The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-17
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STATE NEWS.

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STATE NEWS.
Bennington County.
Clark Asa Batchelder of Manchester.
graduated at Boston University Law School
last week, being the only Vermonter in the
class,
Guests from New Jersey arc arriving at
the hotel at Woodford City to spend the
summer.
Fuller Il Torrey have taken the hotel at
llartwcllyille, so famous for its trout din
ncIs.
The streams in Bennington county are
low and the business of numbering, one of
the great interests, is dull.
One night last week two individuals
from the Modocs or some other tribe, made
rad upon poultry yard near Pow
nal Centre and captured nice turkey:
upon their retreat it was made hot for
them and they were obliged to flee and
leave Their booty. One of the party re-
Ceyed buckshot in the back-silc of his
person and the other had one of his fingers
badly smashed
Caledonia County.
In the fourteen Congregational churches
in Caledonia county during the past year.
there has been a net loss of twenty mem
bers. Last year the reported net gain was
forty-fiye.
There are SAB persons under twenty
years of aye connected with the Sabbath
Schools in Caledonia county
Charles lladley, young man employed
in Fairbanks Scale works, at st. Johnsbury
who has been i'll for some time, was taken
to his home in Canada last week. A bed
was made for him in large box, and he
was taken to the station ON the shoulders
of men. His disease was gastric fever.
The Cdledonian gives an account of
stone the size of a nail-keg which dropped
through the roof of a shed Just after three
children had gone out. Children may be
plentiful and mischievious in St. ,Tohnsbury
but it is not in accordance with the laws of
the nineteenth century to thin them out by
blasting in The streets.
Chittcnden County.
X. o. Walston of Williston, sold a COW
last week to NJ. Fletcher of Essex Junction
for 800, which dressed 941 lbs.
A little daughter of Wesley Brewster of
Huntington, was recently pusted into a
pail of boiling water by her brother, and
scalded so badly that she is not expected to
| live.
Orange County.
The new Masonic Hall of George Wash
ngton Lodge, No. 81, at Chelsea, will be
dedicated on st. Johns Day, June oath,
J. l.. Mack performing the ceremony, and
Henry Clark of Rutland, will deliver the
address on the occasion.
On the 2Sth ut., little son of +. p.
Densmorc, of Chelsea, aged six years, at
tempted to get into the hind end of lum-
| Der wagon when it was in motion. One
leg was caught in the spokes of the wheel
which carried him over with the wheel.
breaking the thigh bone little way above
the knee
Franz of ambert Hastings. residing
at Post Mills, in Thetford, seems to be a
foolish youth. He desired to marry a
young miss, and his mother refused her
consent, whereupon he resorted to "c0ld
pizen," attempting to kill himself by that
method on two occasions. Each time,
however, Dr. Niles, who resides in the
next honse, was able to bring him out of
| it.
Washington County.
Two COWS belonging to Sylvester Alden,
| who lives in what is known as Bear Swamp.
in Middlesex, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed in the thunderstorm of
Saturday, gath They were in the field
and were found lying close together, with
but slight marks of mangling about them
Other cattle near by escaped uninjured
Lew Avery, deputy sheriff in North
field, heard of there being some liquor in
the freight house one day last week, and
on being refused permission to enter and
seize it, broke in at the window Trouble
will grow out of it. Two or three DAYS
after this Avery had an unpleasantncss
with Nelson Tyler about an account and
gave him the lie. Avery picked himself
up pretty soon and scutfie ensued which
it took the Secretary of State to put stop
! to.
Windham County.
Twcnty-six sheep belonging to John s.
Leach, OF Windham, were recently killed
by dogs.
On Monday, May Goth, one mile out from
Wilmington, people were feasting upon
that saccharine delicacy, warm, waxy ma
pie sugar, eaten upon snow found near
by.
Townshend people are shaking their
sides over practical joke played upon an
old farmer. who Dragged considerably over
a big egg that one of his hens had laid
The day following its discovery, a mis-
chievous neighbor placed huge goose egg
in the nest, and on the strength of this the
unsuspecting farmer brags louder than ever,
and has actually sold his hen to Jamaica
man for 81.
are enforcing the rule recently adopted for
the early closing of the drinking shops
Saturday nights, and w. A. Barker, keep
cr of a combined fish market and beer sa-
loon, was brought up for violation of this
rule. He called for a jury at first, but the
witnesses becoming numerous, finally
pleaded guilty to three counts and was
fined $50 and costs.
Windsor County.
In Cavendish there are 80 people who
are over 80 years of age, and 22 of them
are over IS.
About Springfield the roads are said to
be as dry as they usually are in August
a light hay crop is feared.
A few nights ago an attempt was made
to rifle the store and safe of NJ. n. Ross in
ROyalton. An entrance was effected by
removing a pane of glass and boring holes
through the back door, thereby enabling
the operators to lift the staple from with
out. The goods were more or less tumbled
about, and by means of a paper tunnel,
powder was poured into the safe lock, but
no evidence existed that match was APP
piled. 1t is supposed that the perambula-
tons OF a gentleman who took the night
train, and who carried lantern, frighten-
ed off the burglars.
Mrs. l., A. Marsh has given the collec-
ton OF minerals made by her son Benjamin
Swan Marsh, to the Woodstock High
School, and they have been put up there