The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-21
STATE NEWS.

Gently; loss $4,000, insurance $1,000.
Keeping paris green in the pantry
too near the bread almost killed a
whole family at Castleton lately.
There rs a report that the Central
Vermont railroad is to build branch
from Swanton to Maquam under the
general railroad law.
Prof. Peter Collier of Burlington
has been made chemist to the agricul-
tural department at Washington, and
begins December /.
An old revolutionary anchor was
fished up from the bottom of Lake
Champlain off Larabee's point recent
ly, by the steamer Glen Iris.
The Baptist society of st. Adams
has accepted the resignation of their
pastor, Rev. j. A, Johnston, he de-
string to go to another field of labor.
Mrs. Bailey of West Rutland has
been dangerously ill for six weeks,
and for the past fortnight has been in
profound sleep almost without inter
mission.
Mr., 0. S. James, of East Berkshire,
has recently killed pig of the Poland
China breed, seven and half months
old, which weighed three hundred and
a half pounds. Who beats?
Albert French was recently arrested
at Craftsbury, tried for furnishing IL
quor, found guilty of four offences,
and fined $40 and costs, amounting to
$50, for want of which he was COM
mitted to Jail at Irasburg.
Sidney H. Jones, awaiting a new
trial for burning a school-house in
Windham, escaped from the Newfane
Jail Monday Of last week by overpow-
ering the iailer and locking him into
the cell when he brought in Jones's
breakfast. He has since been rear
rested.
7. p. James has issued another
newspaper at Brattleboro, the fourth.
The mission of the new paper, so far
as it has one, seems to be to print a
good deal Of cheap wit at the expense
of Lawyer Davenport and Dea. Jacob
Estey. Happily there is not much
living power in this sort of journalism.
Springfield Republican.
Prof. Collier Of Burlington has fin
ished the analysis on the remains of
Mrs. Cordelia Smith, wife of Dea.
Smith of Vergennes, and has found
poison in the body. The examination
of the deacon, and Miss Mary +.
Champlin, charged with administering
poison was to take place yesterday at
Middlebury.
A large wedding party had gathered
at Rupert house to see the marriage
of young couple representing two OF
the wealthiest families in southern part
of the state. But just before the GER
emory somebody with spite against
the groom's family sent an officer to
arrest him on silly charge that in
horse-trading he had said he was worth
$500, when he was not. The groom
pleaded to be allowed long enough to
get married, the bride walled piteous-
| ly and the friends present offered tc
give 100000 bonds for the young
man, but the officer took him off, KEEP
him over night, when a justice bounC
him in 5000, and he went back to the
house and got married.
Herman S. Brownell, of Royalton
came very near being buried alive
while digging post hole on the farm
of George W. Bradstreet. He ha(
got the hole about finished and while
STOPPING over to get out some loose
dirt at the bottom, the old ram hit hin
square on the patch on his pataloon'
driving, him head first into the hole
while the ram stepped back for anoth
er Jump, which would probably havepu
''Herm" out of sight forever. Blu
when the buckship saw the immens'
combination of soleleather and COW
hide which Brownell carries around OF
his feet, wildly waving in the wintr,
air, he gave it up and walked off shak
ing his head as though it were impos
sible ever to bury those "trotter cases
out of sight, while "IIerm" got out o
the hole as best he could.
A week ago Saturday night, nea
Richmond loud and profane talking
was heard and the report of severa
pistol shots. Sheriff Ferguson, wit
a posse of men, went to the battle
field. They found the house Of j
Goodwin in sorry plight, with doc
and windows smashed in and Goodwi
shot through the left arm, between tn
elbow and shoulder. The bone wa
not struck. James Eaton and Henri
ID. Morse were arrested and bound u
to the County Court, Eaton unde
4 81 900 bail and Morse $3.50, failing
obtain which they were both commit
ted to the Burlington Jail. The ev
dence was to show that young Bur
was piled with whiskey and then ser
to Goodwin's to commence the row
while the other parties came in to CON