Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

recovered few hours afterwards The Yer
gennes women arc pushing the Temperance reform.
in that city with good deal Of vigor one i'm.
portant agency they employ Of late Is the legal
Argument which has been used with considerable
eicct IN several instances. . The Troy Times
says That Mrs Frank Defod the French woman
from Monkion, who was found by Onlcer Rivers
OF Troy, and Deputy sheriff Skin Of Vergennes
at waterford, living with n half-breed negro, re-
turned IN her husband at Monkton with the
deputy sheriff the other day Her parting with
Rand, her aramour who came To Troy 10 see her
on, was very ludicrous She throw her arms
about his neck, and did all sorts Of foolish things
until onicer Rivers, who could stand it no longer
separated them. It il not believed that she will
remain with her husband, but will return to Rand
as anon as possible.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
KrnosESE lamp exploded the other evening
in the house Of Lafayette soper, in st. iohnsbury
a child was sleeping In the room where the eNplo-
sion took place. but by prompt action the flames
which had lgnted bureau we're quickly sinoth.
cred Thus what NIGH, have been di4astrou.
fire was happily avcrtcd The citizen. ai la-t
Burke were startled saturday night Of last week
by the r'lnu that Ira Carpenter had killed his son
I'd pr Smith and some of the village people
went up TO ihe house, where they found ID in
sensible on the floor, while Carpenter was out in
the field A cash was cut in the SON head about
two inches in length, with an axe, which was
found with blood upon IT, Carpenter and sou en-
deavored tolay theattempted murder on younger
sou who has often separated them in their qnarrcls
currrSpEN COUNTY.
! Hos. JonN y. poNmRoy, Of burlington, has
presented 10 the Pomeroy school-house which was
named in his honor fine bell Of two hundred
pounds weight. Three tons Of marble and
seven tons Williston poultry left Burlington for the
Centennial by express, the II instant. . The tenn.
pemnce movement in Burlington has already 70
dnced crime. The courts Of justice are yer, quiet
That Is just what it will do anywhere. C.. g.
| Fisher, cu-tom-house employe at Burlington,
was arrested last week, fined and placed under
/ bonds for wiie-beating. Tie Onion river run
ming through Winooski, was very high last week
/ The water overlooked the low lands and apprehen-
sions Of serious damage to the mills and dams at
/ Winoosh were felt. While attempting Ia quell
a disturbance growing out Of dog-fght, the
other day, in burlington, Constable Smith was
struck in the back Of the neck with the head Of an
axe and knocked senseless, by m Old man eighty
/ years Of age. Injury slight
ESSEN COUNTY.
Tins amount Of sugar made this spring in a
single district in West Concord was over eleven
tons, seven persons manufacturing from one thou
sand to thEee thousand seven hundred pounds
fR,NKLiN COUNTY.
/ Is the Franklin county court, recently. Judge
Royce sentenced Hiram B. Bliss the clothes line
thief To two years in the state prison.
GHNSD ISLE COUNTY.
! IHfRr seems to be an unusually good ran OF
fish this spring, and large quantities of pike are
being caught with seine and line. Two men
caught one hundred with hook and line in one
day ON the railroad bridge at East Alburgh, and
five hundred is the number reported caught that
day at that place. one man canght with seine,
at one haul, two hundred
LANouLE corN1,
Mns, Hum of Cambridge. an elderly widow
lady whose house adions the hotel that was
burned, has been crazy since the fire, some seven
or eight weeks ago. Harmon Davis. who left
Worthwhile for the West few weeks ago. was
drugged onthe railroad and robbed of one hundred
and fifty dollars. The robbers took everything
bat a small amount Of scrip. o.. q. Bucks boom
at johnson gave way, Monday night of last eek,
and some i've thousand logs went down the river
opfr,xs co,-~r,
Tine re.ideu.e ofIt y ro.s - nooto p,,ir
was entirely, de.troved by fro tho other ,,,,,ir,
The loss was beavy and ,l,o ,nsnra,,.o oi,o,, 40
thon.and dorl,r. ,ose,b pi,ory a ,,,i,,or n,
Neupor, an NIond,, of last wool, ,i.itod S,,,,h
Troy where his wife was at work. and after a few
words OF unpcasantness drew revolver, shoot
ing her in the head. Rivers soon after gave up
the revolver and surrendered himself jealousy
on the part Of Rivers was the cause Of the act
RUTLAND COUNTY
,np,vrp,rs. tooo, ,-a. ,,,,io..t ........
the road in Clarendon ,ost wool, w.. .a1
n feyy rods in ,l,e - ,,,o ,oo ,i,a ..,
form NJ Mr. Nstl,ar Sr,i,,, VOC t,,,.,
inmedo,cl, talep 10 i;s b,,ro Ian, hs,,,I,. LII
about three bopy. Tho sr,,nosi,io, :. ,,,s, Al.
smith was taken win ,,o 81 ,bo sinl,in,, a. =,
which he has boou sl,iet and to,, 3, ma -,
in sneb O,, os Tn cr,cL M. I'm ,,,i,s,
rocl, since tho frs, ~ ,t,rc,, CO., 1',',,,,,.1
tramns have l..en ,,r,,ded ,,i,l, i,l,ir,s ,ho
Rntland iau Ar. too,,is ,rho ,,,.J. a..
threat ,i,t tho ,,,, Of p,,,lo, .,,,l3 -. H..
half a cent,r, has inst aiod ia.,i,,, ,.,, r..
month. ~ t.jn.,,, t.,,,,.,.a1 -, H.. ~,
fell ii, months .bo,+ ofher en-. 90 ,.a,,.or
bood ,,,,,ro.oIa,...l ,.i..t IT