Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-11

HENRY HAYES, of Middlebury, recently had an
eye knocked out by harrow tooth, which slipped
while he was sharpening it.....A few weeks ago
Governor Fairbanks pardoned man who was in
generated in Addison county jail for ntoxication
but the fellow changed his mind and destroyed
the pardon, saying that he was not going to leave
his present quarters until the weather was warmer
and there was a better chance of getting living
outside. Another pardon has been sent to the
jailor, and the man will be ousted from his warm
nest, The hunters of Lincoln have, in the last
two months, with one dog owned by Aral IIaw-
kins, killed seventy rabbits
BENNINGTON COUNTY
j. B. HoLLIsrER & Co.. cheese factory men at
Factory Point, have failed, with liabilities from
seven to ten thousand dollars above assets. An
incendiary fire, on the evening Of the 4th instant,
destroyed two barns in the rear OF the courthouse
In Bennington -one belonging to Graves Root &
Co., and the other to A. W. Putnam. Total loss,
fifteen hundred dollars; insured. On Tuesday
Of last week Solomon Wright, OF Pownal, whose
failure the second time was announced recently,
was arrested by some Of the ere litors OF the
IIoosac Valley mills who accused him Of secreting
property. Mr.. Wright was reea ed, upon exam
nation, and will probably go through bank
ruptcy.. Bennington was excited the I'd
instant, over the question Of supporting the trus
tees in their payment of nine hundred dollars to
detectives for ferreting out ncendiaries last year,
The trustees were finally sustained, and tax of
forty cents on the dollar voted to pay the debt
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
BUSINESS at the Fairbanks scale works, in st.
Johnsbury, shows a marked improvement since
the ISL OF March orders Tor large scales are IN
creaslng monthly A large order has Just been
completed Tor Russian scales, to go to Moscow,
ana among them several railroad scales.
cHIrTENDEN COUNTY.
l.. f. DowNER, member of the Burlington
rifle club, was injured on Monday of last week by
the bursting of a gun. . Some twenty tramps
lodged in the Burlington police station the other
night They were in search OF work. Lake
Champlain is now open. Charles Beauchaml
died on saturday last, OF injuries recently received
at Walker iiatchs mill, in Burlington lie
leaves a widow and seven children, who were de
pendent on his labor for their support. The
Grand Army post in Burlington is making au
effort to organize regiment of county veterans
for the Bennington centennial.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
on the ith instant little son of w. Graham. OF
Swanton, was drowned in the river there. Ex
periments in making rails from steel inrots h,
the Sherman process, have been tried at the St
| Adams rolling mill and proved successful.
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ohLhANs COUNTY
NEWPORT IENrER Is getting up oaoy snow
ana Twelve entries nave oeeh made oil candidate
under one year Ola
RUTLAND COUNTY
RUTLAND had silsht hie last week, the nous
treu shaInek oeihs partly burned. IN
clearinghouse oil r. > Heath, OF Castleton too
hre on the 18TH oil March, but plenty oil help save
the structure win out lutte u"hage'' Inc tri"
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west hu''"nu August -iS', 1910 IL III progress
Z" Rutland Inc testimony shows that there wa
an oiu qu"r'e' oc."eeh ration ana the MeOue'
'hat inc huer had frequently threatened iaton
that they h'u personal encounters III whlch oioo
was drawn ana that III an ARRAY IN whieh Nj
Cue STRUCK ration win an iron siedse' the latte
drew pistol ana shot MeOue' killing MN II
Stahtiy' Inc ueiehse Is that II was done IN sell
deiehse'''''A' H. pahiorth' oil Rutland, the Ia
nous horseman has lett Tor parts unknown lea'
ing quite considerable amount OF bills benin
NM An oihcer followed him on Saturday, e'
pecths 10 ma nm NJ '" est fawiet ana bring hi
back having several writs and mittimuses again,
him lie had the pleasure of seeing him, but :
far over the line, in New York that he was pow
erless to arrest him.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The Bellows Falls business men intend, 1t
said to Law out ten thousand dollars in improyin
the roads to Townshend and neighborng town
with view to increasing trade Frank Pierre
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