Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-06-25
State Matters.

wooded sheep, nearly all Of which they raised
themselves.
c. NJ. Robbins, of Hancock, says the bears
in his section have recently lcastcd upon nine
Of his best sheep. BY placing steel traps in
his pasture, he has been fortunate in catching
two Of the thieves
The woodshed at the railrond depot in Yer
gcnncs, took fire about hall-past three, Friday
afternoon, it is supposed from the sparks Of
passing locomotive, and for a time there were
great fears that il, together with the depot.
would be burned Dispatches were sent To
Burlington and Middlcbury for hose, but in
about an hour by the energetic oxertions Of the
persons about the depot, the flames we're ex.
tngulshod without serious damage
Albert Lane Of Lincoln, while repairing
pistol that was loaded accidentally discharged
II. The ball entered the upper portion Of the
thiah, and passed down il some six or seven
inches It las not as set been extracted, but
Mr. Lame /. doing well.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Mike Barrett, who sawed OF the bars Of his
cell doors and then assisted Lucas and Convey,
ltIlNN lIll~NlItlNs AN NN tN WIN IllA ilNN AlflH
nugton ill, pleaded guilty, was sentenced to
one year in state prison. and has gone over
to W windsor 90 commence working ont bis con.
tmct
A barn ia the east part Of the town Of Man.
chester, owned by Mrs Daniel Sullivan, and
occupied By C. J.. Bundy, was struck by light
ing at about halrpast two yesterday afternoon.
The barn was burned to The ground, together
with fine pair Of horses, valued at Z; 100, four
tons Of hay aud Eve hundred pounds Of meal
Mr. Bundy had only left The barn few min
ute- before it was struck.
CALEDONIA couSn
There arc parties in Dany'lic who want TO
start an anti Masonic paper and revive tboeS
element Of $780,.
G.. a. Burbank, Formerly Of So. John-bury,
has leased for period Of ten years The Recll-
let House, in Minneapolis. MINI. at rental
Of $4,000 year
There /. a woman in Ryosate who has lately
produced a pair of twin Lambs We never
knew an instance of tho kind heiore, altough it
may hayc happened Mr. Lamb is proud
mon.
The Mcs-rs f"tuanks arc uri''ng 'he scale
business th's season I'ey nave averaged
over one thousand S''''' a. "',S since 1anHary'
ing hay scales, and eight railroad track scales.
Mr. {. c. Hall, second foreman in the loun.
dry OF the Fairbanks scale WORKS died sad
denly last week rom Tue ense's OF erysipelos
setting mo p'ace on hl7 '''t ron "hleh
corn had been extracted ana extending up The
limb.
Horace Fairbanks returned 20 ST. Johns
bury from Ncw York, last Saturday where he
hns negotiated large nle OF railroad bonds
for the Portland & Ogden-burg This insure'
an increase OF force on o'th ends OF the rail-
road line aud tte work % completing the
whole line through Vermont will be pushed
with yisor. Probably by Che l.t OF July lie
force on ne East era oI the Inc M concord
Wiii be r'pi'i' onH "iH n"' mueh longer hang
hy the gi'~
ohlIIhNnhN 'o'Nlf-
IL S proposed 10y the m'u'eoi graduates oi
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/ Conere :, Church
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Delliog b,atmen returning r,om Canodo ~
p.rts sontb of Whitehall eithcr IN unload Al
/ Rou.e's Point. apdloal ap,ip. under the snner.
vision Of an Inspector. or clse take on inspector
I with them 10 the pointof destination. ata salary
Of SIS rer week. Some 90 boats are under
going the rigmirole Of loading and unloading
at the Point at the present time.
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| Hiram Joslyn and wife, Of West Concord
have been arrested On charge Of purloiniura
$3.50 note from thepapers Of Dr. Calvin Lewis
who boarded with them previous to bis death.
Lewis wiIled 70 the lniyorsalst church all his
property ei'er certain le4uesis made 10 h's
w'li' HIS oo'k showed iull settlement with
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rRANKLN COUNTY.
80 '1'''', ou' ''''' '''''E" 70 supply 'n'y
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Inc number OF Roman Catholics in 1t. Az
bans Is set down at $780, Of whom about
'''Y0 ''' ''''''''''"'''S
Franklin County Jail contains but four in-
mates VIZ Two Tor drunkenness, fork killing
horse tor attempted murder.
The pickpockets were quite active on the
exhibition grounds at ST. Adams. during Bar.
NUNS show A Mr. Barton, Of Enosbureh,
| lost 500 in money. Mr.. House of the same
town was relieved OF gold watch, and several
others were deprecated upon.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Rutland farmers are troubled at the ravaee-
Of potato bug, very similar in its look to the
famous Colorado destroyer
| drunken man in ono or N. o.us :, flo
Rutland Jail, Saturday nigbt wrote an tbe
wall. "Jue not. that vo bo not ipggod ~
w,ynu,,, co,,,,-,
John Is, Cough Hon. William Parsons and
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