The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-07-21
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"A st. Adams infant, has two
thumbs on is right hand.
senator Edmunds will deliver
the address at the Orleans county ia'F'
September 2S.
The Pittsneld iron-works nj stoeh-
bridge employ 80 men, tie ore yieiu'ns
60 per cent.
"A heavy hail and rain-storm ala
much hurt to crops and roads HoOu'
Derby Line Friday.
j. 5. Clark OF st. Johnsbury was
recently robbed of 5000 and some pa
pers at Newport, Il. l.
Burlington is 50 dissatisfied with
its faulty census, tsat another at 'he
city's expense is proposed.
-Howards new'block at Burling-
ton, to be done Ootober 1, will be oil
brick, three stories high, Is by OO ieeV'
Dewitt Davis, of Chester, found
a silver ring the other day, when he
was hoeing corn, tSpt he lost two years
ago.
Charles Purps has been killed at
South Vernon by elIl from a hight
Of steps, caused IA Apush gwen IN
sport.
Mrs. Wakefield Slliner, of Swan
ton, has failed, with liabilities OF about
$4,000. She offers 10 cents on the
dollar.
The New England reformed mems
association holds its annual meeting
at Queen City Park, Burlington, Au-
gust 3, and ).
-Jabez Pond, of East Berkshire,
while chopping in the woods was struck
by Il falling tree, and had one OF his
legs broken in two places.
"A valuable deposit Of kaolin is
said to have been found by John Rice
on the Strong farm on Cold river at
the foot of Bald mountain.
The Indiana state-house commits
sioners have awarded their contract
for II 900 cubic feet of marble to the
Sutherland Falls company torS60, 900
Charles ID. Hulet of Pawlet was
recently found dead under his over
turned meat cart. 1t is supposed thai
he was drunk when the accident hap
pened.
| Edmond Ronayne of Chicago lee
tured against Masonry at st. Johns
bury Thursday evening, and the hal
was attacked by u mob with stone:
and tin horns.
Rev. S. b. Pcttingill of Grafton
and formely Of the Rutland Herald
is now the editorial manager Of the st
Adams Adtertiacr, Mr.. +. 5. Sears
having retired from the paper.
The Passumpsic railroad emptic'
its platform gravel trains with pillow
stationed on the last car, and drag
ged the length Of the train by rope
fastened to the detached engine.
"A newly organized company has
purchased 400 acres Of timber lane
at JAY, and will put up large steam
saw mill and tub factory about on
and a half miles from the southeastern
road near Glen Sutton.
The commission appointed b,
vote or tic Legislature of 1876, L
plan the better accommodation Of TIN
state library, reports in favor Of en-
larging the present building at Mont
pelier, by adding u feet to one wing
and So feet TO the other. The cos
would be about $4,000.
= The town Of IIardwick has paic
out in the last 80 years, in damag,
and costs, for insulIiciency of high
ways, more than $4,000. Nearl,
half of this sum was lawyers fees anc
costs, the town losing every suit
while $1,000 would have settled ever,
case before suit was brought.
There is an old lady now Twin,
in st. Adams 81 years old the LIST 0
August who was married when sh
was 10 and raised family of y chill
dren, all Of whom were alive when sh
was 50 years old, and all but three 0
them are alive now. This lady's hus
band was a soldier Of the war of 1912
and she relates with vivid interest tn
events of those days.