The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
STATE ITEMS.
A few eases Of diphtheria are re-
norted nj Enosburgh Falls.

ported at Enosburgh Falls.
james Carver Wood, # Pawlet-
has shot lOI woodchucks this season
with rifle.
AT the Woodstock post office,
during the past year, 27,296 postal
cards we're sold.
From one tree in the past four
years II. {. Wells, of Calais, has
picked 90 bushels Of apples.
Gen. VIM. Hidden, of Craftsbury,
died October 18th, aged SO years. lie
was made Mason in 1920.
Frank Woodbury., of Mortified,
was probably fatally injured on We'd
nesday by the explosion of shotgun
The sixth annual reunion of the
First Vermont Cavalry will he held at
Montpelier, on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
1t is expected that Prof. Seely
will address the Board Of Agriculture
i'm Representatives. Hall on the even
ing of the oath.
Col. Lyman Z. Knapp, thirteen
years editor of the Middlebury Regis
ter, retires from the paper to practice
law. He is succeeded by his partner,
Mr.. Bailey.
Six bushels of potatoes are re-
uuired for one meal at the Brattleboro
Insane Asylum. Between 800 and
900 barrels of flour are consumed there
every year.
Addison County has organized a
musical association, which is to hold
several conventions during the fall and
winter, to promote the interests Of
church choirs in the county.
Mrs. Salome Logro, a French
woman of 80, set her clothes on fire
while emptying her pipe into an open
fireplace at West Brattleboro recent.
", and was burned to death.
While 7. K. Wright, of Randolph
was out hunting recently, his gun acct
dentally discharged, the contents lodg
ing in the leg below the knee, making
the amputation of the leg necessary.
-Dea. Lyman Fisk and his wife, o
Waitsfeld, recently celebrated thei
golden wedding; representatives iron
six States, including brother and hi
wife and two sisters of the bridegroom
who were present at the marriage o
the couple 80 years ago, attending.
"A petition is being general.
signed for a Communication Of the deaf
sentence of Asa Magoon, for the mur
der of r. Streeter, Of Barre, on til
ground that the evidence was mainl
circumstantial, and that, if Magoe
killed Streeter at all, it was when h
was drunk.
The annual meeting of the Ver
mont Bible Society was held i'll Mont
pelier, October 10th. The report G
the treasurer showed an increase Z
contributions over last year Of Sill
A sermon was preached by the Rev
j. G.. Johnson, Of Rutland, troE
Psalms xix. Z.
The Vermont Colonization Societ
had their 40 annual meeting at Mont
pelier last Thursday night, Rev. j. L
Pinncy, President Of Liberia College
in western Africa and but just return
ed from there, being the orator. Onl
two OF the original 80 founders of til
society are known to be living, Dani'
Baldwin, of Montpelier, and Gener'
James Wilson.
The will Of the late Lydia N
Jewett, Of Newton, Mass, among
! large number of public requests, COZ
tains the following: To the Congreg'
2 tional Church in Hardwick, Vt, 81
600; to the General Convention (
t Congregational ministers and churcht
: in Vermont, 5000, to be applied
the = Fairbanks fund for the relief (
I needy and destitute clergymen."
. -MontpeEer's centenarian, Mr.
!, Phoebe Hazard, died on'the ] 4th inst
: aged 101 years and months. 81
!, was native of Mendon, Mass, al
, came to Vermont in 1902. Her Sc
. ond husband died in 1850, aged 4
= She leaves daughter, born in 1870,
. and a son born in 1874, but had /
= other children. She has been qui
4 active until recently, her memol
q being remarkably good and hearil
not impaired, but she had lost h
4 eyesight. . .... s... A.
The State Historical Society he
its annual meeting at Montpelier {
d Tuesday evening of last week, al
/. elected the following officers Pres
# dent, E. p. Walton, of lIontpelie
O. Vice Presidents, James Barrett,
: Woodstock, Rev. W. l.. Hazen,
ID Mortified, f. A. Sowles, of st. A
+ bans; Recording Secretary, Charl
ii w. Porter, ofMontpelier Gorrespon
II Jig Jig Secretary, G, G. Benedict, of BIT
lington; Treasurer, John w. Page,
It Montpelier; Librarian, Marcus
n Gilman, of Montpelier.