Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-07-17
Vermont State News.
AnntaoS COUNTY


Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
THE potaro bugs have appeared in large num-
bers in this county, and destroying whole
fields Of potatoes in a day.. Arthur Dodge, OF |
Mlddlebury, had narrow escape from drowning |
recently while bathing with his companions.,.
Joe Ianglos, OF Shoreham, young lad, was Sc
verey burned by premature explosion on the |
18th. Starksboro is troubled with diphtheria.
]. NJ. Bonestein of Boston, has got into patent |
right scrape at Weybrdge-the same having oc-
CURED in 1875 He was to have a final examine |
ton this week. The charge against him is tax |
ing note for patent right without inserting the
words, Given for patent right, AS the law |
requires =. james Human, of New Haven, was |
gored by an Infatuated bull Il few days ago, and |
still remains in critical condition. The tenn
perance folks Of this county will meet July oath,
to nominate a candidate for states Attorney.
Rosa Morrill,, of Starksboro, twenty years old |
tried to commit suicide lately by taking rat poison
but took too big dose
BENNINGTON COUNTY
Mrs HALEY, of Pownal died the other day
at the remarkable age of one hundred and
four years.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JoHSsBuRy Young men are talking Of form
ing a military company Rev. W. H. Wight
and wife. of Lyndon, were run away with the
other day and the latter was considerably bruised
Edward Daniels, of Danville, was burned
badly the other evening, by the upsetting Of
kerosene lamp, When retiring he was taken
with fainting fit, and fell against the stand and
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county democrats convene at st. Johnsbury on
the 18th of August At st. Johnsbury, on the
9th, Storer walked twenty-five miles in four hours
and twenty minutes. Jerry Drew, of ST. Johns
bury, has sold 2.24 trotter to a Massachusetts
man for 81, 600.
cHrTTESDEN COUNTY.
PARTICIPANTS in Sunday row at Burlington
have been fined and one of them held in the sum
of 5000. E. Millions recent loss by fire foots up
about So OO0 . The Burlington Rifle Club came
out ahead in a shooting match at Malone, N. Y,
on the Fourth. . Alonzo Coffee, twenty-five years
| old. belonging in Chateaugay, N " was drowned
at westford the other day. E. Burlington's music
hall in the new Howard block will be seventy-sx
by one hundred and nineteen feet, and forty feet
high with galleries.
ESSEX COUNTY.
LITTLE son OF a. u. PARSONS, oil west Con-
cord, was severely injured the other day by hav-
ing bis clothes caught in revolving shaft in the
grist mill -. Andrew Bonnet, of West Concord
ABOUT nineteen years oiu unuer.ooA W NM nnn
sen the other hight- All ior lows he uiuh
succeed ana Is prooaoiy wiser ''an he WAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
| WILLIAM HOWARD, of Georgia, was severely II
not fatally hurt the other evening, by being
thrown from load of hay while he was driving.
| 1.-The paper OF the St Adams Foundry COM
pany, recently failed, is being taken up at thirty
cents on dollar George W. bowdish, oil
North Fairfield, aged seventy-sx years, was killed
lately by falling down stairs. IA terrihc gaze
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GRAND ISLE COUNTY
a NEW Methodist church mas Just oeeh deui-
Gated ut Island Pond. Rev w. j. Johnson oil
Barton, preached the dedicatory sermon.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
LOUIS DEWEY Frenchman aged fifty-eight
years, while at work at North Troy the other
day, was sunstruck. He cannot survive.
RUTLAND COUNTY
RUTLAND is reported as suffering from partial
water famine. Water only runs small portion
of the day. except to those buildings on the lowest
ground, and the scale works bring most of their
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twelve miles distant. The new pipe. which is to
increase the supply, will not be laid till fall.
Rutland wants the novelty works lately burned
out at Springfield to locate within its limits. .
Rev. Edward II. Randall, of Poultney, will spenc
his summer vacation in Europe.
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u noosssarv Tho pra,,,ehoro Performer saws tba
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u ,,on a, oro lima ana nrge. tho naonie N "lick
oaa,ns, srch yvholesale cheating
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~ while h"y'hs Il iew uays ago '''''h ii'i'"nu VI
10 other oay number OIL people Were 'i'auo s,oN u
eating huiiea corn winch 'hey puion"Seu Vi
man VINO peouieu IL aoou' .omn 'one e"'po
rariS green n'sn' "'o'uo"N's nave v''a -
= near the corn o'hers oene'e II was ,ooNou u"
-, copper Ne''io' dummy A'",s, "se' 'o'' yea
,d was run o'e' ny ,no e"'S AZ " '"ueo' '''' v.'
nd o"y' anu one ies ''au " 10 p'I'a n w. 49,
oe"'er' young '""h "''"s !" ""''o "n'' '"'
y, 'oh' was recently u'o"nou Nv 'ou'" 'oS"'''
H. Oliver Brothers, OF Hartland nave invented
ge safety valve so to speak for an unmanageah
is ,oa,, M. oo,trivance 90 arransed that |
i, '"" 'o"'.l ',o 90 "'.' An,
~ simply pulling strap the tugs ana tni'l s'ta
are unhitched, letting the morse 90 Tree, '.' u
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