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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09
STATE or VERMONT,
Is CuANCERY.
WAeuiNcruS tutNft, MARCH TtrH. lslf.t

IS CuANCEHN.
WtsuiNcruS tutNTf. MAEcu TttN. is7ft
HdtrHa Pore ". GtorOs Casrerss.
Whereas, Edmund Pope has this aay Med In the ofU0 Of
un tleik NJ said Court ~ chlurefy his hi " Foreclosure
.tuug forth, n substance that Dcofae Converse, then
Northhed in te cnnuiy Of Washington tho l2th
January A. u, ISIS lslug indebted the The
" THREE hundni and nifty dollars specified 10 three PROM
is-oIy nos oi That date and ofet To ihe pa3
inrnt N fc tle said Ueoge Convefas executed to tf
orator mortgage deed Of HE following described land W.
N0fthncld IN the county ~ Washington VIE being tho
same promises decided to said defendant by The orator. VIII
iun Hedges and Nei1on bun1Y, and recorded tn the land
records Of Nnrhhrd, 20 which rcfefeuce Is had and 70 all
former deeds and henu Tho premises decided hy O1as
~lsby and wife 90 Wilson lielge, AMI rerorc book
1fe - conditioned for the a}ncni N The above described
further setting forth that the % money specified in The
Nufestm uree prni-fory notes Part thereof has
not lNen PAIL. according 20 tlo condition In said mortgage
ei contained. but thu wholly due and the
persons claiming undcr him, may fnsosei ~ all equity
and
WLsrnfs u appear. that Tire sitt tire Converse il and
ucsdet WITHOUT tbs state, that subrrun cannot b.
served uron hn Therefore len pursuance ~ the Stnfue
ch case uadn and provided, uutise hereby given Ia the
said George Converse and hc s hereby required 70 he ami
appear before the Court Of Cancery, next to be held
Montpelier within and los the county of Washington on
The ecund Tscaiay Of Ma,l A. u. ISIS being the first
nf tho next stated ~ The Court Of thanrpy
county at nine o'clock IN he forenoon Of said day 10 make
answer 60 aa hill and abide such order aud dcrrer in The
premises 20 said shall Ana the Ornt0f
j. directed tn cause this nrcf, together With the subsanre
" said bin ~ be- published TIRES weeks snccesgeiy The
vermont Waterman state Journal. Newspaper printed
Al Muntpclcr, Aforesaid the last Of which publication shall
b. ~ least twenty days previous iu c aid srcunu Tuesday
of MarCh, A. y. lrf6.
Datc 81 Moneer n saii county % Washington. this a.t
day OF january, A. ID. isiO.
MELVILLE Y SMILE. Deputy CLERK
". AknrrATrH. solicitor for Orator. lf-l4
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09
STATE OF VERMONT.
- WfsHtNGToN CorNrY, s..
IL rHASCERY.
MARCH TERN A. b. lsi6.
b'ea C Grdy W. tpa 4. Rs,d, Taoma' Red and n &.

lake
Whereas, Joseph g. Gray Of Calais, 10 the county ~
Washington and state of Vermont hhs ae IN the once ~ tie
CLERK o. said Court 81 Chancey his Ieln " foreclosure.
ctingt forth in substance that fhoinas and
Reed Of Calais Aforesaid, e I'm day 81 me, A. u.
aa duy executed o. the orator mlrgge deed Of certain
land In Calais Ia said county described follows " Re
Ing building lot. with store building situated thereon,
aud being the and all The real decided me.
The said loa 4. Reed, by David W Mann, Susan n Crns
alias susan X. Manu- 10y deed OF warranty dated the 2sth
wari ". Mann the 9TH day uf June. A. H. 1878 which
dees and former title deeds and tho the same,
reference d hereby made for fu description Of the prem
ise- hereby cnnveye" conditioned for the payment Of
pronlissofy the I'VE hundred dollars dated
June 10Th slj payable February H. isi. with
annually. signed ~ sai Thomas and oa Reed. and pay
setting forth thar sad note has moi been paid and
lnsuy due and owing TO the orator aud n. n.
Baker OF Springfield IN the county of Hampton la the
u Massachusetts, The holder Of subsequent mortgage
virtue II the And praying that the said Thomas
Reed, Loa A. Ked and H. X Baker may be forcciused of
All eliy Of redemption IN snd mortaag pte.es asrsc-
ably Co tile provisions VI =fflnn five uf charter
twenfv-nne Of the tenernl statutes; and.
Whsfsu Il appears that The said H. H. Baker il and
sides without the state, where subpann cauuot N served
made and provided notice hereby given tho said ~
BAKER and he l. hereby required u apaar before the Court
NJ chanccry newt 30 be held ~ Montpelier within aud
tc county of Washington on the second Tuesday Of Map
Court Of Ghanrefy for sah county, O'clock in the
forenoon " said day, and make 10 snid eou ami
abide such order and dece Ia the premises said Court
shall and the orator "a directed 10 this
der together with the substance Of said petition, TO bepui
lshei three weeks successfully In the Vermont Waterman
stale Journal pfnfelpt Montpelier Aforesaid
previous the sild SECOND Tuesday 81 March A. d, ISIS.
Dated a Montpelier In the count, u Washington tins Jt@t
day OF January, \. u. l.l1. 49,
Silt f.fI lN4f.u lt.lh
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09

market, on Tuesday, common to fair sold at from
fifteen to eighteen cents good fall winter, twenty
TO twenty-five cents fall butter twenty-cight To
thirty cents; and A. No / faI, tliry-two cents
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09
Fire on Court street.


The dWolling.house situated on Court street,
owned by theChcster Bugbee estate, and occupied
by Alonro Redway. was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with the barn on the promises, on satur-
day morning The FIRE was discovered about FIVE
o'clock and began in or about chamber over the
shed, whence II communicated n the rest of the
house and the barn The alarm was given by the
ringing Of bells and the blowing Of whistles, and
engines No. and D with the hook and ladder
company, were soon on the ground Owing to the
nearness t9lof the water, II was some time before
stream could be thrown on the fire and then II
was done by pumping the water from the tank
near the Pavilion, into an engine placed nearer
the building aud thence h the fire itself There
was not much Wind, and as the buildings burned
very slowly, aud nd Joining roof. we're pretty well
covered with snow the fire was kept within limits.
Most Of the contents Of the building were saved
that is, they were carried into the street Re
sides Mr. Rodway's family, the house was occu-
pied by three or four families, ~ follows That
Of Geo. Brown who had just moved in, aud lost
about half his household effects uninsured Geo.
Wade William Goodwin and Mrs Gihson-a all
Of whom met with more or less loss
The buildings were valued at three thousand
dollars, and insured for two thousand The fur
niture belonged To Bedway, and was insured for
nine hundred dollars. As to the cause Of the
fire, nothing definite l. known, though there are
suspicious that Il was the worl, Of an ncendiary.
Mr. Redway seems to have been very unfortunate
in the way Of fires this being the fourth or fifth
time he has been ~ up" Had there been a
high wind we should have had to chronicle
another sweeping fire, as the water supply would
have amounted to little or nothing. This Il a
strong argument in favor Of putting in tanks at
different points In the village where there now
are none and thus have water some,rAere within
reasonable distance in times % need. Something
should be done 10 improve our water facilities, aud
that ~ once.
MAD RIVER VALLEY FAm--Ihe Mad River val.
ley fair u to be held at Waitsfed on Tuesday and
Wednesday September 1ath and 10Th
BfHTrEU NJ ARkFr AZ the 81 AilHus huttpi
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09

CALAIs-lIaryest Grange No. u will hold a
meeting at their hall in Fast Calais, on Friday
evening February is.
WARREN. Warren has come TO the front, and
voted unanimously TO bond to the amount Of eight
times it, grand list, IN aid Of the Green Mountain
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09

rornyears-old eldld Of Mr. Eastman, living
in CoHnth, died recently, under rather suspicious
circumstances, and il, Parents have been arrested
charged with causing lis death The services
Of Mrs Abbie r. Boliord, 81 Kecne, y H. wife
Of the late Re, e IL Bickiorl, Of the Vermont
Conference, have been secured ior NeNbnry SEM
mary She Is 10 enter upon her duties at the
commencement OF thc spring term. Mrs bicb-
fsd Is an experienced and popular teacher
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09

An exchange says a lady OF Newport Gem
tef nearly eighty years old, has got several new
teeth and others are coming through tho gums
They were made to order--eli Pa. The Mcmphre-
magog House, ct Newport which has been under
die proprictorship Of W = Rowman, Esq for the
past three OF four year. has been rcliuquished by
Mr. Bowman. and for the past few days ihc house
has been operated upon by the rassumpsic Rail
road Company owners OF the property The Bos-
ton Commercial BidctiRroports tho failure Of Mr..
bowman 1t is rnmored that Mr.. Buck, formerly
of the Unitod States Hotel, In Boston will assume
the proprctorship Of the Memphremagag House
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
HydrophObia in a Horse.
New York Sun, 12th.]


John A. Musterman, coal dealer, of
55S Grand Street, had a fine roam horse
and black curly-haired dog, that were
the best of friends, living together in
small stable and sleeping on the same
straw. The horse was pleased with the
friendly caress of the dog as he rubbed
against his legs, and the dog had no fear
whatever of his powerful friends iron
shod heels. But aboutsthree weeks ago,
as the dog was contentedly gnawing a
bone that accidentally, got between the
horses feet, the horse accidently kicked
the dog, and the dog bit the horse, draw
ing blood. A day or two later the dog
ran away, although he had not shown an
inclination to do SO before. The wound
in the horses nose healed up, but on
Friday last he sickened, and on Saturday
last he refused to eat, and snapped his
teeth at whoever approached him. He
grew worse on Sunday, and yesterday he
began to foam at the mouth. He utter
ed loud cries, and beat against the sidel
of the stable, and when Mr.. MustermaI
went in to get a shovel he tried to Bit
him. In his rawlings the horse broke on
of his chains with which he was fastene,
swapping off some of his teeth and cut
ting his lip in doing so. He ealso bit tn
manger furiously, and tried to tear tn
flesh from his own legs. Later in tn
} day one Of Mr.. Bergh's officers she
him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
Mementoes Of Burgoyne's Army.

George Carr informed US the other
day that one of his farm hands, in plow-
ing field on the farm, brought to the
surface gold coin, coined more than
hundred years ago. This farm of Mr..
Carr is situated seven miles nearly north
from Charlottesville, and is the place
where the army surrendered by General
Burgoyne in the Revolution were kept
as prisoners of war, and this coin was
undoubtedly lost by one of the prisoners.
The foundations of the cabins in which
these prisoners lived can be seen at this
day, and in the forests are seen the graves
of those who died while they were quar-
tered there. We believe the fields retain
the names given them at the time, such
as headquarters" When the prisoners
were removed from the county the place
was purchased by the late Garland Garth
and he said there was not tree left or
the place. The for ests in the neighbor
hood had all been cut down and used fo
fuel. The forests that are now to b,
found on this farm haye grown up sine
the prisoners left it. A number of tn
prisoners remained and married, ant
their descendants are among our mos
industrious citizens. - Charlottesville
WAY Jeffersonian.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
A Dazzling Ball Of Fire Shooting
through the Western Skies.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22-One of the
grandest meteors ever beheld appeared
suddenly in the western sky at forty-five
minutes past nine o'clock last night
The air at the time was hazy, and light
clouds covered the northern portions of
the heavens. 1t first appeared like an
immense beam of brilliant white light,
and as it approached from the west and
passed north of the observer, apparently
at height Of forty five degrees above
the horizon, it assumed serpentine or
wavy motion, and as it came abreast of
the spectator it glowed like river of
fire, throwing out variegated hues, at
tracing people from brilliaatly-lghted
rooms by its bright glare. When stand
ing due north it separted into hundreds
of distinct bodies continuing their flight
eastward at about the apparent rate of
speed and with somewhat the same ap-
pearance presented by the colored cor
ruscations falling from a skyrocket, on
iy on such scale and magnitude that
the imagination of one not Witnessing i
is baffied. It occupied half a minute
from the first observation until it disap
peared.
| LAWRENCE, KAN, Dec. PA larg
and bailliant meteor passed from wes
to east over this city last evening abou
S:15 o'clock, and was in sight nearly
minute.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. GA very larg
meteor, presenting numerous and bri
liant colors, and having a long tail lik
a comet, passed over this city light froI
southeast to northeast.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
Funerals as Disease Breeders.
[From the lancet


There is good reason to believe that
disease is occasionally disseminated
through the medium of funerals. We
have at least one fairly authenticated
instance in this country of diphtheria
being difused broadcast through the
crowding incidental occasionally to the
last ceremony. In America this question
is beginning to receive much attention,
and several cases have been reported of
late where the transmission ofthe disease
from the corpse seemed highly probable.
The Suffolk District Medical Society
sent out four hundred circulars to medi-
cal practitioners, with view to ascer-
tain the opinion of the profession
on the alleged danger of permitting
public funerals of persons who had died
from diphtheria. Two hundred and
thirty-nine answers were received. OF
these, one hundred and forty three writ
ers express belief in the possible dan
ger of contagion at such funerals; seven
teen believe that there is danger from
funerals in the houses of the dead, but
none in churches; twenty-nine fancy
that, in the present state of knowledge
there is no justification in prohibiting
public funerals; and eight record cir
cumstances which occurred in their owl
experience con6rmatorY of the PROPOSE
tion that peril may ensue, but the testi
mony these latter advance is not quit
satisfactory. The Society, after due con
sIderation, recommend that funerals a
the houses OF those who have died o
diphtheria should be private, owing t
possible exposure to the poison of tn
disease.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
the new Territory.

The King of Burmah is very proud
of his new Krupp gun, and lately
amused himself by throwing shot with
it into the Irawaddy river. One struck
a rice-laden dhow, which sunk, drown
ing the Captain. The King was in rap
lures, for he had pointed the gun him
self. Shells were then tried at long
ranges, village on the opposite bank
being the target. All Mandalay turned
out to watch the sport, and the village
was soon in flames. The inhabitants
iran about like mad" in such comical
manner that his Majesty laughed heart.
lily. Then the crowd on the Mandalay
side tempted the military ardor of the
gracious sovereign, who suddenly gave
the sightseers dose Of grape and can
mister. The crowd instantly scattered
leaving some twenty men, women and
children dead on the ground. His Ma
jesty was highly amused; the next Grim
inal is to be blown from the mouth o
his gun after the English fashion. Th,
King feels quite equal to the exigencie
of European war.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
A Deceptive Widow.

IN. Quad, lin the Detroit Free Press,
says: James Robbins, of National ave-
nne, has been missing for three days,
but there is no anxiety around his house
to learn his fate. His wife knows what
caused him to disappear, and she is
willing to let him get a good ready to
come back. Robbins married a lone
widow about four months ago, and they
had not been welded two weeks more
when he gave her beating. She over
looked it then, thinking he would soon
tone down, but in ~eek more he black
ed her eyes. In brief, Robbins turned
out to be brute Of husband, and the
ex-widow had the sympathy of all the
Leighbors. She is said to be meek and
humble in spirit, and Robbins had no
excuse for his brutality. Four or FIVE
days ago he knocked her down and
started off up town, and the wife crawled
over to the butchers to see about hav-
| ing Robbins arrested The butcher,
who weighs one hundred and ninety
pounds, and has a fist like maui, knew
a better way than going to the police
and he unfolded plan.
When Robbins reached home that
evening the house was dark, and the
butcher, dressed in women's clothes and
with jaws tied up, sat in the rocking
chair.
"Why in blazes isn't supper ready?'
howled Robbins, MS he stood in the door
The butcher g-oaned.
"Grunting around again, are you?
shouted Robbins whats the matte
now?"
The butcher groaned again.
"You feel too high toned to answe
me, do you?" growled the wife beatel
"Well, we'll see about that. Just tax
this, will you?"
: He struck out, but the disguise
butcher caught his wrist, sprang up, an
9 there was fun in that cottage. II
choked Robbins almost to death, tie
him up in hard knots and united hin
drew him around by the heels and hal
and finally picked him up and tosse
him over the fence in the mud. I'll
wife-beater had kept up a steady hoy
from the first attack, and as he aro
from the mud and sped down the sire
he seemed to think that Sitting Bull
= whole fighting force was after him. :
!, eleven o'clock that night he entered
Michigan avenue saloon and told a sto
about six men robbing him, al
- half an hour later, as he was prowli
around shed to find place to sleep
policeman heard him saying:
"Nose smashed, eyes bunged up, sc
throat, bruised all over, and awl
sleepy! What a deceiving person
widow woman is!'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29

The following is true copy of let
ter received from across the water:
"My dear Nancy-I have not heard
anything from ye sens the last time ]
wrote ye. / have moved from the place
where now live or ! should have writ
ten to you before. I did not know where
letter NIT find you first. but I now take
my pen in hand to drop you few lines
to inform you of the death of your own
livin uncle Fitzpatrick. He died very
suddenly after long lingering illness of
six months. Poor man, he suffered a
great deal. He lay long time in con-
vulsions, perfectly speechless, all the
time talking incoherently and inquiring
for water. ] am very much at loss to
tell ye what his deth is occaaioned at,
but the doctor thinks it was occasioned
by his last sickness, for he was not well
ten days at time during his confine.
ment. His age ye kno jist as well as ]
can tell ye-he was twenty-five years old
lacking fifteen months, and it he had
lived till this time be would been si1
ded months jest. ....-.
an. Blake notis I enclose q tir
pound note which your father sends t.
you unbenone to me. Your mother of
ten spakes of ye-shs wud like to sent
ye the brindle COW and I wud encloz
her to ye but for horruns.
81 would beg of ye not brake the sal
of this letter until two or three days al
ter ye read it for which time yell b
, better prepared for the sorrowful new
PAT O'BRAN1GAN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
AZ .axENSE AEaOLITE.
A Crest Ball of Fire Falls with a
Kissing Noise into the Sea.

The large number of meteors lately
observed in the sky has attracted consid-
cradle attention, especially among
scientific men, who are of the opinion
that the earth is passing through a belt
of aerolites. There is some diversity of
opinion regarding the nature and origin
Of these stones, of which it is calculated
at least 5000 fall upon the earth's sur
face yearly. The theory most widely
accepted is that they are bodies of our
planetary system that have come near
enough to be acted upon by the earth's
gravitstion, and thus drawn ont of their
orbits. A great many aerolites have
been found, and neatly every scientific
institution in the world is possessed of
one or more. The largest of which
there is any authentic record was found
by Swedirh arctic expedition in 1870,
on the west coast of Greenland. 1t
weighs % tons, and is now at the Royal
Academy at Stockholm.
An aerolite of probably much greater
size was seen last Friday night by a
reporter, who was helated on the Ocean
House road. AT about 1916 he noticed
peculiar light on the sand and sea
around him, and upon looking upward
discovered what appeared to be an i'm
mense ball of fire descending toward
the earth. It's course was 80 rapid that
before he had recovered from his as
tonisbment the mass fell into the sea,
apparently about half mile from shore.
A loud Kissing noise, followed by a
sharp explosion, accompanied the fall,
und SO frightened the horse which the
reporter was driving that his whole at
tention for the next FIVE minutes was di.
rected toward the unruly animal, but be
noticed that the tail Of the meteor, as il
is called, or, more properly, the com
bustion occasioned by the immense We
locity with which the stone travelled
through our atmosphere, remained visi
BILE for about two minutes. From tn,
brilliancy and area of the fire surround
ing the falling stone, and the splash oc
casioned by its sudden. immersion, it i
certain that the aerolite must have beel
of immense size, although of course n
. estimate could be made with any accu
? racy during the few seconds the aerolit
d was visible San Francisco Chronicle
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29

HoUoways PAs.-In all crowded cities,
Malaria and fogs are breathed over and
over again, till the strongest lungs are
capable of producing pure blood, hence
the sluggishness of mind and body, the
weariness and irritability of many per-
sons during this season Of the year.
These medicines neutralize these impur-
tiles and give vigor TO the head, heart
and stomach. IS cents per box or pot,