Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09

HAHnWlcK. religious friends are feeling
greatly encouraged zoo their effort. 10 build mp a
religious interest in ON midst Of durable char
tcter The meetings are continued and several
are already indicating desire to lead higher
and better life Rev. i. :. Little OF Crlitsbury
has been here during part of the pas, week. as
.isting iu the services. Theodore Hutchinson,
.rrcsted last Wcc, Tor burning his personal effects,
was arraignod for examination at East llardwick,
resulting Ia being held Ia two hundred dollars for
trial At the County Court and in default Of bail
he was taken 10 jail at st. Johnsbury .. There
is now a fair prospect OF continuing our present
plan Of schools for the next year, under the
efficient instruction OF the present popular teacher,
!. II NIcloud Il is hoped that arrangements
will soon he perfected to secure the desired result
a high order Of schools .or at least another year
..A II. Earle, harnoss-maker at this place, has
suspended, Assets and liabilities not yet re-
ported There should be business enough, We
think, to support good haruess-shGp here, and
We hope ono may be soon established possessing
reasonable share Of public confidence. The
most violent wind storm Of the season, and very
rarely, II ever, equaled, prevailed during the DAY
and night Of Wednesday last. The term tornado
OF hurricane seems most applicable so continuous
and powerful was the tempest The mercury
settled thidyoight degrees during the first twelve
hours Of IL. continuance indicating ten degrees
below zero at nine O'Clock, T. NJ Thursday
morning was quio; and clear, with temperature
of sixteen TO twenty degrees below zero. The
four inches Of loose snow was mostly deposited in
the roads, which were quite nectually blockadod
The regular express train over the Portland &
Ogdensbnrg Road passed this place three houp
and half late Wednesday night e.. The agitation
among onr citizens to procure some kind of fire
/ eNtingushiug apparatus, so freely discussed for
a few days subsequent To the burning of the hotel
has about died out Dnt the necessity exists all
the same Tor something more efficient than the
WATERFALL, and the recent generous offer Of
Adams Kellogg, Esq, Of Madison Parish, La, to
give one hundred dollars towards the purchase Of
a suitable apparatus for our village. should stimu-
late further effort On the part Of our citizens and
property owners, that better protection from fires
in the future might be available Mr. Kellogg is
native Of this place and still possesses property
interests here. The thanks Of our citizens how
ever, are none the less due on that account, to
Mr. Kellogg, for this generous offer as this is by
no means his first bene6cent remembrance.
Of his native village. The most exciting event
here during the past week has been "whiskey
hunting" On Tuesday, the LIST, Orison Mack,
liyery-keeper at Glay's hotel, procured a warrant
to search for some articles Of property alleged to
have been stolen from his possession stored in
the basement Of the old Britain House, which
he is renting There being no regular officer at
the time in the place H. A. Gray was authorized,
and in the execution Of the warrant proceeded
under Mack's direction to search the premises