The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-18
Vermont News.

Vermont News.
The firm of Rough & Tumble once did
business in Bennington.
A mammoth squash weighing 225 lbs. is
the pride Of Bennington farmer.
For the past two weeks Mansfield noun
tain has been covered with snow.
Rev. ]. D. Donovan accepts call to the
West Halifax church, and begins his labors
Sunday.
Rev. w. C. McAlister has left his charge
at Moriah to accept call to the Baptist
church at West Plattsburg, N. Y.
Bennington will send large delegation
of war veterans to the democratic soldiers
gathering at Albany, N. Y, Thursday.
Ellen NJ. Golf, wife Of DR.. J. II. Ham
ilton, of Richford, LADY of many accom-
plshments, died Sunday morning, after a
long illness.
The State Line paper mills, oxned by G.
e. Willing, of North Bennington, which
have bsen idle since the first of July, were
started up Oct. 9th.
There were some i've inches of snow at
Mortified, Monday evening, a, the result
of Sundays storm. The thermometer stood
below freezing all day.
The man arrested a. Worcester was larg-
er aud differently formed thsn the true
Barton. The picture looked more like
Barton than the original.
Richard Nichols of Montpelier, is match
ed to run half-mile foot-Tace against Mar
tin Egan of Lansnghurgh, N. Y, for o
purse of $50, at Rensselaer, park, Troy.
Saturday morning the large Pine Valley
steam mill in Woodford, owned by Glea-
son 81 Putnam, was totally destroyed by
fire. The less is about $1,000; insured
for $500.
The Messrs. Scots of the Franklin
house, Highgatc Springs, will conduct a
hotel at st. Augustine, Fla, the coming
winter. Persons intending to visit Florida
will make note of it.
Mortified has a bed quilt which was
brought over IN the Msytlower; also the
identical shovel that was used to break
ground for the first railroad in Vermont !;
also harness 200 years old.
An extensive carriage. shop, belonging to
James Partridge, of Pownal Centre, was
consumed by gre, Saturday night. Insur-
ance, $1,000. 1t is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
AT special business meeting of the
Park guards of Bennington, last Wednes-
day evening, it was decided to admit the
band of "a pieces, which was recently or
ganized in that place, and is to be named
after the company.
The house and barn of Samuel Bailey,
baggagemaster on the Passumpsic road,
was burned, Sunday night, at Norrsville
station. Mr.. Bailey was absent, and Mrs.
Bailey was barely awakened by the nOigh-
bors in time to escape.
A young man from Fayston, named
Hugh Quinn, was carelessly handling a
pistol at Moretown, Sunday evening, when
it was discharged, the ball passing through
a window in the house of Uriah Howe, and
within about one foot of Mr.. Howes head.
Some ten days ago, Mr.. Moffet, town
charge, who lives in st. Johnsbury, got
out of his bed in the night and told his
wife he was going away and should not
come back. Since then he has not been
seen. Moffet leaves wife and several
children.
The defense in the Reeves-Cole case at
Bennington will be an effort to prove an
abb, the wife of Cole testifying for
Reeves, and Mrs. Reeves testifying for
Cole The property of John Reeves has
been attached by Judge Carney and Mr..
l.. NJ. Holton for private damages.
Sheriff Dudley of Montpelier, who went
to Worcester, Mass., on Thursday night,
with requisition from Gov. Fairbanks,
for Charles Barton, the Waterbury bank
burglar, fails to identify the man in Gus
tody as the same Barton who WAS convict.
ed Of "ciacking" the bank at Waterbury In
1871.
Charles +. heeo oil wilmington on sat
urday notified the police force that he
would nav 500 for the arrest and convic.
ton of the burglars who recently robbed
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