Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-30
Vermont state News.



thrown from a horse on Tuesday Of last week and
seriously injured in the temple by kick.
Eugene Ellis Of Addison, had a narrow escape
from death the other day lie had been fishing,
and In getting overa pair Of bars, having loaded
rifle in one hand and his fish in the other, the
bar broke and he fell to the ground. The rifle
was discharged, the charge passing within two
inches OF his head. Anthony Rabitean, Of Ben
son, was found dead in the woods few days ago
lie was seventy years old, and heart disease Is
supposed to have caused his death. On Friday
morning couple Of prisoners, Frank Emery who
was put into the Mddlebury Jail for stealing n
horse, and Dushang, a French boy from Salisbury,
who was taken to Jail for stealing a SO brass
watch, escaped from Jail Paul Wood was
severely injured while choppng in Brdport last
week. large limb became disengaged from an
adjoining tree and fell upon his head, breaking |
his skull and otherwise injurng him.
BENNINGTON COUNTY
THOMAS A. HUTCHINs a well-known Benning- |
ton man. lies critically III from injuries received |
in the recent hand-car collision on the Glasten-
bury road. Josephus r. Jacobs a soldier Of
the war Of 1872, died at Dorset on the 2Sth inst,
in the eghtynnth year of his age. lie belonged |
to Captain S, wright's company Thrtieth United |
States Infantry at Burlington, and had his dis |
charge papers well preserved TO establish his
claim to a pension, when it occurred TO the gov
eminent that IL had other soldiers besides those
Of the late war to reward. An enjoyable fea-
ture Of the Troy Methodist Conference, in session
| at Bennington, was banquet given at the Put
| nam House Thursday evening, in honor Of Presi-
| dent Foss OF the Wesleyan University, by the
alumni of that institution the guests also repre-
| senting Syracuse, Ohio and Vermont Universities
and Dickinson and Mount Carmel Qll. colleges,
| who heard brief speeches from President Foss,
Bishop Harris, Rev. Henry Graham and others.
| CALEDONIA COUNTY.
| HARRY, son Of Rev. II. W. Jones Of st. Johns
| bury, was thrown from a horse the other day and
| had his collar bone dislocated Charles Frost,
an aged man in st. Johnsbury Centre, died sud-
| denly the other morning. He lived alone with
| his unmarried daughter, and while eating break
fast and conversing usual, he suddenly stopped,
| and died in his chair without utterng word -.
Mr. Jacob Ide has been re-appointed postmaster
| at Passumpsic the department not considering
| change either necessary or desirable. The Union
| says: "There are twenty-one voters in st. Johns
| bury named Smith, and the majority of them are
Republicans, but in other respects they are good
people"
| CH1rTENDEN COUNTY.
THE unsightly sheds on the Central wharf, Bur-
| ngton, are to be removed, and some much-needed
| improvements made on the dock. The Free
| Press says n new convent and hospital Is soon to
| be erected on the land owned by the Right Rev.
Bishop DeGoesbriand, near Lake View cemetery
| in Burlington. 1t is to be a magnificent structure
and one of the largest and finest charitable in
stitutions in the state The land was purchased
by the Bishop for this purpose many years since,
and his long cherished design is at length to be
carried into effect =. Ice is mostly out Of Lake
Champain. Navigation will probably open by
May lst-some thirty days later than last year
Steamers from Burlington to Port Kent have made
their opening trip The Arbor Vita Club, Of
st. Adams, will shortly give pinafore" at the
Howard Opera House in Burlington for the ben
eft of the Home for destitute children. Will
liam Bissette, of Richmond, who escaped from the
State Prison some time SINCE was recaptured at
Enosburgh Saturday morning
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
, PROCEEDINGS in the Franklin county court at
St. Adams were suspended at four o'clock on
last Thursday afternoon, and public meeting
Of the bar held to pass resolutions and deliver
euloges upon the ten members OF the bar de-
ceased within two years past, viz; David A. Small
, ley, Benjamin II. Smalley Ebenezer Marvin
Smalley, Frank Madison Mcintyre, Joseph Smith,
Levi b. Villas, Herman r Beardsley, Jerome j..
I,eardsley Orlando Stevens and Joseph II. Brain
erd The proceedings were appropriate and i'm
pressive, and considerable audience was present.
The directors of the st. Adams Iron and Steel
Works met for organization on Friday. A. o.
Brainerd was elected president Edward A. Smith
yce-president, Herbert Brainerd secretary and
treasurer; A. O. Brainerd, Edward A. Smith
John ]. Hannahs and II. r. James, executive com
nittee. =. DIR. j. II. Hamilton, OF Richford, had &
narrow escape the other day. While on his way
| to visit a patient, on horseback, he was thrown
from the saddle to the ground, but was held fast
= by his boot in the stirrup, and was in Imminent
danger of being dragged to death by prancins
horse, when he managed to pull his foot out o
the boot and release himself. Three small SON
Of Jerome Warner, Of Swantou Junction, armed
d themselves with revolver and shotgun the othe
> day, and proceeded to attack man who had Sc
y GREETED himself in one of the chambers of thu
a house. The intruder was persuaded to leave, af
u ter being fire at but not hit
ORANGE COUNTY.
THOMAS GRUMPY, a young desperate OF Well
" River arrested the I'D, by High Sheriff JOIN
. Bailey, for assault upon James Leonard with in
r. tent to kill.
% ORLEANS COUNTY.
e LESTER REcoR, of Jay, recently had his lei
Is broken in two places while rolling logs DaviC
d Lyford, while fooling with nitro-glyeerine a
e North Troy, had his hand blown off and his fac
Q. irightfuy dsfgured. IA telegraph office ha
n just been established at Newport Center 80. Tro.
had a freshet last week. portion OF the road