Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-12-27
VERMONT NEWS.

the subject Of liquor raids and the
threatened enforcement Of the nri-
sance law.
Theodore Tilton will lecture in
the Town Hall, Brandon, Monday
evening, January /, on "The Problem
Of Life"
"A boy in Tunbridge died of ex-
cesslve bleeding from the nose before
medical aid could be obtained.
1.-Two men, of Londonderry, were
arrested the other day for cruelty beat
ing horse. Served them right.
they should have been treated as they
treated the OTHER animal
Hon. c. w. Brownell Of Willis
ton, last week had twenty fine sheep
killed by dogs,
--PotatoeS are very high in Orleans
county and are readily selling for rs
cents per bushel.
The Kramer announces that the
dalrymens meeting will be held in
Burlington, January II and IS.
The disease known as murrain
has broken out among the cattle in
oss>oe portions Of Orleans county.
"A valuable horse, belonging to
O. ID. Gray of Bellows Fails, was I'M
paled upon a picket fence, which it
attempted to jump over, and died Fri
day afternoon.
"A fifteen months old child of
James Rogers, OF St. Johnsbury, was
scalded to death by the oyerturning Of
a pail of hot water.
"A cabinet maker, Nahum Parker,
died at Middlebury, the other day, in
whose shop in that village Sterhen
A. Douglas served his apprenticeship.
"A suit has BEEN brought in the
Orange county court for $4,000
against II. c. Cotton by the heirs of
Milo Mack, Of Bradford, and by the
lady with him at the time he was kill
ed, for the damage done them through |
Ills negligence in allowing bis horse
to be loose in the road.
Rivers, the Caledonia county
bigamist, has been found guilty of lar
ceny. When arrested, he was living
with a woman whom rumor alleges to
be his eighth wife, and he is a young
man-not over thirty. He has also
served one term in the New Hanp.
shire state prison for bigamy, having
then five wives.
Colonel Cannons big calf is
thrown OUT by Il "lalr count d. |
II. Nichols Of Essex. owns Short
horn bull cali which weighed Septem.
Der 9TH 5S5 pounds and December
18th weighed 935 pounds, showing a
net gain of $50 pounds since Septem
Der 18th, or Il gain Of q tritle over 81
pounds per day. This calf is now s.
months old ana allowing that he
weighed 81 pounds at birth has gain
ell 81 pounds per day since.
The entire business of Clement &
Sons and Clement, Sons e Co., extern
sive dealers in marble,at Rutland, has
been sold to the Rutland Marble Com.
pany, majority Of whose stockholders
are New York parties. The consider.
alton WAS about 100000. This dis
poses OF a Judgment recently rendered
against the Rutland Marble Company
in favor Of Clement e. Sons for S125,-
900, and some pending suits against
the same company. 1t also terminates
a contract of the Rutland Marble Com.
pany to furnish Clement IL Sons with
marble in blocks at very favorable
rate to the latter, and at u great loss
to the former.
ST ALBANs, VT. Dec 23-- Felix
Goneaux and james Hammond came
from Swanton last night with a supply
Of whiskey which the former had
brought from Canada, and with Daniel
McNorton visited the house of one
Sharkey at "The Blocks, so called.
There a free fight ensued between
NlcNorton and Sharkey about the
latter's wife, McNorton drawing a
knife and driving Sharkey out of doors,
He attacked him with razor, when
he tried to get in this morning.
Goneaux, Hammond and McNorton
Are now in Jail in default of paying
fines imposed by Justice Gilman.
oharkey had nurrow escape from
McNorton's knife.
From Mrs. Isaac Mobre, of Richm ond, Va.
"Some three years since | was at
lacked with q severe cough, soreness