The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-06-13

gatlOnal cnuIch.
Prof. c. J. Sargent gave one hun
dred and fifty music lessons in the
month of May, in Washington and
Lamoille counties.
A young man named Blow of Ben
nington accidently shot two young la
dies. his cousins, on Monday last with
a gun, which he believed unloaded.
One is fatally injured.
A friendly match between the Bur
lington and Port Henry rifle clubs,
contested at Vergennes resulted as
follows. The Burlington club, 300
wards, 25S, 800 yards, 256; the Port
| Henry club, 500 yards, PSI, 800 yards,
PA; total points-Burlington, 5l4;
Port Henry, 1876.
Martin G. Evarts of Rutland has
received 200 migratory quails from
Sicily, which will be set free upon the
mountains in the vicinity. These
birds, which have never before been
imported to this country, are about as
large as our common quail, and are
said to be very prolific and hardy.
Two Enosburgh merchants have re-
Gently been bitten by some Fall River,
Mass, butter buyers. The bogus
firm, styling themselves NJ. j. Dean &
Co., send out circulars to the country
merchants offering a good price for
butter, an advance over local buyers,
with orders to ship by express. One
merchant shipped few days ago ten
tubs and another thirty-two and they
are yet patiently waiting for their
greenbacks.
Quite a sensation has been caused
in Rutland by the arrest of a Mrs.
Payson, on a charge Of writing OBJ
scene letters, for the purpose ofblack-
mail. The persons receiving the let
tiers were Gen. II. II. Baxter, and a
young lady of a respectable family.
About four or five months ago, as the
matter is reported, the young lady re-
ceived an anonymous letter, charging
her with a grave fault. This was fol-
lowed by others of like tenor, and
later the members of her family were
informed of the alleged crime against
= social morality. Gen. Baxter also re.
ceived similar letters, accusing him o.
improper intimacy with the young la
= dy. The writer wanted $4,000 fol
"hush" money, and proposed certain
l arrangements for the transfer Of The
9 money. A girl who called at th,
e young lady's house with a letter adj
l dressed in the familiar hand of the an
onymous correspondent, was tracke,
= to the house of Mrs. Payson, who wa
: arrested and locked up. Then cam,
the whispers Of insanity, and she wa
sent on Saturday to the Asylum a
7 Bratt!eboro,
james Owen, the Fairfield wrestler
only weighs about 1865 pounds, an
If does not seem to be unusually mus
Il cular. His arms are soft, without til
o ridgy cords and muscles one expect
= to find on a champion athlete, but b
IL possesses depth of chest and remark
able endurance, besides that wonde
i full rapidly of motion and skill whic
has enabled him to overcome far MOI
>, powerful men than he is. He say
IL that Martin tossed him around like
y child, but he always managed to strih
;. the floor on his side or stomach, thu
w escaping tfall, and finally vanquisl
= ed his antagonist by one of his pecu
> lar feints. Owens forte is the lie
s. foot trip, and he is probably as sciel
I'd tifc wrestler as there is in Americl
i. except John McMahon, who is no
7 in San Francisco. His trainer, E.
y ward Cox, also of Fairfield, is the ms
who astonished Homer Lane by throN
G. ing him twice in fourteen minute
.ir when he made his trip into this Sta
- to shake the stufiing out of the We
ce mont wrestlers. He is not as tall
Oh Owens, but is more powerfully bui
D. Both of these men are farmers, al
e, say they do not waste auy time
a. training, their work keeping them
= perfect trim. Rutland Herald.