Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-13
Vermont State News.


firing one hundred guns, floating flags and gem
eral jubilation all along the line.
AMOS wILMARTH, one OF the wealthest farmers
in Addison county and noted for his eccentricity
and penuriousness has been sued by his hired
girl for wages due her for several years of service
in his family.
FRANCIS BETTER, n carpenter and boat builder
of vergennes, left Essex, n Y, the 31st ult., to
return home in small skiff, since which time he
has not been seen, and fears entertained that
he may have been drowned.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
THE new Bennington County National Bank, at
Bennington, has been opened for business.
MIR. AND Mrs. JOSIAH HURD, of Sandgate cele-
brated the sirty.dfh anniversary of their mar
rage, the other day.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
F. r. CARPENTER has discovered on his farm in
Waterford, gold which assays $500 ton.
THE man Kensington, who cut his throat at St.
Johnsbury while ago is recovering from his
wounds but is crazy by spells, and insists that he
will yet kill himself. This leads the Cdiedonidn
to say: Some who have seen and attended this
case are convinced that statute law making an
attempt at suicide state prison ofense would
deter many from this horrid crime. There is
method in the madness of a good many people
that little wholesome fear of punishment would
cure entirely"
CHrTTENDEN COUNTY.
A PARTY of several families living in Richmond
are going to Junction City, Kan, this month, to
reside
MEETING OF the creditors of the ST. Adams
Foundry Company held in Burlington the
9Th, before Register Lawrence. The Bank of
Malone, which is heavy creditor, has demanded
an investigation of the books and papers of the
concern, which was commenced Thursday.
ESSEX COUNTY.
JAMES N. HOWARD, of Concord, has been APP
pointed postmaster at that place.
VICTORY man went hunting the other day.
and in getting out Of his wagon to go after par
fridge which flew up by the roadside he stumbled
and shot his horse dead.
| FRANKLIN COUNTY
WHILE assisting in firing the salute in St. Al
bans on Tuesday evening" young Charles Jacques
had his right hand severely burned by the prema-
tire discharge of the cannon he was loading
Mrs ISAAC DANFoRrrI, aged fifty-fve years
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morning by hanging She is supposed to have
been insane when the deed was done She leaves
| three children
LESTER SWAN, of East Fletcher, while hunting
on Sunday the Sd inst, was severely wounded
by the accidental discharge Of a gun he was
carrying. The weapon was double barrelled-
having one loaded with shot, the other with ball
and both charges passed through the right arm
upward, penetrating the muscles of the right side,
and lodging near the shoulder-blade where they
| still remain
sLAMoILLE COUNTY.
WILLIAM WALKER, of Stowe, has recently re-
covered back pension money amounting to more
than six hundred dollars.
Mrs CHENEY one of the employees of the
American House, Hydepark fell from step-lad
der on the 9TH and sustained severe injuries
ORANGE COUNTY.
]. II. SCALES, of Chelsea had a shoulder dislo.
Gated recently by n fall of fifteen feet.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
AT North Troy grade cows are very cheap and
sell at from fifteen to twenty dollars Hay sells
at from eight to ten dollars per ton.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Center Rutland the other evening" and has not
been heard from by her family.
THAT new Brandon depot is to be four-thou-
sand dollar concern, and the citizens have contrib
uted fifteen hundred dollars towards it.
WHILE Charles Mead, near Rutland, was a,
work with an OK team the other day, the oxen
ran away and the cart wheel ran over his arm and
broke it in two places.
wISDHAM COUNTY.
A HERD OF sixteen cattle were run into by a
train at Westminster the other day. and ten were
killed
SOME malicious person set fire to George Howe.
barn in Brattleboro the other evening, but the
flames were discovered and extinguished before
they had done much harm.
THE directors of the Bratteboro and South
Londonderry narrow gauge railroad have voted
to increase the company's capital stock to $780,
900, and issue SAC, 900 bonds
THE failure of Major W H. Holton, a prom
nent boot and shoe manufacturer at Jamaica, and
member of the present legislature, is announced
His liabilities are estimated at from $4,000 tC
$4,000.
Mrs SALLY STocKwELL, OF West Brattleboro
lacks only six months of being centenarian
while there are two other persons over ninety
twelve over eighty, and thirty over seventy year.
old in that village.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
WEST WINDSOR has just organized Murphy
temperance club with seventy-ive members.
A SON of G, W, Hathorne of Barnard, wat
badly bitten by dog the other day Canine
demolished