The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-27
STATE NEWS.

Rev. p. II. Pitkin was ordained
over the Marshiield Congregational
church Thursday.
! Mr.. Cannon Of Burlington has re-
Gently sold several horses Of the Clay
brine stock to 60 to Scotland.
Rev. S. A. Parker. pastor of the
Bethel Universalist church for the past
Is years, closes his labors May /.
The steam saw and grist-mill at
South Vernon, owned and operated by
Ballou & Taylor of Springfield, Mass,
was burned recently.
North Bennington has been flooded
with silver and paper counterfeit mon
ey, and some one in the vicinity is
supposed to be "shoving the queer"
Fire caused losses of 81 $50 900 in
the state last year, February leading
off with $4,000 and April and June
following with Sl44 600 apiece. The
insurance was about one-half of the
losses.
The Richford well excitement is
nearly over. The following is the la
test item ahoat in the papers: Josie
Atwell of Westlield, who drank at the
fatal Richford well and was reported
dead, is getting well. Herbert Golf,
will probably die.
A little Jericho school urchin was
sent home the other day by his teach
er, with note giving an account of
his behaviour during the day, and re-
quested to bring her line in return
the next morning. Returning to
school, he presented her with a fish
lIne, saying, there's your line, teach
er.'-Argus.
We learn by private letter from Chi
cago that a bill ofdivorce filed by Mrs.
Betsey w. Burbank against Gustavus
A. Burbank for cruelty and adultery
was granted the plaintiff on the 25th
of last month. Mrs. Burbank takes
SIS, 200 cash, and will, in company
with her son Charles, go to California
to reside. The parties are all well
known in this town, Mr.. Burbank at
one time being cashier of the old CAL
edonia Bank. North Star.
Quite sensation has been caused
by the case of Patrick Laher of Brat
tleboro, an Industrious Irishman, who
evoke up dead" one morning recently
after taking too much liquor the pre-
vious night, and then is said to have
shown signs of life during wake
which his friends were holding over
his body. Some Of the more timid
even assert that he turned over in his
coffin, hut they did not wait long for
Investigations to take place. "He's
dead enough now, " said a brother Irish
man the other day, "for he's covered
up"
A dozen COWS, in different herds, at
Ferrisburgh and New Haven, have died
within week of some new and mystic
rious disease. In most cases the ami
mails die instantly, or are found dead
in the morning, where they seemed all
right the previous night. The exam
nation of one victim showed a dark
red streak running parallel with the
backbone from the neck to the rump,
and when the hide was removed the
flesh came with it, leaving the bones
bare. The matter is to be investiga-
ted thoroughly.
A young lady, Miss Esty, who had
been brought up in the family Of A.
Peach of Newbury, committed suicide
on Sabbath afternoon, March II, UNI
der the following circumstances She
attended church at South Ryegate, and
on her way home had acted unbecom-
ingly with some young friends, for
which she had been rebuked by Mr..
Peach. She was indignant, and went
up stairs and took large dose Of
strychnine which Mr.. Peach had been
using to poison foxes with. When
called to dinner she stated what she
had done, and expressed the greatest
sorrow, and anxiously desired to live.
Every remedy at hand was used, and
DR.. j. b. Darling was sent for in
great haste, but it was all unavailable.
After suffering the most intense pain
she died, only a short time before the
Dir. came.