Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-09
Vermont State News.

THE firm OF Roscoe & Leavenworth merchants
at New Haven village, has been dissolved, Mr..
Leavenworth retiring The Roscoes were the old
est mercantile men in New Haven.
W. E. HOWARD OF Ripton received a severe
blow on the head from a club in the hands OF Jim
Phersons. He now lies in a critical condition.
Phersons was arrested, placed under $500 bonds,
which falling to procure he was lodged in jail
In the toyn Of Lincoln there are sixteen saw
mills and two grist mills, almost the entire pro-
duction Of which is drawn by teams to their mar
kets at New Haven and vergennes. The people
of that vicinity are agitatng for railroad.
WILLIAM F. GAGE, who left Rlpton in septem-
Der, 1873, was killed by Ute Indians upon 4 min
ing claim about January 10th. The body Of a
Of Gage was found, but Gage himself
has not been found, and the writer supposes he
was burned at the stake by the savages.
HENRY BAscoM OF Orwell was found dead in his
barn at six o'clock Thursday morning. lie had
left the house about an hour before with lantern
to feed his horses He had been complaining for
some time of heart trouble and 1t was evident
that he had died from sudden paroxysm in that
organ. His lantern had fallen into the hay and
tinguished without igniting anything He was
thirty-three years OF age and leaves wife and
three children. He was farmer in good circum-
stances.
Bennington County.
COLONEL OLIN ScorT Of Bennington was called
to New York recently, and may complete pend
ing contract with the Russian government for
machinery of nearly 100000.
S. BRIDGES of Manchester who contracted with
the government to furnish the quota of soldiers
tombstones desired, has completed the number
for all the New England states and New York,
and is now at work upon those Of Pennsylvania
One thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
stones were furnished for New York state
Caledonia County.
THE st. Johnsbury trustees keep their barber
shops shut Sunday. Offenders are fined.
THE Caledonia Agricultural Society has elected
the following officers for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Asa Livingston Of st. Johnsbury vice-pres-
idents, Cloud Harvey Of Barton, G. II. Hall Of
Lyndon; secretary, ]. W. Sanborn Of Lyndon; as
sistants, N. NJ. Johnson, c. d. Brainard, II. X
lde and E. L. Hovey; treasurer, c. Nj. Stone.
The International Telegraph Company held
Tuesday and reelected their old board Of officers
as follows; Franklin Fairbanks, president; W. P.
Fairbanks, treasurer; G. W. Henderson, clerk
Horace Fairbanks, Franklin Fairbanks, W. p.
Fairbanks, Calvin Morrill,, George W. Henderson,
Waldo Brigham and o. S. Bickford, directors.
Chittenden County.
DESPITE Mr.. Barber's failure the Van Ness
house at Burlington will be kept open without in
terruption.
THE people of North st~ae. Il. p.--ii--.--- -
ulsss lished with the name Of that thoroughfare,
and want it changed to Lyman
THE Champlain Valley bee-keepers' association
which recently held successful annual meeting
at Brandon, has voted to hold its next meeting at
Bristol May 18th.
FRANK KELLER OF Essex Center committed su.
ieide Monday morning by hanging himself in the
barn, where some of the family found him. He
was twenty-seven years Of age
AT Underhill Saturday morning Fred L. Col
Inns, young man twenty-four years Of age clerk
in D. L. Terrill's store, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. The cause Of
the act is unknown.
CHARLES ScRIBNER jumped from the train
while passing Colchester station last Thursday
night, and fell with his head 30 near the track
that the wheel showed him along though fortu-
nately he was not injured. He had his ticket for
Essex Junction, but would be nearer home to stop
at Colchester.
Franklin County.
The Messenger says that several citizens OF st.
Adams have made large sums OF money in Wall
street by the recent rise in Western Union stock.
On the other hand the Retormer says that two
prominent citizens OF Brattleboro lost heavily on
the same stock, one being completely ruined and
the other almost so.
Grand Isle County.
The town of Isle La Motto has voted to accept
the provisions Of the act by which the legislature
voted to grant ST. 800 Of state money to help build
a bridge from the island to Alburgh. Sxty-nine
votes cast in favor and seventeen against the
act, and $1,000 in town bonds authorized
to be issued.
Lamoille County.
Is Is said that 10 900 900 feet OF lumber will be
in Lamoille county this season.
This will absorb the timber on 300 acres OF the
best timbered land.
Rutland County.
RUTLAND is suffering from a coal famine, and
and many private families are us
ing wood
EIGHT marble quarries are in successful opera
ion in Rutland county and twice as many slate
luarries. Some of them are being worked 800
Ieet below the surface OF the earth.
windham County.
IT is stated that the will Of the late A. C. How
.rd OF Townshend bequeaths $40, 900 to the town
Ior the support of the poor
ORANGE Young was taken i'll in the night at
Westminster. He was seventy -four, alone in a
house three miles from doctor terrible
torn was in progress and fresh snow was drift
ng deep on the ground. The old man, satisfied
hat he would not live until morning without
medical help, resolutely started out The strug-
gle was hard one, but he made the distance on
DOT and recovered
Windsor County.
A FIvE-YEARs-oLD daughter OF L. Harris OF
Barnard has been fatally burned by falling into an
,pen fire.
A. NJ. ALBEE OF Springfield has been appointed
commissioner OF the United States circuit court
or the district OF Vermont.
Miscellaneous.
NEW dock Is to be built at Maquam bay south
n the present dock
8 to BIO finished for the opening of navigationI
WITH the foreclosure of the mortgage upon the
hissisquol Clyde Rivers railroad by the Pas
umpsic railroad went the S2S,00 OF stock taken
" Troy In the road
The recent accident on the Passumpsic road
Will cost the company about $40 0OO which in
ludes personal damages and damages to cars,
tc. The relatives OF the lady who was killed
ave been settled with for $1,000.
MEETING OF a committee, representing the di-
ectors OF the Central Vermont Northern, Con
ord and Lowell railroads, with the object In view
u removing the difficulties oftheir roads working
n harmony, was held at Boston, Friday
Hon. BRADLEY BARLow's Southeastern rail
way has undertaken new enterprise, which IL no |
ess than an air line between Montreal and St
ohm. New Brunswick The distance which has |
0 be travelled over at present. via the Grand |
funk; between the two cities is 100 miles, while |
n air line Of which but li6 miles are unbult will
My be go miles
AN accident happened on the Cheshire railroad |
etween eleven and twelve O'Clock Saturday |
light, The train ran into the rear end OF a |
relght train, wrecking the engine and several |
ars The engineer, John Lang Davis (who for |
laDy years acted in that capacity ON the Central |
'ermontl was killed, Hejumped of and slipped |
own the bank under the train, breaking his |
eek Baggage Master Caldwell and Brakeman |
ike were more or 1855 injured. No passengers |
'ere hurt.
LITTLE over year ago Mrs. Wareham Morse |
las drowned at Centeryile. A few months later |
IT, Morse died from an overdose OF morphine,
robably accidental. Monday OF last week the |
On, Henry L. Morse who has continued the hAr-
was most malignant case his head swelling
nd distorting badly. Now, To complete the
puud Of misfortunes II Is found that his sister
l-law, VINO attended MS ia-t illness, was badly