Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-28
Vermont State News.



II. SHArrUCK, a Bristol druggist, was the other
day subjected to II fine and costs amounting to
about sixty five dollars, for liquor selling. Two
Vergennes dealers bought, Thursday of last week,
ten tons Of poultry at from eight to fourteen cents
per pound. Mrs. f. A. Warner, of Cornwall,
has swallow tail cactus =" which now contains
over one hundred buds and blossoms.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
SEVEN persons were baptized in bennington on
a recent Sunday by Rev. Mr. Luther
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
MIR. c. c. BINGHAM. of st. Johnsbury has
snail shell which weighs quarter of pound and
measures nine inches around it. When the usual
sized snail shell is considered, this one must be
classed among the mammoths Selim n. Bug
bee, of West Burke, was recently fined thirty
dollars and costs and Ashley Bishop, of the same
town, twenty dollars and costs for selling liquor
Five men were arrested for drunkenness at
st. Johnsbury the other day Each was fined
thirteen dollars and one of them Carrick, was
also fined twelve dollars for assault, and was
afterwards arrested for cruelty beating his horse
Two of them were remanded to jail Mrs. Met
calf was fined thirty-six dollars for selling them
the liquor, and WAS remanded to Jail.
cHITrENDEN COUNTY.
The Clipper hears a rumor that Burlington is
To have new democratic daily-a one-center.
This is an unhealthy state for such enterprises
ESSEN COUNTY.
II. J. HUDSON ard Harley Smith, of East Haven,
recently killed Il bear which weighed three hun
dred pounds l.. W. Jones' of CRANKY, caught
one weighing two hundred and fifty pounds
finding him in one Of his traps. IA runaway
car, loaded with lumber, was the cause Of much
excitement at Lunenburgh the other day 1t shot
by that station with express speed, and was over
taken by passenger train five or six miles ava!
from its proper place. Fortunately the road was
clear, and nothing serious resulted.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
MIR. L. H. FARRAIi of Fairfax, intends soon to
commence lecturing on the growing and import
ant reform Of halliday schools A LIES devotion
has made him master OF the subject.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
BRowNISGToS has family that numbers four
teen children-the Oldest thrty-two years, and
the youngest nine-all living. On II recent
night the store of George n Remission, at Mill
Village, in Cra:tsbury, was broken into and about
three hundred dollars worth OF goods stolen, com
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RUTLAND COUNTY
Miss WEALTHY COOPER, Of Poultney, school
teacher, was thrown from wagon last Thursday
and considerably injured. Martin Bolan Jr.,
OF Rutland, was bound over the other day in the
sum OF one thousand dollars for assaulting an
officer who was serving warrant. Athree-
year-old child OF Andrew Patten, of Rutland, was
severely sc"'ueu '"e o'ner u"y oS '"i''ns BACK
warn in'o pau VI oo'ins water 800 brandon
was tue p'''nfiaoo Vi 'ne h'e ioiio"ing as
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member oil congress from western new YORK
wISpHAM COUNTY.
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