Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-11
state Matters.


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CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A. Burlington, who has been town clerk OF
Burke, with one exception, for nifty years, was
not elected at the last March meeting. Reso-
lutions of respect were passed, however.
A fresbet in the Passumpsic River, the first
of last week, damaged or carried of bridges at
st. .Johnsbury so as TO cut OF all communion
ton, by teams, with large population on the
east side Of the river, az well as with Fast st.
Johnsbury and West Concord.
Augustus Sanborn, Of st. Johnsbury, has
sold patent on swivel pillow Of bis invention
10 Massachusetts, company, OF which II. Il
llolbr0ok Is a partner, retaining royalty on
plows sold. The manufacture Of the IIolbrook
pillow will cease, the Sanborn taking its place.
Joseph Mathewson, Of Lyndon, reports that
be has been able to get good maple sap from
the trees every month this winter, and from
few trees no tapped in January, the run was
good and unusually sweet. lie can look back
sixty.fye years and has never seen the like
before.
The Lyndon Union says The rain of last
Wednesday brought up the streams very sud
denly. About two O'Clock the ice near the
Cahoon bridge broke up and was driven in
massive piles upon the boom Of the Lyndon
Mill Company. They had but recently com
pleted new pier and new boom, which had
the appearance of great strength. But this
immense mass Of ice raised up the boom, car
ried out the new pier and nearly five hundred
thousand feet of logs. which lodged below the
falls. The damage will be quite severe.
cuITTESDEN COUNTY.
The late Carlos Baxter, Of Burlington, left
by his will Sc 500 10 the Home for Destitute
Children. and 81 500 to the Unitarian church
Of that city.
George r. LOOMS is about to start an extern
liye basket factory in Burlington. The neces-
sary machinery is now being obtained, and II is
expected that everything will be in readiness
for business by April or May.
Francis Gougean, Of Colchester, has brought
suit against the town Of Milton, claiming in
damages the sum Of $50 600, for injuries sus-
tanned in December last for alleged insuiiiciency
Of tho highway. The town will contest the suit
The total vote of Burlington, on Tuesday Of
last week, was one thousand four hundred and
ifty-iour, Mr.. Blodgett receiving seven hun
dred and seventy-one and Mr.. Barnes six hun
bred and eightythree. The total vote last
year was one thousand two hundred and forty
two, showing an increase Of two hundred and
twelve votes this year,
Burglars visited the Office Of Clark, Board
man & Co., in Milton, Thursday night, and
opened the safe with chisels and other mple-
ments they found in the room, from which they
took $500 in United States bonds, belonging 10
Mrs Ward Sis in postage stamps, belong.
ing TO the assistant postmaster, and gold
watch and chain worth s 100, held by Mr. Jed
=. Clark as security for money loaned. There
is no. clue to the burglars.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The uamc of the railroad station heretofore
known rs East Georgia, has been changed to
North Georgia.
Rufus / Barney left, by bis will, twenty
thousand dollars to the town Of Swanton, and
FIVE hundred dollars to the Home, in Burlington.
Jacob Decker, Of Swanton, man of intern
perate habits, about fifty years Of age, left
Swnnton Falls, on Monday evening OF last
week, and his body was found Friday morning
in the Missisquoi river, at Highgate, Just be-
low the falls. Ii is supposed he attempted TO
cross the river on the ice, which was unsafe.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
The peddler's cart owned by Shedd & Walker,
which went through the ice, few weeks since,
near the South Hero shore has been recovered.
The depth Of the water where il sunk was IF
teen or twenty feet.
LANoiLLE COUNTY.
Edwards & Stevens, Of Wnooski, having
bought the machinery belonging to the late
Mouisyille Manufacturing Company, have re-
moved it to that place
Orville Morrill,, Of Stowe, has again been
carried to the insane asylum, at Bratteboro,
for sale keeping. He escaped the last time by
breaking the bars in the window.
ORANGE COUNTY.
A young man named Eugene Cooley who has
been stopping in Montreal, came home lately to
Thetlord, and on Sunday evening died at the
house of Mr.. Weltons, in Post Mills. The
doctor pronounced the case one Of small pox,
and there is great excitement.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
lrasburgh has raised sli 900 for the proposed
railroad.
Over one hundred persons have signed the
pledge 10 Newport. The temperance society is
doing good service.
Grin Hoyden, Of Derby Line, drew a rs
yolyer on a man at the Newport ice trot, last
week, and paid the justice $50, with incidental
expenses thereto attaching.
RUTLAND COUNTY
William Goodnow, of Rutland, and his wife
and little daughter we're barely saved from suf-
location on Monday morning by neighbor who
found Mr.. GOodnow sitting supplied, while his
wife was found on her bed quite insensible,
and the child soon came into the room 50 weak
that She could hardly walk. The house was
full Of gas that had been coming from the stove
all night.
Mr. Norman Henry, of Rutland, has for
some years been occasionally troubled by a
bunch or swelling on his leg, the cause of
which he had always been unable to discover.
few days ago be opened his leg below the
knee, and extracted a piece Of glass, an inch
wide, which had worked from his hip down,
since fifteen years ago. when he crawled
through window and received several pieces
N his hip, all of which, be had supposed, had
ben extracted.
WINDSOR COUNTY
The'Inyersalist Society of South Woodstock
il making an effort to retain the services Of
Rev L. b'llou for another year
An additnn Of over one hundred books has
been made to the library Of the Vermont Stat,
Prison. They ire carefully handled and ca gerl,
read by the convrts.
Mr. and Mrs. +. w Perry quietly celebrated
the fftieth anniversary of their wedding at theii
home in Hartand, FEBRUARY 10Th. 1874, a small
company, composed of relatives and few deal
friends Of their earlier years, being present.
Mrs. Abigail +. Jones, of Stockbridge, at
tended church in Pittsfeld, last Sunday, Marcel
|, and in returning home was thrown from he
carriage, and one hipe bone and one arm wer,
broken.
llARpwIcK, - The mail service has bee,
changed between this town and Montpelier, $
as to make this place the northern terminus
The stage stops here now This is as il shou
be, as overlapping of routes is both unnecessar
and expensive. When the new daily mai
route is established with Craftsbury, our posta
facilities will be all that can be desired unit
the new railroad is completed, of which Their
is now fair prospect,
S. p. Wheeler's youngest child died o.
the 18th OF February, from paralysis, the prob
able result Of fall, and consequent injury t
its head. 1t was about year old.
The greatest ice freshet for many years oC
CURED here on the 5th. But little damage
however, resulted, except the blocking of tn
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