Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-10
Vermont State News.

FIVE deer were recently seen near West
Randolph
OK January lst the name Of the West Charlotte
post-ofllce is to be changed TO Charlotte
CALEDONIA county court will have brief term.
The jury will hardly be detained week.
THERE were nearly $4,000 sheep in Castleton
thirty years ago, and there are less than 5000
THE village Of Perkinsvie Is building school
house, the cost Of which will be between SIG
and ST.
THOMAS CoRBIr Of st. Adams, fourteen years
old, goes to the reform school during minority
for abusing sheep.
PETER GABAREr OF westfed who was thrown
from his wagon while driving in Montgomery,
has sued the town for 5000.
ST.. JoHNsBuBY possesses a remarkable curl
osity. 1t is a school district all the property in
| Guided in which is unmortgaged
! PRETTY much all Burlington appeared before
the committee of the board for the abatement of
taxes to have their taxes cut down.
BEAR weighing two hundred and ifty-seven
pounds was killed near Granville recently and
ten gallons Of oil were secured from him.
TowSsHEND votes to refund an additional 3d.
800 OF Its debt this year. making 1921, 900 refunded
in ALL with 81 900 Of the principal payable yearly
THERE are now one hundred and forty-eight
convicts in the State Prison,-two under death
sentence-Tatro, April 4th, 1880 and Hayden, in
January, 1881.
| THE December term Of the Bennington county
court IL in session. The prospects are fair for a
short term as there are few cases OF Importance
| on the docket.
WILLIAM b, jolly Of Berkshire has married a
| gipsey maiden Of sixteen, Of whom he became
enamored while a rowing band was encamped
in that vicinity.
soUrH READING has musical genius in Henry
= Wood, eight years old, who, it is said can play
on the violin any piece he ever heard His fam
lily are all musicians.
DR. II J. POTTER OF Bennington has failed
assets and liabilities not known. lie was for.
merly practicing physician, but latterly in the
clothing and boot and shoe trade.
PETER SHERWOOD. young man living In North
field, has been bound over on charge of having
placed an obstruction upon the track OF the La
noble Valley railroad near Fairfield station.
JONI RYAN of St. Adams was drowned IL
Magog lake recently, boat in which he ant
another man were crossing the lake being cap
sized by squall. The body has not been re
covered.
LOUIS STEADY Of Burlington committed suicide
last Wednesday afternoon by drinking an ounc,
of audanum. He was sixty-four years old auc
leaves large family. Dependency is said to b,
the cause of his suicide
BECAUSE Of its imbroglio and the recent su
preme court decision, Bennington is without vii
lage officers. Last years board including tn,
police, being in sympathy with the busted Of
fcers, decline to act
GEORGE B. WALKER, who shut up the st
Johnsbury House after the liquor raid, returne,
from the West last week, forcibly elected the Of
ficer in charge, and reopened the house. Their
will doubtless be long litigation in the matter.
THE dredging machine has finished work OF
the Bellows Falls canal for this season, and it
engine is now being used in drawing out logs
The canal has been deepened to uniform dept
of about ten feet, but has not yet been widene
much In the spring work upon it is to be re
sumed.
DENNY GErEN Of Ludlow, some sixteen or sey
enteen years of age, while intoxicated the othe
day, strayed from the highway into an djoinin
field, laid down by the side of wall and fe
asleep. When discovered the next morning h
was completely chilled through, and both his fee
were badly frozen.
BOYS coasting on traverse sled at St. Albans
Friday night, coded with lamp post and Ere
Mayo, eleven years old, was dangerously injure
in the groin and Peter Demo- aged eighteen, ha
his leg badly wrenched. By another accident o
Bank street boy was knocked insensible bu
not seriously injured.
The Fair Haven marble and marbeized slat
company have enough orders ahead to last
Il year. Adams II sons are enlargIng Ihei. p,aehir,
shop so as to hasten work on the Clogston paten
marble saw gangs, of which they have an orde
for seven for Governor Proctor which 1t will tax
nearly eight months to fill
HENRY MoLLoY horse thief arrested a
Island Pond some time since and committed ;
Jail to await the action Of the grand jury OF tn
Essex county court and who broke Jail In com
pany with two other thieves was captured a
Chicago the other day and given over to Yer
mont officer to be brought back to his old quar-
tiers. While en- route he again escaped from hi
custodian, although shackled and handcuffed an
chained to the car seat,
WE take the following from the Ver7nont Tifb
une Asa Magoon was hung Friday last a
Windsor by Sheriff Stimson So far a. we cal
learn, the well known trio Of sympathizers witt
criminals did not put in an appearance. Magoo
said he was innocent, and so Vermont has hum
an innocent man, according to the logic OF tn
distinguished counsel of Scion Wooley, who's
theory seems to be that the testimony of the Grim
inal is to be taken instead of all Others