The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-10
Vermont News.

Swanton is to have weekly newspaper
published by Il. nj. Tobin.
Thirteen persons united with the Con-
gregational church in Woodstock on Sun
day last.
The town of Hlnesburgh instructed its
selectmen TO purchase no more liquor for
the town agency.
Col. Charles II. Joyce has been invited
to deliver the address at Montpelier on
Decoration day.
The annual festival of Sedgwick post,
Grand Army of the Republic, Brattleboro,
will be held about the middle of the month.
The Estey organ works at Brattleboro
have commenced to run full time, much to
the joy of the employees and the village
generally.
Thursday mornings express train, north
over the Passumpsic railroad, left the track
at Cahoon Falls, in Lyndon, owing to a
broken switch rod. Damage slight
Bellows Falls voted a tax of fifty cents
on the dollar. The collection Of taxes
was bid off to Mr.. G. w. Butterfeld, he
paying the town $25 for the privilege of
collecting them.
Gen. Fitzpatrick lectures at Bellows
Falls March 10Th, subject, "the Irish SOL
der in the war of the rebellion" lie goes
from there to Montreal and st. Adams,
where he has lecture engagements.
The young man Rix, who was shot by
his brother, in Barnston, P. O., on the 9th,
died the same night. The quarrel was
about shirt. The murderer has been
taken to Sherbrook Jail to await trial.
Samuel Wilcox of Halifax is still hale
old man of rs years and can see fox at
the distance of forty rods without glasses.
He has killed more than hundred foxes,
and less than that number of wolves at
forty rods.
Hinesburgh has the town system of
schools in successful operation, and at the
town meeting instructed the school direc-
tors to provide for carrying the children to
and from school, in such cases as in their
judgment the interests of the schools would
be promoted by it.
Rev. j. P. Demeritt, formerly Of Paw
let, has successfully labored with the Con-
gregational church in Willamstown for
eighteen months. On Sunday, March 4th,
nine were received into the church max
ing Twenty-Five since his administrations
began, most of them on profession of faith.
The Methodist conference of clergymen
from the st. Johnsbury district closed its
session at st. Johnsbury, on Wednesday,
but the committee appointed to investigate
the charges preferred against Rev. E. d..
Hopkins, who is now in Jail awaiting trial
for forgery, are giving the subject a
hearing.
A lively scrimmage occurred at st. AL
bans Monday night over an election salute
twenty or thirty democrats attacking a
small party who were firing cannon over
Hayes election, badly beating them and
carrying off the gun. 1t was found on the
following night, however, and the salute
completed without further molestation.
On the evening Of the 1st inst, there oc-
Cured another kerosene accident that came
near being a fatal one. Mr.. Wheeler who
resides in what is known as Grand Hollow,
in Warren, went to the barn in the evening
with kerosene lantern, which he accident
ally dropped behind colt. This brighten.
ed the colt, as might have been expected,
and he kicked the lantern into fragments,
and the oil ignitng the barn was instantly
| in flames. One COW and one OK were ia
tally burned and another OK so badly burn
ed as to be ruined. Two good harnesses
were destroyed and Mr.. Wheeler himself
was quite badly burned, and it is wonder
that he was not fatally 80. All the hay was
of course consumed with the barn, which
leaves Mr.. Wheeler without shelter or food
for his stock. If people would use some
less infiammable illuminators in their barns
there would be less fires to chronicle.