Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-08
NEW HAMPSHIRE

present.
Benjamin Il. Prescott, Of Epping, John
W. sanborn, Of Wakefield, aud Joseph Kid.
der, Of Manchester, have been appointed trus.
tees OF the state agricultural college at Han
over.
They are laughing at New Ipswich man
who kept little il the ardent 10 a milk can,
and by mistake recently filled il up with
milk and sent two gallons Of mild milk punch
to Boston market.
Most Of the plumber taken from the Soughe.
gan bank at Milford has just been recovered
by the president, who refuses to tell where
he found il, but says that il was within fifty
miles Of Milford and that no compromise
with the robbers had been made.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The Plymouth wooden mills are about to
suspend work till the opening Of the spring
trade.
The State SOgereign is the name of a new
paper at Boston, devoted to the interests Of
the Sovereigus OF Industry.
Mrs. Caroline Hardy, Of Groveland, who
has been deaf for years, had her hearing re.
stored recently by blow upon the ear from
the leg of chair which one of her children
had tipped over.
A considerable number of the mill opera
tives at Fall River informed their overseers,
Monday, that they could not go to work at
the reduced wages, in spite Of the action Ia
ken on Saturday evening, and it is thought
that, but for the counsel Of few Of the lead
ing operatives, there would be general
strike Immediately.
The Pacific aud Washington mills corpo.
ratious at Lawrence have adopted the meth
cd Of allowing their tenants their rents at
low rate and requiring them to pay, in part
or whole, the taxes on their tenements, in
order to get the working people interested in
the question Of the taxation of city property.
At three O'Clock Sunday morning fire
broke out in the farmhouse Of MIR. John
Swallow at Dunstable, Mass, which, to-
gether with his barn, live stock farming
tools, hay, grain and household effects, was
totally destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, and the amount Of insurance, If any,
is not known. During the burning Of the
barn Mr.. Swallow went into it to liberate the
cattle and was burned to death. He was 70
years Of age, and is spoken Of as one Of the
best citizens of the town.
The trial at Dedham of James II. Cost.
ley for the murder Of Mrs. Julia Hawkes.
May 8, resulted on Saturday in verdict oil
murder in the first degree. 1t will be re.
membered that the body of Mrs. Hawkes.
was found floating in the water, near Wey.
mouth landing, aud Costley is supposed tc
have beaten her to death, and then to have
thrown her in. They had been criminally
intimate, but the probable motive Of the
crime was plumber. The evidence was pure.
ly circumstantial, but the verdict is gener
ally regarded as just
For the past six months a big tea kettle
hanging in front Of one Of thd'tea houses il
Boston has been the subject Of gueSses. The
proprietors offered chest Of tea to the per
son who should guess the nearest to the capa
city of the kettle, and % pounds Of Jaw;
coffee to the second best, and $1,000 guesse'
were recorded. Last Friday noon the ket
tie was measured. 1t measured 227 gallons
two quarts, one pint, and three gills. Eigh
parties had guessed just three gills less, ant
the first prize was divided between them
Tue Boston Journal prints half column nd
vertisemeut OF the affair, paid for by the eu
terprising tea merchants OF course, and WI
expect to see it extensively copied, free, by
the country press
RHODE ISLAND.
The employees in every mill on the Black
stone river from Valley Falls to Woon
socket have had notice Of reduction Of wag
| es.
CONNECTICUT.
The gossips whisper that New Haven
aristocratic club-rooms are 1.-THE worst kline
Of gambling hells."
NEW YORK.
The Tilton. Beecher case came up in tn,
Brooklyn city court, Monday, and probably
ere this the trial has fairly commenced.
Robberies with violence are becomin,
more aud more common in the city OF New
York, and it is quite certain that compare
lively few Of them get reported to the pc
lice. We heard Of case. the other day, il
which clergyman was knocked down ii
| Madison avenue and robbed after returning
from visit to the Windsor hotel. Tn,
thieves make raids on different quarters
periodically, and 1t is clear that just nov
they have selected the upper part Of Madi
son avenue as the field Of their operations
1t is pity that some Of these highwaymeI
cannot be forced TO have little interview
with Recorder Hackett. He Is the only on
Of our Judges whose sentences are likely t.
act ms deterrcnts 10 crime. On Tuesday, 70
instance, two scouadrels were brought beior
him for roLbing and aftcrward grossly illus
ing girl The proof was conclusive, au'
Judge Hackett sentenced them to hard labo
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