Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-12
Vermont State News.



s. j. EVEREST, Of West Addison, died lately in
the forty-second year Of his age lie had filled
nearly all the important town Offices and was a
member Of the General Assembly two years since.
Sc. Batchelder, the Middlebury forger, has been
released on bail.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
WEST DASvILLE has musical convention com
mencing on Thursday, the 18th inst. The town
Of stannard had only one pauper last year-at an
expense Of $40. The town expenses were only 1928
oHrTTENpEN COUNTY
In Burlington, Mayor Hatch and City Judge
laseton were reelected by an unanimous vote;
Rumsey, Briggs Morse and Taylor, Republicans
and Verran citizens candidate, we're elected al
dermen; Rev. L. G. Ware, Samuel Huntington
and j. W. Russell, Republicans, school commits
soners Mr. Ware received the support Of both
parties The people OF Burlington had meet
ing in the new Opera House the other evening to
give expression to their gratitude to J. p. How
ard, for his gift to the city The Opera House
was filled. Mayor Hatch presided, and speeches
were made by Henry B Hard and L. L. Lawrence,
and letters were read from l.. b. Englesby, Presi-
dent Buckham, f. J, Phelps and Daniel Roberts.
The Sherman Band furnished music The medi-
! cal department Of the University Of Vermont has
opened, with one hundred and fifty students. ...
The Burlington liquor agency was broken into
the other night, and keg containing nine or ten
gallons of cider brandy taken, a few coppers (all
the wealth Of the establishment and small
quantity Of assorted liquors. The thieves took a
couple Of measures with which to serve out the
fluids. John Whitcomb, Esq, has been ap-
pointed postmaster at North williston, in place
OF j. X. Talcott, removed to California. The
Burlington health officers report for February
shows the total number Of births for that month
to have been seventeen; marriages eight; deaths
fifteen. Two deaths resulted from dphtheria
and three from consumption, Three were over
seventy years Of age and three under one year
80. The United States Circuit and District Court
at Burlington adjourned the 4th, to be convened
at Rutland, April 18th, when number of i'm
portant cases will be heard. -. Alphonso Bates,
one of the most aged citizens of Colchester, met
with very serious accident recently. He went
into the shed from the kitchen at his home and
stepped upon small round stick OF wood and
fell, breaking his right leg at the hip joint
ESSEX COUNTY.
WILLIAM Brown, a single man, forty-five years
old, was instantly killed the other day at Fast
Concord, while at work In the woods. by the fall.
ing of a tree.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Clipper says st. Adams merchant has
caught forty-four skunks within the past three
months, from which he has extracted more thar
four gallons OF oil. 49,. Two towns in this county
namely, Berkshire and Georgia, elected womer
to the office of town clerk. Miss Leavens of Berk
shire is daughter OF the former town clerk, ant
having assisted her father great deal in tn,
office, she is entirely competent to discharge it
} duties Mrs Post OF Georgia is the widow OF the
late town clerk and is well qualified to fill the
} office. She was also chosen treasurer ~. At tn
town meeting in Rchford Hon. S. p. Carpente
t declined reelection as town clerk, having hel,
this office for thirty years 80. The st. Al
e bans Arbor Vte Club with the Ransom Guar
4 Glee Club and the Schumann Club, are rehearsin
D the comic opera, IL NJ. S. Pinafore," and wi
= produce the same early in April. St Aban
r has had about one hundred cases of mease
e within three weeks.
e LAMoILLE COUNTY.
= john CALLAND Of Rutland and Edward Cox q
r Fairfield will engage in a wrestling match a
q Hydepark, in the Town Hall, on the evening o
a March 18th Tomorrow
ORANGE COUNTY
G stage driver from Corinth to Bradford was throw
from his stage recently and received severe injr
. ries about the hip and back -. Justin Slack, ,
Y Chelsea, had an arm broken by the falling of
e tree. Bradford votes $50 towards the expense
e of Decoration Day. Rev. David Copeland die
u at Normanville, H.. February l7th aged sevent,
Z seven years. He was born in Braintree, wher
e he resided until he attained his majority II
u had been engaged in the ministry of the Meth,
e dist church for than fifty years, the great'
u part of which were spent in the state of Maine
a ORLEANS COUNTY.
. THERE were thirty-one deaths, forty-nine brit
, and fifteen marriages In Barton during the pa
/ year. In South Troy last year there wei
-, thirty-two births, twenty-four marriages an
:, fifteen deaths Newport has thirty-one poop
j., who are seventy years old or upward. .. tt
=, death is announced of g. NJ. Smith, postmast,
Il at Greensboro Bend. Mr.. Smith had twice re
A. resented the town in the legislature and filled I'll
!. leading local offices Dphtheria prevails
,. Albany, among old and young,
* RUTLAND COUNTY.
IN LAST year Rutland drank 81 $50 worth
he liquors. but this year less than 81 800 have bee
If consumed, provided the official report is CORE
D. and accounts for all the liquor sold. Frank
se Marsh was arraigned at Rutland the other da
e. for attempting to pass forged checks. Fined 5.
N and sent to Windsor for two years and half
ID Gilmores Band appears in Rutland to-morro
n evening. ...A remarkable family has been raist
in in Castleton as regards longevity. Their nam
at are Jacob, eighty. nine Edward, eighty-seve
e. Samuel eighty-three; Alexander, seventy min
| and William Wheeler, seventy-four; total TO
of hundred and thirteen years The father lived
Nv be nnety-two and their grandfather Wheel
a died at the age of one hundred and two I'D
n. Hill, Rutland dealer in guns and second-hai
ee watches, was knocked down and severely injur'
O. in his shop on Thursday evening last, by
=" stranger, who stole several watches and escape
e, Colonel George W. Warren, who died in Ri
land on the LIST inst, held the position of JUST
in the police court, and had served in the FIJI
10 Vermont and Third New York regiments duri
Us the rebellion. An error has been discovered
III the auditors annual report of the finances
:" Rutland, which places its present Indebtedness
" 500, 3l00 OF instead of 1898 495 10 Rutland pro
nc ably will not try to do without the caucus syste
OF any more They tried it at town meeting, Ia
W week Tuesday, and there were fifteen tickets
the field, while 1t took from three o'clock till aft
ks midnight to count the votes .... The Herald say
in "a young man named Tucker, whose home is
e, Newbury, and who has been going to school
ut Poultney, became insane the 9Th. Passing throu
)" Rutland, in charge OF his brother, who was ia
lei ing him home he became unm ,nageable a
at was removed from the train to the town lock-
re- for safe keeping. Here he raved and smash
rs things to such an extent to necessitate his
an moval to the House of Correction, where he v
m placed in a cell for security The cause of
;, insanity is not given" ...A lonesome individ
nd in Rutland holding upa bottle, aecosted a stranl
To with: "Say, Mister, where kin git that Ill
he with free ticket to the House of C'rection?'
oil wINpHAM COUNTY.
Mrs WILLIAM LAWRENCE of Townshend Slip
ms upon Bratteboro sidewalk and broke her l
vii 49,. The Brattlehoro Episcopaians will bring
let the universal II. NJ. S. pinafore after lie
nd with majority of the local lights as actors.
re- married lady in Bellows Falls was a short Ii
ion ago caught in the act of stealing laces from {
ge, of the dry goods stores, and suspicion be
ar thus aroused, an officer was sent to her reslde
Ter with search warrant, and over $40 worth
has Hamburg edgings were found taken from diff
as ent stores. A it was evidently II case of kleI