Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-18
STATE NEWS.

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Hon N. T. Sprague, Jr., Of Brandon,
offers to erect suitable building for Yer.
mont at Philadelphia, provided the state will
accept and take care OF it.
The Washington newspapers announce
that the marriage OF DR. j. II. Baxter with
Miss Florence Tryou, will take place on the
9th Of March.
A correspondent of the Argus states that
there is talk OF consolidating the St Albans
Messenger aud the Burlington Seminal.
The citizens of Burlington have subscribed
$5,729 in order to obtain the location of the
state fair at that place this and two following
years.
State Treasurer Page publishes denial
OF the current report that the treasury car
ries balance of $4,000 year after year.
and even declares that the state will have to
borrow large amount before the close of
the fiscal year, ending July 81, 1877.
The lease Of the Southeastern road has
proved SO Improbable to the Passumpsic
that it is not likely to be renewed alter it's
expiration on the first of March. The Pas.
sumpsic has claim upon the Southeastern
for about half a million for money used 10
its construction.
The Portland and Ogdensburg railroad
company have notified the city Of Portland
of their inability to pay the interest on
1880 900 of bonds issued by the city in
aid of the road which will be due March l q.
The Central road has taken off its pay car,
and will hereafter forward pay by express
The Howe scale company publishes affida.
Wits that while samples OF their scales sent
to show what they could do in the iue of
government contract were in the hands of
the post Office officials at Washington re.
Gently, they we're so tempered with that they
did not pass the test when they got back to
Brandon.
The act of the last Legislature allowing
towns to tax railroads passing through their
territory is likely to make trouble. The
Vermont and Canada road and the com.
.mittee of the first mortgage bond-hoders Of
the Central have notified the receivers and
managers that, 10 their opinion, the tax was
unconstitutional, and that, if they paid it,
they would hold them personally responsible,
and ex.Congressman Willard, council for the
Vermont aud Canada, has secured from
Judge Smalley an injunction against the
payment of the tax.
Three churches in the state have sent del.
sgates to the Brooklyn advisory council,
viz /: Rutland, delegates, Rev j. q. johnson.
and the Rev S. b. PettengIl, editor of the
Rutland II, raid; st Adams, Rev Charles
Van Norder. and Dea John w. Newton /;
Burlington Rev Mr. Brastow aud DR. b. S.
Nichols. Mddlcbury, Montpelier and St
Johnsbury refused to send.
Arrangements have been made for a set.
Element of the questions in dispute between
the Central Vermont and Rutland raili Dads
or the aggregated gross earnings SO per cent
10 to be set aside as representing the gross
earnings Of the Rutland road, that proportion
having been settled upon by careful compu-
tatiOu Of the relative earnings of the roads
for several years past. OF this 36 per cent,
IS per cent will be retained by the Central
Vermont company for operating expenses,
and the other 20 per cent paid to the Rut-
land company as rent for the Rutland aud
Addison railroad. The Central, however,
guarantees that said 25 per cent so to be
paid as rental should not be less than
$3.50, 600 10 any year, such guarantee being
10 protect the Rutland from loss by reason
of any mIsmanagement and also against the
diminuton OF the earnlngs by reason of the
managers diverting the business. The road
named being all run as one llne under this
arrangement will greatly simplify the oper-
alton Of them and decrease operating ex.
penses. The Central Vermont IS also to pay
the Rutland company about Sl85 900 in
settlement Of its claims for back rent. This
is concession Of more than 100000 from
the sum claimed by the Rutland for back
rent in the recent legal proceedings, such
claim being based on tho provisions Of the
old lease. The contract Of lease of the Rut-
land road has fifteen years to run, and the
rental guaranteed by this agreement $780,
600 per annum) would amount in that time
10 some S4,OO0OO0 less than tho amount
called by for the original lease, which ar,
ranged tho amount Of rent on an increasing
scale from year to year. The Central cor
poTation has purchased the stock held BY
the page party" so-called, and Governor
Page and his associates will hereafter have
no voice in the management.
ADDISON COUNTY.
A car containing boxes of nitro .glycerin'
ran of the track aud was drawn some dis
lance at Shoreham the other day. 1t is sup
posed that the nitro. glycerine was frozen
and that that was the reason why they did
not have a first.class explosion.
o. l. Stone Of North Ferrisburgh has sole
his Lambert" geldiDg horse, "Regardless,
seven years old, for $4,000. The hors
goes to Providence, Il. L..
DR. j. NJ. Currier is about to move from
Bristol 10 Castleton, with the design Of filling
the place left by DR. Burton.
The farm 10 New Haven long owned
and occupied by Seth Langdon, aud for tn
last few years occupied by his son, Harriso
8. LangdOn, has been sold to Mr. Peck 0
Waltham for $4,000.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Bennington proposes to erect monumen
10 commemoration Of the famous battle Q
Bennington, and subscriptions are beln
made for that purpose.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
At the Sunday evening meetings at Wei
Waterford they have established the custou
Of silent prayer for three minutes durin