Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

Railroad, across Wia01ski river, be-
TIVE II Nurthfeld, anl MOutp lier
junction. was discovered b. be OH fee
on Monday afternoon just ~ the Mun-
treal ex 5ress that left Boston the
same morning passed through. The
tran was stopped and backed, but
sufficient hnlp hal arrived To save the
structure, anl after few mDneats
delay The train prncee'lel. THIS hrilge
was burned dozen years ago In the
nigit, aud f;ei ght tram plugged in
to the rivet. killing car load Of live
stock, two droveIs and one or two
employees.
The Central Vermont railroad com
panv will soon bu III 4 new brisk pls-
senger depot at Brandon, AMI convert
The old passenger building into y
freight de Jot.
he Young Mems Association of
Bennington propose to give series Of
iirst-c.ass intellectual entertainments
there tins present season.
W. G. Bartlett of Danvil.e has been
acquitted ON nc charge of shooting
Samuel Burneau, of Walden, through
the hand. Both parties were under
the influence OF liz lor at the time Of
the alflay.
Sylvanus Boynton, Of Manchester,
met with serious acct lent recently,
by falling from al apple tree while
picking apples. He fell d stance Of
ten or twelve feet, striking Oh bis
back.
A tramp who was befricnded by
James NJ. Tabor, on Hog Island the
other morning, repaid the Kindness
by stealing a revolver aud a small
sum of money from his b5nefactors.
And yet some people are very mach
afraid of enacting too severe tramp
law.
On Saturday, Oct. 9th, 1ou5le
team ran down a steep hill at Yer
gannes, striking a buggy in which
were the Rev. Mr., Dayfoot and dau-
glitter. Both were tlrown out. The
daughter was seriously and Mr.. Day
foot quite badly injured. The horse
was killed, and the buggy demolished.
The Woman's Board of Missions
was in session on Wednes lay in B tr-
lington; about tour hundred lalics
were present. The proceedings OF the
forenoon consisted Of the reading OF
reports and remarks uy Mrs. Barnes,
of Boston, and Mrs. Snow, of Burning
ton.
George Pollock, who was acquitted
on the chlrgc OF cmbezz ement at ST.
Adams, the other day, was lately re-
leased 10y order OF the assistant iudg es
on the charge Of attempting to break
Jail, but was Immediately re-arrested
for larceny, and will remain in jail
some months longer.
The Morrisons having failed to put
in an appearance, the directors of the
Bratt cbOr0 and whitehall railroad
have awarded the contract to Is. D.
Harris, as the next lowest bidder for
the construction of the narrOw-guage
road to Londonderry. IL is expected
that the contract will be signed at
once, when preliminary arrangements
for building the line will be made and
carried forward as far as practicable
this season. 1t is understood that
the SuaSo will DO mad -thraa feat in
stead Of two, and without material ex-
ira charge on the part of the con
tractor. All opposition and threats
OF injunction seem to have ceased, and
the prospects are quite promising.
The failure of Major w. II. HILTON
prominent boot and shoe mlnufac-
turer at jana ca, and a member Of
thc present Legislature, is announced.
The liabilities are estimated ut from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Mr.. Michael Day of Richmond has
raised from an acre and u half Of land
436 bushels OF onions, 200 bushels Of
potatoes, 200 head OF cabbage, and
100 bushels of carrots.
A strange man about 80 years old,
Of dark complexion, with black Burn
sides whiskers, passed two counter
felt $40 bills upon tho Trldesman's
National Bank of New York City in
tue stores Of Sprague & Wells, and
NJ. M. McDAGiels, vt ClbDt. He got
small bills Of goods in both stores,
payir G for the same with these bills,
oxct'llently executed, of counterfeit.
The man was last heard from on the
road to Bradford.
The house, barn and their contents,
helongins to Thomas Dwypc, of Wa
terbury, were burn5d on Sunday morn
ing. The family were away, Cause,
inccndlary.
A Williamstown preacher is said to
have refused to attend IL poor mans
funeral the other day without receiv-
ing fee of three dollars, and then
wound up the service with the heart
less remark, "Dead cats never new"
Christopher Carter, alias AL. Stone,
a sharp horse thief VINO escaped from
Middlebary Jail several years ago, has
just been captured at Providence, Il.
l., and will be returned TO his old
quarters.
Rev. Elmer Hewitt, pastor Of the
Hartland Unversaist Church, has re-
signed and gone TO Massachusetts,.
'rwo trainps have been captured at
Burlington, with je0elry, cutlery, ETC.,
stolen from St. Adams and Northield
stores recently, in their possession.