Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-28

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ESSEX COUNTY.
4. An only son Of Charles Brigham, Of West
Concord, was killed on Saturday in a most
shocking manner BY cross buck. After
having been gone from the house two or
three hours Mr.. Brigham found his body
between two large rocks, where the buck
had killed him and beaten his body into a
terribly mangled condition, kno cking of his
horns in his terrible slaughter.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The 81. Adams Messenger is a sprightly
little daily paper, and wo make liberal use
Of its columns for Franklin County news.
A freight train on the South Eastern ran
of the track in Richford on Monday, and
the engine " Marsh6eld" with Ave freight
cars was dumped. No one injured. The
heat Of the sun expanded the rails, which
was the cause Of the accident.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Small pOx has broken out at South Hero.
LANToILLE COUNTY.
Bears are capturing sheep in Cambridge.
Sixty-eight tubs Of butter were shipped
from WolcOtt on Monday.
Il. 9. Mower, Of Stowe, sent seventy tubs
Of maple sugar to Minnesota on Monday. .
Q. II. Scribner, Of Stowe, sold last week
yoke of oxen that weighed 1850 lbs, to Mr..
Humphry, Of Winooski.
Curtis Brown has sold his tub factory in
Belvidere, to Messrs. Lumbra 4 Barnard,
Of Montgomery, for $1,000.
Mount Mansfield was visited by a severe
snow storm on Sunday night last At the
top Of the mountain about a foot of snow fell,
and at the base several inches.
ORANGE COUNTY.
William Paul, very acceptable preacher
at Ely, is an employee of the Copper COM
pauy, working regularly at his trade, that of
a blacksmith, for six days Of the week. b
Mr.. Henry A. Cummings, of Thetford, the
other morning found at his door boy baby
10 a paper shoe box, with note attached,
stating that the child was two days old, aud
of good parentage, and requesting Mr.. Q. to
keep the child as his own.
The house, barns, ii head Of cattle and
some sheep belonging to John Hanks, Of
Randolph, were destroyed by an inceHdiary
fire, Saturday night, the fire being set by
John Allen, Scotchman and deserter from
the British army, whom Hanks had hired to
work for him and with whom he had dis
pute about money matters. Allen fed to
West Hartford, 16 miles away, where he
was captured after desperate resistance.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
f. X. Hunt has bought the VIM. Blair
place in Jay fer $1,000.
Seymour Lake, in Morgan, was frozen over
on the morning Of the 18th.
Annual meeting of the county medical
society at Newport June ID, at 10 a. m. =
Rev. Il. p. Wild is to be installed pastor
Of the Congregational church at Newport
next Friday.
Frank S. Wheeler, of Morgan lost a val
liable COW by drinking syrup left 10 the su-
gar house forvnegar.
The new bank at Newport is to occupy .
room in the Memphremagog House aud will
commence business soon. A Mr.. Scott, now
teller 10 the bank at Wells River is to be
the cashier.
o. Comstock, Of Irasburg, has 4 turkey
that lays two eggs day, and a hen that
produces an egg 8 inches in circumference
and weighs ounces. Pretty big stories,
but vouched iOr by reliable man,
The Memphremagog House is undergoing
repairs including new French rolf, and will
be opened June 18th. 1t will then contain
$50 rooms, many of which are already eu.
gagged BY summer visitors. The house will
be good one while w. Il. Bowman runs it.
Last week Eugene Greenwood, of Lowell
while playing ball, was hit in the abdomen
with ball with such force that it created
Inflammation Of the bowels. He has been in
critical condition for several days, and
been attended by skillful physicians, but il
Is thought be cannot recover.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Two more fires occurred in Rutland OF
Wednesday. Both were extinguished be
fore doing much harm, and both were eVi
IDENTIFY incendiary.
NJ. G. Hayes, dealers in harnesses, etc.
who was burned out in the Opera House
FIRE in Rutland has been arrested on thu
CuhTge Vi utluB tno iuO0huiolJ' ~ "No ~
bis workshop that the fire was first discoV'
cred. The oircumstantial evidence against
Hayes is very strong. Hayes came to Rut
land three months ago from Northampton
Mass, where he was burned out short tint
and had heavy insurance, as he also ha'
at this time. He had a difficulty at tina
time settling with the adjusters, owing L
suspicious circumstances. OF course Haye
stoutly denies all the illusions. His bal
has been fixed at $4,000.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Chester Adams has sold his farm at Per
kinsvile to Joseph A. Call, for $4,000.
Track-laying on the Woodstock Railroa
has been commenced, and Woodstock re
jOices.
Miss Mary Hazen, Of West Hartford, wo
a prize of three dollars given by the grang
at spelling match the other day.
A young man named Thomas Campbell
formerly Of Cavendish, was thrown from
carriage in Marlboro, N. H., on Sunday, tn
10th inst, and instantly killed, being ioun
with his neck broken by the roadside.
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