Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-21
Vermont state News.


ennial convention NJ last bfnnNllle commencing /
lune 10th, and continuing from day 10 day at the
will Of the people assembled. not to exceed six |
LAYS promises 10 be the great event OF the year |
The call Is issued by Daniel Tarhell, Esq and |
some thirty others Fare one way on the nail |
roads Among the speakers expected are. Aus |
lin T. simmons, H. r. Fairfield II. Hubbard,
Mrs l. Pratt and j. A. Spear Important topics
will be discussed on the occasion Good music
In attendance
nrNNiNdroN corSrY
BEfwltN four and FIVE O'Clock, Wednesday
afternoon Of last week, the alarm u fire was
sounded, caused by slight combustion in Major
A - Valentines mill in Bennington. \ match
or nail by some accident got into one Of the ma
chine. and in passing through by coming In CON
tact with the steel teeth, in the machine caused
the sparks to fly into the stock they were working
up, which, being highly combustihlc, Immediately
caught fire. The flames spread rapidly through
ont che small apartment they were confined Ia.
but owing to the excellent facilities Tor cNtin-
gushing 1t, the fire was confined TO that room.
loss tive hundred dollars bennington is MAX
in. arrangements to celebrate the coming national
anniversary under the auspices Of is Historical
SocIety hy laying the corner stone Of monu-
mcut 90 commemorate one Of the moot interest
Ing localities in ali that historic region The spot
is what is known a. the site Of the Catamount
Tavern building erected in 1907 or u.s. and
which was destroyed by fire in March 1871
urrrrNDEN COUNTY
Inn Grand List Of darlington ha- been come
plcted and filed in the city clerks office The
list amounts to ,hirty-nino thousand two hundred
and thirty-hye dollars and forty-seyen cents;
number of polls, two thousand three hundred and
twenty mine. frcmeu two hundred. Last year
the lit was dirty mine thousand three hundred
aud seventy dollar. aud ffty-nine cents. number
Of polls, two thousand two hundred and fifty.
About noon sunday, John lning's barn Ia Col
chester, was burned TO the ground. A horse,
harness aud hay were burned Probably set by
sparks from pipe
IssEN couNNf
ON Saturday night last, the evening train north
ran over q MIR Mcmahon at the upper end Of the
yard, at Island Pond, killing him Instantly lie
was walking up the track and did not notice the
approaching train The wheels passed over his
legs near the body, and he was rolled over be
meath the train forty FIVE times ~ appeared by
the mark. in the diet where the hone> Of his legs
struck, before he stopped lie was terribly
niauglcd lie was man about forty years old
and had formerly been a Catholic priest
rRANkLiN COUNTY
A noN seven years old, by the name Of laIlant
was instantly killed at Rchford Tuesday Of last
week lie was looking into the machine for
pressing brick when the sweep struck him, crush
ing in his head and killing him instantly The
building at Enosburgh Pals, known a the
kellogg House, recently purchased Of John L.
Kellogg, was burned last Sunday night. The
building was insured In the Champlaiu Mutual
for eight hundred dollars, with three hundred
dollars more on contents most Of which we're
saved
GRAND ISLE cOrNrY.
ALurLE girl, two years old, daughtcrof Hiram
Straight, of Alburgh, fell from an embankment
into the lake recently and was drowned. When
found her head only was in the water. She was
probably stunned hy the fall aud was not able to
get out OF the water Mrs fefel, Of North
Hero, poisoned herself and two children, last
week, by spreading rat-poison on some bread
which they all ate The children getting an over
dose, threw it up, and is thought they will soon
recover, but Mrs. Fefel died In short time II
Is thought that Jealousy was the cause,
ORLEANS COUNTY.
RIVERS, Of South Troy, who recently shot hi,
wife placed the muzze Of the revolver close 10 III,
ear, and the ball passed into it without rupturins
the skin, and lodged in the head Some days after
the ball dropped from its lodging and being ex
tracted, was found to be mashed into the queeres
shape. When the woman was shot, she was no
even stunned, but soon felt dizzy, and then com
menced vomiting She remained sitting in th'
chair, without changing her position until helped
and when raised she could not stand She Is no
considered out Of danger vet and the vision q
the right eve is affected.
wlNpnAM oouNN.
Two young men named Mnnde and Moore, .
Brattleboro, the former a member OF the Este,
Guards met with a shocking and probably fati
accident on saturday evening, They were return
ing from fishing trip through dark strip o
woods, when suddenly both walked over preci
pice thirty feet in height Some hopes are enter
tanned for Moores recovery.
wiNDson COUNTY.
An Woodstock, the other day, Mrs William }
Boyce placed her daughter Of ten months In tn
child's carriage which stood on the southern
piazza Of tie house. when by the springing q
the child In playiulness the carriage started an
suddenly rolled OF the piazza, which is tire
steps high 1t then shot down steep ternc
and across the shelving lawn distance OF six @
eight rods aud off the rif-miIed bank into tn
Quechec river Mrs. Boyce made every effort I
catch the carriage, but unable to do this, s
rushed screaming into the river aud was able |
seize the carriage once, but in the struggle lost
again Ina few moments large number Of PEE
pie we've on the ground and Mrs. Boyce was helpc
from the water, and the child was rescued after
had hoated about twelve rods down, Both mothi
and child were several times under water bI
fortunately both speedily recovered. "A GOO
example for Centennial tree planters is to be fonn
in the fact that the present season some five hui
bred and ninety-iour evergreen trees have bee
set out upon the spacious grounds of the llo
I William NJ Eyarts, in Windsor About rs maj
more trees will be planted there before the seas,
closes Work has RECOMMENDED at the Gree
4 Mountain gold mine, in Plymouth, under Il
supervision Of the proprietor, Mr. V. Woodcoc
who is working five men, and reports the was
ings ut twenty five dollars per day. party
four persons with rifles and shot guns left Gay
n VILE, on the 18th instant and assembled the Vi
| tufr Mountain, anu Win the alu Oh ropes TWO
their party made their way about one hundr
and fifty feet down from the summit, where tn
4 found in the ledge four young Vultures, app
/ | entity about three weeks old, which they captur,
n and by Tue aid OF their companions on the 81
/, nit they returned safely. The old Vultures ",
. very shy aud kept at distance OF forty or III
, rods, on the wing. One rifle shot WAS made vii
N out effect Miss Mary Persons of West Win
!. sor met with sad accident one day last We,
Hearing a runaway horse, she aud another Ia
stepped out into the yard To see what 1t vi
when the horse, which belonged there, and "
running at a fearful speed with whinletreo
e tached, instead of keeping the rad dashed up
II bank into the dooryard, and while endeayoring
Q get out of the way, Miss Persons knock
= down and uampled upon, iniunng her VI
D severely II not fatally. y. o. Johnson Of On
u ter, plead guilty ut the Windsor county court
II fifteen offences under the liquor law, and s.
70 fined one hundred aud nifty dollars and 60.
u twcnty-eight dollars and seyenty-iour cents, u
D. one hundred dollars and costs, twenty dollars
y iorty-one cents, for ten offences; also ten doll
" and costs ten dollars and forty cents for keep
70 with intent 10 sell also for six on ences, sixty
!" lars and costs fifteen dollars and ninety,
!" cents Total amount, four hundred aud two
'e lars and iorty-seyon cents. Joseph Ilosmer
+, been committed 10 jail, charged with an atten
u to burn the West Windsor poor house. lilo
T. been helped by the town outside and was tina