Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-17
Vermont State News.


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A. c. HARRIS, a large stock raiser Of Shoreham,
draws water distance of three miles from Lake
Champlain for the use Of his one hundred and
fifty horses The parishioners OF Rev +. l..
Walker, of Bristol, recently made him donation
of ninety dollars. 1t is said that citizens of
Middebury have their lives insured to the amount
of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
| The new liquor and nuisance law is to be vigor-
ously enforced in Ferrsburgh.., Consumption
has been fatally prevalent Of late in Middlebury,
especially among the young people,. The latest
railroad proiectin the state is that Bristol, Lin
coin and Starlxsboro bond themselves for rail
road from Bristol to vergennes.. The Middle
| bury Register comes to us this week in a new
dress, which very much improves its appearance.
BESNINGToS COUNTY
| NEW thirty-ive thousand dollar church il to
| be erected ut Bennington by the Baptist society,
the coming spring. ..A severe gale visited Fast
Dorset the other night, partially unroofng the
| marble mill Of u, !. Kent & Co. The hay barns
of Luther Parker were also blown down. The
loss by fire in the village Of Bennington during
the year of 1876, according to the fire record, is
nineteen thousand four hundred and twenty-five
dollars Insurance. nine thousand eight hundred
and twenty-five dollars.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
K. T.. PEABoDY's mill at McIndoes Falls has
sawed out seven million feet of lumber since the
I'D OF August last. One hundred men are en-
ployed about the mill, saving out from seventy
five to one hundred thousand feet daily, making
a shipment of seven carloads per day. The |
Noceity, published at Danvle, has been en-
larged from -four to eight pages The indebted |
,f Tho Ia
three thousand dollars, over seventy eight thou
sand dollars being paid for water supply The
expenses for 1876 were over twelve thousand FIVE
hundred dollars.
CHrrTENDEN COUNTY.
CAPTAIN J. n BUCKUs, recently Montreal agent
of the steamboat company, and well known in
Burlington, died in the first named city, one
morning last week. ga trial under the nuisance
law at Burlington, recently, resulted in order |
to shut up shop and fine of one hundred dollars
-. Henry Gillett, of Richmond had two beef
cattle killed by train the other day. Three |
children of Mr. A. Burgoyne, of Burlington, died |
Of dphtheria very recently. Several other cases
have resulted fatally. Richard Harris of Bur |
lingon, was the other day sentenced to prison for
two years for receiving stolen goods
ESSEX COUNTY.
DoMINicK SrERIpANA was killed at j. b. |
Browns Maidstone mills, last week Tuesday, be- |
ing struck on the head by skid used in rolling |
logs |
FRANKLIN COUNTY. |
GILBERT SMALL blacksmith shop ut St. Adams |
burned the other day, with the contents. |
The loss is probably in the vicinity of one thou
sand dollars; no insurance.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY |
AsAHEL CHAMBERLIN's new house in Grand |
Isle was burned about noon on the I'd inst in |
sured for four hundred dollars. Mrs Betsey |
Graves, of Grand Isle, lady over eighty years of
age, accidentally fell, last week Tuesday, striking |
her head on the table, and badly njuring herself
so that fears entertained for her recovery &C.. |
There is an extensive revival of religion on Grand |
Isle. Over one hundred have been converted |
The gospel workers." of St Adams, have been |
aboring among them. There is a great activity |
in the churches
ORANGE COUNTY.
A FIRM in Chelsea has just purchased thirty |
five thousand pounds of wool, paying thirty-five |
cents per pound The Orange County Agricul- |
tural Association held their annual meeting at |
Bradford on last week Tuesday, for the election |
of officers, and the following elected j. c. |
Stearns, President; W. II. Gilmore, Treasurer
Arad Corliss, Secretary. The board decided to |
hold their next annual fair September 25th, 26th |
and 9th After favorable reports from the for |
mer officers the meeting adjourned.
ORLEANS COUNTY
Mrs. COMFORT CHAFFEE, of East Charleston |
while about her usual homework after dinner ON |
Friday afternoon, January 9TH, was suddenly |
stricken with apoplexy, and lived only aboat
three hours. She leaves husband and quite a
large family of children.... Two houses, three |
barns and two sheds, belonging to Edward ufford, |
of lrasburg, were destroyed by tire the other
night The furniture and grain saved The
loss Is covered by insurance The LATEST man
in North Troy stood on bridge till he froze his
feet waiting for team to come along that he
could ride up hill..., appears that twenty-five
years ago mortgage deed was executed on the
land on which most of the village of South Troy
has since been erected, which has passed through
different hands and finally into the possession of
Rufus Stuart, of Beebe Plains, p @, who fore
closed on the same about one year ago. The
years of redemption have expired and the decree
has become absolute and Mr.. Stuart, Tor about
one thousand seven hundred dollars has become
possessed of property estimated at fifty thousand
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many are awaiting their decision kollln Hall
ana George ur'llam nave been arrested and COM
lnitted To Rutland JAN, Tor mallclously running
over, with Il team, three-year-old-son Of Patrick
llerney, oil west Rutland, and causing the death
OF the enid lhey were aiterward discharged on
proving that the matter was accidental. a small
steamboat Is To De put on Lake Bomoseen, and
hotel butt at fiydevllle IN the spring. Joseph