Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-27

Vermont State News.

A PANTHER has killed fifteen lambs for Josiah
Peck of Fairhaven.
FOSTER wrscHKLL of Pittsfield is in jail for
raping his daughter.
STEPHEN DUNBAR OF Fairfax has hanged him
self because Of family troubles.
JOHN MORGAN of Springfield has just lost his two
youngest children, but he has twelve others left.
THERE are now sixty-four occupants OF the
House of Correction, the largest number ever
there at one time.
ENTRANCE was effected to the depot in North
Troy last week, through a window, and about
81 taken from the drawer the ticket office.
CORNELIUS DAVIS who shot Fogg at Queeche
recently, has been arrested and held in the sum
of Sl2O Fogg is said to be in critical condition.
Mr. JOHN p. HOWARD arrived in Burlington
last Saturday, and for the first time saw that
splendid monument OF his munifcence, the new
Opera House.
A MAN in Bridgewater travels on foot eight
miles each day, Sundays included, to a back
pasture to milk.his COW, which gives about four
quarts to a milking
As Mr.. A. Rollins Of Springfield was descending
moving away oats, he was impaled upon wagon
stake, and his injuries will prove fatal
KILLINGroN has been illustrated by local
artist whose imagination is evidently very strong
The hotel is presented as balancing on that mount
aims pinnacle in an extremely dangerous way.
AT West Rutland on Friday afternoon, James
Hanley, a marble cutter, while attempting to board
a train was run over and one hand and both Of his
legs were cut off He died in an hour and a half
THERE are about forty guests stopping at the
Iodine Spring House, South Hero. Among them
ia the Russian Minister To the United States, Baron
Dewockstaif, accompanied by his wife, son and
daughter,
Hon. H. HENRY BAXTER of Rutland has 70
Gently very generously donated $1,000 to I'm
manuel church of Bellows Falls, the annual in
come of which is to be used for the benefit of the
cemetery.
LAST week Wednesday Fred Butler OF Pittsiord
twelve years old, was found hanging from hook
in his bedroom, dead. 1t is supposed he hat
been trying to see il he could rescue himself afte
hanging little
Mr.. SMITH WRIGHT of Williston is building
what is undoubtedly the largest poultry refrig
orator in all this part OF the country. ltmeasure
thirty by forty by sixteen and will hold one hun
dred tons OF poultry.
THREE men-Augustus Stoughton and Edward
Garry of Burlington aud James Fadden OF St
Albaus-escaped from the house Of correction
Thursday morning. The first two have been re
captured but the latter thus far has succeeded il
eluding the officers.
THE strike at the Columbian marble mills a
Rutland is ended, the men, with one or two ex
ceptions having all gone to work at the terms o
the company The Columbian's business is in
creasing, and new men have been added to tn
number Of workmen.
LUKE X. NOBLE died suddenly at his father
house in Hyde Park Thursday afternoon Of in
ternal hemorrhage. He returned from SAINT
Rosa, California last week, where he had reside
for the last three years. with his health vastl
improved, as he considered. His age was twenty
eight years.
c. d. GATES Of Cambridge has accepted tn
challenge OF Z. N. Hyzer to play him for tn
championship and champion board Of the stat
now held by Mr., Gates. 1t is probable that tn
trial will take place In Burlington, and that NJ
Baker, the most noted checker player in til
country will be present.