near
Fort Ncrgennes, in July, 1880. will soon be
completed. 1t is to stand on the site of tho
old Tort, and will be dedicated with appropri.
ate ceremonies, August 90.
young freshman, named James Qnigley,
was almost instantly killed at the Evergreen
slate quarry in Castleton, last Wednesday morn.
ing. lie was following the sweep, driving the
horse attached to it, wien the harness broke,
and the sweep struck tho young man, knock.
/ ing him down and at its next revolution hit
his head and killed him. The horse Jumped
the sweep twice and escaped without serioui
injury.
wrNDnAM COUNTY
Brattleboro has a mandatory Of sewing
silk
Between so, 900 and IS 900 young shad were
placed in West River at Bratteboro, on Thurs
day, by Fish Commissioner Andrews.
Crosier, the man who killed bis son in Law
on the Fourth, at Halifax, is out on bail tn,
sympathy in his ncighborhood being strougl,
In his favor.
carpenter and inmate Of the Brattleborc
insane asylum, Colba by name. fell from tn,
third story of the new brick building Friday
and was instantly killed.
The Second Advcntists having Fixed the thir,
week in August rs the final end Of all thing
mundane, are, " if time lasts" to commenc,
| holding camp meeting at South Vernon
/ Aug. II.
Thirty instruments a day. ~ one ever,
twenty minutes during the ten working hours
Is the rate at which Messrs. j Estev Il Co o
| Bntteboro, are now manufacturing their cot
tage organs. Their fifty thouandth instru
ment Will be made before the close Of the pres
ent year
Brattleboro has two banks Of circulation
with capitals Of $500 900 and $3.50 goo respec
lively; two savings banks with capitals of { |
$50 900 and 5000, 600 respectively. seven dr.,
goods stores, eleven millinery and dress making
shops, two drug stores, five shoe. three bool
and seven grocery stores, two weekly papers
and one monthly The organ factory of j r..
tey 4 Co , employs 100 hands, and produce,
forty instruments daily. new building will
be erected, when they will employ $50 more
hands. There lisa furniture factory employing
] MY MINUS u paper Ulllls TWO tHDN1ne NNUDe
and factories for Keeling silk aud making paper
machinery. A correspondent says the place /,
much noted for beautiful girls and fast
horses. -
WINDSOR COUNTY
| Henry Forbes, student of Canton Theolog
lcal Seminary has accepted call to the Uni
versalst church in Gaysyile
The descendants Of Deacon IIerrick Ingra
ham, of Chester, gathered from all sections o
the country, had Il reunion at the Chester
house, few days since.
Early Wednesday morning the house O
Michael Bearly, in Chester, was damaged h,
| fire ~ the amount of $500; insured in tn,
Home, Of New York for $500 on house apc
| 800 on furniture.
ii. ID. Stevens, Of Windsor, formerly pro
priet0r Of the Revere House, Brattleboro. an,
latterly Of the Mansion House, Springfield
Mass, died at the Farrar House. Turner
Falls, on Friday last, from the effects of al
overdose of morphine.
At about halfpast five O'Clock, Monda
morning. the engine Geo. &. Hunt ran int
the regular train, No ,, at Bethel. Th
- Hunt was pretty badly smashed as well a
the saloon car Of the regular. No one was in
lJured except from the scare it gave them.
Mr. James II. Tracy, who lived with hi
'"tnc, hNut " oOu>tock SUTTON. COMMITTEE
suicide on "Wednesday by taking strychnine
lie told his father what he had done nd
physician was sent for, but he died almost i'm
medlately He was about thirty five yet7s O
nge and was unmarried.
DR.. G, w. Cotton Of Woodstock who ha
charge of the recruiting in the north part Z
Windsor County for the Rutland re. union, ha
appointed the following recruiting officers
Barnard, W. {. Dantorth, Bethel, Mr.. Wi
son OF the Depot House Hartford f. Blai.
dell Pomiret, H. n. Bruce Woodstock
Lueius W ilson.