Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27

Caledonia County.
ALBA SIAs, of Sheffield ran off an embankment
the other day, with span OF horses, and was
severely hurt
DAVID FINAULT, of Passumpsc, fell the other
day while carrying a bag OF grain downstairs,
and dislocated his shoulder
THE Fairbankses, and several other business
in different parts Of the state, paying
their employees partly in gold.
ST. JoHNsBuRY has no collector or constable.
The one elected at the late town meeting has
failed to furnish his forty thousand dollar bond.
HARLOW II PERKINS, fifteen years old, fell into
a tub of boiling water at St Johnsbury onWednes-
day and was so badly scalded that he is not ex-
pected to recover.
WILLIAM HOFFMAN, of Lyndon, while gather
ing sap last week Monday, was thrown forward
on his sled, striking his side on a stake and injur-
ing him internally.
JAMES DEXTER, prominent citizen of Newark,
died the 17th aged ninety-four years. lie had
been member Of the legislature, and filled other
positions of honor and trust
CHARLES CHASE and Charles Prebles, of st.
Johnsbury, went on drunken spree the other
day, obtaining the liquor on false pretenses, and
were fined about twenty five dollars apiece
Miss EsrEy, who has lived in the family of A.
Peach in Newbury, committed suicide on the 18th,
by taking strychnine. The only cause for the
act was that she had been rebuked by Mr. Peach
for some of her actions.
ROLAND j. AVERY, of Lyndonville, has COM
menced legal proceedings against the Passumpsc
Il Connecticut Railroad Company to recover ten
thousand dollars, claiming that he was injured by
reason of defect in the couplings on one of
their freight cars 1t is thought that the whole
proceedings are a mere sham, instituted through
malice Avery having been discharged a short
time since by the company for getting drunk.
Chittenden County.
FRANK LOTHIAN, who was arrested recently
for burglarizisg in Burlington has been held in
the sum of five hundred dollars.
BURLINGTON is making an effort to secure the
services of Murphy, the temperance evangelist.
Committees have been appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for paying the expenses of the work
Franklin County.
CHARLES NJ. BELKNAP, Of st. Adams, formerly
conductor on the Vermont Central stock train,
had the i'll luck to dislocate shoulder last
week Wednesday
j. W Beatty, OF Sheldon, while in his woods
gathering sap, the other day, was shot Mt by some
unknown marksman. The ball passed through
his cap just grazing the top of his head
LamOiile County.
A MAN in Stowe has horse thirty-seven years
old that can eat hay and oats as well as ever and
perform considerable work.
Orange County.
SOME six months ago Archibald Barchof, of
Wells River, purchased ten lottery tickets of a
New York concern ut five dollars each. The other
day he received notice that he had drawn gold
watch valued at two hundred and fifty dollars,
which he could have by sending them twenty
dollars. lie sent the money and received watch,
the estimated value OF which is about three dollars
Orleans County.
REV K. Parity, pastor of the Methodist church
at Morgan, died very suddenly the night of the
llth of heart disease.
REV LAWRENCE PHELPS has accepted the call
OF the Congregational church at Barton to become
their pastor, and will commence his abors there
early in the fall.
Rutland County.
WORK on the state workhouse at Rutland is to
be resumed at once.
The Howe Scale Company will commence work
in their new shops at Rutland in about month";
with force of from four to five hundred men.
Mrs. W. H. SCoTr, Of Rutland, was struck and
probably fatally injured by train on Tuesday of
last week, while drunk and sitting on the track.
A QUESTION whether Walngford or Plymouth
shall support a certain pauper has been tried in
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suited in three disagreements of the jury, and it
will have to be tried over again.
WHILE three young lads were out on Haystack
Mountain, in Pawlet the other day, rolling stones
| down the cliffs of rocks a stone struck boy by
the name of Albert Tromby about sixteen years
of age, knocked him down the side Of the mount
ain, about one hundred and fifty feet, and killed
him almost instantly.
| A WALKING match came off at Rutland on the
10Th, between G. I storrer, of Bath, Me, and
Christopher Rice, Of Rutland, Rice walked fifty
miles in nine hours, sixteen minutes and twenty
seconds making his best mile on the last one,
| which was done in nine minutes and five seconds.
storrer gave out entirely on the twenty-second
mile ON account of sickness, it is claimed.
Windham County.
| REV. A. G. FIELD, OF the Wilmington Congre-
gational church, closes his pastorate April list,
OVER twelve tons Of maple sugar have passed
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j. Esrkf Co.. the Bickiord knitting'machine
company and the Devens Curtis screw company
all of Bratteboro, are preparing their exhibits
for the Paris exhibition.
The body OF newborn female infant wa,
found the 2lst. in the canal near the paper mill al
Bellows Falls. A post norton examination re
vealad tho tac, ,hot tha ohild yas nor, aiiye and
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tlat the mother was attended by physician
An investigation will be held
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JOHN q BRlES OF Springfield, said to he ovel
one hundred years old died at the town farm the
otbar day
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