Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
Vermont State News.


ADDISON COUNTY.
LITTLE son Of Thomas Lerytry, Of Vergennes.
fell and broke an arm recently. A threeyear-old
child Of Charles lie BoufI. Of the same town. was
kicked by horse the other day-the kick result
ing In a broken leg.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The clothing store Of @. b. Sibley In Benning-
ton was entered the night OF the 2lst, and $500 in
goods taken No clue to the thieves.
The Young Mems Association Of Bennington
propose to give series Of first-class intellectual
entertainments there the present season.
SyLvAsus BoyNToS, Of Manchester, met with
serious accident recently, by falling from an APP
Pile tree while picking apples He fell distance
Of ten or twelve feet, striking on his back.
GREEN BRMMER, n prominent citizen OF North
Pownal was assaulted Monday forenoon by three
drunken tramps, as he was passing along the
highway, large stone striking him in the fore
head and inhcting a dangerous wound His con-
dition is critical The rufans have been arrested.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
THE st. Johnsbury Catholics cleared 81 900
from a recent fair
II. f. FLETCHER, OF St. Johnsbury, has sold a
iue driving horse to New York man for $500.
AN infant child Of Herbert Gaslill, OF st. Johns
bury was found unconscious the other morning
and died before night.
THE workmen on the new church being built at
St. Johnsbury have quit work, because Of reduc-
ton Of twenty-five per cent. in their wages.
curTENDEN COUNTY.
THE Rev. Mr.. Robbins accepts call to the Bap-
tst church Mt Colchester
YOUNG man named Mossey, OF winoosk, ut
tempted suicide last Monday by stabbing himself
At last accounts the injury was not known to be
fatal
JOHN p. HOWARD, Esq, to whose munifcence
the people of Burlington are indebted for the new
Howard block and Music Hall, now approaching
completion, is in London. He proposes spending
the winter in India.
A BURGLAR attempted to break into the rail-
road ticket office in Burlington, the other night
where large sum OF money was deposited to
pay employees, but was scared away before he
had time to complete the job,
MONDAY morning, as boy named Michael
McGrath was attempting to get on the Burlington
freight train at the winooski depot he slipped in
some way and fell under the cars, which ran over
both his legs at the knee. Little hope Of his re-
covery.
LAST Wednesday afternoon, John Seymour,
living some three miles from Essex Junction, was
thrown from his wagon on the road to Winooski,
near the brick kiln, by the breaking of the Whit
fetree and kicked by his horse. His life was
despaired Of
ESSEX COUNTY.
A WoMANs Christian Temperance Union has
been organized in West Concord with Rev. Mrs
S. NJ. Perkins as President Mrs. r. S. Hill as
vice-president, and Mrs. Cynthia Walbridge as
Secretary
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
FORTY carloads OF live stock from the West
passed through St. Adams on Thursday last.
The men who robbed Cahns store at St. Adams
while ago, have been arrested in Burlington,
ANTOINE FoBEAR, of St. Adams, has been SEN
fenced to the workhouse for assault on his wife.
ABE SHELTus was run over by the cars and
killed near Hghgate Springs on Friday morning.
He was seventy years old and very deaf.
THERE was quite a little gale in the vicinity Of
ST. Adams on the evening OF the 23d, during
which several fences, trees and sheds were
blown down.
THE Rchford Gazette, issued by the Gazette
Publishing Company, has begun its visits to our
office. 1t is neat little sheet, and will no doubt
furnish the people OF that locality with an abun-
dance of local news Success toit.
LAST Friday man named Stevens, while dig
ging well in Montgomery, was buried by the
| sides caving In. He remained in this position
some time before he could be rescued and lived
only short time after being extricated.
ORANGE COUNTY.
ORANGE COUNTY Jail is nearly empty, there be-
| ing but one prisoner confined In 1t.
| YOUNG man at work ON railroad bridge In
Bradford had his foot terribly crushed the other
morning by large rock falling upon it.
THE Orange county bar docket for the Deem.
Der term contains foriy-four chancery cases, two
hundred and forty-two civil cases and seven state
| cases.
Mr.. NELSON MOVES Of Woodsvle, who had
his leg broken during the fair at Bradford, died
last Thursday morning His leg was amputated
the day before.
| ORLEANS COUNTY.
A TEACHER at Newport Center recently pun
ished boy by making him ''chin the blackboard
until he tainted.
| NATHAN HUNT, one of the oldest inhabitants o.
Jay, was found dead in his bed the other morning
He was elected first constable of the town at il,
organization In 1928.
In Bloomington cows are selling from ten Il
twenty dollars each, hay from six to ten dollars
ton, butter from sixteen to twenty cents pound
and potatoes from fifty to eighty-hve cent
bushel.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The Rutland Leader announces its suspension
it being merged in the daily and weekly Times
published by J. l.. Macarthur as editor AM
proprietor.
WINDSOR COUNTY
SILAs JONES had two ribs broken the other da,
at South Royalton, by collision with a runawa,
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