Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-20
STATE NEWS.

There are five cases of small pox in
Enosburg Falls. Every precaution is
being taken to prevent its spreading.
BURLINGTON, June 70. The Grand
Lodge of Vermont, f. and A. M, to-
day elected the following officers
Lavant M. Reed of Bellows Falls, Mas
ter; Dan p. Webster of Putney, Dep
uty Master Lucius G. Butler of Essex,
Senior Warden Ozro Meacham of
Brandon, Junior Warden John A.
Butler of Jamaica, Treasurer Henry
Clark of Rutland, Secretary Hiram
p. Stevens of St. Adams, Senior Dea-
con; and appointed Alfred A. Hall of
st. Adams, Lecturer Rev. Edwin
Wheelock of Winooski, Chaplain !;
Rev. S. A. Parker of Windham county,
Assistant Chaplain Theodore S. Peck
of Burlington, Marshal A. l.. Pease
of Hartford, Pursuivant; VIM. Brins-
maid of Burlington, Sword Bearer !;
Daniel G.. Barber and Cyrus P. Currier
of Burlington, Stewards Joseph H.
Walton of Burlington, Tyler. Deputy
Grand Masters were elected for four
teen districts.
BRANDON, June II. Dana (the IA
ther), William and Carroll Lincoln of
Hubbardton were arrested and lodged
in Jail to-day for shoplifting. Two
hundred dollars worth of goods, which
have been identified, were secured
They have been stealing for more than
year from every store in town.
WESTFORD CORNER, June II. Great
excitement prevails here over the dis
appearance of a young lady by the
name of Emma Sands, aged "a, en-
gagged with a younger sister in ped
ding laces and notions about the coun-
try in this vicinity. Saturday night
the sisters put up at a Mr.. Putnam's,
and Sunday afternoon Miss Emma
went to u neighbours, Mr.. Hobart, in
company with Mr.. Putnam's hired girl,
for the purpose of making a call. She
started upon her return to Mr.. Put
MANS the same evening, accompanied
a portion of the way by a domestic,
and since then has not been seen. A
young Frenchman named Larock,
whose company she refused, is known
to have followed her for some distance,
and he has since been arrested, but
was afterward discharged from custody
lOi " tbIIU vi W COllIlcCb Illlli
with the young ladys disappearance.
Large searching parties have been ex-
ploring the woods, but without success.
The young lady bears u good reputa-
ton.
BURLINGTON, June 16. There is no
longer any doubt but that the missing
Miss Sands of Westford and the girl in
boys clothing, seen here, are identical.
She is thought to be insane. Detec-
tives claim to have clue to her where
abouts and expect her tonight or to-
morrow.
The Rutland Herald relates this in
cident: Among the passengers who got
off the 11.55 A. M. train from Whitehall
was woman tall and of angular pro-
portions. She made directly for man
who was standing in careless attitude
near the stairs in tlse depot, and caught
him by the coat collar and administer
ed a vigorous kick, the while scream
ing for a policeman, saying: 81 can
take care of yo@; but l want police
man to take that woman" She dragg.
ed him out of the depot and seated
him in retired spot near the end OF
that building. She accused the man
of having left her and run away with
another woman, emphasizing the
emphatic points of her accusations
with vigorous punches of her umbrella
The man was thoroughly cowed. l,
seems the couple are man and wife
and live in Glen's Falls. lie il q
F'renchman. The woman for whom
he had deserted his gentle better hal
made herself remarkably scarce wher
the injured wife put in her appearance
evidently satisfied to leave the wifi,
custodian of the husband, The las
seen of the reunited couple they were
sitting on the grass of Depot Parl
quietly together but his face did no
indicate unadulterated happiness.
, A deer, supposed to be one of severa
that were let loose several months age
on the Vermont mountains, was dis
covered feeding contentedly with {
flock of sheep at Brandon, the othe
day, and was driven with them int
the fold.
] George Fay, young man of Sharon
. while fooling with revolver last Mon
day, accidentally discharged it, thu
ball entering his side. The surgeon
was unable to find it, and the case is 1
critical one.
b. ID. Harris's barn and shed, adjoin
ing his house at Brattleboro', wer,
burned by an incendiary last week
with three horses.
William Ramsay's two-years-olC
daughter was scalded to death at Burl
, ington last week.
DR.. Warren II. Hamilton, a youn,
Brandon physician, has just died O
malignant diphtheria, caught from [
patient.