Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-06-24

The SASH door and blind factory Of o. T
Cross, In Rutland, was consumed by fire, Fri
day noon. Some Of the machines were It'll,
injured and others were nearly ruined. The
loss will he in the neighborhood Of $1,000 OF
$4,000, which will be almost covered by in-
surauce. Some dozen or fifteen men are thrown
out Of employment
The Middletown cheese factory is doing a
rushing business 50 this season They have
the milk from six hundred COWS, averaging
twelve thousand eight hundred pounds per
day, the daily production being twenty two
cheeses The entire production of the factory
to June lst has all been sold and delivered, at
an average price Of fourteen and onc-balf cents
per pound
The examination Of j +. phair, under
arrest for the murder Of Mrs Ann Friese, at
Rutland, on the morning Of June oh, did not
take place, as the prisoner waived examina-
ton, and was bound over 10 answer to any in
dictment that may be found against him at the
next September term Of the grand jury for
Rutland county. The magistrate fixed the
bail at 10000 on the charge Of arson, and at
$4,000 on the charge Of robbery-the charge
Of murder not being bailable under the laws Of
Vermont, Phair was remandcd to jail The
inquest on the death Of Mrs Friczc was con.
tinucd. Several witnesses from Boston were
examined, among them a clerk and porter Of
the Adams House, and a pawn broker I'm
portant evidence against phair was obtained
Public sentiment is very strong against him.
wiNDuN COUNTY.
Robert llardee, the young Brattleboro
caricaturist, is gaining quite reputation in
his art.
AT a town meeting held in Jamaica, on the
9th inst, it was voted to accept the narrow
guage system as applicable to the West River
railroad
WINDSOR COUNTY
e. H. Morgan's saw mill at Barnard was
burned on Wednesday Loss $1,000; insur-
ance small
N. Taylor, Of Plymouth, who is building
up considerable Of reputation as pedestrian,
amused the people Of Woodstock who had leis-
ure time, on Tuesday by a trial Of speed on
the fair ground track. lla ran nine miles in
one hour, two minutes and seventeen seconds.
lie went eighteen times around the track
Best time, one mile insix minutes
Mr. Hosea Vaughan, Of Woodstock, one
OF the largest farmers in town, who passed his
whole life there and was universally respected
met with an accident Wednesday morning
which resulted in his death lie was engaged
IN repairing a barn. and while at work about il
fell into the cellar, a distance Of eight and one
half feet, striking his head upon stone and
breaking in the side Of his skull behind the
left ear lie spoke but once after the fall, and
remained unconscious until ten o'clock Thurs
day evening, when he expired. His age was
siEty-fye years
Esquire Daniel Knowlton, Of 1aftsyle,
was buried under difficulties, the other day
The sexton dug his grave, and charged three
dollars for the job, but the friends demurred,
whereupon the sexton locked up the tools be-
longing to the cemetery and went home but
another sexton was appointed, and, breaking
open the dollhouse, secured the tools. When
the day for the funeral came, however, the bier
was missing; accordingly, somebody knocked
in the door Of the tomb, in search for it. The
bier was finally secured and Esquire Knowl-
ton now rests in peace.