Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-12-13
Vermont State News.


CALEDONIA COUNTY
Miss SMILEY, TIE noted evangelist, IL expected
to hold meetings in 81. Johnsbury from the 18th
TO The 18th instants The Sutton Steam MIL
Company are getting ready for big business and
hope to get in two or more million feet Of lumber
this winter
cHfTTESDHN COUNTY
'fnt directions OF the Mary Fletcher Hospital at
Darlington have chosen the following rs officers
Of the Institution. President, Walter Carpenter,
NJ D.. vce-President, NJ. W. Buckham; Treas
urtr Torey T. Wales; Secretary, Rev. L. G.
Ware Executive Committee, Walter Carpenter,
5 W. Pope aud NJ. W. Buckham
FuASKLfS COUNTY
swANroS il threatened with y newspaper. J.
D. Bowdtch, formerly Of the Richford sentinel
etc, is making arrangements 10 start paper
there. "A little daughter Of 7. o. wetherbee,
Of Fletcher, was severely injured a few days ago
by fall from scaiIold In the barn.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
rHr towns Of Grand Isle aud south Hero are
enjoying successful religious rcyiyas. Whole
families are protesting conversion. In Mbnrgb
some forty persons have been converted
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A. b. PARKER Jr, alias Sellers the youthful
forger Joseph Rivers, who attempted To murder
his wife, and ". II. whitney. horse thief man
aged 10 escape from the Jail last week Tuesday
evening, by cutting hold twelve inches square
in the ceiling and another in the gable end u
the building Parker and Whitney made their
way to Nashville, Province of Quebec, to which
place they were followed by Sheriff Holdndge,
who discovered their absence the next morning.
lie at caused their arrest and they are await
ing extradition papers, both refusing to 90 back
voluntarily. Rivers is still at large.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
SErH BRNNNocK, Of Fairhavcn WAS killed re-
comfy by being thrown from wagon and strik-
ing on his head on the frozen ground. o.. A wo-
man named Dempsey, Of Tairhaven, was killed
by falling down stairs the other night, leaving
ten small and destitute children An exchange
gives q case OF successful intimidation which
was practiced at Fairhaven, where a midnight
caller worried FIVE dollars out OF farmer by
threatening to burn him out in case the cash was
not forthcoming.
wINnHAM COUNTY.
Mr.. YAGn,, Of Bellows Falls, was seriously
injured few days ago by being caught in the
machinery Of the Fall Mountain Mill, aud /. f.
Fay was badly hurt the same night by being
thrown from a carriage by runaway horse
. Report has it that J. W Comfort, n grocer OF
Bellows Falls has left town under suspicious cir.
cumstances and took with him about two thou.
sand dollars In money belonging TO the firm Of
which he was member It Is To be hoped that
rumor Is at fault
WINDSOR COUNTY
Ex-GovERNoR RyLAND FLETCHER has given
one hundred dollars to the Proctorsville building
committee, and il has been expended in repair
ing the schOol-house.. Mrs Stevens, an elderly
lazy, and her daughter, with an infant child
were thrown from carriage in Woodstock on
the 9Th inst, the former lady receiving dislo-
Gated shoulder, and the latter slight bruise or
the head ...A young fellow from Norwich, who
is confined in the Woodstock Jail. tried to set fire
to the premises on the eth, by taking straw from
the beds and burning il, lie was discovered IL
time TO prevent much damage Here is another
reported tramp outrage--this time in Chester
Augustus Burdick and wife, young people Of gooC
repute, took compassion on Joseph Ketchie and
wife, two tramps, and gave them shelter. Blu
they drugged Burdick and wife and Ketchie will
Pat Picket and James Sullivan took Mrs Burdcl
into field and outraged her. Ketche and hi
wife escaped, but the other men are in jail.