Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-05-28
Vermont State News.



ADDISON cousrv
REV. CHARLES VAN Nopprs will de,,vor Tim
address before the pbiladelnbian societv a, Mil
dlebury College ON the evening Of Bacca,anrea,o
Sunday, Mrs. solon Burrouols was ,hrovn
from a buggy in Addison last week and severelv
hurt Her face was smashed in Tho choo,, hono
broken and the MINER iaw-bone fo,ced doyn in
her throat: and sbe was badlv bruiaad o,ho,,,,so
| A little three-vear.old daughter was win M,s
burroughs. lint mlraculouslv escanod n
| hmm. wbile standing mar ,ho ,sao,o =,
| the new Lake Dunmore House in salisburv
| the other day. was struck Inv n ch,mnsy
which fell. and rendered unconscious uo l,yod
only two hours Mr. Over sn,ang IN ca,oh
a letter he had dropped. which was ho,ro ,,Io.,,
by the wind. inst Mt the moment and so savod
his life. -, The Senior class OF Middlebury Col
lege. with Professor Seely have started for their
| annual geological trip on Lake Champlain. Tbev
intend to make n thorough examination OF nil
| points OF interest on the lake
ppSNtxaroS co,,vrv
ur.vv fros, visited ,his oorn,,, .,o oos ..s
| in MANY localities seriopsi, ,n;,ro5 I'll. -,
and vegetables inst annearin, aho,,o ,ro,,5
Bepnngton's best hold ia n la,y ami, rr,o ta,..,
il ono in which tho seiec,mon have oo,,,,,o ,aod
an action against tho First No,ion., panI ., po,,
ninpton for failure IN returr 10 ,ho ,o,, Iii .
list of the stookbolders of tho horL ond ,ho
amount of stock held bv them respoc,i,o,v Tho
action is brought under the statnte which al.o
IMPOSES penaltv Of five hundred do,lars sor oaoh
violation M return HAVING hmm made h d.
hank for four vears tho con,n,ain, dor,ouaa ia,
ment for two thousand dollars bas,des COTS :,
is said that the stockholders of tho bo,L haze
threatened that n the snit was bror,b. ,ho h,,,
would be discontinued 49,. Bennineton copn,v
farmers complain that the Co,orodo hoo,,o =,
"potato bug has appeared in mmepse and in.
creasing numbers down there. The eigbtv.nin,h
birthday Of Mrs Polly Crawford. Of Rennipgton
was celebrated recently, members of five genera.
tions of her defendants being present
c,,vn,,,,, ,,,,,,.,.
IS the lttle v,iloao ~ Norar,, ..o.o ., ..,..,
children xere ,ol,on With n,a,,,,,,a,, ,,atts.,
one day. One of them died in three dovs ma
several Of the others aro In n danooro,s al
ton The nhvsicians accoun, tor /, ~, ,a.,a.
poson from a hrool Thev had ,oon In ;ho hai'i,
OF drinking from the brook which rung non ,Ho
school. house few rods ahove Tho horso ia
barn and the brook has taken the wash NJ ,ho
yard. No one except the school children has
been affected and nil of ,Io ,,urils ,,ho a.o.,, ~
the water came down within tron,,-torr -.
mrs lhomas Mitchell, oil sutton, died very
suddenly the other day Apoplexy.. Thomas
ieaonsv. threw nm n aood s;tua,;on ord ,a,, nj.
wife. Int cbanged bis mind In ,o,,, A., -,
too late IN regain his n,oco Corn,,, oc,., 49,,
mences its sassion In c, Iohnshrr,, ,r,oa,,..
lima "A Tho docLo, oo,,oi,s o,,o t'.,sa,
aftv.fve civil cases and tyyon,,-ono a,a,o o,aaa
seven for larceny three for forgor, t,ro ,or nd,,
terry one for sailing liopor ono tor os.o,,i, ,,,,
intent to kill. and the rest for loss notiooahIo
offences Mrs MiIes uover nj {, Iohnshnr,,
has become insane and been taken 10 pra,,lehoro
Mrs. Amasa Knann of East lyndon Will
loading household goods on to a wagon the other
day, fell and injured himself so seriously that he
is not expected to long survive Mr.. Knapp il
past eighty years Of Mr. J. Kelsey. of
fhliadelphia, while on his way from that city TO
visit his father, who was very i'll in North Dan
Vile, lost his watch and $500 in money on the
train between Philadelphia and Boston. Rus
sell Hubbard, OF Walden, married man, has
oech Jaiieu ON charge Oh rape ana adultery. The
"c'ih Is uaughter Oh MS vile, eleven years old.
cHrTTENDEN COUNTY
A row containing some one Thousand five hmm.
bred tons of coal came into Burlington. the ODD
Chandler Mentally. assistant keen,r of tho
lighthouse at Colchester Point. was drowned
Wednesday of last week under the following cir.
cumstances He and II l. Malopev tho keener
were ont in n boat. when they saw another of
their heats foundered and strandod on shouo
McNaIIv landed want 10 4, aud aot In ha,,;,,,, -
course no oars and tho hoa, dr,f,od OF IT,
drifting some distance McNally took off His
clothes and attempted to swim 10 shore lint he
fore reaching it sank to rise no more. The body
has not yet heen recovered. AT South Burling-
ton, Monday afternoon of last week, Mrs. MARY