Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-21

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White River Junction, losing one foot and being
otherwise seriously injured.
THE withdrawal OF the Saratoga and White
Mountain trains from the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad has resulted in an increase OF travel
over the Central Vermont line.
A WOMAN OF Dover, 1t is reported, lost the sight
OF one eye while asleep. She went to bed in per-
feet health, and awoke in the morning to find
that the left eye was entirely blind.
THE second district Republican convention will
be held at White River junction on Wednesday,
July 2Sth to nominate a candidate to represent
the district in congress and presidential eector.
LAST Thursday night the hall in St. Johnsbury
where Edmond Romayne Of Chicago lectured
against masonry was attacked by a large mob
with stones. Tin horns were used, yells and va
rous other noises made.
THE st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlan rail-
| road company have just purchased three hundred
tons Of new steel rails which they intend to lay
this summer, commencing at St Johnsbury and
working towards Daaville.
WOODSTOCK has some smart old men, and
Hugh p. Howe stands at the head lie rounded
his eighty ninth year recently. He is hale and
ordinary mans work every day.
THE net earnings Of the Vermont Valley rail-
road for the year ending March 3lst were SAG, 663
OF this Si0,95i was paid for new engine house
and iron bridge at Bellows Falls, and $4,000 for
March dividend, leaving surplus OF S15,712.
RUTLAND leads the state in the matter OF popu-
| lation. The enumeration OF 1880 shows popula-
ton Of II 250--a gain of 2416 In ten years, and
| nearly 1000 in excess OF Burngton's population
St. Johnsbury's population is 5SOl-a gain Of
| 1136 since 1870.
surance policies to the amount of S779, 400 were
issued In Vermont in 1879; December 31st 1879,
life policies were in force to the amount of IS, 26l,
1876. Premiums received during 1879, sl67, 7g7 ;
losses incurred, s15S, l2l.
JAMES HANNA while feeding planer at Buck
& Stevens mill in Richford got his right hand
| caught in the rollers 1t was drawn in under the
knives and cut into shreds above the elbow. He
had the presence of mind to shift the belt on to a
| loose pulley and thus saved his life.
As Mrs. Orren Williams and her daughter-in-
| law Of Brandon were in their yard on Saturday,
| flash Of lightning passed over the house, pros
trating and stunning both, and striking a rock
about twenty rods distant. The rock was split
and partly torn up by the force Of the bolt.
ISAAC FARwELL of West Dorset was born on
July 1ith, 1873, and on Wednesday OF last week
celebrated the one hundred and first anniversary
OF his birthday. number Of residents and sum-
mer sojourners in the vicinity visited the vener-
able man to tender congratulations and found
him with hale body, active mind and cordial
temper
| BURLINGTON Is greatly dissatisfied with the re-
cent census which gives the city population Of
| 1857. The Free Press says: New instances OF
the carelessness and inaccuracy with which the
| recent census was taken come to light daily. 1t
is the general sentiment that new census should
be taken, under the auspices of the city gov
| eminent"
REV c. II. CREssY and Judge Rand, both OF
Lisbon, New Hampshire, each in separate canoes
OF the Rob Roy pattern, passed Bellows Falls Mon
day. They launched at Lisbon and have made
about twenty-five miles per day. Their destina-
ton is Long Island. Cressy is the party who won
the race at the canoe regatta at Lake George last
| summer.
IT is worth remembering perhaps, that S. NJ.
Waite, the defaulting banker Of Brattleboro, was
an aspirant for the state treasurership in 1866
when John A. Page was first elected and it was
understood three months ago that he contempla' ed
another trial this year. Where the state finances
would have come out II he had got in, may be
imagined.
| +. ID. BARTON, Esq, Of Waltham, Addison
county, is building what is said to be the largest
| barn In the state. The dimensions are: Main
part, ninety-six by fifty feet; posts thirty three
and one-half feet long, with nine foot (high)
basement below; rafters, thirty-nine feet wing
one hundred and eight by forty; posts. twenty
five feet; rafters thirty feet.
THE mining interests in the vicinity Of Stock
bridge seem to be fourishing. A large outlay of
money and labor has been expended on the Pitts
field Iron Works About fifty men are employed,
a large clearinghouse is being built and with
engine house and kilns for burning coal and work
opening, the mine makes all hands busy The
ore is reported to yield sixty per cent.
THERE is an old lady now living in st. Adams
ninety-two years old the first OF August who was
married when she was fifteen and raised a family
OF twelve children, all OF whom were alive when
she was eighty-iive years DID, and all but three OF
them are alive now This lady's husband was
soldier Of the war of 1872, and she relates with
| vivid interest the events OF those days.
AT Rutland village meeting recently COM
mittee appointed to prosecute such of the last
board Of trustees, II so advised by legal counsel
as consented and caused the expenditure of more
money upon the highways or otherwise than was
appropriated therefor by the village; and TO bring
suits against such members Of said board as have
embezzed or otherwise Incorporated funds OF
the village or unlawfully pledged its credit.
ELI LANE, an old and respected citizen OF Luz
nenburg, on Saturday, the 18th inst, started for
the woods in a fit of partial insanity, saying that
he should take his life During the morning he
went around and settled up his business Some
men followed and tried to stop him, but he eluded
their vigilance and reached the woods. Search
was at once made but was unsuccessful. On
Monday nearly two hundred men searched the
woods but no traces OF him could be found Mr.
Lane was born In Lunenburgh in 1913, and has
always lived there. lie was man OF sterling
worth, and one respected by all who knew him