Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-04-05
Vermont state News.


building were unamillng ...A dwelling house
belonging to a Mr.. Butler, At vergcnncs, was set
on FIRE in two places on Thursday night last, and
was entirely consumed, together with is con.
tents, barn, outbuldngs and several stacks Of
hay Loss about three thousand five hundred
dollars. insurance. about two thousand dollars
The house was occupied by Mr.. Ryan, who lost
all his household effects, the family having barely
tinc TO escape 10y jumping from the Windows
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
TN Fairbanks scale works, Of st. lohnsbufy
are to have two thousand three hundred feet Of
space In the machinery hall at the Centennial for
the display " their goods, which will consequently
be Of the most elaborate and comprehensive char
acter surprising anything Of the sort at previous
expositions. The East Burke school-houso took
fire after the school meeting Tuesday evening Of
last week aud was totally destroyed It was
good modern style house. It -ccus the old folks
couldn't take care Of the fire a. well as the boys
could, and ought not To have been trusted with IT,
Insured
cHirrENDEN COUNTY.
ARArLRoAn accident occurred in Burlington the
other morning, which narrowly escaped proving a
terrible catastrophe As the New York express,
due twenty-five minutes past four in the after
noon, was moving at a rapid rate near The draw
bridge. la some manner the baggage car, pas
sengcr ear and the Wagner dr,wing-room ear
were thrown from the track and badly damaged
The passengers were vigorously shaken up, but
fortunately escaped more serious injury. one
Of the orators at Burlington on Decoration Day,
will be cN-Covoasor Paul Dillingham;, NJ Water
bury
FRANKLIN COUNTY
TIM Ransom Guards, Of st. Adams. at a recent
meeting, voted ioity-six In number, to attend the
Centennial Exposition, and an assessment VI fifty
dollars each Tor that purpose Lewis Gilmore a
niroad employe at st. Adams, met with o dis
trcssng accident, while coupling ears in the rail-
road yard on Friday. As he was standing be-
tween two platform cars, loaded with rails, when
the train backed up, the projecting rails struck
him ia the side, breaking a shoulder blade and
some Of his ribs. His injuries are thought to be
OF q dangerous character. An insane wsman
named Augusta LOoms, left her fathers heuse, at
Champlain, y. y, and arrived in St Adams, on a
recent morning, registering at the American
House. Her strange conduct At the house Of a
prominent citizen led to her being placed in
sheriff Morrill's keeping, who delivered her to
her father. The wife Of Rev pcForrest SAT
ford, pastor of the First Baptist church. Of Fair
fax drowned herself, early saturday morning. in
pond in that village She had been In a weak
aud defanged state for several months, and had
been closely watched during the last few days
Her husband fell asleep at three o'clock in the
morning, when she arose and made her escape to
the water She was thirty-iour years Of age, and
leaves two little daughters-the youngest less than
year old. recent private dispatch to L. A.
Sowles, ESD, from Governor lIendee, announced
that the bill for the payment to the First National
Bank OF st. Alhans the sum Of twonty-eight
thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, had be-
come law This claim grew out Of the st. Al
bans raid in 1864. 90 S. Bliss, Of Georgia, sec
Rotary Of the centennial dairy committee, wants
the state fifty represented in the centennial dairy
department, and Offers to provide headquarters II
| two thousand five hundred dollars can be secured
to pay for keeping them in running order during
the exhibition Mr.. Alyah Coburu, married
man, about forty years OF age, living at Samson
Vile, in Enosburgh, committed suicide 10y hang
ing, saturday night Of last week
oRANGE COUNTY
Mrs. WALTER BUcnANAN, Of Newbury, about
eighty years Of age, was found dead in her bed on
Sunday morning Of last week
RUTLAND COUNTY.
FlRE occurred in the foundry Of Mcssrs
| Mansfield Stmson on Freight street, in Rut.
land, early last week Saturday, which WIS ex.
| tnguished with slight damage. The loss is est.
mated at one thousand dollars, divided among
about dozen companies A boy named Moss
about twelve years Old, was run over by the car,
| n Bau1fuay Iuaeduv al ,.f LAT
One leg WAS terribly mangled aud nearly severed
He is hardly expected to recover . The house
Of George Tower. Of Rutland was burned to the
ground on Wednesday evening last The fire wa,
caused by the explosion Of kerosene lamp, every
effort Of Mrs Tower TO extinguish II proving
Intellectual Some Of the furniture in the lower
| part Of the building was saved, but none in the
| upper rooms. It is said that the house was in.
sured for one thousand two hundred dollars
The Fourth Of July is to be celebrated at Brandon
on grand scale. At alarge meeting, held March
Goth, it was voted to celebrate, and all Western
| Vermont We're invited to join. ON Tuesday
morning Of last week, a fire was discovered In an
outbuilding connected with H. H. Cooks slate
mill, at Ilydeville which was entirely consumed
The building was a wooden structure, and used as
a shop for finishing lamp bases. The fire probably
caught from tle oven, which was in use during
| the night 4 large stock Of bases was saved tn,
building and contents were not insured, and ar,
therefore a total loss n b Stevens, formerl,
proprietor Of the Berwick house, was anaignet
before United States Commissioner b T. IIallett
in Boston, on Thursday Of last week. ON the charg,
Of smuggling goods from Canada, and held fo
trial in two thousand dollar bonds
wNpHAM COUNTY.
WM, BANCROFT, Esq., Of Buffalo, n. y, hai
very generously sent the ladies of the Congre
gatonal society Of Bellows Falls his check 70
two hundred dollars, to apply on their churcl
debt, very handsome present and fully appre
ciated by the society
WINDSOR COUNTY
oS Thursday morning last a fire broke out OIL
the premises of Mrs. Joseph z. Barnes, in Chester
The barn and sheds ON the west side Of the roa,
were consumed, with one hog The cattle an,
horses were all saved. The ell on the east side O
the house was also burned. The main part of tn
house, built of brick, was saved The cause O
the fire seems to be mystery, with various ri
mors afoat said to be insured in the Connection
River Mutual for two thousand five hundred do
lars ON the buildings and contents Loss fy
hundred dollars Mr. Nehemiah Pettigrew, {
Ludlow, has made centennial maple sugar ever
month since November. Mrs. Lydia Delano,
Norwich, VT, aged thirty years shot herself q
Saturday morning. Family trouble was the a
legged cause. She left her home, going TO a neigh
boris, Thomas Blanchards, whom she met, 81,
ing, " am going To die. Don't you want To?
and then aimed at her heart the firing causin
almost instant death
CABOT. On the Dist ultino, Mr.. H. 4. Gun
horses became frightened at MArshfeld depot, an
ran towards the village. When about half-wa
down the hil one OF then made misstcp an
broke his leg At the annual school mectln.
j. A. Harrington WIS elected committee Of the di
trict No tVillage); aud in the district No.
lower Cabot, George Lance. Ira + Ilalncs an
Blaney Dlodgett Sugarng has started OF
good earnest and prospects good for b
yield. On March 2ist, twenty-five ladies fro
this town, taking advantage OF leap year, yisite
the Capital ON an excursion, and dined at the ne
Pavilion The Montpelier & Wells River arua
extended TO them the courtesy OF halffare al
? a special car for their Accommodation Mr. Bale
had his best turnout in waiting at the depot
I convey them to the hotel, where they were =
{ eeived by the gentlemanly clerk, Mr. Sblcy, wi
) at once assured them that they could have the III
erty OF the house, and urged them to make then
) selves perfectly at home We should judge the
= improved this liberty, from the very full aocoul
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