Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-26
STATE NEWS.


of Manchester taking the contract. 1t will
contain good show of white, black, red aud
blue marbles white from East Dorset, black
and red from Swanton, while the blue comes
from Pennsylvania.
The reports of the engineers in charge of
the New England river aud harbor improve
ments have been submitted to the chief of
engineers. In Burlington harbor, the past
fiscal year, S2S,S05 have been spent, and
$4,000 are asked for the ensuing year
during the Same period Swanton expended
s11,9l444; asked for $4,000. At OF.
ter Greek the figures are respectively sliO.-
80, and SAB, l46.
The Central Vermont railroad managers
have put on an express train that takes pas
sengers from Montreal after business hours
at night, landing them in New York or Bos-
ton before business hours the next morning
2. ii. Curly, who is under arrest at
Montpelier charged With completely in the
Barre bank robbery, docs not think much of
the rose-colored descriptions of him that are
floating through the papers He says that
be was substltute-broker at Troy, n. Y,
during the war, was not 10 the city when his
hotel burned, never hired Miles to rob for
him, and isn't worth a cent, having sold his
furniture to employ counsel. He thinks
these stories are gotten up to prejudice his
case in Vermont, in the interest of George
White.
BY an order of the president, issued on
Friday last the two Internal revenue collec-
tion districts Of the state have been CONSOLE
dated into one, with Charles s. Dana Of St
Johnsbury as collector, to be known hereaf.
Yer as the Third district.
Mr. Hogan, tho contractor of the road
from johnson to Swanton, has sab.let the
work, and grading is now being done on
every section between Cambridge aud Swan
ton. The contract is to have the road graded
and iron laid for business the first of July,
and Mr. Russell Underwood Of st Johnsbury
has the contract for building the two bridges
on the line; the one at Cambridge is 255
feet long, and that at Swanton $50 feet long.
He is to have until June 18th to complete
them.
Vermont has nine ex-governors living
within the state, four of them being over 10
years Of age. They are, RyIand Fletcher,
Hiland Hall, Frederick Holbrook, John
Gregory Smith, Paul Dillingham;, John p.
Paige, Geo w. Hendee, John w. Stewart,
Julius Converse.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Waterhouse j. Dcnch, manufacturers Of
knit Undertaking, at Factory Point, have
suspended. 1t is a bad failure. throwing
many operatives out of employment, and de.
priving them of back pay as well. The
business of the firm has been placed in the
hands of Col Nj. S. Colburn.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
DIR A. j. Carter has returned to Wheelock
after few years residence at the South.
Eben Clark of East Lyndon, this week,
killed pig eight months old, which dressed
All pounds.
John Carik, book agent from Groton,
died suddenly at the residence Of Simon Col
ton in Lyndon, on Friday last.
The Catholic church at Lyndonvlle at the
dedication Of their eiifco received a colee
ton Of sl02, and $50 profit on hiring a
train to carry people from st Johnsbury.
A Presbyterian church with sixty mem.
bers, the majority Of whom arc heads OF
families, has been organized at Ryegate
The town was settled by Scotchmen, who
brought Presbyteriausm with them.
Last Sunday evening the house occupied
by Il. j. MOulton and Il. ID. Paine in
Waterford, caught fire destroying clothes
belonging to Mr. aud Mrs Paine valued al
from $50 to $50. The house was damaged
very little.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
A couple Of Burlington sportsmen, in
two.days hunting expedition in the vicinity
Of Orwell, took sixteen gray squirrels, tw
rabbits, ten cartridges and seven coons.
Rufus Buell. who went to California iron
Essex, many years ago, has turned out
wealthy farmer. Having just money enOugl
TO get there, he taught school, bought cattle
then land at 90 cents an acre, and now b
has 40, 900 acres of land, / 900 COWS an
40 span of horses, and keeps 100 men a
work. He resides in the city, where he ha
large market which he supplies entirel
from his own farm. He has a large chees
factory harness, blacksmith aud vince
wright shop, aud every other facility neces
sary to carrying on an extensive farm an
city business, and sports $4,000 library
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Il. A. Skeels of st Adams runs the boz
oyster market. He sells oysters by III
wholesale for Sl.l0 gallon and fnrnish'
tubs.
Miss Elizabeth Story of Fairfax, W,
assaulted last Thursday by negro who
she met In the read IA Georgin Tho raae,