Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-14
Vermont State News.


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ST. JonNsBuRY is to have fire alarm system,
at cost Of 81 900
SENATOR EDMusDs and party have returned
from their fishing trip.
SECRETARY EvARTs is spending few days at
his residence in Windsor
BOY has been born at st. Adams with two
thumbs on his right hand.
THE population Of windham county il now
%, IA a loss OF 1876 since 1870
A FIFTEES-YEARs-oLD son Of Mr.. Burbank OF
Albany was drowned recently while bathing.
CHARLES d. lIuLETT of Pawlet was killed by n
carriage accident. lie leaves a wife and several
children.
The dry house OF Bonett Gildllan & Co. at Bar
net, was burned with contents, Friday night
Loss, $1,000; partly insured.
AT Burlington, Saturday, by runaway, Henry
Loomis and party with him were severely
though not seriously injured.
EDWARD MANN Of Bradford has been fined $50
and costs, amounting to some $50 Ia all, for beat
ing his wife while intoxicated
CHARLES PURPLE was killed at Souh Vernon,
the 9th inst, by being pushed off the hotel steps
in sport, his collar bone and several ribs being
fractured
TwENTY-rHREE young men have already been
admitted to the next Freshman class Of the Yer
mont University and on the opening of the term
the class will probably number thirty or more.
MONDAY afternoon the Unversalist parsonage
in Williston, occupied by Rev Mr.. Bell, was de-
stroyed by fire together with the barn. The fire
h,a ti.tI ..;r
in the barn.
THE body Of the boy, Frank S. Page, who mys-
terously disappeared from Haverhill, New Hamp-
shire, week OF two ago. was found floating near
Bedel's bridge, South Newbury, on Saturday,
the ID inst
Two slight fires occurred in Burlington Friday
night In one instance an overheated stoye-pipe
set fire to wood-box; the other was caused by
the explosion Of lamp in Burnham's photo
graph parors.
THE tramp arrested for the assault on Mr. and
Mrs Tracy at West Hartford but discharged
for lack Of evidence, is known AZ an old
prison bird, wanted at Norfolk Massachusetts,
for $500 robbery
FRANK GowING, an employe Of the Fall Noun
tain paper company at Bellows Falls, was struck
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and made insensible. His injuries are scalp
wound and perhaps injury to the brain.
A THREE-YEARs-oLD child was struck by Cen
trial Vermont locomotive at Clark's crossing in ST.
Adams and badly bruised. The child was walking
on the track, and the engineer had not time to
stop his train. No blame is attached to him.
PAT McCARTY, a Cheshire brakeman met his
divorced wife walking with James Albee at Bel
lows Falls the other night. lie beat Albee and
would have kicked his wife to death, had not
others prevented. lie has fled to California
son of II. w. Barrows Of Irasburgh snapped
his knife for pistol in the evening his father
asked him for it, and he went to his room to get
it and tried to take out the cartridge, but the
stroke Of the hammer sent the bullet through his
hand. lie snapped back the next day
THE Cavendish town debt is S2i, 600; last year
it bore five per cent rate of interest Within two
months the selectmen have taken up every dollar
of the debt and given four per cent bonds in pay
ment of the $4,000, and say they could have sold
$4,000 more of four per cent bonds at par or for
a small premium
Two rapidly driven teams going in opposite d.
rectons collided in the darkness at Bellows Falls
and valuable horse owned by Mr.. Bidwell of
Rockingham was instantly killed and the four &C.
cupants OF the carriages more or less injured.
The carriages were entirely demolished. One
horse landed through store window near, causing
considerable damage. All had narrow escapes
The chances that the ruined Brattleboro First
National Bank will pay much OF dividend are
extremely small. stockholders meeting will
probably be held within a short time. Other dis
agreeable facts than those already made public
are likely to come to the surface as matters pro-
gress 1t is not improbable that Waite may re-
turn to Brattleboro before many weeks, voluntar-
lily or otherwise.
ABOUT eleven o'clock Sunday night the barn on
the poor farm in Bakersfield was discovered to be
on fire. The flames had 20 far advanced that it
was impossible to save it. The fire was soon
communicated to an old house and the ice house.
which were destroyed, with three nice calves, also
a large amount Of farming tools 1t was with the
greatest effort that the woodshed granary and
house saved 1t was the work of an in
cendiary.
DAsrARDLY attempt made to burn the
White River Junction House about one o'clock
Tuesday morning The fire was set with rags and
shavings in the basement and was well under
way when discovered by the night clerk, and ex-
tinguished with but little damage. Tracks of a
person in the stocking feet leading to the place
showed plainly that an incendary had been
about and he is supposed to have been some one
either connected with staying in the house
Mr. Barron sold the property two weeks ago to
Ballard & Andross.
AT Ludlow on the Sd inst, Sidney Hill, twenty
years old, son OF Isaac Hill, and a son OF Ev-
erett White, twelve years old, were pouring five
pounds of powder which they had bought at the
tirecracker accidentally thrown into the pail
by another boy. terrible explosion took place
and the two youths shockingy burnt about
the head, chest and arms The White boys hair
was entirely destroyed. Their injuries were so
severe that at last accounts it uncertain
whether they would recover.
AT Hydeville, Friday, the body of man was
found in a mill pond The body had to all ap-
pearances been in the water for several days and
was badly decomposed. The man had red hair,
was about five feet eight inches in height, and
was between thirty and forty years Of age. In
the pockets were found bottle OF whiskey, a
small amount Of money and a jack-knife. As
there are no marks OF violence on the body 1t is
surmised that he fell into the pond when ntoxi-
Gated and unable TO get ont There are va
rious conjectures to who the deceased was, but
no positive Identification.