The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-04
BENNINGTON COUNTY.



is NJ ID. Gibbs, Norwich, grocer.
Two hundred and forty students at the
st Johnsbury Academy, this term.
Hon. William Parsons lectures at Bur
lington on Saturday evening next.
Several of the Burlington fire hydrants
are frozen so that they cannot be used.
Mrs Mary White of Brantree celebrated
her Tooth birthday, last week, five genera
tons sitting down together at tea.
Gen. g. r. NJ. Richardson, the demo-
cratic mayor elect of Portland, Maine, is
native of Wells River, Vermont, but went
TO Portland in 1856.
Ex-Gov. John Gregory Smith was sum-
moned home Unexpectedly by the sudden
and serious illness of his youngest daughter,
who was taken on Monday with scarlet
fever.
Fred ii. Weed of Shelblrn. has received
two mammoth lemons, by mail, from
friends in St Augustine, Florida. They
were of equal size and weight measuring
III by 149 inches, and weighing each cx-
acty one pound.
Postmaster John w. Clark of Mont
pelcr, and Osman Smith, were thrown
from sleigh, the other evening, and the
former was so badly hurt that he will be
confined to his bed for some time, while
the latter was slightly bruised.
The mixed train on the Central road
from White River junction for Brattleboro
ran into large bank of ice, Monday morn
ing, below IIariland, and dumped the en-
CINE, the "R. +. Taylor" and baggage car.
A wreck train left the Junction and in
about nine hours the track was cleared.
A pair of horses belonging to man
from Marlboro, became frightened while
standing at the Blattcboro depot, Wed
nesday noon, and, taking to the railroad
track, came into collision with the Boston
train The result was one dead animal and
another badly injured.
One of the spans of the Connecticut river
bridge, Brattlcboro, 100 feet long, was
considerably weakened by the breaking Of
one of the chords on Sunday evening, the
cause undoubtedly being the great weight
of snow ON the roof and the extreme cold
weather.
Calvin II. Blodgctt, democrat, was elect
ed mayor of Burlington, and Milton r..
Tyler, republican, city judge at Burlington
on Tuesday. J. d. Hatch, Walter s. Vim
cent, Edward ii. Trick, Edward O'Neil,
Charles W. Lippitt, Fred. II. wilkins and
Bradley B. Smalley, aldermen. Rev. L.
G. Ware, b. o. Wheeler and Luther L.
Lawrence, school commissioners.
Patents have been granted to p. b.
Laird, St. Johnsbury, on wheel for dress
ing stone b. Butler st. Johnsbury Center
on harrow and planter ID. Allard, st.
Johnsbury, on spark arrestor N. w Holt,
Bennington, jewelers. lathe j. b. Wood
Poullney, on elastic pads for horse shoes
L. NJ. Kent, st. ,Iohnsbury, lamp support
j. f. Ferguson, Essex junction, cvaporat
ing pan j. NJ. Lewis, North Springfield
childrens carriages.
About midnight Sunday night, Goth uli.
a fire broke out at East Richford, in thu
building used by the Southeastern railway
for depot, and by l.. r. Parker for
store. 1t was under such Roadway wheI
discovered that it was impossible TO sav'
anything. The books of the company wer'
destroyed and Mr.. Parker lost his privat,
books and about $1,000 worth of goods
The postage stamps, blanks, etc, on hanC
were OF course, also burned. Mr.. Parke
was insured for 5000, on his goods, bu
there was no insurance on the building
which was owned by the railroad company
Fortunately Mr.. Parker had taken ava,
all the money but little change. Thu
fire is supposed to have been set by som
one, as it was first discovered in the bacl
part OF the store some distance from tn
steve. --Sentlnd.