Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-12
STATE NEWS.

Sixty five year-old Edwin Hyde, of Straf-
ford, dropped dead while haying, the other
afternoon.
| Mr.. Judah Dana. for the past eleven
| years at the head of the schools in Rutland,
has recently been appointed Principal Of
tho Castleton Normal School.
Ralph Goldsmith, of Bennington, has a
cactus grandihorus (night-blooming cereus)
about six feet high. with eleven full blown
perfect flowers. There were upwards Of
fifty buds before it began blossoming.
Sera Crossman, of Mount Tabor, while at
tempting to cross the track in front of a
train at Bennington, recently, was struck
by the engine and thrown upon wood pile,
receiving injuries which are expected to
prove fatal.
l.. Morrison, Hartland genius, % years
ago, during his spare moments, whitfield
out q wooden clock which runs 81 days
without winding, keeps good time. and has
month, hour, minute and second hand NOV
ing on separate faces. The pendulum weighs
IL pound and the weight % pounds.
Warren Ii. Blossom, a thrifty Woodstock
iarmer committed suicide, Saturday. with a
shot gun, the charge entering his side Just
below the heart and resulting in death in
two hours. lie was dependent from finan-
cial difficulties, the result Ct borrowing
money at low rates. and loaning West at
high rates OF interest. lie was about forty
years old and leaves a wife and two chill
dren.
In the last volume Of the Vermont Reports
(49tb) there are scventy-six cases decided
besides original cases and pro formd decls'
ions in the courts below. OF these the de-
cisions of the several judges were affirmed
OF reversed as follows Pierpoint. affirmed
4. reversed 3; Barrett. A. 9, r. 6; Wheeler,
A. 3. K. 7; Royce, A. 4, K. 3; Redfeld,
A, Q, R. :; Ross. A. 10, r. 6; Powers, A.
}, X. ?.
A few days since. while gang of hands
we're at work on the mountain road from
Low ell to lrasburgh, they saw a small bear
in the pasture near by. A dog was set upon
him and he soon made himself safe from the
dog in tall spruce free. Ladders were
procured and the tree was climbed nearly to
the top, when young bruin, who had re-
treated as high as possible. jumped from
the tree to the ground, a distance of more
than sixty feet. lie jumped up uninjured
and ran, but was soon or ertaken by the
men and captured.
DR. John Wheeler, OF West Concord, was
found dead in his bed Monday morning
He was as well as usual the day before
His age was about 30 DR.. Wheeler was
quite an eccentric man, living pretty much
alone upon his large farm. He has been
called the richest man in the town if not in
the county, and his estate is variously es-
timated at from 5000 to 500, 900. DIR.
Wheeler was never married. Harry and
Geo. Bingham. the New Hampshire law
yers, are his nephews.
Ia -. r. q DoLk
L Marsh, at Chester depot, May -, 1877,
has been arrested and is now in Jail
at Rochester, N. Y. He has several aliases,
and has been in prison in the State of New
York. lie was arrested for carrying con-
cealed weapons. and found to have in his
possession a complete set of burglars tools
and bond on the city of Racine, which be-
longed to Mr. Robbins. lie will soon be
brought to Windsor county for trial. lie is
also convicted of fifteen or twenty postOffce
robberies. The States Attorney Of New
York has written to Mr.. Robbins that this
burglar is one of the most desperate charac
ters in the State He was arrested near
Woodsyille, N. H.. last August, but es-
capped BY jumping from a two-story win
dow. lie was indicted last December at
the Windsor county court. He went by tho
name of George Moore in this State.
Curtis NJ. Post, a well-known and prom
inent citizen OF Georgia, committed suicide,
Friday. by hanging. m the barn. For some
time he had suffered from liver complaint,
and during the last week or two, his family
and neighbors had noticed that his nervous
system and mind had become very much
affected by it, Mr.. Post was born in 1913,
and was therefore 65. lie was q member of
the Legislature two terms Just before the
war and of the constitutional convention in
1870. He was Town Clerk and Treasurer of
Georgia more than twenty years, and held
the offices at the time of his death.
At ST. Albans, Wednesday, the twenty
fifth anniversary of Rev. L. Druon's ordins-
ton to the priesthood, was observed and was
attended by a bout twenty OF the clergymen
OF the State. In the evening. delegation
of the laymer called upon the reverend gen.
tlemen and presented him s Isl in silver on
behalf of the members OF his congregation.
The Independent County Convention held
at Brattleboro, Thursday, was well attend
ed. and much enthusiasm prevailed. Ed
ward Crosby, of BrattlebOro, presided. with
a vice president from each town in the coun-
ty. A county committee was chosen, stir
ring resolutions adopted, and the following
ticket nominated For senators. Edward
Crosby. of Brattleboro. DR.. Daniel Camp
bell, of Saxton's River; assistant judges,
ii. b. BELOW. Of W hitting ham. j. Ii. Phelps,
of Townshend sheriff, Z. L. Roberts. OF
Nottingham; probate judges. Royal Tyler
and Abisha Stoddard. the present incum-
bents; high sheriff. David Stesrns, of Put
ney states attorney. L. W. Stoddsrd. OF
Brattleboro. Charles N. Davenport. Ed
ward Crosby, A. p. ChiIds, Ashley Stone.
5. I. Davenport and others addressed the
convention.
The potato bugs have appeared in largo
numbers in Addison county, and are de-
stroying whole fields of potatoes in day.
Ferrisburgh farmers have 50 acres of pota-
toes, and are in danger of losing the entire
crop.
1t il said that the grand jury of the Ad
olson county court, at the last session,
found indictments against Mrs. Champlin
for murder, and also for adultery. This
matter was kept secret at the request Of the
States Attorney and sheriff, on the ground
that il was desirable to get the requisition
papers and arrest her before it was known.
Ii now turns out that no such bills have
been entered in the court records. Mr..
Cbampiin says that his vile was in Bir-
mingham, at her Aunt Boxers. wbere she
and Deacon Smith staid all night after the
three-mile walk. during the whole of Dea
con Smiths trial at Middlebury, and daily
went to the postofice for her paper con-
tanning accounts Of his trial; that she is now
at the same place. and apparently no at
tempt has been made to arrest her.
Montpelier While working upon Samuel
Walton's new block, on State street, Frank
and George Butterfly narrowly escaped
death. The staging gave way, precipitat-
ing both some 20 feet. George escaped Sc
rious injury. Frank saved himself from
falling into the cellar by catching a pro-
jectlng beam with one hand, and hung
there several minutes till aid came. He
was very badly bruised and had narrow
escape.-E. II. Town, merchant tailor, has
failed. Liabilities quite heavy, mostly with
New York and home creditors.
Louis Dewey, Frenchman. aged So
years, while at work at North Troy, the
other day. was sunstruck. lie cannot sur
viye.