Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03
STATE NEWS.

A sturgeon six feet long and weighing l40
pounds was caught in Lake Champlain, the
other day.
Every section of the Burlington and La
noble railroad but one has been let to sub
contractors, and the work is vigorously pro.
crossing all along the line.
Hon Daniel Needham, Of Boston, delivers
the annual address at the state fair, Septem-
berl 6.
The state convention of Young Mems
Christian associations will be held at Royal
ton, September 18th, 14th and 18th, CON.
mencing Monday evening the 18th.
One hundred end sixty yearliug Merino
bucks Of unusual value have just been shipped
from Vermont to Texas, many of them be-
ing worth 81 900 and upward each.
Gov Peck has commissioned Preston Pow
ers to make o statue Of Senator Collamer to
be placed in the capitol at Washington. The
work was originally assigned to Hiram Pow
ers, his father, but he died before entering
upon it.
The state convention of Universalsts at
St J ohnsbury resolved against division of
achool-fands among various religious denom-
nations.
ii. u. Folsom, who has been master of
transportation on the Passumpsic road, has
been appointed to the uperintendency Of
the same, and commenced his labors on
Wednesday, the first instant. Col Geo A.
Merrill settled up his matters as superin.
tendent and left for Rutland on the last day
Of August.
Another Of the Barre bank robbers was
arrested at Brooklyn N. Y, on Friday,
His name is Joseph Tyson with several
aliases, an old offender, who recently escaped
from Sing Sing after serving three of ten
years sentence for bank burglary at Water
town, N. Y. He also owes five years of un
expired time for bank burglary in Delaware
The officers got on track Of him by means
of that "sister" of Alphonsos, whom they
followed from Montpelier until she Joined
him. But there is quarrel between thu
states as to which shall have him.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Rev Jehill X. Wright, the Cornwall Bap
tist minister, who was widely known through
pvt Addi5on county, died, asst week, age
CALEDONIA COUNTY,
Good hogs sell at 81 cents in lIardwici
live weight
Rev Mr. Bennett, of Andover, is called
to the Congregational church at Lyndon.
Barnet is building new town house, Al
by 60, on the site OF the old one, and finish
ing it in suitable condition to rent for publ
entertainments.
Miss Hattie Bridgman, Of HardwicI
escaped from home week before last, in he
plight clothes, during fit of insanity, an
WIS foapl the pe1t day in an insenslbIe col
dition, on the bank Of the river half mi
of. She has been restored to reason but
in a critical condition.
The county fair has been postponed
September o. 20 and 80 in order to glv
more time for the work being done on th
fair grounds and so as not TO conflict wit
the fair at MorrisviIe. The managers a
arranging for an address from Ben Butte
with some prospects of success.
o. w. Cross, of Hardwick, has been dol
some tall thrcshng with Grays' machin
He threshed out apd cleaned up So bushC
bhckwheat and 525 bushels barley, for Ma
tin Bulard besides moving and setting
the machine, in 20 hours A. M. Woo
bury, also has one of these machines and
threshed 4l0 bushels in five and thre
fourths hours running time.
A report is in circulation, having be
telegraphed from Danville that the body
David Davis, of st Johnsbury, was fou
much decomposed in the woods, at Danvil
Monday, aud that as $50 was missing, VIII
he had in his pocket when he left home,
il supposed to have been murdered by tram
II wasn't the body OF David Davis at
who ia still living perpendicular, nor tina
anybody else.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
A man named McGettrick lay on the n
road track near Burlington last Friday eV
ming, beastly drunk and had his right I
smashed by an approaching train.
ESSEX COUNTY.
OF. K O. w, Russell, of East CONGO
are deepening the channel of the brook
low their mills about six feet for dista