Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-12
Vermont state News.


Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY
Tnr trustees Of The State Reform School have
decided 10 remodel the old arsenal buildings at
Vergcnnss, instead of erecting new ones
| WILLIE Coxr, " Monkton, Young man abou,
twenty years Of age while engaged feeding cir
cular saw, lately had close call by the breaking
" the saw. The pieces new ON about him and
one piece cut his pants but fortunately he escaped
injury.
Mns. SrRNcfR, n Rock Island, H. daughter Of
John Wilson, whose family were all washed away
| by the noo' Of 1870 NJ Beamans Hollow, near
liroohsville, except Mrs Spencer and a son, has
erected fine .i-naa,en, oyer the SPOT where tire
catastrophe occurred The village was nearly all
carried away, and nineteen persons persisted
TF Middlobury R,gifr says, Salisbury, II Is
thought Is becoming viHuous, and consequently
happy She has no ply seinn and Of course there
arc hui few deaths, mo- liquor agency, and but lit
tie sickness, lawyer and hut worry little ltiga-
ton. What the result will be Of having no minis
ter in the village has not yet appeared, on account
Of the -hoItness Of the time since the last one left
nEvNtNoroS COUNTY.
MRs pErFs, Of Bennington was awakened |
one night last week hy finding p man trying to
steal some money from under her pillow. hut she |
frightened him OF before be- got il, aud In his |
hnste he left one Of his boots, which identified him
A. John Higgins former boarderof hers, and he |
is now in Jail
CALEDONIA COUNTY
TnERE were four thousand seven hundred and |
iorty-soven scales manufactured at the Fairbanks
scale works during the mouth Of April which il
nine hundred and seyenty-soyen more than during |
the same time in 1874 The company are now
filling large order to be sent Ia Moscow and st.
Petersburg, Russia
cnrrrsnrN COUNTY
SuSpAS afternoon, Georgio Robinson, a six
/ year-old boy who lives ga Burlington, attempted
to drive a horse FROM the road aud, running up
bohlnd tho animal, struck him with stick, aud
received a kick in the forehead which fractured
the skull. lie remained lnsensiblc for several
hours and is yet In critical condition.
JrIA lHRES- girl about nineteen years Of
age, about fyc weeks over from Ireland and em-
/ poyei re- % dnuestic in the Vermont Episcopal
Institute. 90 darlington. gave birth TO q child ON
| Monday night Of last week. She strnnrled tine
infant to death, then carried the body to Lake
Champlain, threw 10 n ihc water. and the nest
/ day disappeared The affair il undergoing legal
investigation.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
! AlNS-oS DHrrH of sheldon, died April 70
| lie was for many yoar4 a prominent farmer and
dairy man, and owned one thousand acres of land
in body. In 1910 a he represented sheldon in
the Legislature
oN saturday last at Georgia depot, young lad
named George Wate-a son Of a former section
master on the Central Vermont jumped on train
while in motion, and In trying to reach over to the
next car his foot slipped and he fell between the
ears, cutting Of his left foot above the ankle.
The boy now lies in critical condition.
DR. BH,Ncu, Of st. Albans, has offered re-
ward Of $500 to any person who will succeed in
uneaHhng the murderer Of the late Miss Marietta
Ball, who has thus far eludcd all efforts at dscoy-
cry since the commission Of this dreadful crime in
July last The 1irert,sar slys DR. Branch 6.
in downright earnest; he has already deposited
tho money in the First National Bank, with spcci-
fc statement Of his offer It will be remembered
that the reward offered 10y the selcctmen is So
0o0, which makes the whole reward now offered
5000"
DocroR NJ C. EpM>ps, the State Fish Com
missioner went last week to examine Fairfield
Pond with reference 90 ts suit,bleness 70 receive
the land locked salmon, so-cllled Doctor Eli
munds pronomces Fairfield Pond the only sheet
Of water in Vermont I'll for the raising Of these
fish, as it Is entirely free from such predatory fish
as piclScrci aud bacl-bass, and the doctor ox-
presses willingness Ia. next season stock this pond
with thirty thouiand young land locked salmon
If the residents in that vicinity will cooperate with
and sustain bin In his experiment, by protecting
the young from such pirates a annually deplete
these waters Of their fine trout in the spawning
season.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
GRASD lsLH has given $500 in cash, and about
$500 in clothing to the Kansas sufferers.
LAMoiLLE COUNTY.
TIfE normal school at Johnson is meeting with
encouragement ON every hand the new principal
is highly spoken Of By ALL
Mn GATES, principal Of the Peoples Academy
) and Morrsville Graded School, has resigned that
position. He will he succeeded By Prof Blanch-
ard, Of Iowa, who had charge OF the school in
1851 and left il to enter the army The new
building Is rapidly approaching completion, and
will be one Of the most comuodious school build-
ings in the state.
The Malone PdHa{iun says: " By requistion OF
the Governor Of Vermont upon Governor Tilden,
It became the duty Of sheriff Delong last Satur-
day, to arrest Albert Meacham indicted for
burglary in lAmoilie county, Vermont The
criminal was stopping in the town OF Dickinson at
the time, and observed the approach Of the officer,
put on a dress aud a shaker bonnet and started
for the woods Tie odoerNas not less suspicious
and started tno, oyethaulins him after sharp
chase and delivered ban Ia the officer from
Vermont
ORLEANS cJrSTY,
PErM MyGrmr cow, 30 Greensboro, recently
gave birth % a calf with two heads, two tails,
two sets NJ legs AMI one body Both COW and calf
are dead.
RUTLAND CorNrY.
Tan funeral Of Mr. " r. winsow, associate
editor Of the Rutland Haald, was attended on
Friday, at Httsford
3 rnE slate pencil bufiness at castletou, which
was wholly suspended during the last three or
fonr months has opened vigorously aud promises
we'll
JosRrH DANIri :, of iIortonulle claims to be one
hundred and five year Old, is still as active ~ a
man Of iiny, aud is said to be the best gardonerin
the town.
DuRisG the severe thunder storm Of saturday
night the lightning struck harm belonging to n.
5 Warner, Of Sutherland Falls, and killed a horse
standing in adjoining barn
wNpnAM COUNTY.
lr is reported that man IN Vernon has now on
. hand $4,000 worth Of tobacco lie raises from
: five n seven acres Of the weed yearly, and is
\ holding 1t for seventy five cents per pound
= Nix AND Mas. GpomE WARD, Of West Bu,ttle-
d boro celebrated their golden wedding on Tuesday