Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-14
Vermont State News.


SPONTANEOUS combustion causeda fire To hrool'
ont in Growers drug store at Factory Point, last
week Wednesday. The store and stock were con-
siderably damaged, but the loss is covered by in
sumnce. A man fell fifty feet at the Burden
iron mine near Bennington recently, and escaped
with some severe bruises Lucky.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
THE Lyndon railroad shops are now running
ten hours day....A small son of Peter Laird of
St Johnsbuty was considerably injured while
coasting, on Wednesday of last week -, Luke
Bnzzell. u successful manufacturer, who left st.
Iohnsbury some six weeks ago and whose paper
went to protest, causing failure and business
anxiety, mas returned home. .. The clerical COM
mittee who have been investigating the actions
of Rev. L. d. Hopkins, at St Johnsbury, have
dismissed him from the District Conference.
Their decision goes to the General Conference.
Rev. %. Roys, of the Freewill Baptist church at
St Johnsbury, has resigned, but the society are
likely to induce him to remain by giving him a
months vacation ana perhaps more salary
oHrrTENpEN COUNTY.
Two SMALL, unoccuped houses in Burlington,
owned by Richard Cushing, were burned ON the
eth. The selectmen of Milton furnished meals
for two hundred and seventy-fve tramps last
year. At the late meeting of the Leather Manu-
faoturers' Association in Burlington, the follow
ing report was adopted; THAT we do not deem
it expedient to pay over five and half cents for
prime butchers hides five cents for farmers
hides of prime quality, and four cents and under
for bulls stays and damaged. That it is not ex-
pedient to pay over eleven cents for trimmed veal
skins weighing under twelve pounds each; I'M
l.,
those weighing from fourteen to twenty pounds
each, seven cents, and those weighing over twenty
pounds each the same price of hides grubby and
die alone kps, twenty-five to fifty cents each.
We also suggest buying dairy skins on selection
at the following rates For number one, free from
cuts, fifty cents each; number two's thirty-fiye
cents each, and number three grades ten cents
each; subject to market changes"
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
GENERAL HAZELTlNE, Of Bakersfield has just
been honored with his ifty-seventh election as
town clerk There's civil service reform for you.
80. Miss Phena Wright, Of St. Albans fell on
the street the other day and broke her arm.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
TIE house of Christopher Sargent at Coventry,
was destroyed by fire ON the LIST inst Insured
weeks since Mrs Duncan McDougall, of Barton
pricked her thumb very slightly with II common
hin. and in n few minutes the thumb began to
pain her severely, and since that time the thumb
hand aud arm have been badly swollen; sores
have appeared on different parts of the body
and has been with difficulty that the physicians
have kept her from the lookjaw Two young
men named RiX, brothers, of Barnston, T. q,
quarreled Mt Derby Line, the other day. one Of
them left the house and soon returned armed
with Il shot gun, and fired through a window,
dangerously wounding the other The one who
fired was Immediately arrested. The wounded
man has since died.
RUTLAND COUNTY
THE Globe hears rumor that the Estey organ
works are to remove from Bmttleboro to Rutland,
ON account of the high freights A. d Tiffany,
at Pittsford, on Wednesday Of last week, while
loading car, slipped, throwing him over back
wards, striking on his head, rendering one leg
and one arm helpless Medical aid was procured
and he is doing we'll. o., George Smith, aged nine
teen. tried to steal n horse from Ezra Edson of
Mendon, but was captured in Dandy and the team
was recovered Rutland dropped her expen-
siye democratic poormaster last week
MlNDHAM COUNTY.
A WILMINGTON school-teacher has been sued
for Furnishing boy who deserved it, and the Jury
very scnsibly sustained her in SO doing Brat
tledoros enthusiasm over the new railroad is ON
the wane. In Bnttleboro the old board of Sc
lectmen was reelected, thus defeating the demo-
cratic reiormers.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
NINE persons were admitted to the Congrega-
tional church in Woodstock, March 9th, by pro-
fesson of faith and four by letter Some one
who knows, says the new superintendent at Wind
sor breaks in we'll and will make an efficient OIL
GER As james Watson was Stacking cars In
the yard at White River junction the other day,
he got one arm caught between the dead-woods,
breaking II In two places Ladies' attended the
late town meeting In Pumiret-an unusual thing.
.. Woodstock voted a tax OF two hundred cents
on the dollar. Almost up TO some other places
we could name. Luclan Hewitt, of Fast Bar
nard, was recently badly injuredby being thrown
! from a horse.