The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-15
Vermont News.

1t Is luOuSub lnC 0luuu ouiy VI w o'h-
ington country court, which ususlly meets |
in September, may be called together at the
next March term to consider the case of |
Asa Smith Magoen, charged with murder
ing Rufus Streeter at Barre October IA.
Creditors representing about three
fourths of Henry F. Fifeld of Montpelier,
met and agreed to accept s35 per cent. of
their claims as settlement in full, and to
recommend all the other creditors to do the
same. ....l
About nine inches of snow fell at West
Randolph on Wednesday and the sleighng
was good on Thursday. 's
Monday morning, when the train from
Newport over the southeastern road reached
Newport Center, it was ascertained that
there was no conductor abroad, and the
tram had to go back to Newport after the
missing official There IS now only one
train day each way, over the southeast
ern, and that runs in the night.
State Superintendent Conant finds that
of two school districts in Vershre, sup
porting schools the same lengtho time,
the school taxes in one were four times as
large as in the other.
The Boston and Montreal airline train
over the Passumpsic and southeastern roads
has been discontinued.
AT crystal wedding at Newport Centre
a young man snapped gun, which proved
to be loaded, towards a door that he sup
posed some persons were holding. The
hammer caught at half-coclS and saved at
least one life.
Toe winter term of OF the Black river
academy at Ludlow, commences Nov. 30.
This school is quite successful under the
charge of Herbert Tilden.
About 100 cattle from Orleans county,
VT, have been taken to Whately Mass for
winter fot'eninS.
They are getting ready fatted calf up
in Moretown. Twenty.six years age last
October, George Edmund, son of George
Clark, lett home without his fathers con-
sent, and nothing was heard about him
from that day until last September, when
MIR. Clark had letter from him, and ex-
poets soon to welcome him home.
AN attempt was made Monday evening,
to explode the boiler in Deming & Mead's
tannery at Chester, but it was fortunately
discovered in time to prevent disaster.
recently discharged employees suspected.
Montpelier voted on Monday, to place
her 1000 shares in the Montpelier and Wells
river railroad in the hands of the selectmen
to be disposed of to the beet advantage.
A West Brattleboro boy met with queer
accident, the other day, that narrowly es-
capped killing him. Some cows were in the
yard, and one of them, in trying to hook
another missed her object, and one of her
horns struck the boy in the mouth, fractur-
ing his jaw and badly injuring the roof of
his mouth
The Charlotte. lyceum lecture course
opens on Friday aeyening, the 10th, with
Prof. II; M. Seely, of Middlebury college.
There will be nine lectures in the course.
On Tuesday last, while Thomas Shack
EFT of Middlebury was In Boston with a car
load of stock, his wife (whom he turned
out of doors, three or four years since and
who has not lived with him since, though
not divorced) entered his barn, and tool,
away four of his best horses and all the haf-
nesses. SIZE engaged some men outside Ia
assist her in getting them away after they
were let out.
Ten inches of snow fell at Brattleboro,
on Wednesday. The storm was rain al
Boston. CIV
Frank Foyes, of Greensboro. shot bird
the other day that had four feet and quilts
but no winger weighing 20 pounds. A por-
cupine is rare animal in this country.
The steamboats, of the Champlain Trans.
portation Company will be Withdrawn for
the winter, Immediately on the opening Of
the New York and Canada Railroad, and
we hear it rumored tkat but one of their
boats will ply the Lake the coming year.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Of
the State Normal School, at johnson, will
be held at Normal Hall, on Friday, Nov
26, at which time there will be an address
by T. X. Gleed, esq. essays, poems, chron.
icles and music A large attendance is So
licited
Perry Chase of Fairfield is no great
''gunnist," still he is quite a msrksman.
Recently his boys discovered gray SPUR
rel on the top of an elm tree and Perry
sent for his "trusty rifle and fired at the
squirrel several times without effect, and
becoming disguised picked up a stone which
he threw bringing his game the first time.
His gun is for sale.
short time since tramp from Mon
treal visited Richford, and being unwell
was allowed to stop at the house of Mr..
Buchanan. Last Friday he made tour Of
the village in search of DIR. Hamilton. Wis
ting several stores and shops. Saturday
the doctor called on him, found him com
ing down with varioloid, and now the cit
liens of Richford are on the "anxious
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