Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-14
Vermont state News.


rosr orricr has been established at West
Brdport....C W. Robbins, Of Hancock, found
nice fat bear In his trapa few days since lie
,the bear had lost two legs in similar engage
ments
nENNtNUroN COUNTY
TIM arm Of Frank IIullet, brakeman ON the
Harlem Extension road was broken on the road
between Bennington and Chatham, June 9Th Il
was caught between a dnwhead and a car, aud
the bone of the forearm completely crushed
CALEDONIA COUNTY
lar village " st. lohusbury has voted 10 lay
the baud five hundred dollars for outdoor CON
ceris during the season BY an almost uuani.
nous vote In legal meeting the town refused to
appropriate money toward a county Fourth Of
July celebration. Granville Horn, Of wal
den, youth Of seventeen was drowned in Coles
pond ON Sunday, the IN inst lie vonturod be-
yond his depth In the water, aud being unable to
swim could not regain the shore. "a young son
Of James Hubbard Of Lyndon was killed ON the
9th inst, by q cart running over him lie was
riding on loaded cart for pleasure, when he
fell, and before horses could he stopped the wheel
passed over him, crushing him 50 that he died in
an hour = party of fifty OF sixty persons, ladies
and gentlemen, mostly FROM st. lohnsbury. 20 to
the Centennial this month camping out upon the
grounds in large tent They carry their bed
linen and blankets but procure mattresses aud
bedsicads there. They intend to remain long
enough 90 sce The entire show . George Hun.
nett who escaped from the st. Johnsbury Jail in
company with johnson, tile burglar. wa. recap
tnred Sunday night, the ith
cHrrrENDEN COUNTY.
Miss mrsY llLo who resides in burlington. was
badly bitten by dog the other day The dog
which had shown symptoms Of madness, bit Miss
Milo's brother In the hand when the sister inter.
fered. She received a serious bite in the cheek
aud one in the side It is feared that the girl,
who has been sck for more than a year, will not
recover. ... 4 fellow wearing big blonde nous
tache and pretending to be Henry C.. Howe, pro-
prietor Of the American House, Burlington. has
been Netimizing number Of Troy, n Y, mer-
chants. His method was 10 step into a store, or
der a number Of articles, and then borrow q few
dolars. promising Ia come in the next day, a.
soon as he got his check eashed, and settle for the
whole bill. Al one place he ordered about ninety
dollar worth Of goods, To be used as wedding
presents, he said TIA wedding soon To take place
at the house Of General Bainbridge Of Burlng-
ton. \ despatch to Chief Of Police Drew Of Bur
lington soon diynged the fact that no man by
the name Of Henry b. Howe, or Samuel Stark,
another nom ne plume assumed by the rascal re-
sided in that city, and he was locked up. VIII
liam sexton, Who ten years ago, was boot-black
In Burlington, recently won the billiard tourna-
ment at Philadelphia, and thus the championship
Of America. 4 despatch from 1ieonderoea an
nounccs that Mr. Carlton Miller an old aud re-
spected resident Of that place, committed suicide
Tuesday evening Of last week, by shooting him
self in the abdomen with rifle It is supposed
that he was laboring under temporary insanity
caused by business troubles Mr. j. W Miller.
treasurer Of the Burlington Shirt Company is a
son Of the deceased
FRANKLIN COUNTY
BANiEA, Young man at st. Adams, attempted
to frightened frenchman named laplant, the
other night by playing ghost Tie joke came
very near proving a costly one. however, Tor la
plant fired two shots from his revolver at the sup
posed spirit, and one Of the bullets passed through
Banyeas hat, barely grazing his head The
Fairfax rape case which was on trial Tuesday Of
last week, resulted in the holding Of Chester
kcyseF, Miss CAROLS brother-in-law, in one hun
dred and fifty dollars for trial at the next term Of
the county court lie obtained bail His brother
Lowell, was released, as from the young lady'- |
testimony, 1t was proved that he did not paitic- !
pate in the assault upon her.
oRLEASs COUNTY
REv lIoRAoF SrnEs baptized eleven persons
by immersion at Newport Center, ON Sunday, the
lth instant. A little ihirteen-months-old boy.
son Of Albert Walker, OF Irasburgh, recently fell
from a rock in the shed to the ground, striking
his head upon nail that stuck up through board
that lay ON the ground. The nail entered the
head near the top of the ear breaking the skull
and penetrating the brain to the depth Of an inch
and half The mother with considerable din- |
Guilty pulled the nail from the little boys head |
Strange to tell, the child is now recovering and
VIII doubtless get well The Newport ESpreSs
reports that Mrs. Wingate, wife of Rev. Mr.
Wngate, who is now in Australia, eloped few
days ago with George W. Day a married man
They went to l.ittleton, " H. where they repre- /
scented themselves as man and wife, but were
pursued by an officer and their plans frustrated
RUTLAND COUNTY.
NoTwrTHsIA NDING the recent decision in lint. |
land that lager beer is not intoxicating, the OH
GERS in that village are Selling that beverage |
wherever It Is found. The Rutland Globe says |
the farmers greatly distressed at the appear |
ance Of the potatoe bug in that vicinity The po-
ntoes, as soon rs they are up, are attacked by |
full-grown bugs in large numbers, aud one man /
picked nearly quart from small patch of pota- |
toes. Rev, DR., W j. Harris, rector Of Trinity
church, Rutland has received call To Christ |
church, Detroit, Michigan. It is not yet known |
whether he will accept. Rutland furnished |
seven Memorial bay omtors. The Rutland free |
readine.room has been reopened, having been
closed for some time for lack of funds viii |
liam Powers, known as the Swamp Angel, was
arrested at Rutland last week by officers IIussey
and Steans, on complaint Of assault and battery,
and for disturbance of the public peace Castle
ton had fire resulting from lightning on the |
night OF the nh inst, The upper portion of the
house belonging to b W Burt was burned with |
a loss Of two hundred dollars
wiSDnAM couNrY.
EIGHTEEN persons were received into the Con |
gregational church at South warlsboro, Sunday, |
June Ith, twelve of whom were baptized By Rev
T.. r. Abbott The town of Wilmington had a
curious coincidence the other day. in the death Of
two old ladies, Mrs Angelina Snow aud Mrs
Phebe C. Washbume from the effects of falling
down stairs Joseph Cook {" Crazy Cook, -
who recently murdered his son at Hydepark il
helu III Tue blNtllcnofo Asylum AZ state expense,
his property, valued at some two thousand five
hundred dollars being only sufficient to support
his wife, an invalid, and daughters In Lon
donderry, \. d Whitman killed a large bird the
other day, called stake driver, which measured
four feet from tip to tip Of wings and stood three
feet high when walking. Gambling is very
lively at Hartford just now, they say. The old
heads are making specially Of roping in boys,
and good many some not over fifteen years old,
belonging To respectable families, frequent the
dens It is said that one boy, only seventeen
years old, has been eecod out Of one thousand dol
lars in the past two years II all this is true the
authorities have good field OF labor before them
WINDSOR COUNTY
BETHEL Is troubled with bears and 1t i, pro-
posed to celebrate the Fourth Of july by grand
bear-hunt Fire ran over nearly the whole Of
the cemetery at Weatherslield recently, destroy
ing the trees aud shrubs, besides smoking and
cracking many OF the stones. A curious sight
at Woodstock, the other day, was man gather
ing ice from the White river, In good condition
for storing, while little way of, corn was up