Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-12-19
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ADDISON COUNTY
JonS {. NANNY, Of Mddebury was recently
subjected to fine aud costs for louor selling
amounting TO one hundred and twenty dollars,
ana was also sentenced to three months impris-
onment. lie appealed. e.. CYRUS Allen. of Brid.
port realized nine hundred and eighty dollars
from twenty acres Of corn Rev A "A Far1
theevangelist commenced his labors in verpennes
y" rr'ual evening Of last week-the Baptists,
Congregatonallsts aud Methodists uniting.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
ABOUT all Of Benningtons manufacturers are
involved In suits 10 test their rights To the water
OF the east branch Of the walloomsac, which
courses through the village
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
IHE celebration Of the twenty fifth anniversary
oil the marriage Of Colonel and Mrs franklin
Fairbanks, at st. Johnsbury, the other evening,
was an occasion Of rare festivity pleasant
feature was the attendance Of large numbers
from the Snnday-school, OF which Colonel Fair
banks has been superintendent for many years
... 'Corveaus shoe store, in St Johnsbury was
robbed OF thirty dollars worth of goods Tuesday
night Of last week
cHITrENDEN COUNTY
81 ELLINGTON has u free drawing school which
IL proving success....D Cook and S. Davis
have been tried and fined at Richmond, for steal
ing turkeys ,...I The three girls who became the
wives respectively Of Secretary Evarts. Minister
George p. Marsh, and United States Commits
sioner of Fisheries Baird, were classmates to-
gether at school in Burlington.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Louis BHlTToS Of Sheldon, was seriously hurt
the other day by being caught in the crank Of
hand-car
ORLEANS COUNTY
Asa HARRIS, of Newport Center, fell the Other
day while skating, and dislocated his hip The
Orleans county mhsical society hold their next
annual convention at Newport January 9Th. 9Th.
10th and llth... George Hanks, Of Jay, was Sc
rously, If not fatally injured by u falling limb,
on the Sth
RUTLAND COUNTY
n. MoRGAN, Of North Castleton. has inst re-
ceived - check for one thousand dollars from the
government the pension, with several years in
terest, on his son who was killed during the late
war. Albert Morse, young man of twenty
one formerly of Rutland, was drowned near Bar
ton, n. II recently, while skating Mr. John
a. Cunant, u philosophical farmer of Brandon
offers bounty Of one hundred dollars for the
three best crops of winter wheat, grown on the
area of an acre, and under certain conditions, and
the seed sown in theautumn of 1873; fifty dollars
for the first best thirty dollars for the second and
twenty dollars for the third Judges have been
appointed and several farmers have decided to
devote an acre nj their land to a competitive trial.
..Janes Robinson, Rutland lad, had one of
his eyes destroyed the other day, by a stone
snapped from rubber sling in the hands Of
another boy named Bagley Only short time
since Bagley hit sou of Emmett Towers in the
forehead, stunning him for several seconds
Quite large party Of colonsts from Rutland and
vicinity started for Texas the 18th . The Troy
Conference Academy at Poultney has nineteen
students The burning of the Fort Edward Inst-
tute leaves thsas the only large Methodist school
for Nermoutand Northern New York A young
sou Of George H. Osborne, of Pittsford, was thrown
from wagon, Sunday Of last week, and had his
skull fractured by the fall lie is not expected to
live. sixty persons expected to unite with
the Congregational church in Rutland the first
Sabbath in January 49,. Brandon has five law
| ters eight preachers and fifteen doctors (nclud-
ing dentists. and yet Brsndonians are not all
healthy, happy wise and good
wISDHAM COUNTY
EsrEi X Co., OF BrattlebOro. by reducing the
number Of their employees, hope to run their fac
tory ten hours day through the winter
Nicholas Ryan, of Battleboro. recently Tell from
the roof of "a dwelling he was stating and was
severely, II not fatally injured =. Sarah Parks,
aged eight years, of Bellows Falls was fatally in
iured ON the 18th, by being caught aud terribly
nangled in the Valley railroad turn-t,ble there,
while at play with other children Two enter
tainments are given weekly at the Brattleboro
Insane Asylum Bright little plays and stereop-
ticon exhibitions are greatly enjoyed by the pa.
| tents.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
lr is reported that K. II. Upper, of Rochester,
was very seriously injured the other day. While
attempting to kill she crowded him against
the side Of the burn, and it is feared he cannot
survive. A six-years-old daughter of George
Bridge, of West Bridgewater, fell under a load OF
lumber that was passing the other day and had
her arm broken above her elbow . George Ward
young man from Barnard, was seriously injured
in Bethel the other day while at work chopping
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