Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-12-04
Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY.


THE store of Judd Wright, a Middlebury Jew
eler was broken into the other night, and several
revovers and other property were stolen though
the robbers were frightened away before they Sc
cured much booty. The failure is announced Of
William s. Goodrich, of Middlebury, with liabil-
tiles of $4,000. His property has been attached
BENNINGTON COUNTY
The town bond cases Of the First National Bank
of North Bennington against Bennington Shafts
bury, Arlington Dorset and Sunderland are on
the docket for the county court at Bennington
soon, but motion for a change of venue has been
made on ground that fair and impartial trial
cannot be had in the county. Business is pick
ing up at North Bennington There are two pa
per mills, two cotton factories two glass grinding
and stereoscope factories all Of which are running
on full time with complement of employees.
From one hundred and fifty to two hundred men
are thus steadily employed All the Benning-
ton liquor sellers but one have been arrested and
held in $500 apiece for violating the prohibitory
law. A shocking affair occurred at North Ben
nngton, the other day. The substance of the
case is that the bodies OF two dead infants were
thrown into the street in broad daylight Nc
arrests have yet been made.
| CHITTESpES COUNTY.
JoHN HOLMES, Of Charlotte, Is said to have the
largest orchard but one in the Eastern states II
| has about five thousand trees James White oil
Sheburne has shipped eighteen thousand bushel.
of potatoes to New York this fall. Rev. Spencer
Marsh, of Burlington, has received an appoint
ment in the Congressional library at Washington
Mrs George d Richardson, of Burlington
slipped nail which ran into her foot. tn,
2sth, and, taking cold died of lockjaw OF
Saturday
| FRANKLIN COUNTY
REv. W. UNDERWOOD, of Fairfax, has accepted
a call to Trinity Reformed Episcopal church a
indianapolis, Ind. Patch Brothers, grocers an,
merchants of Richford whose store was recent,
burned are reported failed, e. Lewis Sturgeon
who was arrested on the 2Sth for stealing LAM
and two pelts from II. s. Gallar Of st. Adams
has been sentenced to sixty days in the worShouse
james and Richard Fadden have been held Il
$500 for trial, ON the charge of robbing severa
clothes lines In Sheldon, The store Of l.
Goodhue in St. Adams was entered by one o
more persons ON Saturday night and a quantity q
| flour, sugar and other groceries and small SUI
OF money from the cash drawer were taken. In
trance was effected through cellar window
Parties are suspected.
LAMOILLE COUNTY,
TnE report of the jailer of this county show
twenty commitments the past year and the sam
number for the preceding year; males forty-four
females, six thirteen were committed for lal
ceny, nine for assault, and eight for vagrancy
only two were sent to the state prison, -, MIR,
George l.. Waterman of Iydepark who was In
jured In the accident ON the Portland Ogdens
, burg road, is rapidly recovering,
RUTLAND COUNTY.
TmE book and stationery store of futile & Co
!. in Rutland was burglariled Wednesday night
and five hundred dollars worth Of gold pens an
ten dollars in cash were stolen Mary Water,
of Rutland, who fractured her thigh some tire
months ago by falling from swing, and who wa
fully recovered from the accident, fell the othe
day, and fractured the limb in the same pac
, again.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
l.. II. REED of Bmttleboro, has been fined fiy
dollars ani costs, for negecting u feed and waite
three horses and u COW found In his barn. q.
David Eddy, u farmer was thrown from run
away team at South Londonderry November 2Itl
and died from his injuries . Frank Pierce, q
East Putney shot himself the other morning. II
; was alive when last heard from, but his recover
: was regarded as doubtful lie had been recent
employed as clerk at the Windsor hotel at Nor
treal, and had held similar positions In othe
! places. Cause, insanity.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
, Al White River Junction, last week Wednes
day, Cornelius Whalen, a freight brakeman, Will
stepping from his train To a side track was ru
over by another train and received natal iniure,
Both legs NeTc 50 badly crushed rs 10 require an
putation, but Whalen died Thursday morning
r Ills age WAS twenty two years %, Mrs Olive
Fairbanks, of Woodstock has received frOi
Texas the startling intelligence that her sou
Charles D., has accidentally shot himself