Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-12

made for the lrasburgh House the other day,
and refused, but figures afterwards showed
that that price would have been $4,000.
The property was sold for 81. 800.
Lewis Borgoine has sold his farm 10 Salem,
to Geo Dean Of Burke for $4,000.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The dwelling house Of Daniel s. Potter,
midway between West and East Poultney,
was destroyed by FIRE last Sunday evening.
The pay Of the laborers in the quarries at
West Rutland has been reduced twenty per
cent, making it Sl.25 per day.
A small railroad bridge was burned at
West Rutland, last week, and IL was dis
covered just in time to flag the train that
could not have seen the bridge until too
late.
A new baggagemaster entered upon his
duties at Poultney station last week, who
was not well versed in his new vocation. A
gentleman called for q trunk presenting
check, pointing il out. He was told the
check he held did not agree with the one on
the trunk. He said he did not care for that, the
trunk was bis. and the new baggage man
took of the check and delivered him the
large trunk, which he Immediately put on
board wagon aud drove off About half
an hour after drummer and asked for his
trunk aud IL was missing, he having the
check that matched the one taken of the
trunk delivered by the stranger. The check
presented by the stranger was found to agree
with small empty trunk still remaining IN
the baggage.room. The drummer's trunk
contained goods to the value of nearly
$1,000. The officers and drummer are IN
pursuit of the thief and at the last accounts
no trace Of him had been found.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Fisk Il Co of Mortified are getting out
ship timber aud loading it on the cars at
Plaiu6eld. They get naples that are 1924
inches wide and forty to sixty feet long.
They have secured ten already.
Carl Somers Of Roxbury, at about three
o'clock last Sunday morning, frightened OFT
two men who were tearing up the railroad
track. As it was about time for the night
express train he took off his knit jacket, tied
it to a pole, set it on fire and thereby stopped
the train. They had the rails well fixed for
a smash-up. Somers is an old railroad hand
who had been suspended for sixty days.
The six.mie railroad from Montpelier to
Barre recently opened is doing thriving
business, and there is talk of extending it to
South Royalton on the Central.
The examination Of Asa Magoun for the
Streeter murder was concluded at Barre,
Wednesday night Of last week, and he was
held for trial, the evidence leaving scarcely
doubt of his guilt. ....t IA}IE
Sheriff John Bailey recently received from
woodsman a bundle found near Brook
road, which may lead to the detection Of the
fourth and last Of the Barre bank robbers
It contained two pairs Of false whiskers one
black, the other gray, portion OF knit
drawers leg, Scotch cap, new pair o.
"arctics," muddy pair Of leather slippers
aud two pairs of wooden and two pairs Of
cotton stockings, also muddy, all wrapped W
in blue 'jumper" The sheriff says hi
can't work this clue up without money, how
ever and there is much dissatisfaction among
the banking men of the state at the action
of the court in reducing Miles's bail to SIS,
900, and consequently little disposition t.
furnish money to catch any more rogues.
wINDHAM COUNTY. -.
Ex-Gov Holbrook is president OF the
Brattleboro choral union.
DR. Wallace Stewart of Clarendon, VIII,
was supposed to have been drowned a
Bellows Falls, has returned to his home SAT-
and sound. He had been to Keene on
SPREE, 81. n T
- GO WINDSOR COUNTY.
Woodstock station on the Central Yer
mont railroad. which has served the people
of w oodstock aud the Quechee valley 70
many n year, was closed on Thursday las
and the side track taken up. Its GLORY
having departed and its usefulness gone
Woodstock station has become thing OF tn
past, but to memory dear.
Ex.Gov Fletcher, now rs years old, al
dressed the people Of the Methodist church
at Proctorsville on recent Sunday wheI
the pastor was sick.
Robert Fitton of Cavendish, the proprit
tor of the wooden mills in that town latel
destroyed by fire, went to Montreal last wee
with his wife, and put up at the Ottaw
hotel He had with him nearly $4,000
of which S14, 900 was rolled up in in brow
|, paper parcel, aud he carried it in an insid
vest pocket. He claims the roll was stole
from him, but in what manner he does NJ
know. He had visited several clothing e
adjustments and theater before he MISE
it. Almost anybody might claim to nav
. lost $4,000.