Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-07-19
sRMONT wATCHMAN STATE WEDNESDAY,
Vermont state News.
ADDISON COUNTY


AppisoN COUNTY
thANN ko'hi the desperate 'N'r''"i WI"
lodged IN Mldhlebury Jall i"r co"hl''l's u" ""'-
rage on a little gri, Is kept under 'ne o'oses'
guard, Tor Tear OF q mon th"t are hl'ef h'' NV,
and viii hang MIN II they can R'i MN \ "u
named Hickey ran away from we H'l"iih H'ho"l
'he 'th INST pn' was caught III nur''nsV"h'
BENNINGTON couNrY
1un Bennington Democrats held a ratification
meeting the ilth, which was addressed 10y Hon.
G. n Davenport, Hon. \. T. Gardner and Olin
Scott The two gentlemen last named we're Lib
euI Republicans In 1872.
curpoNt, COUNTY
las T. Ct,pK. of peaeham. has cou,isi~ed and
copyrighted hymn, The Christian Battle"
music by W. .. Perkins.
cnrrrNprN COUNTY.
Tn. bouse Of Mr.. shaw in Jericho was struck by
lightning the other night, badly shattered and set
ON Ere. Three person. were in the house at the
time. none Of whom were Injured. and they sue
ccc,lcd In extingui.lng the fire and saving the
building David Macombor of East Milton
over sixty ,ears Of age fell from safroid in his
harm. A few DAYS ago. and striking ON his head.
ua. severelv and prnbably fatally injured
The Fletcher Tree Ibmry. in HARRINGTON. now
numbers ten tbousaud yolutne. A few DAYS
aimee A. .ue of tho freight traios sas RIM.
pin,, het,yeeu gnrlingiop and Winoo-h when
near the brldye neross the river the en-
gneer saw three bor.e- On the tn.rk and
atteu,t,cJ IN fdgbten tbom of IA, bl,,,ing the
whistle The horses however took mi. as a
CHALLENGE and Immediately started running
across the Minooskt railroad bridge and ON 10
winooski, keeping the track all the way, and
showing clean set Of heels. During the storm.
Saturday night Of last week, the lightning struck
the house Of Peter lArochelle, at Winoosh, dam
aging it to the extent of about one hundred dol
lars and also that of Julius shaw, at Essex dam
aging it about one hundred and twenty dollars.
FssgN COUNTY.
'lr Is understood that there are twenty million |
feet Of logs blockaded up on the Falls at lunen-
burg Ben Gangnss, frenchman working |
on the Portland a Ogdensburg gravel train, was
sunstruck, the other day, near Fast Concord. lie
fell of the ear nearly breaking his back ON a |
rock, but he is believed not 10 be fatally Injured
.,.A man who gave his Hame as Professor Clark |
in one place and Joseph T. her' in another and |
who is stoutbuilt snooth-iaced foreigner OF
some kind, and something OF musician has
been doing tue people ui Essex county py
selling goods "hleh he does not deliver L"hiel
Beane' Of Norih concord ieit MS nome last week
Monday morning. Win team 10 so TO 81 johns
bury, intending 10 return thi evening ana
neither he nor MS team nave since been heard
from rs he was not IN the habt "l staying
away from his home, his friends are considerably
alarmed Tor ms safety
FRANKLIN COUNTY
GOOD story is told oil well known cltihen oil
St Adams, who has something OF reputation Tor
eccentric remarks, oitentimes at his own expense.
As the story goes, III addressing the prisoners At
the jail, at religious meeting, few Sundays
ago he said " The fact il, you are NO worse than
the rest OF as you've been found out that's all.
tAMouLE COUNTY
Miss MARY EDGLEY, a young lady aged about
twenty wears, daughter Of Thoma. Edgley, Of
Uydeparls attempted To commit suicide at her
fathers house. last week By taking quantity Of
bed-bug poison corrosive sublinatel No canse
4. assirned for the act Her reroyery i cou.ld
| erred very dnnbtful
onASoF COUNTY
T,trnr are eleven uersons living in Bradfori
that have belonged to the Congregational church
for over ffty YEAR
onlr,Ss COUNTY
ArAn, Of chestnut colts. owned a wear ago by
| Mr. Bowman Of Newport, and sold By him to
some one in Connecticut, brought two thousand
two hundred dollars, the other day ... Stephen
| GambOt, Of Greensboro, married man siXty-two
years old committed vlanous outrage upon
ten-years-old daughter Of Thomas Cochran, Of
Cnftsbnry a few days ago, and Immediately fled
ntrtAND COUNTY
* West Rntand ON the 13tb Pat Swoenv and
Pat Ieardon had A political discussion. when the
former struck the latters skull with a stone
Rearion il i'm A dangerous condition Willie
Little aged eleven year. son Of Edwin Little. was
drowned last Wednesday forenoon. by falling into
the bulkhead of the mill of the Fairhaven Marble
and Marbeiaed Slate Company. Rutland Is to
have two new hose companies. Gilman and
Thompson, who attempted to break Jail at Rut-
land few days SINCE were taken from the dun
geon July 18th, and allowed to plead guilty to the
crimes charged against them, the former for
horse stealing at the latter for larceny. The
former received n sentence of ten years at Wind
sor state prison, and the latter fifteen months in
the same place. The house Of James Bates, in
Sherburne, was struck by lightning ON the 10th,
and the kitchen stove aud n portion of the floor
were demolished. The family, having taken
refuge in feather beds, escaped injury.
wiNpHAM COUNTY.
Two EMPLOYEES of the Fall Mountain PAPER
COMPANY, Of Bellows Fails, were seriously in
iured at their mills the other day. Ames Beaton
severed thumb from his hand with an axe, and
James Mcnamara was caught by a revolving
shaft and carried around rapidly until his clotle,
were torn almost entirely from his body. and