Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-14
NAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1877
Vermont State News.

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BENNINGTON COUNTY.
~ fire Tuesday morning, at Bennington, dc
stroyed the dwelling Of James Hogan ON Sontl
street Insured for 500
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Joseph A. Could, Of passumpsic, has four
ycars-od COW, threc-fourths Jersey, from whcl
he has made in five months two hundred and fv,
pounds Of butter and sold two hundred and sew
enty-fiye quarts Of milk, besides what milk and
cream was used in family Of two.
ON Monday Of last week. rs J. W. Leighton
Of st. johnsbury, was unloading lumber from a
car near iloyey's MILL he accidentally fell from
the car striking on the iron rail on his side and
receiving severe injuries Ills side was 80 hun
that he cannot turn himself In bed, his right
shoulder hurt so as 10 completely disable the arm.
his LEFT hand severely bruised aud his right eve
pretty well BACKED How he could get 50 many
and so severe bruises, and not break any bones,
il. mystery
Mr. Willard Cook Of West Dan,ille died on
Sunday Of last week at che age Of sixty-sevcn
years He WAS sick but some eight or ten DAYS
Mr. Cook had been long time resident Of Dam
vile, and was always regarded as a fair dealing,
upright man. He was widely known to our towns
men as the miller ut West Danyille. For a period
" forty years he had been employed good share
of the time IN the grist mill at West Danyillc. al
ways giving good satisfaction to customers. lie
was kind husband and ncighbor and good
citizen
cHrrFNDEN COUNTY
Mrs. Lawrence Barnes of burlington, has
presented the Baptist society in st. Johnsbury
communion service
There are no now developments In the Bur
hngton rape ease, though the police are oxcrting
themselves to trace the pepetntor
At Burlington on Friday George buchanan.
convicted Of mauslaughter for killing his brother
in May last, was sentenced To ten years hard
labor in the state prison
issEN COUNTY
-poiatoes are forty cents per bushol ut the
starch factory at Luncnburgh. They are grinding
up four hundred bushels pcrd
-chas II Weeks, proprietor Of Weeks Hotel
Canaan, VI. married when he was over forty, and
'he last year he has raised baby, and over eight
! thousand bushels Of potatoes
Butter sold in Richmond on Monday at 80 to
BIC for good, 80 to 3sc. for choice, aud 80 to Zoe
for selections three hundred tubs shipped.
Cheese sold at II To l3c for dairy, and 10 10 lic.
for sage and factory six hundred boxes shipped
Also three hundred dozen eggs at 20c Potatoes
sold at iOe
FRANKLIN COUNrN.
st Adams butter shipment this week. one
thousand nine hundred and forty-six tubs.
The railroad bridge over the Missisquoi river,
at Swanton is being rebuilt half OF the old
bridge is already removed
Rev. Al,ah sabin, OF Georgia, has recently re-
turned from the West where he has been to attend
his aged companion in her last illness and death
Many warm and sympathzing friends welcome
him back
james Eyarts, Of Georgia, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Shipman, at Rutland, on Wednesday
last, and fined $40 and costs amounting to sos,
for contempt Of court, in resisting H. a bankrupt
the assignee OF his estate
AT the store Of Wheeler a Bailey, st. Adams.
monstrous toad-stool is ON exhibition, grown ON
the farm Of Mr. r. W Ducos It is forty-four
and half inches in circumference ten inches
thick and weighs trifle over seven pounds
LAMouLE COUNTY.
There are five starch factories in stowe. and
all are doing thriving business
dexter W Brown, Of Watcr,il He reports a
cabbage in his garden, fourteen feet in circunl-
ference
Potatoes forty cents bushel in Hydepark,
and thirty-fye cents in Johnson. Reason for the
Aforementioned
span Of horses belonging toll b. Dickinson,
Of Cambridge left his field ON the night Of the
21th ult Nothing hoard Of them since.
There was county farmers picnic, at the
Morrisyille fair grounds, Thursday. Col j. b.
Mead, Of Randolph, was the principal orator
Charlie Thomas, Wolcott boy, broke an arm
on saturday by fall from a scaffold Aud
uncle John Wiley, Of the same town, broke two
ribs by fall in his barn last week He is over
seventy years Of age
Pardon Davis, OF Wolcott, had a runaway last
week, and his foot being caught in the breeding.
he was dragged considerable distance, and badly
injured, though his prospect is good for recovery
But il was narrow escape,
ORANGE COUNTY
Mr. Oliver Converse, an insurance man living
with }. h Parish, Of Randolph, left the house Of
Mr. Parish on saturday the 3d inst, and at last
accounts had not been heard from He is about
sixty years Of age, little more than medium
size and round shoudered. When he left he
wore a black slouch hat, black frock coat, quite
long and indigo pants He was followed as far
as Sharon, but could be traced no farther Any
information concerning him would he thankfully
received by j. X Parish, at Randolph, Vt
ORLEANS COUNTY
Certain parties have been arrested at Morgan
center, charged with forgery, unlawful sale Of
liquors, and assault and battery
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County Conference Of Congregational churches
will be held at Newport on Wednesday and
Thursday, October p and % Opening sermon
by Rev ". r. Henicl,
AT the Orleans county fair, at Barton, last
week David Reed, Of Hydepark, kissed a waiter
girl in a restaurant whereupon he was throwno out
by Van Ness Spaulding the proprietor 4 scufiie
ensued, in which Reed was so badly injured that
he died saturday
RUTLAND COUNTY.
"A spiritualist family at Chittenden, adyertises
the price Of board, " including seances
The sum OF $1,000 has been raised and will be
divided in purses to be trotted for ON the Rutland
trotting park, October 2sth, 20th and 10Th
Rutland, says the Boston journal, has ten
thousand inhabitants, and is a beautiful inland
city, Formerly it was the capital of the state until
the change to Montpelier There are dfly,tour
churches, military institute etc,
MIR W. H. Figis, the book-keeper Of the
Sutherland Falls marble company, died on We'd
nesday evening last, suddenly. He was taken
with heart disease aud prostmted while entering
the door Of the office. He was taken to his room,
where he died in about fifteen minutes while sit
ting in his chair.