Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-26
Vermont State News.


Mrs. SUsANNAB SMITH EATON, the Danville CEN
tenaran, died Thursday morning. January Goth,
aged one hundred and one years and three months
THE Vermont lumber company, at West Burke,
employ one hundred men and about fifty teams.
The pay roll for December amounted to over
80, 900.
Hon. +. A. PARKS Of Passumpsie kept dairy
averaging twenty-three cows the past season,
Jerseys and grade Jerseys, from which he sold
S2217 worth Of butter. From calves, and from
milk and butter used he realized 1881 Total, |
S2,59s.
Chittenden County.
The Winoosd wooden mill is to be lighted with |
the electric light.
HART & VAN vLIEr cut and dried, last season, |
about six thousand bushels Of apples in shelburn,
and about seven thousand bushels at their Massa- |
chusetts establishment.
The Burlington & Lamoile railroad have Just
built several cars at their shops in Burlington, to
accommodate their increasing freight business,
and have rebuilt the locomotive Lamoille.
BURLINGTON makes an excellent showing with
its water-works system, the department having
paid all its running expenses and the interest on
Its bonded debt, and earned a surplus Of 81, sos.
THE prisoners in Cbittenden county Jail at
tempted TO escape last Saturday by enlarging
hole through a stone in the water-closet, but the
vigilance OF Sheriff Drew frustrated their designs.
Four sons Of Thomas Tenney OF Underbil are
now living In Burlington, the oldest Of whom is
thirty, the youngest twenty; the tallest, Martin,
porter at the Van Ness, is six feet four inches in
height and the shortest is six feet two and one
half inches. The four brothers weigh seven
hundred and seventy-fve pounds and measure
twenty five feet
Essex County.
/ The measles are having big run In East Con-
cord there being sixty or seventy cases.
WILLIS BISHOP, baggagemaster on the st.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroad, was
found dead in bed last week at Lunenburg. 1t is
supposed he died from heart disease
Grand Isle County.
THE supreme court for this county met last
week Tuesday. There was no case to be tried
and the sitting occupied but one day
LamoiIie County.
THE measles, canker-rash and diphtheria are
raging in Johnson.
Rutland County.
| SOME twenty cases OF scarlet fever In Rutland
last week.
The Bennington Il Rutland railroad will lay
some three thousand tons of steel rails the coming
| season and also improve its road bed.
THE rear driver on the right-hand side OF the
engine drawing the Rutland and Washington
train into Rutland last Friday evening dropped of
when the train was about quarter OF a mile from
the depot and rolled down the embankment
Luckily no damage was done as the train wa,
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was disconnected and 1t brought the train il
| about an hour late.
THE express train from the south over the Rut
| land division Of the Central Vermont ran int,
heavy snow drifts near Barnumville, Saturda,
morning, and could move neither way. Abou
fifteen passengers we're aboard, who procured re
freshments from neighboring farm houses.
telegraph wire was run into the car and their con
dition made known. They were at last dug GU
and the train reached Rutland many hours late.
windham County.
A GROWING and important industry for Towns
bend is the soapstone quarry.
n. L. RICHARDSON Of jamaica a former post
master, has been put under $500 bonds for lille
gally using cancelled postage stamps.
QUITE lively row occurred at Ssxton's Rive
the other night between the students of the Yer
mont academy and the village boys, in which tn
former were badly worsted Some were knocke,
down and several were considerably bruised. Al
investigation was held and it is possible that sew
eral Of the students will be expelled.
The two Jamaica moonshiners, Riley Davidso
and Frank Haywood, were arraisned Mt the eli
cult court at Rutland last week. The evidenc
which the prosecution had gathered indicates
that the still which was found on Davidson
premises about year and a half ago had bee
used by Stratton and wardsboro people for eigh
teen years to work up their surplus cider int
apple jack. A large number Of people appeared
to be involved in 1t.
windsor County.
LABAREE's store in Hartland was entered b.
thieves last Thursday night, and about three hun
bred dollars worth Of fancy goods and jewell
were taken.
W. II. SLACK, shoddy manufacturer Of Spring
field, has moved his business to Bellows Falls
and will employ over one hundred persons il
sorting rags
THE Central Vermont Association of Maste
Masons met in annual meeting at Woodstock Fri
day afternoon and elected officers for the ensuin
OF Woodstock; vce-presidents, G. w. Pease @
Hartford, L. l. Crocker OF Woodstock, George L
Durant of Lebanon, New Hampshire; treasurer
A. L. Pease Of Hartford; secretary, ]. p. Aiken
Of Hartford; executive committee, L. NJ. Week
! of White River junction, E. p. Tewksbury G
Woodstock, F. L, Morse Of Windsor; finance CON
!, mittee, W. P. Davis OF White River Junction, ,
!, L. Richmond, L. c. Kendall OF Woodstock.
, the evening Rev. A. ]. Hough delivered the al
nual address, Hough's band gave concert, an
the members with many visiting Masons enjoye
social reunion and dance. The banquet too
place at twelve o'clock at Eagle hall
| Miscellaneous.
, THE combined capital Of the national banks
the state is IS, POI OOO total deposits in saving
banks, S90753 l4.39.
Two hundred and thirty-ive cars OF wood
! l,645 cords-were shipped over the Burlington
Lamois railroad last month
7 THE New York and Lake Champain Transpo
tation Company has a capital stock of S45, 00t
and owns five propellers and eight canal boat
Last season the gross receipts from freights wei
1929, 4571i; from other sources, S15S, 2S7 .5S.
cash dividend Of fifteen per cent was paid
, |
, | WmLIAMsTowS.-Th Congregationalists pr,
I pose donation visit to their pastor, Rev NJ
/ Schofeld, next week. This society is about NAL
ing a handsome addition to Its Sunday-scho
i library, and for Its reception has Just added
| new bookcase. For vestry use the MOODY An