Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-03

the track, but NOBODY was badly hurt
+. A. Wood, depot master at New Leba.
non, was assailed on Friday by two men,
who, after their arrest, confessed that they
had been hired to do the job by Mr..
Downing, 10 retaliation for a complaint for
selling liquor, brought against him by Mr..
Wood.
Two or three barns near Concord were
struck by lightning during the storm Of
Monday night, and several horses and cows
were killed. Alfred Wares house and barn
al East Andover were destroyed by light
ming loss $4,000 insured for $1,000 in tho
Hartford company. j. Z. Lancaster's
house at Northwood was badly smashed
The lightning struck in five places at
Manchester. A horse worth $500 belong
ing to George Sullivan, of Goshen, was kill.
ed by lightning and the l. Of his house was
destroyed.
The democrats in New Hampshire are
making their recent successes felt and pre-
pairing for more in the future (perhaps) by
turning every republican out Of the appoint
ed offices and substituting democrats. In the
legislature determinations which look to
non-partlzan eyes like uncalled for persecu-
ton are made. Bad as this is, the republic
can party, as a party, has no right to COM
plain, for they have conducted affairs on
the same principles, and we cannot help
thinking it is "sauce for the gander," though
it makes some republican newspaper organs
boil over fearfully.
MASSACHUSETTS
There is going to be a race in which sticks
Of timber will be used instead of boats at
South Boston, the Fourth.
Henry l.. Dawes, having been a member
Of congress for lS years. declines a renom-
nation. Geo. Il. Hoar also declines a re.
nomination.
Peas have been added to the list of ex-
ports from Boston within two or three
weeks. Most of them came from Canada,
and 10000 bushels have already gone to
Liverpool and Cork.
Joseph s. Sprague, well.known and
highly-esteemed citizen of West MedIord,
killed his little daughter and himself Sun
day. He had become insane through grief
at the death Of his wife.
Thirty girls employed by the Merrimack
corporation at Lowell left the mill on Sat-
urday, because, having been accustomed to
leave work at noon on Saturdays, they were
ordered to continue till O'Clock.
Monday morning Marcus Il. Sidrick went
to a South End, Boston, boarding house,
where his wife, from whom he had sepa-
rated, was, and stabbed her severely, though
perhaps not fatally. He has been arrested.
The wife of Rev. Henry w. Hale has
taken the entire course in the Newton theo-
logical seminary with him and received the
usual degree-the first ever conferred on
woman by that institution. Both are under
appointment as missionaries.
A fool named Hugh Donahue completed
the task Of walking 1000 miles in 1000
hours at Springfield, Saturday morning, and
is being lionized. Well, when such a man
as james Gordon Bennett sets the example
We must expect to zee men Of smaller intel
lect follow it.
The Ames pillow company has leased the
new buildings erected at the north end Of
Worcester by Stephen Salisbury for ten
years, and will occupy them as soon as they
are completed when the company will prob
ably discontinue operations at Aver juno
ton, aud do all their manufacturing in
Worcester.
Eugene Whitney, Of Halifax, VT, who
made an aggravated assault on George
Jones, an old gentleman Of Guiliord, VT,
on road in Leydcu, last March, was arrest.
ed in New Hampshire, few days ago, and
has been bound over in 5000 for trial before
the superior court at Greenfield.
CONNECTICUT.
The new county Jail at Hartford has been
completed at cost of Sl57,S27.
The society of united bakers had grand
procession at New Haven on Saturday in
which was loaf of bread at least six feet
long and wagon.load Of frosted cake, drawn
by two goats.
Two workmen in Beattie's quarry il
Braniord, foolishly tried, the other day, to
drill out heavy charge of powder which
! had failed to explode, when the friction ex-
ploded the charge and one was fatally and
the other seriously injured.
Two men called at the house of John b
Bell in Westfeld society, Middletown, OIL
Sunday afternoon, and, seizing and binding
Mr. Bell and his wife, presented pistols to
their heads and obliged them to give VI
their money. They got but SIG.
NEW YORK.
There have been quite number Of cases
of hydrophobia of late in New York City.
Tom Wemyss committed suicide at New
York Saturday morning, by shooting, after
drunken spree.
| The German banking firm of Lassing
/ Wies Il Co., New York City, have disap'
} peared. The creditors and depositors Of
! the firm are mostly trades-people, who will
, feel their losses most heavily.
A plan to rob the New York savings
bank, corner of Eighth avenue and 18th
street, was foied by an almost Academia
discovery, Friday night. Next the bank il
a billiard and dance hall Kept by ono Gil
r more, from the cellar of which burglars haC
q succeeded in opening n passage through 4
brick and granite wall to the iron walls o.
the safe in the bank building adjoining
. A boiler had been set up evidently to fur
: nish steam for drills to finish the job on the
iron plates. A policeman going by, FRIDAY
night, heard the clicking sound made by th'
drills, OWNED at once the cause of tn,
sound, and procuring assistance forced al
entrance into the basement Of the billiarl
hall, where they found things as described
q The burglars, alarmed by the noise Of th
J. officers, had escaped, buE three Of them
: John Simpson, Charles Sanborn aud Will
lam Morgan, were subsequently caught
$ Gilmore was non est, though his vest witt
his watch and chain was found hanging on
: chair in his room.
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