Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-06
Vermont State News.

Vermont State News.
Addison County.
NAPOLEON BELLAMy, aged seven years, was
drowned in the river at vergennes, last week
Tuesday, by falling through thin ice
MoNKroN has musical prodigy in little ten
years-old daughter Of J. b. Rivers, who can play
almost any tune on piano after hearing it once
or twice
THE funded debt Of Vergennes is sxty-seven
thousand five hundred dolars-ffty eight thou-
sand dollars being water bonds at six per cent in
gold and the remaiuderthe soldiers bounty loan
bennington County.
COLONEL WALTER PHELPS of Albany, y. Y,
was stricken with apoplexy at the Putnam House
in Bennington. last Thursday morning, and died
after q few hours.
Caledonia County.
ST. IoHNsBuRY has town debt of one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars, bearing a six per
cent interest and wants to fund it alta lower rate.
Mrs. d. J. SAUNDERS, of Danville, was quite
severely injured the other day by jumping from
sleigh while the horse was in the act OF run
ming away.
AN exchange says that AUBURN Taylor, "geu
eighteen years lett MS nome IN panVille on the
Z4th nit, 10 go 10 gospei meeting since which
time nothing is known of him
LucUs BURT of Lyndon, was killed last week.
while chopping in the woods, his skull being
crushed by a blow from "A falling limb He was
fortv-seven wears old. and left a wife and six
children
LAST week Friday. in Waterford, dogs entered
the ward of Calvin Brown, where he had fifty
sheep feeding for market, killed four outright,
injured three more that they had to be killed,
and injured eleven others.
THE Collaboration says the Fairbanks Scale Com
pany are preparing very choice exhibit of scales
for the coming Worlds Exposition at Paris, COM
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Johpshnrv with the followinr result. Freedom
H. Bean was placed under one thousand dollar.
honds. Walter Eastman three hundred dollars
Chester Eastman five hundred dollars. Gilbert
Eastman one thousapd dollars. Henry Gooche
one thousand eight hundred dollars; and Gilbert
Eastman and Henry Gooche were each fined thirty
dollars and costs for selling liouor at Lyndon
For want of hail they were nil committed IN await
the action of the Grand iury at the lime term
of conrt
Chittenden County.
FRANK OTIS, recently committed 10 jail Tor
larceny, has been released
MILTON extended Inequalities to three hum
dred and seventy-iive tramps last year
LORENZO HAwLEy, OF Huntington, sixty-one
years old, died suddenly of paralysis on the
23d ultimo.
Tuv other dav in Rnrlingtop Mary Malonev
and Thomas HAYES were each fined twenty dollars
and costs for selling intoxicating liquors
s,,>cvp Ios,,x NJ HUNTINGTON aged ahout
| tbir,v-fve wears and Mrs Demar about the same
age, have left for parts unknown Joslin has a
wife and two children, and Mrs Demar has a
husband and two children She took one three
| years-old child with her.
Franklin County.
on the I'D ult persons who crawled under
Mr. Hiram b. Weeks store-house in St Adams,
TO fix drain, found concealed there cisk aud
can, each containing small quantity OF liquor,
also fifty pounds of pork and some other things
of less value. Somebody evidently had been
picking up
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