Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Vermont State News.

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In 1873 st. Johnsbury village had no fires In
1879 1t had ten.
IN Burlington last year there we're 2g7 births,
800 deaths and 80 marriages.
THE Barnes hose boys Of Burlington are to hold
walking match at Middlebury, soon.
NH ELLIOT, Burlington confectioner has
had his establishment seized by creditors.
THE Passumpsic railway shops at Lyndonville
are running on full time and employing extra help.
BURLINGTON had only FIVE fires last year with
loss OF 5000, against eight fires and loss Of
| $40 S64 in 1878
MARK MUDoETT, a Cambridge man Of seventy,
| shot white owl lately after following 1t about
twenty-five miles.
GRASBys vital statistics for 1879 show nine
| births, one marriage and four deaths. 1t IL tho
| largest number OF births ever recorded in town
| The new wooden mill at North IIartland will be
| the tallest building in town. 1t has already
reached height Of five stories and the work is
being rapidly pushed forward
Oris j. LAzELLE Of East Dover has been
troubled with feeling in his right side as though
something was prckiug, and last week he had
| No. 6 sewing needle taken from his side.
A son OF Albert Durkee Of STAFFORD, aged
he supnosed to be urloaded sho, h,rnso,, sa,nr-
| dav the hail entering his hoar, L,uiro hin,
instantly.
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W Tue oreakug Oh 'ne Staging, breaking one thigh
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| hAhah quantities OF WOOD are oeing cut on tine
ouiheu district south OF oharioue Inc hre OF
last summer was very disastrous 10 properly
""ne'S IN tue western portion Oh ferrisourgh'
running Tue nhes' "oou io's IN 'hat vicinity
CORRESPONDENT OF the Middebury Journal
claims that the recent terrible accident near Or
well was the result OF negligence. lie says that
the road had no ballast that the ties were rotten
and were raised above the road bed by stove wood
driven under them
AT Brattleboro recently, as a train neared the
depot, the air brakes were put on, but refused to
work. The pipe had burst and the brake was
consequently Intellectual. The train was stopped
Just in season to prevent it, throwing the Valley
| engine, which had scooted ahead from the bridge,
thus Of course saving horrible accident.
| IT is said to be settled fact that the machine
works of the Bennington & Rutland railroad com.
pany will he removed from Rutland to North Ben
nington. The headquarters Of the company are
| at North Bennington. The president the treas
urer the general freight agent, with their respec
tive offices are located there The superintendent
resides at Bennington-only five miles distant A
new depot is to be erected in the spring.
| GOLD mining operations were commenced last
Saturday on land owned by Silas W. Hazen of
| West Hartford The parties Interested are NJ
G. Howe, Dr. d. A. Morse and Mrs. Chester
| Downer of Sharon. Dr. Morse has been prospect.
ing for two years past in that neighborhood. and
is sanguine in ex Expectations Of success. The com.
pany has ample means to conduct operations to
the fullest extent, and will push work energet.
| ically to determine the value of their investment
| Mr. Hazen Is to share one-half the proceeds in
consideration OF land taken
Mr. DANIEL GIDDISGs of Hartford, Licking
county, Ohio, has Just started home with one OF
the finest carloads OF sheep taken this season
from Vermont consisting Of two rams bought of
Slas Wright of weybridge, a ram lamb and five
ewes Of j. 7. stickuey of shoreham and of John
@ Stickney the famous ram Fremont, Jr," and
fine lot Of fifteen eve lambs from the flock of
John II. Mead of West Rutland also three year
ling ewes from Cherbino & Williamson of Com
| wall, and six ewes of II c. Burwe of Brdport
two of the Stickney ewes and five OF the Burwell
ewes are the prize centennial sheep.
Atrx,Nppp Mol vop cors,,uc,,n, o,,;roor an
| the Passumpsic railroad and a former proprietor
OF the Mount Gardner House at Woodsville New
| HAMPSHIRE has been arrested on a writ in favor
of Chester l. Hunt and wife of McIndoes Falls,
demanding In damages the sum of $1,000 The
plaintiff alleges that while the defendant was in
| the Mount Gardner House. and when Mrs HINT
was guest at the house, Mcleod went into her
room, closed and fastened the door and after hav-
ing done so, solicited improper favors from Mrs.
Hunt. She is about forty-fve years of age and a
member OF the Congregational church. Mcleod
is about thirty years OF age and has been married
but a short time
Joussv Mr,,rS ,we,ve vaars NJ ase vho I,vo.
with lis narents on a farm on tho Oscillation rood
about two mile from west Rutland wen, 10 Tho
latter Mace SATURDAY evanin, win an o,do-
older sent the vounger home hnt ON ARRIVING
home bimself found that Johnnv had NOT re,
tprned without ALARMING any ono ha imma-