Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-22
Vermont State News.


ADDISON COUNTY.
vERGENSEs jury stood two to four the other
day, on the question whether lager beer is intox-
icating, In Bristol, Monday afternoon, during
an alteration James Moody stabbed Eastman
Arnold with pocket knife Arnold received a
cash in the breast, one on the back and cut on
Highland His wounds though severe are not
dangerous. Moody was arrested.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
]. L. G. CoRLIss sawmill at West Burke was
burned the 10th. Insured for one thousand dol
lars. Supposed to have been struck by lightning
...Dr. Socrates futile, an esteemed physician of
Barnet'died the Sth, aged eighty one years.
LAMouLE COUNTY.
SAD accident occurred at Cady's Falls on
Thursday last Frank Smith, young lad of
twelve years, resident Of Stowe, while at work
in Mr.. Places carding mill, tending the picker,
got his hand caught in the machine. His hand
| and forearm were badly mangled rendering am
putation necessary. It is sad accident for one
so young, and dependent upon his own exertions,
to lose a hand, but yet the lad may well feel
thankful that the result of the occurrence was
no worse.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
ABOUT forty-fve minutes past one o'clocl,
Thursday morning last the store of S. II. Park
hurst situated in the west part Of the village Of
Brandon, was discovered to be ON fire. The
building and nearly the entire stock were con-
sumed The household goods were partially
saved. The insurance on the building, stock and
furniture was six thousand nine hundred dollars,
as follows: ON the building two thousand dol
lars in the Vermont Mutual, and one thousand
five hundred dollars in the German American; on
the stock three thousand dollars in the Vermont
Mutual, and four hundred dollars in the German
American; on the furniture five hundred dollars
in the Vermont Mutual and four hundred dol
lars in the German American. The large slate
mill belonging to L, A. Billings estate, in Hyde
vile, was burned last Thursday morning In the
upper story large business was carried on in
marbeizing slate. The identity OF the tramp
who murdered Frank Brassor, Mt Brandon last
May and afterwards killed himself, has been fully
established by letters and picture of the de-
ceased, received by Mr. J. @ Hawkins, Of Bran.
don, from the suicides father and Others in Bris-
toll, England His name was Charles William
Howell instead of Charles Williams the name
he assumed in this country Of. The thirty-second
annual fair of the Rutland county agricultural So
ciety will be held September 9TH, 9Th, and eth
1t is expected to be of the best fairs held
in the county. Catalogues may be obtained of C.
| c. Pierce Clarendon, who is secretary. Last
Saturday evening, Austin W. White, clerk at the
| Farmers Hotel, in Rutland, was killed by pass
| ing freight train. He had been up the track q
| short distance to pasture to milk COW, and
| was returning with pail, walking on the outside
Of the track usually taken by freight trains enter
| ing the yard, when by some mistake he stepped
upon the other track in front of the train and was
struck and thrown under it by the deadwood o.
the engine. The engine and five cars passed ovei
him, and when the principal portions of the body
were afterward gathered up, about twenty-fou
feet beyond, nothing but the head and shoulders
and one leg bore semblance to n human form
Deceased was forty-one years old, the owner o
some property, of good habits and honorable il
his dealings