Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03
State Items.

Hugh Allan sunk TO the bottom Of
Lake Memphremagog, lastIweek. 1t
was lying at his wharf, near his resi-
dence, about six miles from Newport,
VT. 1t rs said to have cost $4,000
in gold.
Rev. Mr.. MAYNARD, of the Congre-
gational church in Williston, .dled sud
denly last week. He had been i'll hut
a short time Of erysipelas. and was
not thought to be dangerously sick.
But it is supposed the disease attack
ed the heart suddenly, and he died sit
ting in his chair.
\ match was made between Homer
Lane N. Y. and John McMahan of
Rutland. VT, to wrestle in the second
week of May, within 500 miles Of New
York, for the championship of Ameri-
ca and $500 aside, square hold, best
two in three, fiaB back falls. Articles
were signed and $3.50 side forfeit
deposited in the hands of j. II. Car
ney, temporary stakeholder. The men
meet again on the Dist to put up the
second $3.50 a side and toss for choice
of ground and final stakeholder.
Little Rosa O'Gray, aged five years
daughter of John O'Gray of Mont
pelier, was drowned in the North
Branch Monday. the 28th. She was
playing about the bank near Lane,
Pitkins & Brooks foundry, and fell
over the wall.
A traveller from one of tbs mountain
towns of the State tells of seeing q
COW happily chewing her cud on the
roof of barn, to which she had easily
assembled by means of snow drift.
Three children Of Joseph Sweeney
of Rutland, VT, were poisoned Thurs
day by eating poke root, which they
dug while rambling in the woods, and
two of them have since died.
State Treasurer Page has received
letter from Senator Justin S. Nor
rill, inclosing a check for S4,340. SO
the amount of the Senator's back-pay,
to be applied to the reduction Of the
State debt. Mn. Morrill, fought the
bill as best he could, he says, but it
became law in spite of his opposition
Thursday. Of, last week. q son OF
Frank Mead, of Eimore, 10 years Of
age. was playing in stairway, where
q rope with Il moose ut one end was at
tached to the banisters. 1t is sup
posed the boy put his head through
the moose for fun, and then leaned
forward, checking himself to death.
When found life was extinct.
B. N. Chase, Of Jay, horse jockey
having become expert in telling tho
age of horses, undertook to tell the
age Of COW that seemed to be in the
decline Of life. When he took his
hand from the cows mouth, it was
minus a thumb, and he don't want
to.tell the ages of cows any more.
A draft fer $4,000 payable tc
to the order Of j. Fletcher of st
bloomsbury, was by some oversight
forwarded to. Ogdensburgh, N. Y.
where'there happens to reside labor
ing man of the same name. The draft
was delivered to him, and he imme
diately appropriated it. In the mean
time parties owning the funds insti
tuted an inquiry, and traced the draft
to MI, FletGhery was nowhere tC
be found. His wife was taken into
custody.
A boiler attached to one Vt the Sui
/ Ivan Machine Company's diamond
drill machines, which was working ir
Parker, ellison & Deury's marble
quarry at West Rutland, exploded
Wednesday afternoon of last week
smashing the machine to atoms anC
scattering the peicesin all direction
Fortunately no one was injured.
The mail from Newport to Nortt
Troy is carried on hand-car. The
finishing touches are being put upor
the new railgQad, and lids, expected
thar passenger trains will soon b'
running regularly between those
points.
Salmon P. Dodge of Irasburgh ha'
SO sheep which dropped Sc lamb
during the first II days Of April, ant
46 Of them are still living. He think
little more care would have save,
more Of them.
The house Of Fred II. Morse il
Barton, was fred by sparks from
passing locomotive, on the Zach inst
The fire was extinguished withou
much damage.
Thomas Gill, of Underhill Center
died last week, aged 10l.