Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-09
Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY

| day In which he found thirty-two flying squirrels
THE old Adams homestead in Panton, occupied
| by +. Adams, Jr, was burned the other night
Most Of the furniture saved. Insurance $3.50 on
the house
| SAD accident occurred ut the state REFORM
school at Yergennes on Thursday evening OF last
week George Vaiquette, n lad OF fourteen years
who was sent from Burlington TO the school some
three years since for theft was corrected for some
msdemeanor by the oyerseer Of the chair depart
ment. The young man. after promising to do
better turned to leave the room and caught his
toe on the threshold OF the door and fell headlong
striking on his chest and cheek bone on the steps
leading from the plank walk The fall seemed to
knock the breath out Of his body. lie was taken
up insensible and conveyed to room, but all ef.
forts to restore him to consciousness were fruit
less and he was pronounced dead.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Manchester Congregational church calls
Rev. A. o. Reed OF Dorset
MEASLES, dphtheria and typhoid fever are quite
prevalent at North Bennington.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Passumpsic railroad Is to give the Lyndon
vile Methodsts a lot OF land on which they are
| about to erect a vestry and sometime church.
ONE CARPENTER, a mesmeric performer at st.
Johnsbury, was recently arrested for trespass on
the person of Peter Ribeau of that town-the lat
ter having been taken violently sick while under
the mesmeric " influence of Carpenter. Only
three thousand dollars damages are called for
CHrTTENDEN COUNTY.
RECENT match between the Saratoga and
Burlington rifle clubs resulted in brilliant vic
tory for the latter
Oh Monday evening as Mr.. A. b. Clark was
passing through lumber yard in Burlington, he
was set upon by four men and robbed of val
liable gold watch and chain and what money he
had on his person.
THE pecuniary results of Colonel Bob Ipger.
soils recent lecture at Burlington were not Just
what were desired. Only three hundred tickets
were Sold and the managers found themselves
minus twelve dollars.
BURLINGTON man has raised peanuts and a
Springfield man sweet potatoes. Burlington
dealer exhibits a sweet potato (imported) that
measures twenty-one inches one way and eighteen
the other, and weighs three pounds
FRANKLIN COUNTY
THE buildings lately burned at Richford are TO
be speedily rebuilt Bakers store and the South
Eastern depot, instead of being connected are
being built separately
LAMorLLE COUNTY
The Vermont State Spiritualist Association
closed three days convention at Hydepark Sun
day night, the Goth ult Three sessions were
held daily. One hour OF each session was de-
voted to conference. The regular speakers were
Mrs. NJ. A. C. Heath, Mrs. S. A. Wiley, Mrs.
Pratt, Mrs. Emma Morse Paul, Mrs. DR.. Smith,
Mrs. Manchester and Dr. Gould.
ORANGE COUNTY.
A rBADEsMAN in Orange county exposes the
following sign: Boan Meel fur catul fur sail
heere"
WEST RANDOLPH barber shops are now closed
on Sunday. good example for other places
to follow
ORLEANS COUNTY.
AT NORTH TROY, farm laborers are command
ing only from six to eight dollars per month"; for
the winter months.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
THE mountains west OF Rutland were whitened
with snow on Sunday
RUTLAND liquor dealer has pleaded guilty to
sixteen offences, for which he was fined one hun
dred and sixty dollars
CORNELIUS FULLER, OF South wallingford, has
has been held in $500 for perjury at the recent
trial of George Bromley, the Dandy rough, in Rut-
land
The Rutland Leader is now published by Henry
Clark, Esq, who for some months past has been
its editor The publication of a daily evening
edition will soon be commenced, and the tone of
the paper will continue independent on public
and local questions.
In the Rutland county court the following
criminals have been sentenced: Oscar Barring
grand larceny, hard labor in State Prison six
years; Edward Tatro, burglary, hard labor in
state Prison five years; George Bromley, assault
with intent to kill, hard labor in State Prison
five years.
A SINGULAR case of poisoning occurred at Rut-
land recently. While man named Sttt was
burning lot of potato tops, on which Paris green
had been freely sprnkled, his little boy played in
the smoke, and soon after showed the symptoms
OF arsenic poisoning. Promptly administered an
tldotes alone saved his life.
GEORGE BROMLEY, the Dandy rough who as
saulted and shot Robert Callahan, of Walingford,
last March, has been sent to state prison for five
years. His companion, Merritt Wood, pleaded
guilty to simple assault, and is waiting as are
several other minor offenders for the Legislature
to pass law which will allow them to be SEN
fenced 10 hard labor in the new Rutland work.
house; all of which comes Of the reprehensible
practice OF carrying pistols on the person.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
THERE is talk OF establishing signal service
station on Haystack Mountain, Londonderry.
ADMIRAL PORTER and his family are in Brattle-
boro for temporary sojourn.
Mr.. AND Mrs CHARLES +. DAVIS, of West
minister, celebrated their golden wedding the
other day.
WINDSOR COUNTY
MANY West Hartford farmers are blowing their
potatoes under as they are not worth harvesting.
Apples are selling at from four to ten cents bushel
GROUND has been broken for the new depot at
Bethel station, which is TO be of brick, after the
style OF the one at Waterbury. Mr.. Sweeney OF
st. Adams, has the job for the mason work, and
has the foundation well under way 1t is ex-
pected that the building will be completed the
first of December