Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-11
Vermont State News.

ADDISON COUNTY.
THE county fair occurs at Mddebury, Septem-
Der 10th to 18th. Starksboro had two elope-
ments in one week of married women with
young men
CALEDONIA COUNTY
FAIRBANKS & Co., of st. Johnsbury have re-
ceved the highest and only award in class fifteen
given to any scale manufacturer at the Paris
exposition.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
THE Barnes Hose Company of Burlington have
shown the Chicagoans what vermonters can do
by taking the first prize over twenty competing
companies at the National Firemen's Tournament
at Chicago. The freshman class at the Univer-
sity of Vermont will exceed twenty. Lewis Blair
of Bolton has been committed in the sum of three
hundred dollars for attempting an outrage on
his granddaughter. Jane Ecces, n woman
about forty five years Of age who had served as a
domestic in Burlington and at Winooski, and who
had made two previous but unsuccessful attempts
TO commit suicide by poisoning took corrosive sub
Innate at the poor house and died on Friday.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
NJ. j. MALoNEy, lately of the st. Adams
AdCertiser, is to publish paper at Richford-the
| first issue to appear October LIST, 1t will be
weekly and devoted to local matters and the in
terests of the Missisquoi valley. Colonel Can
mons herd Of Durhams and Guernseys, from
Burlington, are exhibited at the state fair, but
not for premiums ....A testimonial concert to
Miss Fleda l.. Kellogg was given at st. Adams
the other evening, and was a grand Success
ORANGE COUNTY
THE monument soon to be erected to the late
Rev Silas McKeen, of Bradford, is now nearly
ready to he placed in position The ground base
| is of American granite thirty-seven inches square
and twenty-four inches in depth. The plinth or
sub-base il twenty-seven inches square and
twelve inches deep The die twenty inches square,
twenty-five inches deep. Shaft fourteen inches
square, seven feet three inches in height. All Of
the monument excepting the ground base is OF
beautifully polished Scotch granite which came
direct here from the old country. The four sides
of the die are engraved. The front face bears
the name, date of birth and death OF DIR. McKeen
On the south face Is his favorite quotation
Steadfast, immovable, always Astounding in the
works OF the Lord" The north face bears the
record" Pastor Of the Congregational church in
Bradford for forty-three years and in Belfast,
| Me, for nine years" The east side has the
words, Erected in loving reverence by his
children and friends. The house of Orren
Abbott in Wells River, was considerably dam
aged by lightning few days ago.. The La
bilities of Carpenter & Jones' furniture dealers at
Wells River, are over $1,000 Assets about a
quarter of that amount
ORLEANS COUNTY.
LuCIUs HADDocK, of Jay, twenty years old, is
under arrest for the larceny of several tubs of
butter He is an old offender. Justin Cook =
little son dropped asleep and fell out OF his seat at
Glover church service recently, dislocating his
shoulder and breaking his collar bone.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Hon ALANsoN ALLEN, of Fairhaven, prom
inent and highly respected citizen, died the 9TH,
aged seventy eight years. Moses Vincent, OF
Rutland, was arrested in Little Falls n Y, on
the I'd inst. by the chief OF police of that village,
on warrant charging him with an attempt to
maltreat a girl ten years of age, in the former
town, July 10th.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
WILLIAM CLEVELAND took one hundred and
twenty-five pounds OF honey from the spires or
evening. 90. County fair at Fayetteville Septem
Der 18th and 10Th.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Hon. FREDERICK BILLINGS. Of Woodstock, re-
ceived three Jersey cows, aged two, three ant
four years respectively, which he has imported
at n cost Of about one thousand two hundred dol
lars. One Of the convicts at Windsor ran away
the other day, but was very soon captured. -.
Mr. Carlisle a former resident of Quechee, ha
lately died In Western state, aud left his ole
school district the sum of six thousand dollars
WEST ToPsHAM. potato crop Is rottni
badly, and the white grub is making bad worl
with the sound ones. The apple crop will b.