Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-04-22
State Matters.


] AT recent city meeting IN Nergennes /
was voted to borrow nine hundred dollars, L
be put with nine hundred dollars bequeathe,
by Miss Susan b. Strong, and five hundred
dollars given by the Ladies' Library Associa
tion, for public library
BENNINGTON COUNTY
The Burdens have contracted for great
quantities Of ore to be cxcayatod from theil
Remington mine
The work Of putting down new ties and
laying new rails on the Harlem Extension rail.
road is being carried on as rapidly as possible
All the survivors injured by the explosion
Of She Mcssrs Bndiords' mill, at bennington,
are nearly or fully recovered Jesse II Fields
the scvercst sufferer, is able to attend his occu
patton again.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
A mandatory Of wood work is soon to be
established in st. JOhnsbury A stock com.
pany with a capital of 500 900 is being or.
ganized, and three-quarters of the stock has
been subscribed
Charles Fetch, Of Passumpsic, was riding
horseback, when his stced became frightened
and jumped down a steep bank, dozen rods,
into tie river, leaving the rider straddle of a
limb midway OF the bank and in total darkness
In consideration Of help from the people,
Mr. Hatch gave bonds to publish the Hard
wick Reporter five years lie has sold it to
the Alorri.yillc CHsca and now the people Of
llardwick are looking into the bonds.
Last Friday, the Fairbanks Scale Company
had aH order from the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road Company for twenty-four five hundred
bushol hoppor-scalcs to be put into their new
Immense elevator building at Locust Point
Asthe-e are llteen-ton scales, and are all set in
row some idea Of the size Of the elevator may
De gained The Scale Company lacked only
nineteen of making a thousand scales last week
iHy-lour Of these nine hundred and eighty-one
being stock scales.
CnlrrENnEN COUNTY
Tile Burlington Sentinel intimates that ar
rangomcuis are being made in that city to hold
"a mass meeting Of those citizens opposed to the
present prohibitory law.
OBJ The result Of the temperance movement in
Burlington is, that it is now impossible to get
perpendicular drink, at least at any Of
the hotels or the more respectable saloons in
the city
"A sugar-house belonging to Truman Ga
lusha Of Jericho, containing three shcet-iron
pans, one large store tub, one large milk-can
and several cords Of wood, was destroyed by
fire 90 Saturday morning last No insurance
AT the marble works conducted by the
Burlington Manufacturing Company was re
Gently found, in block OF Isle LaAlott marble,
large and perfect petrfed rattlesnake Of
equal hardness Of the marble ITSELF and one Of
the rarcst cuiilsites Of the kind ever dis.
covered
"A horse which was stolen from Nathan
lockwood, Of 81. George, on the night Of the
Sch of November last, has been recovered in
West Ptwlet Alonzo Clark, the noted horse
thief. who stole it, is now in Jail in Burling-
ton. lie confessed the theft, few days since,
to Sheriff Drew, and told him where to find the
horse.
On the 18Th inst, about five O'Clock, P NJ,
os AFRO F llacket, marble dealer. and his son
Frank llacket, were at work in their shop, in
Westlord, dispute arose between them in re-
gard to a seam or crack in base for mon
ument. High words followed, and the father
swore he would have the sons " hearts blood -
and instantly sprang at him, striking him on
the lead with heavy mallet three or four
times The young man lies in a critical con-
dition at neighbours house, attended by DR..
A F Bardick, of Underhil.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
.-R. c. Hall, late postmaster and grocer at
Swanton junction, denies the charge that he
deeamped with the intention of swindlng his
creditors.
u X. Maynard, of Bakersfield, was seri-
ously injured last Friday by being thrown from
load Of hay 1t is feared his injuries will
prove htl
"A sugar house belonging to Capt j. f.
Draper, of Sheldon, together with all necessary
apparatus for manufacturing sugar, with about
three hundred pounds of the article in tubs
was destroyed by fire during the night Of the
Monday forenoon a fellow claiming to be a
a dry goods drummer called at the house OF
Mr.. Kendall, in St. Adams, and saying that he
knew young man boarding there, Mr..
Sherry, asked if he might go to his room and
write a letter, lie was shown to Mr.. Sherry :
room, and shortly after went away, Upon in
vestgation it was found he had stolen gold
watch valued at $50, the property of Mr..
Sherry, besides several other articles. Moth
ing has since been heard of him.
The Baptist society in Berkshire have re-
Gently raised a subscription of Si2 600 to com
plete their new church edifce. L. Mills, OF
the Central Vermont railroad, offered to give
$4,000 to bring the sum up to the required
amount, when the society had secured $4,000.
But $4,000 was promised, when Lawrence
Barnes, Of Burlington, hearing how matters
stood, sent word that rather than prevent Mr.
Mills from giving his $4,000, they might put
him Barnes down for 5000 and thus the
amount was secured, Their new house will
cost about $4,000, including site, and will
probably be dedicated free from debt
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
A IiydepArk man has slaughtered one hun
bred and fifty rabbits the past winter.
johnson people are rejoicing in reliable
promise Of the Railroad Company, that the cars
will run there by July LIST.
Willie Smonds, seventeen years old, had
his hand torn off in planer at Morrisyille
April 18Th. A subscription of 5000 was i'm
mediately raised for him.
IS. r, Parker's sugar house, in Wolcott
and contents, were consumed by fire on the lth
inst The origin Of the fire is unknown, as
Mr.. Parker had not been in the sugar place for
some time previous to the fire.
ORANGE COUNTY
Miss Closson, a native Of Thetford, who
has been a missionary in Turkey for the past
six years, recently gave very interesting ac-
count Of womans work in that country, to a
large audience Of ladies in st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. Samuel Bass, of West Randolph, sails
for Europe on the 25th inst, from Portland
Me, with his brother, j. p. Bass, lately mayor
of Bangor. It's business rather than pleas
ure trip, and they intend 10 be absent about two
months
ORLEANS COUNTY.