The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-12-15
STATE Items.


out any.
Truman Dix Of Whittenham,
was killed the other day by falling
from lumber wagon and its wheels
passing over him.
At Woodstock, W. S. Fosters
beautiful chestnut mare became fright
in the woods and run into a fallen tree
and had TO be killed on the spot.
Hugh p. Howe, of Woodstock,
voted for Is presidents. He is in his
Goth year.
-ssNorthern Pacific" boys, sent the
carcass of fine fat deer TO Mr.. Bill
lings. The old proverb again illustra-
ted, about turkies coming home, &c.
Martin Pratt, of Feltchville, skin
ed steer, and took cold, and died OF
pneumonia.
-Wilkin Bros, of South Reading,
have made over 700 barrels of cider.
II. II. Stafford, formerly of Roy
alton, died Nov. 9TH, in Mass. lie
was father of Henry Stafford, the no.
ted astronomer, now professor in Will
liams college.
"A recently deceased Burlington
citizen left 100000 in government
bonds.
Lyndon is wide awake over a
temperance raid under the auspices oil
the Good Templars Lodge.
The working hours in the shops
of the Central Vermont have not been
cut down this winter, the first time
for several years.
Barre will be raised to presiden-
tial post-office January LIST, with
salary of $1,000.
-Lucius B. Learnerd, died, at Mil
ton, of heart-disease.
Mrs. Crook, of Brandon, makes
II Ia lbs. of butter per week from a
grade Durham.
The hens at Alburgh seem to be
starting up in business, 100000 eggs
having been shipped from that station
in one day last month.
Bro. Basford's son lost finger
in q corn cutter.
Mrs. Amanda Bradley, of Essex,
died recently, age 80 years.
Judge |. C. Winch, of Houston,
Texas, formerly of Northfield,) died
Dec. 9TH.
Chelsea is afflicted with humps,
measles and diphtheria.
-Craftsbury people pay 80 cents a
bushel for potatoes SIS for hay and w
cents for oats.
The 18th, winter meeting of the
VT. Dairyman's Association will be
held at the Weldon House, st. Adams,
Jan. 10Th, goth, and 21st. The usual
railroad and hotel courtesies will be
extended.
Sheriff S. n. Stimson Of Windsor
county, who has just retired from Of
flee after II years service, has hung
seven persons, with no bunghng.
Five people want one office al
Vergennes. 1t is the post-efiiee
AT McIndoes Falls IS men saw
10000 feet of lumber daily.
Mrs. Delight Rogers, of Athens
! II years of age, wove forty yards o
fine flannel in hand loom, weaving
but little short of three yards day
Maurice Bowen has been pardon
ed by Gov. Farnham.
d. NJ. Dustan, principal Of thu
academy at Morrisville, lives at Peter
boro, N. II. Harvey Rich, principa
at Peterboro, lives at Morrsville.-
Each got the other his school.-St
Adams Messenger.
Henry Whitman, who murdered
Edison Fullerat Readsboro, on Thanks
giving night, has been arrested ant
committed for trial. The prisone
has been long looked upon as hare
character.
| Hon. James d. Bell, Of Walden
died instantly Monday morning, Dec
9th. He attended church Sunday
and appeared as well as usual up t
the moment of his death.
The First National Bank of thi
place will refuse Canada paper none
after January LIST, except at discoun
of five per cent. Canada money an
, trade dollars are great nuisance, be
: cause in some places they are curren
and in others not, and the sooner til
question is settled of what is curren
! and what not current, the better fo
: all business.-Catedonidn.
AN item is going the rounds {
the State press to the effect that
. pure black marble has been discovere
: near Brandon and quarry will be oper
: ed in the spring. The marble is {
the finest hitherto dis covered in We
!, mont, and as pure as the far fame
, statuary layer of the Rutland marble
Three cars of the Montreal e,
press north on the Bennington an
, Rutland railroad were thrown from til
t track by broken rail at South Wa
lingford Monday afternoon, and Sc,
2 eral passengers were injured. MR.
\ A. p. Childs was severely cut on th
face, and her youngest child, for
years old, is thought to be internall
injured, but at last accounts was in
i. proving. The Oldest child, Ethe