Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-09-26
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 90 1877
Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

Vermont state News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Ira W. CLARK, OF Middebury, lately released
from the insane asylum, has been taken back
there on account Of evincng further insanity.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
The Park Guard, OF Remington will attend
the Saratoga Centennial celebration, on the nth
OF October. George W. Clark, of Bennington,
has grown over four hundred Hgs on a prolific
hg-tree in his door-yard this season, about two
hundred Of which have already matured.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
JAMES KNOX, of Sheffield, met with a serious
accident recently He had been using a circular
saw when his attention was called away and he
dropped his hand on the saw, completely sever
ing three fingers on his right hand. George Z.
Austin, aged twenty-five, native Of Massachu-
sets, but recently from Walden, Vt, committed
suicide at New York the other day. Cause, de-
spondency
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
SUPPOSED attempt to throw a train from the
track at Sheldon Springs, the other day, was
frustrated by the discovery Of the distractions
before the train arrived. David Hunter, OF
Fairfield, was knocked down and seriously in
jured by a runaway team at Sheldon during the
recent fair there The receipts from the State
Fair exceed the realization of the managers. The
fair was success In every way. At Richmond
the other day Delmere A. Patch was pursuing
wounded crane, when it turned upon him. and
with blow of Its bill destroyed one Of his eyes.
.Tatro, the IIighgate murderer, who has made
two or three Intellectual attempts to escape, is still
confined in the st. Adams Jail, ding away
months at the states expense, awaiting action In
his case by the Supreme Court. As freight
train was passing through Milton Hollow early
the other morning. the train broke in two and
the engineer In trying to get away from the rear
portion Of the train, ran into freight which was
ahead Of him. He jumped from the engine, but
was considerably bruised. number of cars were
smashed
ORANGE COUNTY.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR DANA, of Montpelier, made
a raid upon two cder-brandy distilleries In Straf
ford recently, and arrested the parties engaged IN
the Illicit business. The "stills " were concealed
in the woods and it is reported that there are sew
eral other such establishments in that section.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A BOLD robbery was perpetrated at the Bellevue
House, Newport, the other morning. While Mr.
Beans daughters were at breakfast, some one en-
tered their and stole several valuable articles
Of iewelry-the whole valued at one hundred and
seventy five dollars. ...A Hunt boy of Newport
broke one Of his arms the other day q. The fol-
lowing were sentenced by the county court: W
A. Bulls, forgery, two years and six months, ono
hundred dollars fine and cost OF prosecution
Joseph Mason, horse stealing three years and
cost of prosecution; Harry Hall, stealing watch
and suit OF clothes, one year and six months, ONE
hundred dollars fine and cost Of prosecution. -.
In spite OF the protestations OF Edwin C. Hayden,
the convicted Derby Line wife-murder, that he
wants to be hanged right of, there is move
ment for new trial, on the ground that some OF
the jurors have owned to previous prejudice.
RUTLAND COUNTY
GEORGE ALLISON, coored, was arrested in Rut-
land the other day, for stealing horse and wagon
at Tunbridge, about two weeks ago. The stolen
property was recovered in his possession and AL
lison will probably go to prison. A. Mcintyre.
tanner at Cuttngsville, committed suicide by
hanging the other day. Heleaves a wife and five
grown children.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
TYLER WAITE, of Wardsboro, aged eighty-one
and Mrs Ashville Kidder aged eighty, were
Falls obtained verdict of two hundred and fifty
dollars damages from Laban Bullock, for Islander,
in the county court the other day Twelve
different parties in Brattleboro, including hotel
propretors, druggists and saloon-keepers have
been indicted by the grand jury of the county for
the illegal sale of liquors and beer, The house
OF William Aiken, of Saxton's River, WAS entered
the other day and small sum of money stolen
...E. d. Holton, Of Saxton's River. was seriousl,
injured recently by runaway horse. E. Brattle-
boro is said to have forty cases of typhoid fever
and the Retormer prescribes better sewerage as q
preventive Of the same. jefferson Wilson, OF
Bellows Falls, has an interesting heirloom, being
letter written by his neutrality-suspicious. al
Newton, Mass, April We 10th, 177O," to a son
It is consequently over one hundred and seven
years Of age, is interesting from its antiquity, and
in fair state Of preservation.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
A. B. PARKER, Jr., the St. Adams forger, is in
spector Of shoes Mt the state prison. A little dis
tincton don't make much difference in such cases
80. George A. Orvis, a son of Oliver Oryis of
Ludlow, left his home September 18th, and has
not been heard of since. He subject to fits, and
his friends fear that he may have met with an
accident, IA when last seen he was on the railroad
between Ludlow and Mount Holly Any infor-
nation concerning his whereabouts will be gladly
received by his father Gravelin, the Weathers-
field murderer, under sentence OF DEATH works dill
gently at the shoe trade in Windsor prison. . John
p. Phair is kept locked up in his cell at the state
prison. One Of the prison directors says he will
be put at work October first e. A traveller lost
his watch at White River Junction, the other day,
and it was found at Wells River hanging to the
fringe Of lady's shawl.
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