Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-04

boy stood slld oil. His FORK struck the ground
first with the tines up and the boy fell upon the
tines, which passed clear through his body below
the stomach. His father was present, and pulled
the fork out Of his boy and took him to the house,
where he fingered in great agony until midnight
when death put an end TO his suffering, The
ticket office at Danvle was broken into the other
night, but the amount Of plumber obtained was
very small. , The Lyndon Park Association will
have a two days meeting at Lyndonvilie, Thurs
day and Friday, September 9Th and 9Th. Trotting
will be the order Of the two days exercises, for
which premiums to the amount of one thousand
dollars are offered.
CHITrENDEN COUNTY.
THE Barnes Hose Company, OF Burlington will
participate In the grand hose tournament in
Chicago on the 3lst instant. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
W. Goodell, OF Burlington, were quite badly hurt
on Friday night by being thrown from their car
rage by the sudden starting OF the horse. The
New York express train recently made the run
from Rutland to Burlington, seventy miles, with
nine stops, in one hour and thirty-six minutes,
said to be the fastest time on record in Vermont
ESSEX COUNTY.
MIR. BILLINGS, Boston capitalist, who holds
$4,000 Of the town of West Concord's railroad
bonds has offered them to the town for fifty cents
on the dollar and accrued interest, and the town
is inclined to accept the offer, and will have a
meeting to consider the subject.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Mr.. JOSIAH +. BRIGHAM, an old and prominent
citizen of Bakersfield, died Thursday, aged
seventy-six years. lie was leading citizen,
N nd had cd thu to mr. In N N ra
three terms, the last being two years ago :. Mary
Emerson, formerly of Richmond, committed sui
eide at Great Falls, N. H., Thursday, while in a
fit of dependency, taking oil Of cedar. She was
twenty-four years old,
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
THE August term of Grand Isle county court
was in session but one day
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
STEPHEN l.. RowELL, of Iydepark, was re-
emily caught in threshing machine and had his
right arm crushed, necessitating amputaton at the
elbow The patient nervous system was severely
shocked, but he will probably survive. Ralph
Ellenwood, aged eighty-fee years, Aaron Keller
aged seventy-eight, and Reuben Whitcomb, aged
sixty-ive years. of HydeparlS, all died within
;orty-eight hours of each other, on Monday and
Tuesday Of last week
ORANGE COUNTY.
AT Wells River, the other day, James Hamilton
a brakeman, fell from the deck of bridge nearly
sixty feet into the river where the water four
feet deep The water broke the fall so that he
was not seriously hurt
ORLEANS COUNTY.
SOME evil disposed person entered the hop field
Of s. H. Perkins, in Lowell, and cut off between
five and six hundred hop vines, completely de-
stroying them. At Coventry, the other day, a
little boy was run over by an OK cart which was
heavily loaded with stone; the wheel passing
squarely over the child's abdomen. Strangely
enough, it did not break bone or injure the little
fellow so badly as to keep him on the bed single
day......The September term of the Orleans
circuit court convenes at Irasburg to-day. Judge
Powers will preside. The old docket embraces
about three hundred cases, several important
criminal ones. The jury calendar covers thirty
civil cases This is the grand jury term, and will
occupy three weeks.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A MAN by the name of Dergan was assaulted
violently at the depot in Rutland, the other day,
employed as porter to the Berwick House. Winters
claims that Derigan provoked him to the assault
Derigan was knocked and kicked nsensble
Winters was arrested, and plead guilty of simple
assault, but the plea was not accepted, and the
court was adjourned for week, to await the
result of the injuries to the man, and Winter,
WIS bailed for his appearance at that time.
Charles Streeter and j. W. Knapp were arrested
in East Wallingford for drunkenness and disor
derby conduct, the other day. and fined five dollar
each and costs. Two Dandy men lately thresheC
fourteen bushels of oats in twelve minutes.
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The second grand musical festival of the Con
necticut River Valley Musical Convention will b
held at Union Hall in Bellows Falls, commencn
Tuesday evening, September 10th, and continun
four DAYS. George W. Foster, OF Keene, n. II
will be director and will be aided by emnen
talent. -. Fred L Moody. a ieweler, formerly q
Bellows Falls, has died in New Orleans of yello,
fever The house of n ID Harris of Brattle
bnro was entered late ON Tuesday evening c
last week. and robbed of five hundred do
lars worth of silver and iewery. Nine hun
dred dollars have been subscribed by the cit
zeus of Btattleboro to defray the expenses of tn
6remen's muster ON the 18th instant. At lea
twenty visiting companies will be in attendance
A ponlar tree taken from Concord Mass. an
PLANTED in Westminster seyenty-five years az
has inst been feled 1t attained large growtl
measuring twelve feet in circumference few fe
above the ground. and reaching height of mo
than seventy feet. The dwelling-house of Ho
James II. Williams. president of the Bellows Fal
National Rank. was entered by burglars duri,
the absence Of the family ON Monday eyenin
taken Among which were two gold watches.
GOLD thimble and n revolver.
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