The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-09-19
STATE NEWS.


Hon. Jed. p. Ladd OF Alburgh
Springs delivers the address at the
Brandon town fair, September 27th.
There are between sixty and seven
tn students in attendance upon the
Academy at South Woodstock the
present term.
The woodshed of the Central Yer
mont railroad, at RoXbury, was burn
cd to the ground last week Monday
night. Loss |, 800.
The old Baptist church in Benning-
ton, built in 1919, was demolished the
18th, preparatory to erecting new
ediiice on the same site.
Michael Grace, who, though scarce
ly 20 years old, is a graduate of the
Vermont and New York state prisons
for similar ofienses, is again in jail for
recent burglary at Bennington.
A raft of timber measuring 1873, 2SO
cubic feet passed through Lake Cham
plain the other day. 1t is said to be
the largest that ever went through
those waters.
A sewing machine agent at st.
Johnsbury was relieved of Il tape worm
recently that was 80 feet in length.
His cheek and tongue retain their us
ual proportions.
A night blooming Cereus belonging
to Miss Abbie Clark, Bethel, took a
notion to blossom in the daytime, one
day last week. 1t also had two very
fine blossoms out in the evening.
John b. Hollenbeck, Esq, of Bur
lington, has been Justice ofthe Peace,
in that city, for thirty-one years, and
in that time has tried over nine thou
sand cases-a record uneqaled in the
State.
Carlos Tenny, of South Royalton,
left his home week ago last Sunday to
pick berries on Quimby Hill. lie has
not yet returned. A diligent search
on the Monday following failed to find
him. 1t is supposed he is dead.
G. W. Clark, of Bennington, has
ripe figs on Gig tree" which is ovel
26 years old, and has borne fruit each
year since the second. This tree is
kept in the open air during hot wealth.
er and in an ordinary warm room dur
ing cold weather.
A visitor to the Bennington celebra.
ton says the honors are pretty evenly
divided-New York furnished battle
field, New Hampshire men fought the
battle, and Vermont has the monu.
ment that commentaries it.
The store of IsaaclGatcs, of Hart.
ford, was recently burned, the fire be.
ing discovered about 10 O'Clock p. m,
soon after the store was closed for the
night. The origin of the fire is moi
known.
A two horse team was overturned
into ravine at Burlington, the Other
night. The occupants of the team, {
man and two women, escaped unhurt
but one of the horses were badly in
jured, and the wagon was II tota
wreck.
A man not Il thousand miles from
Lancaster recently wrote the officials
of the Boston, Concord and Montrea
railroad, "for a chance to run on tn,
road" lie was told he could run OF
the road as much as he liked if h,
would only keep out of the way Of thu
trains.
The following gentlemen have re
ceived appointments under the Ben
nington q Rutland Railroad Compa
ny: Geo. A. Sanderson, genera
freight agent, office at Rutland; W
G. Shaw, general accountant, ollic,
at South Bennington; Geo. W. Blan
chard, master mechanic.
The Central Vermont depot at Roy
alton was entered by burglars on a re
cent morning, the money drawers o
the United States and Canada express
company and of the railroad compan
broken open, but no valuables taken
but the mail bag for New York an
Boston was cut open and ritled of let
tiers. There is no clew to the thieves
Hon. Homer w. Heaton, a lawye
Of Montpelier, met with painful &C
cident at Barre the 9th. While exam
ming mill property he fell upon roc
and fractured the neck of the femu
or thigh bone. He was taken to hi
residence and attended by Surgeon }
B. Woodward who pronouuces the il
jury a severe one.
The store of s. S. Scott, of Bel
nington, was entered the other nigl
and small sum of money taken. III
same night Ed. Fishers house and I'll
depot were robbed, the former Of tw
suits Of clothes and about $75 wort
of jewelry, the latter of $50 in money
Michael Grace, CT SALISBURY, h;
been arrested on suspicion.
A week ago last Saturday nigl
thieves entered the horse barn of /
j.. Morse, of East Bolton, and toe
therefrom valuable mahogany bG
+ horse and a silver-plated harness ju
G purchased. Fortunately the buge
q was not at home, so the thieves pl,
t ceeded to the premises Of P.J. Davi
G and took his wagon. No trace of ii
9 team has yet been obtained, other tht