Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
STATE Items.

A. Il. Judevlne, Of Hardwick, is en-.
gagged in repairing his saw mill in the AL
der brook valley. He is putting in an
iron aqueduct for conveying tho water
from the pond TO the mill, thinking 1t
cheaper than the wooden ones hitherto 10
use, when strength aud durability, essen.
tial qualities, are considered. The aque.
duct is about 300 feet long, with fall Of
nearly 100 feet.
Nine years ago, 10 the battle Of Cold
Harbor, George Hunt, of Fairfax, re-
ceived severe bullet wound in the leg.
He was taken to hospital aud the sur.
geons IN charge told him that they ex-
tracted the broken missiles, which ne did
not doubt. Ever since that tine, hove
er, his limb has troubled him more OF less,
aud on applying to DR.. Brush for assis-
lance, week before last. the latter, on ex-
aiming it, concluded that the ball had
not been extracted, and finally succeeded
in taking ont the Identical bullet which
had been fiattcned aud was of very large
size.
Bolton promises 20 become The center
Of great lumber trade. The new mill
for making trays is now in operation.
The main building is l20 feet long by so
feet wide, built on the bank of the river.
The euierprsing proprietors are New
Hampshire men.
When plain Mr.. Southland of YER
gennes, goes to Boston, the papers there
call him Judge Advocate General S. NJ.
Southland of Vergcuncs, chief of Gov.
Converse staff Of Vermont" A YER
mont paper says this office is about az i'm
portant as that of icuce-viewer, and no
one knows it better than the present ILL.,
cumsent, so he smiles. rather, when they
hedge him in with titles
Goal burning engines have supplant.
ed the wuod-burners on the Rutland aud
Washington railroad.
The monument to the late Gen.
Baxter of RulIand," Of whicE the papers
have been talking recently, will not be
erected till after that gentleman demise
More numbering is done in Maidstone,
probably, than any other town IN the
State. This winter over one hundred OK
en- are at work drawing lumber. and the
same number of horses drawing lumber
and bark.
The wife of Clark Fisk, Esq, Of
Montpelier, fell in front Of the residence
Of j.. Warren Bailey, Thursday night,
on the llth inst, aud broke one leg. just
above the ankle. At her somewhat adj
vauccd age, the injury is "a severe one.
james Eckles, of Franklin, of Fen
ian nstoriety, proprietor of "Eckles Hall,
was drowned, Thursday, the 4th inst. In
Pike River. He procured quantity OF
whiskey and started for Stanbridge, Pc,
and it is supposed he walked into the wa
ter without realizing The danger. his
BODY was not found for several days.
On Friday afternoon, the 18th INST,
Deacon Jeremy Record of tiighgate,
with his son we're at work in the woods,
leaving his sons wife, young woman of
Is. the sole occupant of the house. Sud-
denly, while standing in the kitchen, she
was seized by man wearing black VEIL
and her hands bound. He then put
rope around her neck and secured 1t to
kettle of boiling water on the steve
Threatening to take her lie it she made
auv outcry. The rebber then ransacSed
the house, stealing S75 in money and
quantity of sheets and other household
Goods. This done, he released Mrs hec-
ord, inAicting severe cash on one OF her
wrists in cutting the rope, and made gcod
mis- escape. The Wednesday previous to
this affair. it is thought that the same
person attempted to plumber the house.
but did not succeed. The description
given by Mrs. Record Of the man points
suspicion 10 Tinker" Tracy. of Franklin.
"A farm in Walden is being sold by
lottery, 200 tickets at So per ticket, ln'
Guiding an oyster supper,