Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-02
Vermont state News.



TDEnr are now one hundred and fourteen In
mates ut the Reform School. The hard times do
not tend to reduce the number Of the inmates Of
this institution, on Wednesday, the l9th nlt.,
as two school boys Of Lincoln, Wallace Briggs and
James Garland aged twelve and Ave years re-
spectivcly, attempted TO cross the river few rods
above the grist-mill, on broken fragments Of leo,
they were drawn under the solid ice before help
could reach them, although men were near ut the
time. Their bodies were recovered by clearing
the pond Of ice-onc on the day Of the accident.
and the other the next day On the 9th ult, S
Hanson, OF Starksboro, came near meeting with
fatal accident Hanson and s Taft. of that place,
were out fox hunting and were passing through
some underbush, Hanson being about six feet IN
the rear Of Taft, who had double barrelled shot
gun on his shoulders, loaded very heavily For
some unknown reason, one barrel Of Tafts gun
discharged itself the charge passing within foot
Of lIanson's head and knocking him down The
gun kicked out Of faft's hands and turned two
summenaults before IL struck the ground The
lock came In contact with the frozen ground the
other barrel was discharged, and large portion
Of the charge passed within two inches " Han
sons feet
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A SEwIi married man in Arlington, whose
nuptial SAUNDERS had been disturbed by a serenad-
ing party, caused them TO be arrested. but the
justice or jury before whom they were brought.
refused 10 convict them, being probably DESTROYS
Of encouraging musical art Mrs. Jacob Merit,
Of Bennington, is one Of the heirs 10 an estate Of
81 500 600 just left her by an ancestor In Prussia
fhe amount Of each individual share is not yet
ascertained and as the descendants are quite
numerous the amount will be quite extensively
distributed but there will be literal fortune
for ALL
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JorNsurRi boasts Of as many churches In
proportion 10 population as any other village in
New England, there probably being less than
four hundred people to church an average
While Mr.. William johnson. Of Wells River,
was saving wood with q machine propelled by n
pair Of horses, In the woods ut Peabody station
on a recent Friday, q tree which was being cut
down fell across them, killing one outright, and
breaking three ribs and otherwise injuring the
other..... The steam boiler IN the peg factory at
Barnet exploded about three o'clock Tuesday
afternoon Of last week, tearing is way from the
basement 10 the room above encountering in it,
course an iron drier weighing two thousand seven
hundred pounds, which it forced through the
roof then turning in its course, went through the
front end Of the building into the street, several
rods from its starting point. One or two teams
passing at the time narrowly escaped The parti-
ton on the upper floor was blown into the room
where some twelve or fifteen hands were at work,
yet strange to say no one was materially injured
The building was badly shattered in every part
60. Switzer 4 Eastman's upholsterng establish
ment, in St Johnsbury, took fire Thursday morn
ing Of last week, aud burned down. The gongs
and bells gave the alarm and the fire companies
were promptly on hand but the fire had got I'M
der too much Roadway to be checked. Letters
patent have recently been issued to Smith &
Galbraith Of passumpsic, for an ad Unstable drag
rake handle. II is now pretty certain that two
former residents Of Passumpsc, Moses and Charles
SOmers, went down in the Inflated steamer Pact
fic A letter has been received from Washington
territory, saying that they took passage on the
steamer, The unknown man killed at the
Portland Ogdensburg bridge in st. Johnsbury,
on the 10Th ult., proves to have been Horatio
Bullock, from Canada Tie was on his way to
visit a cousin in Ilardwick