Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-16
Vermont State News.


pended on account OF attachments
THERE are now seventy eight boys and sixteen
girls In the Vergennes reform school
EIGHT liquor saloons in Rutland have been
posted by the officers Of the law as nuisances
YOUNG Brattleboro man awoke ut FIVE O'Clock
the other morning to find large rat savagely
gnawing at his ear.
The new sheriff Of Brooklyn, Lewis X. Siege
man, has relatives in st. Adams, and Is son-in-
law OF A. @. Lucas Of Burlington.
HENRY II. BABcooK, president Of the Chicago
Academy OF Sciences is dead, aged sixty-seven
years. lie was native Of Thetford.
A ScoTcH lawyer is at Burlington searching for
Hector Shaw, native Of the island Of Null. who
falls heir to $1,000 aud dJesn't know It,
NORTON BROTHERS OF Brandon have grown
large fields Of sorghum, and are manufacturing
moasses which the local trade prefers to the West
Indian article
THE Isle La Motto bridge is to be finished ready
for business early next spring Farmers on this
island say the present years crops were the
largest ever raised
GEORGE c. BARNEY, the Oldest native born resi-.
dent Of st. Johnsbury, for several years post
master at that place, died November 9Th, aged
seventysix years
The Bellows Falls board OF health publishes no.
tices that unless all cesspools 10 the village are
ventilated within ten days the corporation will
make 1t warm for the owners.
CORNWALL has raised during the mast season
from eighty acres Of land $4,000 bushels Of
onions which al IN al
five cents per bushe amounts to S2I0,OOO
THE Windham county medical society held an
interesting meeting at Fayetteville, Wednesday,
DR. II. d. Holton presiding. Several valuable pa.
pers were read on malarisl fever diphtheria. etc.
CHAuNoEY WARNER, Esq of Cambridge has
given $4,000 to found home for destitute chill
dren at st. Adams. A house has been bought for
81 200 and it will be Immediately fitted up for the
home.
d. d. HARVEY Of West Derby committed a muir
derous assault upon hotel keeper at Rock Island.
p O., recently by striking him with gun, and
has left the country. The injured man is re-
covering
TEYNoN OF Poultney, who was convicted Of arson
at the recent term of Rutland county court and
sentenced to ten years In the state prison. has been
.o., T., -.., ga, - $3.50 $3.50
sou, " no p'''on "u'hof'''eS 10 'he insane asylum
III ~ ''a"'"es'er' new lamp
go 'e'n'h'' ou. ior
woS,saIa,. 80. ~ "'n."es'4r' uieu ON
~ ,ha ,o,,,si.,'eso :, 60 ,a- was heinoer
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AT Richford last week Monday evening. while
ioufteen-years-old boy was fooling with n loaded
,ered ,ho taoo =, - '"o,' GU
cumm;ra, ineio,i.,, 80, '''' N"'''''
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L.Qooh 'a'u was maze at st. Adams last
week tuesday morning, three establishments be-
rug Visited NO clhtraoand goods were found in
TWO oil the places but in the third two four gallon
80 s"o" JUS ""' o''''e vi "n'sNey
MAJOR MERRITT BARBER, u. D. A., a native OF
'o"na'' 'ormery assistant ao1utant general OF the
oiu vermont brigade Is the counsel In the de-
,ense III .ne case OF Lieutenant ripper, now on
triai NJ fort DAVIS, Iexas, on charges OF en-
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me executive committee oil the Vermont Dairy
'i'en Association met AZ d. Adams, saturday, to
gee ABOUT hoiding winter meeting. Offers for
noiuine tne meeting were received from St. AL
JAMS montpelier ana Rutland The matter OF
se''ng up 'ne meehng VIII he lett to the secretary
hoosfkktfERs guild has been formed at
"ooos'ocA' Inc ooJect oil the organization is
" oo'ain ior the use oil the housekeepers of
WOODSTOCK sufhcient supply OF domestic la
Dor whether OF male or female persons, in
snort TO protect themselves from servant
Hallsln,
PASSENGER trains on the Montreal, Portland &
Boston railway from West Farnham, Quebec, to
freiighsburgh, have been discontinued for want
OF patronage Freight trains will be run when
the ROAD Is completed from frelighsburgh, Que
pee 10 sheldon. Gangs OF men are at work on
the line
BRAKEMAN DENNIS O'DAY was jammed at
White River junction last week Monday evening
between a shifting engine and car t. which he
unsuccessfully tried to couple it. He lived only
ABOUT three hours, hi' internal organs being hurt.
lie was thirty years oil age and leaves wife and
TWO chi'uren'
BURLINGTON is agitated over the city agency
question The former agent was removed by the
c ,unty commissioner for alleged malfeasapce in
Office and new agent appointed. The former
agent claims his removal was illegal and declines
to retire, being supported by the aldermen. The
agency is closed to await developments.
A FEARFUL accident befell Andrew j. Butler of
South Reading. While in the act of getting into
his buggy and stepping on the hub of the wheel
his foot slipped through the smokes hi, horse
starting and twisting his knee out of the socket
tearing through the flesh in a fearful manner he
sides badly bruising one arm and otherwise be-
ing severely injured
WILLIAM r pA,or ~ parna,d ,of, bor,. ,a.,
week Monday and won't IN Iower M.s.aoh,so,,s
L, visit friends Tbnrsdav noon ha s,ar,od ~,
Worcester On bis wav IN tho dane, ho s,ann.s
into a saloon IN nprcbass n cigar and vh;,a ,ha,a
was drugged and robbed of $40 He did not dis
cover his loss until he reached Worcas,e, ua
was Quite sick for n time hu, has sut,,ciant,v 70
covered to 90 ont of doors
FRrp u HAVEN who d;ed Ia. srura,
several years and until bis daath a ,r,s,aa o,o,L
NJ Wells Ricbardson G. n, wholo.,,o d,n,,,.,a
in Huntington I, now annears ,,a, ho hod hoo.
for soma time stealing goods from tho s,o-a ana
carving them bome Snsn,o,,n ua. oro,soa H.,
the fact that his fatber "a offa-ed tor col. %
druggists and nbv.ici,ps costly drnos for nh
below their market nr;ce Finale ,ba bonsa ,,,a.
.earcbed and thrse ,runLs 6lled with s,o,a, go.
were fonnd annro.chirg in valre sEoo
ETA oMirH oieo suddenly ana mys'eriously at
st. Adams last week Tuesday. 1t appears she
was feeling unwel Monday afternoon and went