The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-01-02
STATE NEWS.

John Kimball of Bellows Falls,
Thursday, accidentally shot
off a toe.
The next term of the supreme court
for Windham county will open at Brat
tleboro February 18th.
Horace Smith absconded from East
Riehtord, the other night, leaving sew
eral creditors and pretty wife behind.
The buildings of the Union Manu-
featuring Company of Springfield, VT,
were burned Oh the night Of Dec. %.
Dimick Cutting of Fairlee shot him
self in the stomach with a revolver re-
Gently, and there is little chance OF his
recovery.
Rutland has an encouraging tenn
perance revival, some of the worst
drinkers in the place having signed
the pledge.
A man over in the eastern partA Of
the state sold his wife for fifty dollars
of which, sad to relate, he succeeded |
in collecting only ten.
The time for holding the annual re-
union of the Connecticut valley Ma
sonic union at st. Johnsbury has been
changed to January IL.
Senator Edmunds has gone to the
coast of North Carolina, with the hope
of breaking up the malarial symptoms
which have somewhat trL ubled him of
late.
The stage between Hardwick and
Plainield fell over bank Monday of
last week and was badly damaged, but
the driver and passengers escaped
with but slight injury.
L. II. Barber, of Swanton, was
thrown from a wagon ednesday, and
striking on his head was severely if
not fatally injured, as it is feared his
skull was fractured by the fall.
The Central Vermont railroad com
pany has served notice on the Wood
stock company of an appeal from the
award of the commissioners for lands
taken for the proposed crossing at
White River junction.
Sylvester Metcalf of North Bridge
water, 10 Years old, while in the woods
with his brother-in-law, who was haul
ing logs the other day, was struck by
a log as it was being dragged away by
the team and his neck broken.
Peter Whalen, a young man OF st.
Adams, was called to the door, Tues
day evening of last week, and stabbed
in the neck and shoulder by Andy o.
Day. O'Day, who was intoxicated,
was arrested. No reason is assigned
for the assault.
The other day, Chester Clark, of
the American House, Montpelier, laid
down his pocket book, containing $40
in cash, and $400 in notes, after he
had transacted some business. Short
" after he went into his dining room
to carve the meat for dinner, probably
without taking up the book, for it was
the last seen Of it.
The somewhat noted divorce case of
Mrs. Orilla Foster against William
Foster was heard before the county
court at Montpelier Thursday. The
suit has oscillated between the county
and supreme courts on appeals and
writs, and Vermont justice seems to-
find the case rather knotty one.
Mr.. Geo. w. Bentley has been APP
pointed general manager Of the Cen
trail Vermont and is to take the entire
charge of the revenues and expendi-
lures of the road, and be responsible
to the board. Gov. Smith retains his
position as president; Lansing Mills
as general manager of through traffic
and j. W. Hobart as general superin-
tendent.
The Vermont banks protective as
ISOLATION, at their recent annual meet
ing, adopted strong resolutions in IA
vor of a repeal Of the law imposing a
tax of IL per cent. on deposits and /
per cent ON all circulating notes out
, standing, and also of the law requir-
| ing two-cent stamp on bank checks.
1t was urged that the tax, which was
necessity during the war, is now OPP
pressive and unjust.
There is great excitement at Fairlee
over the disappearance and supposed
: suicide of two daughters of Mrs. Bliss
Ida, aged %, and Nellie, I. They
I left the house aweek ago last Friday
; evening, explaining that they would
: be gone but a few moments, and nc
| trace of them has yet been obtained
:, Upon a slip of paper in their room
, was written, "Good by, dear mother
: you will never see us again." From
& certain circumstances since discovered
it is concluded that they went directly
: to the Connecticut river bridge, few
t rods distant, and threw themselves in
Y to the stream.