The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-06
Vermont News.

Hon. George N. Dale of Island Pond, il
delivering temperance lectures.
The people of Holland think they felt @
shock of earthquake on the 22d ult.
Samuel Goodnough and wife, of Calais,
have just observed the Goth anniversary OF
their marriage.
The injuries to George b. Shaw are moi
so severe as reported, and he will be Out
again in Gay or two.
Two old iron mines east of Bennington
are to be re-opened and worked by the
Messrs. Burden of Troy, N. Y.
One Thureton was arrested at Wright's
mills, Montpelier, Wednesday, charged
with an attempt at rape, and was commit
ted to jail.
Henry Ballard of Burlington has been
invited to take part 10 the New York cam
paign by the republican committee of that
state. He will begin at Port Henry next
Monday
Postmasters have rebently been appoint
ed, as follows: AT North Thetford, Arthur
w. Jaquith; at Eas: Middlebury, Milo X.
Day; Union Village. John X. Blaisdell /;
Starkweather, John w. Perkins.
The Vergennes people deny that there
has been any serious thought on their psrt
Of attempting to make Vergenncs the shire
town Of Addison county. No notice Of
any such intention has been published, and
the matter will not be preached at Mont
pelier.
The case of the State VS.. Calvin D. Son.
ers, on trial at Montr elier, for tampering
with the Central Vermont railroad track,
Nov. 5, 1874, at Roxbury, went to the jury
at noon Tuesday. After Eve hours DELHI
Grafton they returned and reported dis
agreement, but were rent back by Judge
Redfield.
John Mcnamara was Tuesday tried in
the Chittenden county court at Burlington,
on the frat of five indictments for bur-
glary and for receiving and storing stolen
goods. and at p. M, the jury brought in
a verdict of 'guilty" on the second count
in the indictment The other cases against
him will lie continued.
Mrs. Bcisey Arlington of st. Johnsbury
Center, in clearing her house while it was
on fire, last July, handed pocketbook
containing over $3.50 IN notes, bonds, etc.,
to come one, and has never seen it since
until Monday, when Julius Pariadis re-
t,trn tn,, tLak 10 IA -.
unloading goods from wagon, and being
a stranger gave it to the Catholic priest at
st. Johnsbury, who has kept it until the
owner could be found.
Some sneaking scamps recently went to
the grounds of the Burlington rifle club, car
ried off one of their targets and daubcd the
others with black paint and broke the
box which contained their paint, etc., COM
pletely spelling the box and wasting the
contents. The targets, ETC., were also
covered over with all manners of obscene
phrases. The members of the club will
pay liberal reward for the arrest and
conviction of the villains.
Ephraim Mills, esq, formerly on active
and influential citizen of Burlington, died
at his residence in that city on the 81 inst.
aged So years. He was native of Wor-
cestcr, Mass. He came to Vermont when
q young man and resided at St. Albans a
short time. He went to Burlington in 1910
and year or two after entered into part.
nershlp with T. Mills in the printing bust
ness. The firm published the Sentinel for
nearly quarter of century. la 1919
Mr.. Mills was appointed postmaster at
Burlington, and held the office for twenty
two consecutive years, relnquishng it up
on the commencement of Gen. Harrison's
administration in 1S4l. He was one Of the
most laborious, faithful and oblging of
postmasters, and it was his boast that there
was never dollar lost in the office while
he was pnatmagtpr