Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-22
VERMONT

Some OF the INST desperate oh r
acters in the State Prison formed Il
srheme u csc pc last week, hut their
plot was iii covered and frustrated.
With population of 40, 100, Rat
land county averages 30 divorces
annually.
L. II. SlaytOn Of South Wood
stock has sheep with a perfect MN
iature muuta ilsl,le one of its eurs-
teeth, tongue and al' CO nplete. which
opens and shuts when the sherl,
chews her cud.
A young ran named G ri stan hal
an arm eau ght la u p'ln2r at Mc.
Indues the other day, ani 50 nalgle,l
hat amputation at the e.bJS jo.Lt
was necessary.
a young fellow has been swinlIing
folks ia Franklin uui Orleans countie,
by collecting fulls Jr circulating
libraries, e1ch of which he sail con
tanned hity-t@0 choice books vaIu' |
at fiily cents apiece. The only books
his subscribers nave received. however,
are OF the IL Ike side Library edition,
valued Ut about five cents each.
Several horses in Vergennes livery
stable have been poisoned. Jr:srln-
ably by some evll-dloposed person.
William Ranso n, Of Craft,bury,
shot himself in the heal the other
morning, dying Instantly. He was
twenty-six years of age,
Rev. Josiah Brttou, for many
years resIcent of B,alforl, who re-
moved to Atkinson, Kan, nine years
ago, died in the later place October
3Oth, aged seventy-ei Sht years.
General KING sIey's horse, that car
'ried hun Us lnajr OF the rSelltl YER
mont, through the celebrated Get. vs.
burg campaign of 1868, kicked the
bucket" Lie other nigh, aged twenty
two years.
On last Wednesday afternoon
Henry Pekie, carpenter at ST. AL.
bans, fel! from Il scaffDld aud frac-
Iured his hip bone very badly So
much 50 indeel, that IL is doubtful
it he ever fully RECEIVERS from the
injury. HIS family are in destitute
circumstances.
The Saranac Horse Nail Company.
which has been in operation in V. T.
gennes for the last two years, has
removed to Pl4ttsburg, N. Y. Forty
five of the employees 60 over, aud the
loss ri these mechanics and the
weekly payroll of the S S5oo ia:s,1.es
IL a serious hing for Vorgeunes-
and corresponding gain " Platts.
burg.
An East Md,llehury family has
lost five of it, members by death.
within the last fifteen months.
The report of The sudden and
mysterious disappearance Of young
gill from centre Rutland, LAST week.
proves to have been a hoax. The
girl went to Dorset to visit an uncle
with the full knowledge aad consen,
Of her mother.
Frank L. Richardson, of Drattle.
boro, completed at Springfield, Sat
urday night, The Ieat Of walking 250
miles inside Of % consecutive hoIrs
Rev. SoIep Martin, 81 West Fair
lee Center, who diel the oth.r day
was one Of the most e5te3aed Con-
gregational preachers III the state.
lie was Y years OF age, and hal
spent the entire term OF cleric al
labors In the villages of Gorintl
and West Fairlee Center. His wife
followed hip to the grave only two
days later.
Charleston points with pride to a
75-years-old lady who walked Ii
miles, spun 200 knots Of yarn, kni,
two pair OF stockings and one pail
double mittens in one week.
Sixteen tranps were lodged at thu
town hotel in ,Pownal Centre on d re
cent night.
John Z. Phair has been granted I
hearing before TIE Supreme Colrt.