Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-12-10
state Matters.
ADDISON COUNTY.

sun ( 4 per month, as the law provides.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Bennington's rcmoieled and refurnished
courthouse is said to be the finest in the State.
Five hundred sheep, at least, have been killed
in Bennington since November lst, because it
is more profitable tosel their pelts than to pur-
chase proyender to winter them on
At North Bennington, December 4, a young
man by the name Of Frank Horton, former
brakeman on the Harlem Extension railroad,
was shot through the hand while putting a
cartridge into a revolver The ball entered the
palm Of the hand near the thumb, passing up
into the wrist, where it still remains.
Charles Green bad character, recently fol
lowed Ann Shay, respectable woman Of Wal
lomsac, n. Y, as she got oG from the cars at
the State Line, and in endeayorng to effect his
hellish purpose, injured the woman 50 that,
when found She was dead Green has been
arrested and confessed. lie has been removed
To the Troy jail, fears Of his being lynched
debating such a course
Fukai fach a native Of Yeddo, Japan, is at
Bennington, learning to run knitting ma
chine. Mr.. Taich is one Of the number who
were sent to this country, about nine months
ago, for the purpose Of learning the different
| branches Of mechanism, and since his arrival
has spent some tiIae in Ohio, learning to run
stocking knitter, and in Coboos, where he
/ learned 90 run a knitting machine.
CALFpoNIA cnrNTy
samuel b. Mattocks, so long cashier of the
bank Mt Lyndon, has resigned and II NJ Pearl
has been appointed.
At the last school meeting held at Lyndon, a
vote was given to pay the entire debt Of the
district, about 500 Now /, is discovered
that the call Of the meeting was not legal, and
they have tall to do over again.
mrrESDN corSrY.
Commander c. A. Babiock, e. 5 n, has
been ordered to Burlington on recruiting duty
The Burlington Grand Army boys and girls
are playing Dickens oliver Twist " to
crowded houses, and with splendid effect
AZ the annual meeting of the Chittenden
County Agricultural Society, held at Essex
junction, Henry n Newell, Of Shelburn, was
chosen President; Elhu b Taft, Of Burlng-
ton, Secretary, and John Z. Smith, Of South
Burlington, Treasurer.
rRANELN COUNTY.
A portion of tine roof Of the French Catholic
church in st, Adams, about 20zi0 feet, was
blown of last week
W D Stewart, Esq, a promising young
lawyer who has been in the office Of w D.
Wilson, Esq, Of st. Abuus, since his adms-
sion TO the bar, is about to move 70 Bakersfield
for the practice Of his profession.
In accordance with theexigency Of the time,
! the managers Of the Rolling Mil, at St. Al
bins have lowered the wages Of the workmen
] whercupon the heaters struck The managers
p have, loI Tie present, in consequence suspended
, work 10 an departments Of the mill.
Mr. aud Mrs Stephen Lawrence, Of Eas
D Berkshire, celebrated their sxty-frst marriage
F. anniversary on Wednesday Of last week Thu
u party met at Daniel Woodwards, Of Enos
Is burgh, and enjoyed hospialites under Thu
+ same roof where the aged pair were first mar
ricd.
Montgomery village has no grog shop in it
limits. A Boston runner calls it drier thai
. the desert Of Sahara The last man who trieC
to make living there by selling whisky, wounC
up his business by paying the State one hun
bred and twenty dollars in fines, with costs
boarding with Mr.. Sheriff Place a few days
The will Of Ira McAister, Of Enosburg, VIII,
died in 1866, has Just been before the suprem
court in this village. lie gave $1,000 for tn
education Of the freedmen and the residue G
his property after certain requests to his re
latiycs, to the " Methodist Episcopal missio
at Bombay and as there was no such mi
sion, bis heirs constested the will. The prol
ate court decided that the residue named mu,
be handed over to the general missionary soc
ETY. for India, the court Of chancery, on an az
peal, reversed this decision, but now the 81
y, preme court has affirmed it and the money wi
be given to the mission.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
N About sixty feet of the eastern end Of tn
d railroad bridge at Aburgh Springs was d,
b, stroyed by fire about four O'Clock on Thursda
10 morning of last week, delaying the mail trai
~ aboat three hours The bridge was repaire
4, SO that tmius passed over it by eight o'clock.
he LAMomLE COUNTY.
RI, Mr. Albert Stone, of Eden, while choppr
e. recently, in the woods was nearly killed by
~ tree falling upon him. His injuries We
or mostly confined to his head. 1t is expected
~ will recover.
NJ. ORANGE COUNTY.
No Mr.. VIM Burgess aud wife, Of East Corint
+, recently elt home for visit to Groton al
Wells River, leaving their daughter two yea
Old, with their mother, an old lady nearly
~ years ofage, who was anxious to have the Ii
p, tie girl left with her for company On Satu
y, dpy last, the neighbors saw no smoke comir
"a from the chimney of Mr.. Burgess house, al
q, thinking the old lady might be sick went i
=, and to their horror found her lying upon Il
~ alor, insensible, and the little child crawir
- around the stove with booth its feet froze
" and nearly dead from cold. The appearance
-, things indicated that Mrs. Burgess had fall,
,, 10 the floor as she was about to wash the su
NJ per dishes pan Of water upon the sto
i was frozen so that it had bulged up in the &c
I'd ter Mrs. Burgess lived only short time
70. ter her discovery as above related The chill
tlo il was at first thought would lose both feet, b
no we since learn that there is a prospect Of say
il them.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
gentleman who has recently inspected t
lodges Of slate in Fairhayen, reports that the
-. is slate enough in that town to keep a thousa
" men engaged hundred years in quarrying.
m. Luther Daniels, president of the RuIla
savings bank was slidden into by girl a
quite seriously hurt one day last week
ri prefers that when a girl goes for him she sh
ur- have broom instead OF a sled.
at The New York creditors Of the Sigel brothe
. German pedders, who reported themselves
in having been robbed at Pawlet, recently HI
k, secured their arrest, and the goods repor
ups stolen have been found where the pedders C
as cealed them with intent to delraud.
John Plumley, of Rutland, while taking
harness from n kicking horse on the ith in
- received the animal hoof on his chin and
aw was crushed in pieces. lie remained
'"e sensible for some time, but DR.. Pond Thu
GO his injuries are not necessarily fatal,
The ocean calamity has carried deep grie