Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-04-26

kiuS, foreman Of GrOOss haOllu W cfks
at Monkton, assaulted 3 lorm.r W Jrk-
man, named Dahiel Galpin, with a
pick.ax-to-day. Galpin received three
fractures in the arm and had his head
cut open. Atkins was arrested and
bailed in the sum OF $4,000. An old
feud was the cause of the trouble.
ST. JoHNsBnRr, April IL. A false
statement has been going the rounds
of the Vermont newspapers for a week
past that the recent heavy rains had
greatly impeded travel on the Vermont
division OF the portlan and Ogdens.
burg Railroad. such is not the case.
Only one delay occur ed from a slight
washout, and all trains have been run
ming promptly and are now so running.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, April 81.
The recent heavy rains have created y
good stage of water in the Connecticut
river and dispelle1 the fears OF n rum
Gus delay III starting the drives OF logs
cut the past winter. Thirty million
feet are TO come from Mclndoe's Falls
this season, and large number OF logs
Jave been put into the boom at the
falls. Last year about fifteen million
feet were run to Hartford, CT. The
proprietors of the Hartford Mill have
leased the Holyokc Lumber Company's
mills at Holyoke, and no logs will be
run to Hartford this season. The lat
est advlces from Canada, northern
New York, New Hampshire and Yer
mont show that the amount Of lumber
manufactured in said regions last year
was greatly in excess of what will be
manufactured this year. Higher
prices are con fdently expected.
ST.. JoNsBURY, Vt, April 81. St.
Andrews Episcopal Church Society
have completed their new church,
and held therein to-day the first SER
vices, that OF Easter day. This is the
eighth church and prosperous society
in this village of about five thousand
inhabitants.
At Craftsbury, it has been decided
that woman can't hold the Office of
Superintendent of Schools, and the Sc
lectmen have appointed man to fill
the place instead of the lady originally
chosen.
DR.. S. w. Thayer, of Burlington,
who sued the city for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries caused to his proper
ty and the health of his ia nily by an
open sewer near his residence, has
been awarded S766.66 damages. The
case will go to the Supreme Court.
James r. Proud of Pownal beat
his wife 80 badly the other day that
she is not expected to live.
Four more deer were brought to
Rutland by the game club on Friday
from DannemOra, N. Y. making IL
now owned by the association, all of
which will be released in the Green
Mountains. One of the deer leaped
over fence II feet high before he
could be captured.
VIM. p. Horne Of st. Johnsbury was
wounded in the left shoulder by mus
ket ball at the charge Of Fort Wagner,
South Carolina in 1868. The bal
broke the collar bone, and passed down
near the first rib, but could no. be ex-
tracted. Last Wednesday it was ex-
tracted from between the ninth and
tenth ribs, about IA inches from the
place where it entered. The bal is in
a battered condition, and weighs al.
most an ounce.
Horace Lapham Of Shoreham died
the other day at the age of 80, leaving
farm of eleven hundr- d acres and an
estate of $751; o, all accumulated by
farming.
Daniel Paddock of Moth Towna
died few days ago from an overdose
Of morphine.
Congregational! pastoral notes -
Revs. R. d. Miller of Hartford, L. S
Hubbard of Rochester (where he has
lived for nine years) and james Hay
OF Georgia have completed their en-
gagements. Rev. C. A Foss is call
ed to the church at Pawiet and Rev
William Gay of Georgetown, Mass.
to that at Pomfret. Rev. Henry Mar.
den, missionary from Turkey, who
has supplied the church in Dummer.
ston for some months past, is urgently
invited to return at once to the Con-
trail Turkey mission.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Hon
or of Vermont was instituted at Brat.
tleboro Saturday afternoon, April 20.
by Supreme Dictator j. A. Eye Of
Greensburg, Penn, assisted by Z. B.
Stetson, Past Dictator of Charleston
Lodge, No. 1872, Charleston, Mass.
and G. II. Eaton, d. G. d., of Boston
The following officers were elected and
installed: Grand Dictator, L. III
Read, Bellows Falls Grand Vice Die.
Lator, George w. Tilden, Barre
Grand Assistant Dictator, Wells P
Jones, Jacksonville (; Grand Reporter
ID. l.. Herrick, Brattleboro' Crane
Treasurer, John w. Clark, Montpcl
Ter; Grand Guide G. r. Stcsens
! Brattleboro' Grand Chaplain, C. L
Piper, Brattleboro' Grand Guard. A
G. Stetson, Jacksonville /; Grand Sen
; tinel, ID. Il. Tasker, Brattleboro' Pas
: Grand Dictator, j. w. Simonds, Brat
| tleboro'; Grand Trustees, DR.. f. Whit
man, Bellows Falls, Thad. NJ. Chap
man, Middlsboro', 0. s. Ladd, St
Johnsbury.