The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-01-08
STATE ITEMS.

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seventeen church spires.
On Sunday and Monday of last
week ninety-nine carloads of hogs
passed through st. Adams.
-Eighty-year-old Cyrus Kibbee, Of
Brookfeld, was dangerously injured 10y
a runaway, the other day.
Charles T. Scott was killed in
North Guilford, the lst., while chop
ping, by limb falling on him.
Horace Eastman's little child was
probably fatally scalded at Grafton re-
Gently by falling into a pail of boiling
water.
L. p. Dean, a veteran of the war
of 1912, died at Gaysville the other
day, aged nearly 81. He leaves wife
and ten children.
-Marcellus Fenno of st. Johns
bury was attacked with hiccoughs re-
Gently, and the doctor could not stop
them for two days.
George n. Eayrs of Rutland has
been appointed superintendent of the
house of correction in place of |. Nj.
Trip, who recently resigned.
Henry L. Inman, formerly of the
Ballston Springs On. " Democrat,
has purchased a half. interest in the
Brattleboro Record and Farmer.
Mrs. Foster Palmer of Danville,
has a daughter aged nine years and
eight months old, who weighs one hun
dred and thirty pounds, and is still on
the gain.
The 18th Annual Encampment of
the Department of the Vermont, G..
A. r., will be held at Rutland on
Tuesday and Wednesday, January
21st and 22d.
John Hanley has recently died at
Manchester from injuries received a
year ago in a drunken quarrel at South
Dorset, when John Bohan cracked his
skull with stone. The latter is held
in $1,000.
A. L. Moor, who was recently
arrested at Boston, Mass, for passing
a forged $3.50 note on the Newport ma
tional bank in September, has been
taken to Newport on Gov. Proctor's
requisitiOn.
Mr.. II. c. Copeland, cashier of
the First National bank in Brandon,
was swindled out of 500 recently, by
a sharper who wanted a 500 bill for
500 in small money. The sharper
took two 500 bills.
Clarence j. Sargent, of Warren,
gave 1910 music lessons in 1878, and
in the last five years he has given 81
$50 lessons. These lessons were given
on piano, organ, and i'll harmony.
Who can equal this?
Randolph has her share of State
Supreme Court Reporter,
State Inspector of Finance, Superin-
tendent Of Education, and Superin-
tendent of Agriculture, the last two
with salaries of 81 400 each.
"A Castletonman recently killed his
pig because he suspected it had swal-
lowed his knife, which he thought had
fallen into the feeding-trough, but a
post-mortem examination failed to dis
cover the properly, and it was after
ward found outside the pen.
David Hutchinson, who died in
Jericho, on Saturday, Dec 2Sth., was
the oldest resident of that town. He
was born in Jericho, his father COM
ing there when there were but foul
houses in that town. He lived on the
same farm for over so years.
l. NJ. Trip has resigned his posi-.
ton as Superintendent Of the State
House of Correction, after an oflicia
career of one month. We understand
that the reason is the insufliciency Of
the force allowed him for the care Of
SO many prisoners.
AS some workmen were engaged
upon the gasometer in the gas house
at st. Johnsbury recently, "a rope broke,
allowing the instant escape Of some
5000 cubic feet Of gas, and sutfocating
Chester Felch. He was dragged Out
of the building, but it was severa
hours before he regained consciousness
Nelson Holly, of Pownal, went
home, the other day, after a three
weeks spree, to find his wife absent
He went to where she was stopping
and endeavored to get her to return
home, but without success, aftel
which he went home and cut his throat
completing the business by hanging
himself.
"A very sad case of affliction i,
that of the family ofMr. Charles Morse
of Plaintield, seven Of his ten children
having died of diphtheria within two
-wcolse, their aSos ranging FROM oue x
thirteen years. They were obliged tc
bury them without any ceremony ex
cept a prayer at the time the first two
we're buried.
"A remarkable pedestrian feat was
that of Norman Taylor, of Woodstock
at Gilmore's Garden, New York, tn,
other day, WIN he made the distanc,
of twenty miles in two hours and TWEEN
ty-three minutes, without a pause
stimulus, evidence of fatigue or pers
peration. Taylor is 48 years old
and has lately gained quite reputa
ton as as pedestrian and runner.
There seems to be but little doub
that Alexander who has just been sen
to Windsor for ten years for robbery
is the man who committed a murde
at Peoria, ILL.,, a few years ago, il
robbing a bank there. There is NJ
doubt either that he blew open safes a