Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-11
Vermont state News.



u. W. SMITH, a wealthy farmer Of Monlton.
has become insane, and has been taken to the
Br,ttleboro asylum. That watch-c swindler
took them in at vergenncs u the tune Of one hun
dred dollars. lie is bound H. succeed wherever
he goes. Look out for him. Two Of the ring
horses belonging to o lIriens circus were drowned
In otter Creek, at Vergennes, the other day ....
An employe Of o Bren's circus was run over and
killed at Vergennes the other night
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
rnE acid works which were recently DESTROYED
by fire at Bennington are being reconstructed a
mile or two east Of that village.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
TuE widow IIartshorn died ut St Johnsbury,
July ID She was born In Danvile, December
~, lI76, being Of the age OF one hundred years.
six months and six days ut her death On the
10Th Of June, Morris Shaw came near being suffo o.
| Gated while removing coal from one Of Harrng-
tons kins at Walden. lie was insensible Tor
several hours and it was only by the most strenu-
Gus efforts that he was revived. Some malicious
scoundrel went into the garden of "a hard-work-
ing man on st. Johnsbury Plain, the night Of
July I'd, and pulled up forty hills of potatoes for
him. The barns Of Luther A. Gray, in Sutton,
| Willie A. Ward Of St Johnsbury, aged nine
| teen years, was drowned ut Marshaltown, Iowa,
on the 18th Of June Moses Huntsy, of st.
| bloomsbury, has failed with liabilities Of seven
thousand five hundred dolars; assets, three thou
sand five hundred dollars
cHT1ESDEN COUNTY
TIMOTHY f. DAVIS, of Underhill, lately caught
| a two hundred-p pound bear in n trap, which he
had set to avcnge the loss of Il fine sheep. . ON
| Tuesday night of last week, the store Of McKil-
| lip Walker, in Burlington, was entered by bur
glars and some twenty dollars worth Of tobacco,
bread, pine-apples, sugar, candy, etc, taken En-
trance was effected by taking out pane of glass
.... The library Of the University Of Vermont has
been increased the past year by the addition of
three hundred and ffty-one volumes.
| ESSEX COUNTY
| DUNCAN STEWART barn, in CRANKY was burned
| recently, with some fourteen tons of hay.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Guy CATLIN, of Swanton, was drowned in the
river below the Falls, the 4th instant. His body
was found in deep hole in the river bottom
ORANGE COUNTY.
| Miss NELLIE CHURCH. OF Randolph, was thrown
from horse the other day and received con-
fusion Of the scalp. "A West Randolph young
ster recently swallowed piece of brass chain
about four incheslong No serious results as yet
| RUTLAND COUNTY
The selectmen Of Rutland have been examining
| the number of persons in the Vermont asylum foi
| the insane from Rutland for whom the town wa.
| responsible and have had six Of them trans erIed
| to the state, several of whom have been kept
there at the expense of the town for a series o
years. This will save Rutland one thousand dol
lars year.
wINDHAM COUNTY
| rHEresidence of Mrs Edwi Evans at Vest Brat
tleboro, was struck by lightning ON the list inst dur
ing the thunder stOrlu and Rufus Stearns, father
of Mrs Evans, knocked down and serious \
| injured, both shoes being stripped from his feet
The Brattleboro Rctormer IL 10 be enlarged I,
II nine-coumn paper August 18Th, its first ami
versary, and the price will be reduced Tw,
barns with contents, one belonging tn Jane,
Reed the other to Mrs. Thomas O'Conner, were
burned at Brattleboro, on the 4th instant, by in
cendiaries. A horse belonging to Reed was ais,
burned. William 5 Smith was severely hur
the other day at Esteys shops in Br7,ttleboro
One hand was laid open by a saw, and two finger
cut off the other hand. Westminster was Wis
tied by disastrous storm on the lst which un
rooted sheds, broke down valuable trees, and in
ured crops considerably. The ladies of til,
| Episcopal parish. in BrittleborO raised four hun
dred dollars from festival on the evening of til,
Fourth. Rowe Whitney, IA farmer about sist,
years old, hung himself ut Westminster, on TIN
It'll. Cause, financial troubles.
WINDSOR COUNTY
EIGHT persons united with the Congregations
| church Mt Windsor the list instant, and fon
| with the Congregational church in Rutland