The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-09-10
STATE ITEMS.

and-a-halr baby.
senator Ednunds is being greatly
benefited by his European visit.
"A bird fancler Of Factory Point
has a canary that has laid 80 eggs
since the "a Of January.
There are 237 families in the town
Of Brighton, with an average Of four
children to each family.
-Brattleboro is TO have n bone mill
capable Of grinding five or six thous-
and pounds Of bone a day.
j. W. f. Washbum's Gye-years-
old son, John, has been drowned at
Montpelier, while bathing.
Patrick DAILY of Dandy, has been
arrested for stealing cattle and mar
keting them from his meat cart.
A. A. Smith, constable and tax
collector at Weston, is pronounced q
defaulter for several hundred dollars.
A falling tree, shivered by light
ming, struck and nearly killed a Glas-
tonbury Frenchman Tuesday after
noon.
William A. Thompson's large
house, barns and sheds, with valuable
contents, have burned at West Mil
ton; insurance $4,000.
Widow Shattuck's house at Rut-
land, occupied by I. Peck, has been
burned by an incendiary; loss over
$4,000, partially insured.
Ellis Willard of Dandy, 20 years
old, was fatally hurt the other day,
his horse running away and tipping a
heavy load Of goods on him.
-Burlington's personal property
has decreased more than Al per cent
in the past three years, and at Rutland
the decrease has been little less than
80 per cent.
Colonel G.. ID. Gates, Of Cam
bridge, and Mr.. w. N. Hyzer, of
West Randolph, are to play a match
game of checkers in Burlington, some
time this month.
The Vermont Central and Yer
mont and Canada railroad taxes for
lS75-1S79, long in dispute, and which
amounts to $3051, have been paid to
Town Collector Soule of st. Adams.
Mr.. b. B. Smalley has placed in
the Fletcher free library at Burlington,
collection of about fifty volumes of
newspaper, covering the period from
1880 to 1860. The collection was
made by the late Hon. D. A. Smalley,
father Of the donor.
The review Of the Vermont mill
tia by Gov. Proctor at Bradford last
Thursday, was a grand affair. After
the regular parade and inspection there
was q sham fight, which lasted over an
hour. The field was brilliant with
camp-iires at night.
james II. Batchelder, the notori-
GUS Brandon bank wrecker, has OBJ
tanned a discharge in bankruptcy.
Batcheldcr is now engaged in the clap
board business, as before, at Burling-
ton, where he has some II hands at
work and ships several car loads week
! ly to Boston.
The New Haven camp-meeting
association has just closed a successful
meeting of 10 days, fully II, 200 being
present one day. There are over 1926
cottages on the grounds, and the sale
Of lots during the past season has been
unprecedented. A hotel and chapel
have also been erected recently.
Mrs. Nathaniel Eaton of Danville
will have reached the advanced age Of
100 years if she lives to see the last
day of this month. She is strong and
active and in full possession Of all her
faculties she takes full care Of her
apartment and spends the remainder
of her time in knitting and reading her
Bible.
The horses drawing the monkeys
in Forepaugh's circus procession at
Waterbury Friday became frighten-
ed by the band, tipped over the
cage, injured the driver and ran away
into the crowd. The elephants and
other teams were frightened, and the
keepers had all they could do to pre-
vent general stampede.
Great excitement prevails at Bel
lows Falls over Il case of smallpox,
brought from Canada by Miss Bus
tead, who has been on q visit to the
provinces. The authorities are taking
every precaution to prevent the disease
spreading, though many were exposed
before it's character was known. The
schools will probably be stopped. for
the present.
Robert Mcintosh, a farm laborer,
was assaulted on the highway at White
River Junction Friday evening by a
man who, springing from the bushes,
felled him with q club and pounded
him until he was unconscious. The
assailant secured bag of money,
which Mcintosh had concealed under
his clothing, but becoming alarmed
dropped it to make his escape. Nc
Cue, an associate of Mcintosh, has
been arrested on suspicion.
Tho GoIfJoa1 P,,Io of Dneton no,,oo