Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-07

wv 'fhhh NftiiiE " Remington graded
school district, tax Of two hundred cents on the
dollar was voted 70 pay the Indebtedness of the
district Tor The new school building and the cur.
rent expenses Of The year Major A. - Valentine
made q generous donation of ten thousand dollars
to the district, A. a permanent fund, the Interest
OF which isto be used for providing additional
teachers and apiNratus for the use Of the school
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Int IT. Johnsbury people are talking strongly
Of procuring steam FIRE engine
A 81 JonSsHuHY musician has gone t. Wood
stock Tor the present, rs the revival, he says,
" has knocked hddlug higher than KITE
Mhs ASS ;. GucHnsr. OF McIndoos Fails.
lively mairon of cighty-thrcc years went coa.ting
wit PARTS Of young ladies. a few DAYS ago, and
enjoyed the sport NJ much A. any Of them. tug
sing her own sled up the hill
GEonar MnLrR, young man some seventeen
years old, -cn Of Horace Miller, Of Lyndon center
died on Sunday lie had been SINGULAR, M for
about two weeks and physicians differed AZ e.
the malady The outward show OF the disease
was mainly in the hands on which Assesses
formed. sone think it form Of cry .ipeas aud
other, feel that be- took disease from slandrred
horse
cHirrESDES COUNTY.
II digging Tor the water piiie Ia a street ia Bur
lington, day or two since the frost was found to
have penetrated the gruund 10 the depth vt niue
feet
fssrN cOuNrY.
lsAAc HorsroN, q sort Of good old legislative
patriarch irim Victory, wa- hang in eaigy in that
town tro years ago aud has just recovered $500
Tor it. That's the kind Of hanging aud that's the
kind Of victory.
AnArmuERo f Nj simon tMpenter Of Gfauhy,
aged about fourteen years fell from the high
beams in the barn to the floor distance Of some
fourteen feet, striking on her head anil shoulders
It happened about two % clock r. ~. ou Wedn,s-
day Of last week. and she WIS unconscious al six
O'Clock When She recovered she raised blood
considerably Her recovery Is douhtiuL
rInNKIN COUNTY.
THf rclair shops Of the Southeastern railway. at
Richfnnl, have been closed The srperntendrnt's
Office Is also removed, and several engineers. FIRE
men and other employees, who formerly made that
place their hsadqnaftors win do no longer
AHot-r eight oclocS ON Thursday e,euln. of
lat week, ~ Dr. Branch Of Il AlDans was ie-
turning home from Fairfield, he attempted To
eros. bridge near the -aw-nlll, aud in 30 doing
the current swept the horse and sleigh oil the
bridge the horse wis drowned aud the du'ior
barely escaped sharing the same fate
LAuouLF cpuNry
TinY have plucky boys in Cambridge. two h,is.
about fl teen years old recently killed, with an
axe, bear, the skin Of which measured six feet
four inches in length and four feet in width
WoRK Oh the relalrs oi the llydepark count
house has commenced. An addition Of twenty
FIVE feyi Ia 10 Us built in tho roar Of the building
The count room will be tyo feet longer, and two
rooms placed in the Of the bench one for the
accommodation Of the petit jury, aud theother for
the county library and litgant parties
oRANoE COUNTY
TIN family NJ Mr II r. French residing in
West Randolph, came near being seriously poi
soned last week by drinking water that bad stood
for some hours in an ordinary painted pail An
examination revealed the fact that the water had
been frozeu while in the pail and thus extracted
the poison from the paint. Iii. family have been
quite sick but are better
IT has been decided 10 consolidate the private
banking business Of Dubois & Gay, of West Ram
dnlph, into a national hank increasing the capital
to one hundred thousand dollars TO build sub
stantal brick, fire-prooi banking building where
their banking OH &c nov stands, and push for
ward the establishment and the active operation Of
national bank, at the earliest possible moment
Nearly thGee-quarers Of the stock has already
been subscribed, aud when all taken, a. it now
seems probable it soou will be- the organization
will be perfected, fifty per cent. OF the subscril-
tion called in, and the balance in ten per cent
monthly nSialments
ORLEANS OuuNrs
Tiny are agitating the organization Of a bank
at North Try under the free banking system
THr Newport national bank was org,nized, last
week with 100000 capital and l,uc.uS Robinson.
Of Newport, elected President
TnEnDoRE SKINNER, Of Albany, recently .iid
from hay NOV upon the tines of pit,.hfark one
Of which penetrated his leg above the knee max
ing terrible wound, iroul the effects Of which he
may die
Miss. GEORGE BUcitANAS, Of Glover, WAS thrown
froma sleigh upon some ice, last week in the south
pant Of the town, where she had been To attend
funeral, aud had hip broken As she is an old
lady ii is doubtful II she ever RECEIVERS the full
use Of herlmbs.
RUTLAND COUNTY
DWELLING house in Rutland, owned b., Reu-
ben r. rhal was burned, "Wednesday morning
The house WAS unoocupiod Insured
TlE lostoilice at lastctuu has been IN tbs hand.
OF the Mouton family for the past afty-hve ,eais,
Samuel having held it for thirty years Cullen ten,
and William, the present incumbent, fifteen.
THIEVES bruke into the house of Colonel Merrill,
at Rutland Tuesday evening, and carried OIL Jew
ery and other valuables to the amount Of $50
No clue to the burglars. Two other houses in
that place have been robbed during the weel, past
THE Bardwell house in Rutland. t. to he rcniod-
elled in nearly every particular. Mansard roof
is to he put upon the south part The rooms are
to be enlarged and reiitted with new furniture
Steam apparatus Is to he put in for warming the
whole building. The hotel, when fully completed,
will be among the most convenient In the state
AA.PARHuRsT 4 Co, merchants Rutland were
out Of their store short time Thursday morning,
when an explosion occurred in the stove from the
sudden ignition Of some kindling that had been
smolderins, and as the isingas- was burst
through, the flames reached a packing box, and in
a short time the fire had assembled 10 the ceiling
when It was discovered, BY the use of u Habcock
it was eNtinsuished without much damage
wINDnAsI COUNTY
WILMINGTON il the banner town Ia New Eng
land for the manufacture Of maple sugar, having
a record of one hundred and thiity-seyen ton. in
one season,
Mus AnioAn niAnY, OF Londonderry, who has
taat fnr a Inu4r tfua Suur.nrtnd ht tho ,nt,-u of