Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-01-22
Vermont State News.


ADDISON COUNTY.
RICHARD MANNING and Dan Ryan Of Orwell,
were arrested last week for shearing and dlsfgur-
ing the horses Of W. c. Grswold They were
tried before justice and in default Of bail, were
lodged in Middlebury Jail. 1.-THE Monkton
Quakers have just dedicated a new meeting
house costing $1,000, with seating capacity Of
four hundred.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
Ar South Dorset, one day last week, James
Burns assaulted and nearly killed Charles Rey-
nolds, Of Manchester Depot. With double
whifletree he struck Reynolds three times, the
first blow hitting him in the forehead, cutting a
fearful cash, the second across the shoulder and
breaking some bones, and the third on the back
Reynolds was picked up for dead, but Is still alive
and it Is thought will recover. Burns settled the
affair with the town grand juror for ten dollars
but the states attorney Is expected to take hold
of tho matter Eli b. Lathrop, OF Manchester
who with others, was thrown into bankruptcy
last spring by endorsing for the West Brothers of
Arlington, is charged with deciding away his
property TO relatives to keep 1t out of his creditors
hands, and Judge Wheeler has granted an njunc-
ton restraining Iathrop and son, who has pos
session Of the home farm, from dsposing Of the
profits therefrom The assignee has brought bills
against several relatives to make them turn over
some $4,000 or SO, 600 worth of property in their
possession, which he claims should go to the
creditors. Bennington rejoices that all It's fac
tories and workshops, with perhaps one or two
exceptions, are now in full operation, furnishing
employment to nearly one thousand hands ...
Owing to the failure of Satterlee, Arnold & Co,
of Troy, N. v, their mill at Pownal has stopped.
The firm was engaged in the manufacture Of
knitting yarn This was the principal industry
of the village, and by Its failure fifty opera
tives are thrown out Of employment.
oHITrENDEN COUNTY
II. &. BoARDMAN, of Milton has a large musk
rat farm in the extensive marshes near the mouth
of the Lamoille river, where the rats have multi
piled so rapidly that large harvest is anticipated
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
FIRE broke ont in the garnet Of the Green Noun
tain House at Hghgate, the other evening. The
fire took where a stoveppe passed through the
floor, but was discovered by neighbor late in
the evening, and extinguished without serious
loss Asa Whitcomb, of Highgate who was
injured by a fall from building while painting,
some weeks since, died the 18th instant. A son
of Richard r. Sweeney, OF st. Albans while slid
ing in his fathers yard Monday Of last week, fell
and broke his leg. While Thomas Cross, of
Enosburgh Falls, was extracting a cartridge from
a revolver on the 10th instant the cartridge ex-
ploded, entering the hand the base Of the thumb
and passing up the wrist about six inches. :. One
Joseph White was arrested at Rchford, Monday
night of last week, and lodged in St Adams jail
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LAMoiLLE COUNTY
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owners in that vicinity Int the court decided in
favor of the companv, Bradford's Bross Rand
after a long existence. has dlsbanded. and il not
a hand anv more The money in tho treasprv
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ORLEANS COUNTY.
THE Vermont Emery Wheel Company at West
Charleston recently received orders for the largest
rhav ,vera ,hroo foo, 4, dio,na,ar nj f,r ;,ohos
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tall at sou each ION returning from Salem dur
sau Of North Uahro, ,y.s n,obia 30 dr,a a., "a