Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31
Vermont state News.

celebrated bee keeper from abroad consented 10
be present and to discuss " foul breed Oh. Tho
steam shnge mill and tub factory belonging 10
A. j. Eastman, in Bristol, caught lire last week
Tuesday morning and was totally consumed
together with large stock oi finished tubs valued
at five hundred dollars. The mill together with
the machinery and stock, Is q complete loss No
insurance The origin Of the fire is unknown GOO.
Three hipton persons were fined recently for
proianiug the sabbath ell. Enough stoc, has been
guaranteed TO erect telegraph line between Bhs-
tol and the main line The projectors Of the plan
are confident Of speedy contamination of their
obiert
cAfEDoNtN COUNTY
As Charlie, CofIran and q little sou of Charles
Garland, of Sheffield, with pair Of horses, were
crossing a bridge recently the bridge broke,
precipiAtng all into the river, breaking one Of
the child's legs aud hrusing his head icariully
Gotham received quite serious injuries The
taion says that Henry Severance, Of the town of
81 lohnshury, was surprised one morning 10
Gently to hud twenty -four Of his thirty six sheep
dead Ia his pasture lie shearod them the day
before, turncd them out aud that night it came OF
cold and rainy, proving too much Tor the flock
aud they very quietly retired from the wool grow
ing business. Rev George Carpenter pastor NJ
the Baptist church ia Grnton has resigned and
the church is now without minister The
house NJ Charles 5. Dana, II 81 iohnsbury,
United states resenue collectoI Of Vermont, was
entered last Wednesday night The burglar made
his way into the sleeping apartment of Mr. lana
and his wife and was evidently searching for Mir
Nanas purse Mrs Dana detected something
moving in the room, arose and striking q match,
discovered n man on the floor ON his hands and
knees. Ia the excitement of the moment the
match was eNingu-hed and She burglar escaped
from the non. pom further search he was dis
covered under a bed in q ,econd-story room The
door was Immediately locked and help was sent
for, but the fellow escaped in the meantime by /
jumping from the window he left one shoe be- |
hind, which may lead to hi. detection on /
Monday Of last week. Mrs Lewis jenkins Of East |
Burke aged about fifty years, attempted suicide /
by taking % dose Of corrosive sublimato. She was |
soon discovered by her friends in great distress |
and admitted what she had done
cnuuNDEN COUNTY.
llENm BALLARD, Esq. Of Burlington. with
some twenty members OF the burlington Reform /
Club, held meeting at Richmond the other DAY /
to aid the citizens Of that town in starting the re-
form work Folty-three names were obtained on
the pledge young lad at winoosk Fails,
several days ago, caught with a hook sturgeon
weighing thiry-iour pounds. ... Loren Casweil .
was found near the residence Of Harry : Cas- /
well. in Huntington, ON saturday morning. hav- |
ing cut hi throat on the right side and stabbed /
himself in the abdomen six times lie had |
crawled about two rods to the brow Of hill over
looking his home, and tried to alarm his friends |
His wounds were dressed, and 1t is thought he /
will survive il the wounds in the abdomen do |
not reach into the ntestines lie says he does |
not know when II was done, hut in the morning |
he found the blood trickliug down his throat
The opinion l. that he was insane when the deed |
was done
ESSEN COUNTY
FIDDLE, aged some twelve years son Of widow
Elmira Blaneher, of West Concord was recently
sent To the reform school at Yergennes lie had
become addicted to petty thieying, and could not
be controlled by his mother-refusiug To attend .
school and growing up without omployment-he-
coming pest in the village
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Fam MUssEY, recently conductor ON an Ohio |
railroad, was killed near Iinin, Ohio by an acct
dent the other day. VIM. Mussey a brother Of
the deceased, is engineer ON the central division
OF the Central Vermont road, and the families,
formerly Of Mortified, are residing in st Adams
ORANGE COUNTY
CHARLES l.EEr, Of Newbury, who sold a horse |
10 a neghbor to be delivered in a fortnight get
ting ennged with it the other day, pulled out it, |
tongue and cut it off Pour days after he took
the horse to the neighbor's barn, in the latter's |
absence and left it. He has been arrested and |
deserves the utmost penalty Of the law
RUTLAND couNrl.
HOUSE belonging to John and George Lodbell, |
in the east part Of Middetown, was burned Tues
day OF last week. \ young man named Spaf- |
ford, employed in the chair factory, in Rutland,
caught his hand in split and split the thumb
down to the joint Dr. Pond amputated the
thumb. Mr. Stafford has previously lost every
finger ON this hand, and this leaves him badly of
The heaviest fine for selling liquor inflicted
for some time in Rutland was given in the muni-
cipal court last week Wednesday John Haley
fined forty dollars and costs and sentenced To
three months in the county Jail for two eases Of
selling, third oflense; and twenty dollars and
costs with three months Imprisonment for two
eases of keeping with intent Ia sell lie appealed
90. One John Mcguire, a workman in a quarry At
South Wallingford, while on his way home late
n
serious injuries about the head and face, and
bruising his limbs considerably lie fell some
twenty-five feet. 4 fire broke ont in Cuttings
VILE on saturday The woodshed and the wood
on both side, oi the track were burning. The
e1oIts ol the company to save tie property were
useless The fire was discovered at eleven r. NJ
and is supposed to have caught from the spark Of
some passing engine, 1t is thought that about
seyenty-fyc or one hundred cords Of wood were
burned
wiNDrM COUNTY
TnEitE are now in the asylum at Bmtt!eboro.
some four hundred and eghty-seven inmates,
one-half Of whom are said 10 be hopelessly insane
On Saturday night Of last week. the office Of |
the Central Vermont railroad at bellows Falls,
was entered and robbed OF number Of tickets
An inventory was at once taken and the numbers |
of the missing tickets sent To the different conduc-
tors. On Wednesday night q man attempted To |
pass one Of the stolen tickets ON Conductor I'd |
foss, on the way from Burlington to Essex juno |
ton. Mr. foss at once recognized the paste
board and the man attempting to escape chased |
him through the train, finally capturing him in |
the ear On reaching Essex Junction the |
thief was turned over 10 an officer and taken To |
st. Albans. The James Fisk monument in |
Bnttleboro has been uncovered, aud several hum !
drcd have been Ia see it,. Bellows Falls Reform !
Club has a membership Of seven hundred
WEST TursliAM Snow drifts are still to be |
seen from our village on the hills in Orange ..
The jurors drawn from this town for tie June
term Of Orange County Court are Gn,nd juror.
Peter Tabor petit jurors John Mills aud o. A. |
Dodge. Orsamus lagloy has Draco colt,
which he is breaking, and says he is afraid that
he Is threatened with speed, but from what we
have seen Of him We should say, Don't De
afraid. ... The suit that has been pending In
Orange County Court for the past two or three
TERMS James NJ DicSey rs Jesse Dickoy : estate,
was on trial at this place last week, before Col
Roswell farnham, Referee. t. NJ Harvey for
plaintiff; and G. W. Clark, ESQ, Of Chelsea, and
j. X. Darling, Of East Corinth, for defendants.
Two days We're spent taking testimony, and not
getting all In, the hearing was continued till
Thursday Of this week
A RurLANp SENSATION. The chief sensation
In Rutland just now is the announcement that
sixteen leading Insurance companies have decided,
after three months investigation, that A. G.
Bates, prominent citizen Of that place, committed
arson by burning his hotel ON February 10th last