Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-05-01


saKIon's River IL Ia possession O.
funds sufficient 10 erect the second o
tho series Of buildings required Tor it
7 completion, Daniel u, Campbell, {
native Of Rockingham, has glveI
$1,000 Joel Proctor another native
$1,000 { while third, Hon, Charles l.
Jones, has given $1,000,
"A young woman named Bertht
Davis, an important witness against
Fred NJ, Ilutchlns Of Essex, in {
baslardy suit, has been spirited away
from Jericho, and fears Of foul play
arc entertained,
The annual meeting Of the
Vermont Editorial Association vii
DO held In June in Brandon, The
literary exercises will consist Of an
address by d, NJ, Camp Of the New
port Express and n poem by Mrs,
Julia q. H. Dor Of Rutland, An ey-
cursion TO Lake Dunmore viii DO
among tho attraction OF the reunion,
English Government agents arc
buying Vermont horses,
AT Pulney, tho other day, Nor
man l., Jells, went to the house whore
his ex,wifo aud children were staying
and attempted to move them by force
The neighbors took hand 10 II, aud
tho result was that one Charles Martin
got his mouth enlarged three inches
by an axe, Jeits now languishts IN
Jail In delarlt Of $1,000 bail,
The MesHS, fairbanks Of ST.
Johnsbury, are Ollug large orders for
scale, received from Russia and South
America,
On Saturday last Horace Holmes
OF Marshield, about GO years d age.
drowned himself in Winooski river 49,
lie wrote letter to his friends say
ing he had contemplated the deed
since last January. lie leaves no
family,
John Morcau of Victory adver-
tised hs wife the other day, and q
short time afterwards she sold the |
family COW, the sheep and all the |
household effects, and departed, lcav-
Morcau with nothing save the clothes
on his person.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The States Reform School has JIG
members, Of whom l6 are girls.
-Four Libby brothers live III
Warren whose ages are 96. 81. SO.
and Sc, respectively.
"A Fremont, woman, whc has
three children, one IN infant, has cut
aud piled twen,y-three cords Of wood
during the past winter
A silver mine has been found in
Surry. 1t was formerly worked for
lead. Boston, parties are said to
have control Of it. Some think it will
prove BONANZA.
The Cochcco company AZ ro'e'
shut down their mill. on the 10th,
.hus throwing out employment over
800 people fJr an indefinite time.
In these good Republican times
"A post Office has been established
It So. Cornish, with George +.
Fairbanks as postmaster
The Sullivan Machine Company
1t Claremont have the foundation
aid for their new shop and the frame 4
'early ready to put up. I
Widow Jacob Osgood of Warren
) 90 years of age.
Charles Park of Claremont, has
rown and ripened tomatoes during
be present winter
The Hillsborough County Agri-
ultural Society (South) have disposed
all their property at Milford, paid 4
per cent. dividend to all creditors =
nd wound up the concern.
Work will soon commence on
lie Bailey Block, Claremont, the upper l"
lrt of which is to be fitted up for the "
accommodation of the Fish Free
library.
George Hamilton, the negro, A
w in Jail at Keene indicted for the
urder of Foster, makes affidavit
hat he was in New York at the time 20
the murder, and not in keene, as
legged" His counsel will soon pre-
mt it to the court, supported by at "a
|avits of other residents of Keene.
"A case involving $500, which
lesterfield still refuses to pay for AZ
bstitute, who is said to have desert ma
during the last war, is having its