The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-14
Vermont Items.

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mouth college.
Two women of bad repute were recently
tarred and feathered in Vergennes.
A lot of men (?) tarred and feathered two
soiled doves in Fairfax, few nights since.
Rev. j. Goadby, d. d., has closed his
labors in Vergennes, as pastor of the Bap-
list church.
The hop crop of Lamoille county has
been secured and is of good quality, but is
selling at only 10 cents per pound.
Alphonsos and Miles, the Barre bank
robbers, will be taken to the state prison
at Windsor, for safe keeping, unless they
tender bail soon. .t
An important hearing for the reduction
of the bail of Miles, the Barre bank burg
lar, was expected to be heard before Judge
Redfeld at Montpelier on Wednesday.
Shipments from Vergennes during last
week were 1887 pounds butter, two bar
rels and two boxes eggs, six barrels pota-
toes, six barrels beans, three cars cattle.
The boot manufacturers of Springfield,
Mass, have adopted resolutions in memory
of the late j. Rich Kent, firm of Kent g.
Bacon, who died last week at Calais, Vt.
Mr.. r. II. Smith, station agent at Shell
don Springs, died Sunday night of typhoid
fever at his residence. He was an honest,
upright man, and was thought great deal
of among his acquaintance.
In the Washington county court the case
of Mrs. Richard Dodge, tor shooting her
husbands brother, Joel Dodge, was given
to the jury at o'clock on Tuesday after
noon. No agreement at o'clock y. M.
Joseph Hadley, of Hydepark, aged
about 30 years, an eccentric christian, has
received an order from his heavenly father,
as he says, to give away ten barrels of APP
pies, which he is judicously distributing
among the poor widows in town.
BY singular and sad coincidence the
death of Miss Lucy b. Haskell, sister of
Mrs. Joseph Whitcomb, took place in
Springfield, Mass, Monday, within few
hours of the death of her brother, j. II.
Haskell, at Ascutpeyvile, VT, where
double funeral was held Tuesday.
About midnight Monday night, as a
tramp was attempting TO steal horse from
the barn of Daniel Woodward of North
Enosburgh, he was fired upon by Mr..
Barnes son, but without effect lie es-
capped, but chase was given by Mr.. Wood
ward and others and he was finally cap
tured and lodged IN Jail.
Miss Lillian Hamilton, of Northampton,
Mass, who made her debut as a reader and
dramatic reader, last winter, is again upon
the stage in Vermont. where she read last
year, devoting her time especially to calls
from churches and Young Mems Christian
associations.
Vermonters at the New England fair
took every premium and diploma. IS in all
in the class OF Merinos, Z ont of 9 OH long
woods, and 8 out of Is In the class denomi-
mated mlddle-woos. 1t seems that Ver-
mont has not yet lost her prestige in sheep
husbandry, and probably will not for some
time to come. ana
The Pavilion hotel at Montpelier is fast
approaching completion. The balconies
upon the front and side of the building
make handsome appearance. The hotel
will be furnished throughout in the best
manner, and the capital city Of the state
can shortly boast of as fine public house
as there is to be found in New England.
About the first of this month Mr.. Z. A.
Pratt, the veteran hunter and trapper of
Salisbury, caught spotted lynx. He was
about four feet long and an evil looking
animal, just such an one as q man with or
binary courage would scarcely like to meet
in the woods of dark night. This animal
was formerly somewhat common in this
section, but iatterly has been rarely met
with.
A clerk in store at St. Johnsbury or
dered SHELTON woman, used to display
dress goods removed from its place in the
store the other day, but coming in and see
it still in its place, rs he supposed, threw
his arms around it to carry it away, when
he found it was tlesh-andblood woman;
she listen to no apologies, but told her hus-
band, who came to the store for vengeance,
but was soothed with gift of six pounds
of sweet potatoes.
One Isaac q. Laythe, who formerly
lived in Cambridge, but who now claims
residence somewhere in the west, has been
visiting the former place lately in company
with woman purporting to be his Wife
which by the way may be the case as he Is
known to have several of theni-staid
about few days and disappeared. Soon
afterward o man arrived from Newport,
VT, in pursuit of the team driven by him,
which Laythe had hired for two days for
the expressed purpose of driving to Jay.
Since then the team has been found in
Swanton, but Laythe o. Co., have not yet
come around to settle for the use of it.
The three tramps who were arrested for
breaking into the house of Thomas Smith
of Georgia, some time ago, were brought
before Judge Royce at st. Adams and re-
ceived their sentence Tuesday morning.
Joseph Lajennesse, who was found guilty
on the first count, was sentenced to Wind
sor for five years. while his companions,
Dupres and Lamora, who were found
guilty on the last count, were sentenced to
one year each at Windsor. George Wei
come was sentenced to ninety days i'm
prisonment IN the county JAIL for stealing
from Mr. Rodney Whittemore.