Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Vermont State News.


BENNINGTON IL to have a butter factory.
A THREE days pedestrian tournament is som
to be held at Middlebury
THERE are now seventy.three men and two
women in the house OF correction.
HENRY O. WHEELER has been made superin-
tendent Of the Burlington schools, vice c. J Al
ger, resigned.
THE rules recommended by the committee Of
the Vermont bar association have been adopted
by Franklin county court
THE school superntendents Of Windsor county
have selected Saturday April oath, as the day for
holding public examination Of teachers.
CLARK WARDEN Of Felchville, while at work in
his saw-mill, was knocked senseless by an iron bar
left in the way Of the moving machinery.
MRs. NASH OF New Haven, widow of the late
General william Nash, now in her ninety second
year, fell recently and broke her hip bone
rHREEYEARs-oLp sou Of James Knuckey Of
st. Adams fell into tub of hot water and was 40
badly scalded that he died the next morning
SOME sixty thousand trout have been placed in
the streams Of Bennington and vicinity, the re-
suit of private subscriptions toward this object.
WILLARD GRAVES, awell-known citizen Of Wal
ingford, committed suicide Monday afternoon
by hanging. No cause for the deed Ia assigned
Hon. FREDERICK BILLINGS is building a me-
mortal chapel to the Congregational church at
Woodstock in memory of his mother the late
Mrs. Del Billings.
T. f. GREENLEAF has been appointed quarter
master sergeant of the First Regiment National
Guard to fill the place of Horace L. Loomis, re-
moved from the state.
Hon. 1RENoR W PARK has Just given 81 600
to the Bennington free library for the purchase Of
new books. The library now has upwards of
hree thousand books
DURING the past few weeks overa hundred men
ave been added to the working force of the st.
lohnsbury scale works, and the company il still
much behind in filling orders.
THE number Of men employed now at the Howe
scale works is larger than ever before The pay
roll last month showed two hundred and eighty
i've employees, and amounted to over $4,000
THE following items in the river and harbor bill
have been adopted by the commerce committee:
'or Burlington harbor, $4,000; Swanton harbor,
g, 500; for improving creeks in Vermont 81, O0O
THE Estey sewing machine works at Brattle-
ooro, which have been turning out twenty-fv
machines per day, will double their working ca
'acity as soon as necessary changes can be made.
The old Tory tavern in Westminster has lately
zen torn down In it a Spanish quarter dated
1880 aud a Spanish nnepence dated 1912 were
ound, with brick in the chimney stamped III.
J. j. SALTERY has purchased between one thou
and and fifteen hundred acres of land in Pitts
ield, and is actively engaged in putting up build
ugs including furnace for the manufacture
f iron.
AT special town meeting held at Hydepark
asst Thursday, the town ratified the action of the
'electmen in selling the new bonds at four and
hree-fourths per cent. The whole bonded debt of
he town is refunded at that rate.
FRANK J. BOWMAN, formerly of Vermont, who
indeavored to have the action of Missouri state
Judge dsbarring him reviewed in the federal SUI
IRENE court has failed in his appeal, the court at
Washington deciding against him,
THE Champlan fish protective association, the
purpose of which is to that the laws passed by
he legislature in 1873 forbidding net fishing in
Lake Champain are enforced, met in Burlington
Thursday and elected c, NJ. Spaulding pres
dent and Warren Gibbs secretary.
MIR LEONARD JOHNSON of Peacham, who is
nearly eighty three years old, has in the last
month sawed, split and put into the shed ten cords
Il maple wood He says he never sawed any
wood before in his life, having always worked it
Up with an axe. MIR. johnson is brother of
Oliver Johnson, the journalist.
SHORT time since Calvin Fay OF Sharon dis
covered that a fine heller daily growing
poorer, and finally he was obliged to kill her,
she had become almost too weak to get up. Upon
examination he found that from some cause the
teeth in the upper jaw all shut over those in the
| lower jaw thus preventing the animal from eat
| ing, and literally starving it to death.
| HORRIBLE accident occurred in SALISBURY on
| Wednesday of last week. by which James Irving
| ost his life and his seriously injured.
| The father and engaged saving some
leavy logs, when the logs gave way and the heavy
timber rolled over both workmen crushing the
| elder in frghtful manner and causing instant
| Heath. The father was seventy years old and the
son twenty-five.
The Central Vermont railroad company has
eased the narrow gauge road which runs from
| stanbridge Station, Province OF Quebec, on the
Central Vermont north to St. Hyacinthe, Prov
| nce OF Quebec, on the Grand Trunk and during
conform with that of their own track The BUSH
ness OF the narrow gauge road since its opening
mas far exceeded the expectations of its managers
| aud will be a valuable addition to the Central
Vermont route.
BETUEL-Ile sugar-makers finished nm their