The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-22
Vermont News.

II. W. Rowell formerly of the Windsor
Journal, is clerk of the city council OF
Rockford, Illinois.
c. w. Parmenter of Mt. Holly of the
class of n, has been elected president of the
Mathetican society of Tufts college.
VIM. D. Bronson, of East Hardwick,
has fourteen jersey COWS, from which he
has made the past season, 3. 220 pounds of
butter.
That was large lunge that was caught
in Lake Memphremagog by Mr.. Paquette
of Georgeville, weighing seventeen and a
half pounds.
The second trial of La Page for the muir
der of Josie Langmaid, begins before the
New Hampshire supreme court at Concord
on the 25.h inst.
Hon. Jesse Carpenter, formerly of Essex
centre, and Winooski, where he practiced
law for some years, died recently at his
home in the west.
In all eighteen persons in st. Johnsbury,
Danville, Lyndon, Sheffield and Burke,
have had the smallpox or varloloid, and
eight cases out of eighteen have proved ia
tai.
There are 1902 Baptist churches in Yer
mont, SO ministers and $500 church mem
bers. Last year they raised for the work of
their convention $4,000, averaging about
81 cents member
Levi Heath, Of Passumpsic, got, last sea-
sop, from one hill OF squushes, 400 pounds,
b ling twenty-four in number. He kept
what he wanted for his own use and sold
So worth besides.
The celebrated "Farewell oxen," So
called, left East Randolph for market a
short time ago. Their live weight was
50O5 lbs. Their weight when dressed at
the market was 3,66S.
st. Johnsbury academy started of its
spring term with 200 students. Eight of
the students at the academy were publicly
reprimanded by the principal, lately, for
hazing one of their fellow students.
A man named Charles Black of Holland,
VT, lung tester with blowing machine,
jumped from the end of Phillips wharf,
Salem, into the water with the intent to
commit suicide. He was rescued.
The description of dog, returned to the
town clerk of Calais, closes as follows:
His name is Don Quixote, commonly call
ed Don. He is very dogmatical. For cour-
age, sagacity, wit, aud intelligence, he far
exceeds the members of the last legisla-
ture.
A game of billiards for 1900 points, 4
balls, was played in Monnett's billiard hall,
st. Johns on Tuesday evening, 18th, be-
tween Mr.. Watson of st. Adams, and Mr.
Mombleau, of st. Johns. Both are fine
play ers but the game was easily won by Mr..
Watson. His average, counting three to a
shot was 150.-NeleS.
A party of three fishermen with hook
and line recently caught over GOO fish one
afternoon, from hole in the ice on MISS
quot bay. Nearly 400 of these were caught
in one hours time. The fish were mostly
perch, though there were few pike and
pickerel in the collection. st. Johns Nefcs.
The liquor agents, in Windsor county
sold liquors TO the amounts named in the
following towns. Ludlow $1056 90 /;
Woodstock 1858 %; Bethel $ll45 SO /;
Bridgewater 1920. 40; Chester 1896 20 !;
Springfield sos "a Rochester $38l.57 ;
Weston $5S3, SO Cavendish (six months)
$371.01.
At the annual meeting of the Windsor
county temperance convention, Hosea v.
French of Woodstock was elected presi-
dent, ]. s. Brown of Plymouth, vice presl-
dent George W. Foggett Springfield, Sec
rotary; G. G. Bugbee of Bridgewater, was
nominated tor county commissioner.
The remains of Alkaline Fletcher
widow of DR.. Alpheus Fletcher, were
brought from New York to Caver-
dish for burial few days since. She
was the daughter of Judge Uriah G. Hatch.
Her husband DR.. Alpheus Fletcher, was a
brother of Ex-Gov. Ryland Fletcher who
is now the last living representative of this
remarkable family. DR.. Fletcher was the
wittiestgman Of his day-one Of the most
skillful physicians and most learned men Of
his time. He was at one time connected
with the Castleton Medical college In it's
palmiest days. He left a son Edward ii.
Fletcher of New York.