Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
State News.

Tuesday of last week
THE Springfield Union Novelty Works to be
removed to Vergennes shortly
IcE boats have made their appearance on the
upper portion of Lake Champlain.
THrRTY-FIvE persons became members of the
Congregational church in Vergennes, the 9Th
JULIA MoREY and a man named Barney have
been arrested in Brandon the charge of abortion
NJ ALLEN, of North Ferrisburgh, was severely
injured recently by being thrown from his buggy.
MEETING of the State Board of Agriculture
will be held in Bakersfield, ON February 9TH
and 9th.
THE Brattleboro Independent, T. P. James, pub
Usher, is reported to have suspended from want
of patronage
john HULL was killed at South Royaton the
9th, by tree falling upon him while he
chopping wood
THE Baptist society of Richford have raised
salary of one thousand dollars for their minister
Rev. Mr.. Chase
c. SToDDARD, of Cavendish had his foot and
ankle SO badly fractured recently as to render am
putation necessary.
WILLIAM WoopwoRrH, who shot John Whit
ney at Bennington last month, is acquitted on the
ground of sef-defence.
A SERIES Of revival meetings in Rchford was
commenced recently, under the leadership OF
Presiding Elder Cooper
THE three leading Bennington hotels-the Put
nam, Stark and Gates houses--are now conducted
on temperance principles
JoHN WILSON, OF st Adams, was recently fined
five dollars and costs for ntoxication, and three
dollars and costs for theft
WILLIE ROBERTS, aged fourteen years, hung
himself at his home in Newark, the other day
accidentally, it is supposed
EDWIN Provo at Newport Center had one or
two ribs broken the other day by falling into
well about which he was at work
On Wednesday of last week Mrs. Phebe Ann
Otis committed suicide at Colchester Centre, by
shooting herself through the heart.
THE Supreme Court for Franklin county is now
| in session The first case called was the Central
Vermont rs. the Woodstock railroad company.
In Burlington only thirty-seven cases were
tried before the polite court in 1877, while there
were eighty-tive in 1876, and in 1875 one hundred
and thirteen
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years by the Bennington county court for bur-
glary. Frank Perkins, an accompce, was sent
for five years
YOUNG man named Carroll WAS killed by the
cars on Saturday evening, near Enosburgh Falls.
Indications that he was intoxicated. lie was
to have been married the next day.
A. C. WELLS, an old and respected citizen of
Bakersfield committed suicide by shooting on
the 18th instant. Temporarily insane wife
and three children survive him.
A BOILER at one of the steam mills in South
Vernon burst the other day. Mr. George Bacon,
the miller, narrowly escaped injury, fragment
of the boiler passing very him.
The Esser County Herald, of Guildhall, is to be
suspended couple of weeks, and will thereafter
be printed and published at Island Pond. N. A.
Burnham is now editor and publisher.
A YOUNG man named Eubar, In Lincoln, was
fined ten dollars and costs for ntoxcation the
other day Michael Delphy, of the same town,
received the same dose for the same oifense.
Mr.. b. F. Goss, a prominent citizen of Yer
gennes, and president of the Kaolin Works at
Monkton, was recently taken suddenly i'll Of soft
ening of the brain, and is not expected to live.
THE annual statement of the Vermont Savings
Bank at Brattleboro shows its assets to be seven
hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and the
amount of its deposits over two million dollars.
PuBLIc-sPmITEp citizens of Burlington are en-
deayoring to procure a town clock for the steeple
of College street church. The design is to have
illuminated dias, showing the time by night rs
, well as by day
L. W. PREsToN has been the resident jeweleI
at Castleton since 1874, and during that time
thrty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty
eight watches have passed through the repairing
! process in his hands.
Two men named Dodge and Partridge, Will,
Singing the Episcopal church in St Johnsbur,
last Friday, fell to the ground aud were danger
) ously hurt-Dodge receiving severe scalp wound
and Partridge injurng his chest and breaking on'
or two ribs. They are from Newport, n. II.
STATES ArroRsEN NORMAN Paul of Windso
county has paid into the treasury seven thou
!, sand dollars for fnes costs, iorleitures, etc.
during the recent term Of the county court-mor
than enough to pay the total expenses of the eour
, for year, and thing without precedent il
the county.
A Miss ELIZA BUTLER, an old lady of AlbuTgh
had her pocket picked of thirty five dollars, Will
d passing from one depot 10 anutherat Rouses Poin
- the other day The supposed thief was arrested
l. but only one dollar in money was found on him
a. lie claimed to hail from Burlington, and denie
y taking the money.
d TIE farmers OF Grand Isle the island count,
.e are evidently a very thrifty class. The product
Is of their farms the Iast year would have given
each person thirysix bushels of grain forty eig
l. Of oats fifteen of potatoes fifteen of apple
T. seyentytwo pounds OF butter twenty-six dozen
n eggs and thirty five pounds OF wool.
lie A BRIGHT little four-years olive branch at Ro!
lie alton was set to beating II carpet. The quautii
n OF dust raised was great, and rs it fuated ava
us heavenward an idea seized his active brain aud /
r. rushed into the house, enchanting, Mamma,
e have sent dust enough up to God to make me
en- little sister aud won't you ask him top
'h X. Nj CLArr 4 COS mandatory OF curta
W rolls and fixtures has been sold by an assign
for eleven thousand six hundred and seventy dc
AZ lars tn c. W. 4 Il, Crone Il Co of Burlingto
u who are understood 10 have consolidated in the
Us company the only two companies engaged in Il
manufacture Of this class of goods in the Unit
States.
=, THE Windsor county court closed its Decemh
~ term, after session of thirty-one days The ne
~. cases entered number one hundred and eight
n one fines imposed for assaults, fifty five dollar
-, larceny, fine and forfeiture Of bond, seven hu
~, bred dollars firing a pistol without intent, iii
dollars liquor fines, exclusive OF costs one tho
sand five hundred and ninety dollars with Sc
eral cases continued, in which more than one tho
ch sand dollars line is claimed by the states alto
&C. ney Nine divorces were granted for all the stat
II, tory causes, four dismissed and denied Jud.
'' Barrett heard all the divorce cases In chamber
excluding the public curiosity.