Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-01

"A store ID Hancock, cuned and oc- !
eapied By Essch Back, uas huFaei rhurs-
day eycuiur. % uli., with al is contents.
Insured fur 81 900. Fire caused By the
falliss and bursting Of > hanging keFoseue
lauD. Mr.. Back was Al AS desk At the
tine engaged IN writing. bat the flames
spread 50 rapidly that Epihiug Of any
amount eOall be saved.
A boiler used for pumping water out
Of The Piitsfrli quarry oonpahy's quarry
cxrlolad Tuesday af.ornoou Of last Wsek.
wrccking Lamsoh stone ehauncl.ug ma
chine. but. fortunately, injurirg 10 one.
The boiler vas thrown 1913 ieet landing
90 the side Of a ridge. forty feet above,
and the engine about twice that distance,
landing il on > still higher elevation.
Propeller Acron, Of the Vermont
Central Inc, from Ogleusburg TO ChiSa-
20, was burned to the waters edge, on
Wednesday, Sept. l7Ih, at Collins dock,
five mites above Alexander Bay. The
passengers. fifty in number, aad crew
, we're all saved with difficulty. She was
heavily laden with a cargo Of general
. merchandise. which was lost.
A man named John w. Brennan, Of
Altony n. Y, brakeman in the employ
!. Of the Vermont Central Railroad for
short time past, was rus over BY freight
r train, at East Alburgh, Friday morning.
while uneoupling the engine from the train
when in motion. Nineteen cars passed ov-
!, err one Of his legs and side, but be survlv-
= ed his terrible injuries about Two hours.
: He leaves n young wife to mourn his un-
!, timely departure.
n A novel explosion took place at the
m depot at Brattleboro one day Of week be-
:, fore last. A trunk was thrown from the
4. baggage car. which, on striking, the plat
h. form exploded, seriously barring aud IN
o. Turing d lady, who stood near, about th'
no head. 1t appears that the trunk wa
. loaded with powder and other c0mbusti
5 bles, The property of a returning hunter
tn Tuesday night of last week, fellow
named La Bounty. living about two mile
from Middlebury village, was burned t
deata. 1t seems that he was drivini
;s home, had a fit, and fell upon lighte'
"A. lentern that was in the wagon. Whe
,tv found, his clothing was nearly burned oil
~ and his back cooked to a crisp. lie live
about two DAYS but was unable to speak.
;,u In the southeastern part Of Dandy
nc cavern which desc, nds into solid rocl
like we'll, and down which persons hay
IN. been let $50 feet without discovering tf
bottom. 1t is thought to cOmmunica'
re. with the cave in Dorset, on the south ca
nks Of the mountain, and party arc makiI
,er- arrangements to explore it.
thy Some ierty or fifty years ago. Re
Alvah Sabiu, of Georgia, cut stick fro
by poplar tree, and, after using 1t as
ks, whip in going to and from grist mi
stuck it in the ground on the hill west
=, Georgia Center. The stick grew al
'ls'' fourished, until now it is a tree $50 fe
I, ~ high.
:; H. Miss Abbie Wadlcigh, daughter
+. A. Wadleigh, of East b erkshire, h
been elected to the Prolessorship
Chemistry, in the Pennsylvania Fema
;aor College, Pittsbu:g, with salary Of s.
cool 800.
of -On Wednesday morning last the
tensive tannery establishment Of Mr..
:. f. Standish, Of Woodstock, was estirG
r ~ consumed by fire. The alarm was SCUM
=, w., ed after half past one o'clock and the d
" engines were soon on the ground j
fire, however, was already beyond cont
and nothing could be done but protect
Sam surrounding property. The night v
s'"o still and no breeze was stirring, so Il
the main building was consumed quiet
nsod but speedily, while the flames were fore
'p a to spend themselves upon a small spa
comparatively. The new thirty ho'
,ject power engine, with other modern mach
the cry, was consumed, together with
the books Of the establishment and eve
hich thing therein contained. The loss can
be far form $4,000, which is about b
ioic. covered by insurance.