The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-28
Vermont News.

Vermont News.
Brattleboro is luxuriating in snow banks
six feet deep.
An exchange says Up in Vermont they
call ii brevet winter.
Hay is said to be scarce article in parts
of Wndham and Windsor counties.
Noah B. Sampson has been appointed
postmaster at West Dummerston, Windsor
county.
The capital of the Lamoile county ma
tional bank of IIydcpark is to be increased
$4,000.
The Chittendon county court adjourned
sine die on Saturday. Court of chancery
commences May Oath.
of the sixty-six newspapers published in
Vermont from the year 1881 TO lS4l, only
twelve ale in existence now.
Seventy persons are expected TO unite
with the South congregational church, at
st. Johnsbury, next Sunday.
The waters of Lake Champlain are APP
pearing in all directions, and the ice will
probably all disappear at au early date.
The Newport national bank has been
organized with 100000 capital, and
Lucus Robinson of Newport as president.
c. L. Hart, the groceryman, of Burling-
ton, owns a mare twenty-nlnc years old
that works every day and does good SER
vice.
The Ransom Guards of St. Adams, whose
appearance at Concord attracted so much
attention, will visit Boston on the 18th of
| June
A building at Bellows Falls, used by the
Vermont Farm Machine company as dry
shop, was burned Saturday. Loss, $4OO +;
insured.
All of the $300,0G0 stock of the new
bank of st. Johnsbury has been taken,
and board of directors will he chosen to-
morrow
Talking of big fish, says the Burlington
Sentinel, reminds Church street friend
that Burlington is full of suckers from five
to six feet long.
During the past week the Rev. Mr.. Whit
tier of Lawrence, Mass, noted Evangel-
list, has been conducting revival meetings
at the Baptist church IN Chester.
On Monday, at Richmond 100 tubs of
butter were sold at prices varying from "a
to so cents. Fifty boxes of new milk
cheese were sold in one lot at 10 cents per
pound.
Dr. ii. S. Browne of st. Johnsbury, VT,
contemplates taking up his abode in Cow
ansville, p. O., and will doubtless succeed
his late brother in the very large practice
which he enjoyed.
Business is quite brisk in the Springfield
manufactures at present. The Vermont
novelty works company and the Industrial
works are both putting on more workmen,
and the general outlook for businessl is
favorable.
The sons and daughters of Vermont resi-
dent in Fitchburg have formed perma.
nent organization with Gardner S. Bur.
bank for president, II. A. Hawley, cor
responding secretary, and Charles j.. Bill
ings, treasurer.
Rev. j. c. Langford of Wolcott has at
tended twenty funerals the past winter
travelling over 200 miles TO do so, and ha,
received therefor the enormous sum of 81,
dollars, five of which was paid him by {
western man.
About two miles west of Hinesburgl
village resided an Irishman by the name o.
Kelley, who died one day last week will
smallpox. He was buried in the Catholic
cemetery at Baptist Corners, in Charlotte
The Kelley family are now sick with i
and others have been exposed.
The St. Adams Adeertiser explains tina
the Montreal merchant, who was mention
ed in Washington dispatch, as appealing
from decision of Collector Wells of Yer
mont, was shipping goods intended for ex
port at Boston, and wanted them to pas
under the Consular Seal, which is directly
contrary to the ruling of the treasury de
partment.
At the recent term of the Chittendei
county court of the fifty-six cases on tn,
jury calender, nine were tried, in four O
which the court directed the verdict. o
the 210 cases on the old docket, 1876 wer
continued. The new docket con.aine,
SO cases, of which 81 were disposed of
OF the 307 cases on both dockets the plain
tiff recovered in "a and the defendant il
nine. Seven divorces were granted, fou
for desertion and three for intolerable SO
verify.
What might have been railroad smash
up was luckily averted by two women VIII,
discovered large stump upon the track o
the Portland and Ogdensburg road near tn
Jones bridge, Morrisville, last Wednesda,
afternoon, and signaled the train. The oh
struction was in such place that it coul,
not have been seen by the engineer in tim
to have prevented the accident. " ~ i
Henry w. Post, son of DIR. o. II. Post
of Brattleboro, and former student in DR.
Holtons Office, has lately completed hi
second course of medical lectures at tn,
college of physicians and surgeons, In New
York, his first course having been taken al
the University lof Vermont in Burling