The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-16
Vermont News.

Grasshoppers have appeared ct North
Troy.
II. ID. Chamberlins store in Jay was
robbed on a recent evening of several arti-
cles of merchandise and small amount of
money.
Joseph Barton of Charlotte, is about re-
fitting his beautiful yacht, putting upon il
news.and larger mast, and making COM
Portable cabin.
Brattleboro laughs considerably because
Col. Hooker, distinguished soldier and
brother-in-law Of Jim Fisk, has been elect
ed chief feld-driver.
Several boys in Wheelock recently stole
large quantity Of purgative pills upon
which they feasted, supposing them to be
candy. They are now better informed.
G. G. Pringle, A. NJ, of Charlotte, our
state botsnist, has been charging and ar
ranging his very valuable "herbarium, "
comprising about 1900 choice varieties Of
plants and flowers.
The Bennington county democrats sur
prised themselves.by cleo ,ingA. ]. Gray Of
Manchester county commissioner over
Judge Norman Millington Of SALISBURY,
who was up for reelection.
The mail train on the Central road from
the south ran into affreight train near
Bethel Tuesday afternoon, and badly
smashed several of the freight cars and one
engine. No one seriously hurt.
Charles Noe Of Morrisville, found q pock-
Ct book combining $500 belonging to l.. B.
Boynton, in August s74, and it appears
he devoted the mo- y to paying for a farm
in Elmore. Noe ID now in Jail in default
of $500 bail.
A pleasing feature of the town meeting
in Pomfret was the presence of quite @
large number of ladies in the gallery of The
hall, who seemed very much interested ia
the proceedings, and it is hoped they will
be there next year in greater force.
Gov. Origin d. Richardson of Nebraska,
son of Jason Richardson of Woodstock,
died recently at Omaha city. He wat
eighty-one years Of age. He died or
Wednesday, and his wife followed him or
the following Saturday.
at the quarterly meeting Of the New
England psychological society at Worces-
ter Tuesday, there were present the super
intenderts from ell the principal asylum,
in New England, Anl paper on the CLASH
f1cation of insanity, was read by DR.. j,
Draper of the Vermont asylum at Brattle
boro.
The gle club of Dartmouth college, are
to furnish series Of concerts in New
Hampshire and Vermont and northern
Massachusetts,, the first of the series to BIZ
given at Littleton, N. II. e. Q. Carrigar
has been appointed their business mana
ger.
The barns and sheds on the farm Of
Robert Kew, in the town of Warren, were
burned on Tuesday last, together with ter
COWS aud other stock and farming utensils
Insured for $500 in the Vermont mutual
1t is thought the fire was the work of an
incendiary, as a lawsuit is in progress be-
tween Kew and his wife in regard to the
property.
Twenty-three persons whom Judge Strait
OF Troy, N. Y, granted naturalization pa
pers, as former residents of Vermont, but
who were denied registration at Bennington
last fall, on the ground that the cour
hadn't jurisdiction, are again denied regis.
tration on the ground that the papers art
fraudulent.
The friends of the Brattleboro ant
Whitehall narrow gauge railroad claim tina
everything is looking well for them, ant
that the special town meeting, which il
likely to be called at Brattleboro, before
long, will vote what they want. Somt
correspondents of the metropolitan papers,
however, claim that the project drags fear.
fully.
While Messrs. Geo. s. Brainerd, F. w
Fonda, r. Brainerd, f. G. Merriheld, ant
others were sailing their ice-boat in St.
Adams bay, Tuesday, 10 attempting to tacl
against the heavy wind, their mast wa
broken and the boat otherwise damaged
but they succeeded in getting to shore
with it. They had previously been travel
ing, 80 Gays the Messenger, at the rate o.
seventy miles an hour.
The Windham county court opened
Tuesday, Judge James Barrett, presiding
at Newfane with docket of 2l4 cases, in
GLIDING two for murder and several for ar
son. The Re(ormer prints a funny article
on the increase of crime In the region. /
thinks "murder, rape, arson and betraya
| OF trust are becoming alarming frequent,
| and is glad IL t the gravest criminals hal
from the three towns of .he county thai
| cast the smNllest democratic vote. ''Sucl
| a state of affairs comes from railroad ring
at home and returning boards abroad"
Circuit Judge johnson. in New York
city. Monday morning, sitting in equity
adjourned his branch of the court on &C
count of the death of Judge David A.
Smalley. Judge Blatchford also adjourned
the criminal branch of the court on the
same account. Judges johnson ant
| Blatchtord then proceeded to the circuit
court presdeu over by Judge Wallace
| when Judge Johnson took the chair. The
death of Judge Smrlley was then formally
announced by L. j.. Phelps, who, after i
brief address highly eulogistc of the de.
ceased jurist, moved the adjournment of
the court. Mr.. L. w. Stoughton seconded
the motion for adjournment, aud was fol.
lowed by Mr.. L. Il. Ohittenden. After a
few remarks by the presiding judge the
court was adjourned and the cause thereof
ordered to be entered on the minutes OF the
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