Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-12-21

ihf HOWE scale company OF hutlanu SHUTS uoWh
Its works between Christmas and New Years.
THE Central Vermont will add four hundred
freight cars to the Central Vermont freight line.
THE death is announced Of the wife OF Hon,
James L. Martin, speaker OF the house Of rep
resentatives.
T. t. THOMPSON has recovered judgment of
$4,000 against the Freewl Baptist institution OF
Lyndon Center.
JOHN P. HOWARD has increased his gift to the
University Of Vermont for rebuilding the main ed
ifce, from $4,000 to s2s,OOO
LEMUEL SrAuLDIso Of Hartland, aged ninety
five years, made a feeble and very Intellectual at
tempt to cut his throat with dull jack-knife.
In the Bennington county court Eliza Bentley
has obtained a verdict Of $500 and costs against
c. H. Houghton for breach of promise Of mar
rage.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on Thursday nominated
Jasper II. orcutt to be postmaster at Mortified
and Charles II. Mansur to be postmaster at Brat
tleboro.
THE Missisquoi road Is now laying steel rails
beyond Sheldon. The road is buying nothing but
steel, and will have the whole track laid in the
course Of a few years.
sno containing one hundred tons OF ioodef
was opened at vernon recently peiote 10. u
'A.lners VINO are eh'hus'asuc oVer 'ne way '"e
cattle ate the ensilage
ON Thursday Peter Leicester OF Sudbury went
to Castleton pond fishing. On his return he froze
nis "anu7 anu ar'iS near'y '" 'ne o'oo"s' anu ID
now in critical condition.
THE Bennington county grand jury indicts Ed
son l.. ruler OF keadsboro Tor numbering william
~ po'so"e ''' ''''i'O'u sp''"s'
'''A' i'' '0's''s'
The wilderness between Lowell and irasburgh
IS oeing settled lwenty-s'x men purchased lana
'uere our'ng Tue past year az from " 10 u per
acre ana gooo iand Tor FARMS
AUNT SALLY orockwEi'L OF brattieporo, VINO Is
approaching her one hundred ana third birthday
oo"''"ues III eAcehen' neailn' "hiie her memory
ior PAST e'su's Is remarkable.
A FIFrEEN-Y EARs-oLD son OF George W. Fuller
OF Bra;tleboro left home without the knowledge
OF nv parents week oeiore last ana nothing can
oe iea'neo vi his "hereaoOuus'
BETWEEN 100000 and $4,000 has been ex-
pended on the iron mines at Pttsford, and large
force is now employed In putting up buildings for
the manufacture OF iron in the spring.
CHARLES PALMER Woodstock teamster, was
seriously hurt recently while driving under low
shed. The horses became frightened as they en-
tered and turned so that some OF the projecting
boards struck him in the face.
PATRICK DowsEY died. recently at Castleton,
where he had led hermits life for twenty-hv
years After his death roll OF 5000 in bills on
the Castleton Mutual bank was found secreted in
his bed. The bank discontinued business In 1859.
BENJAMIN CHASE, a freight shifter in the rail.
road yard at st. Adams, in attempting to get on
the COW catcher OF the yard engine Friday morn
ing, slipped and fell under the truck wheels and
had his left leg shockingly crushed Amputation
was necessary at the knee.
f. Z. DEWEY. c. w. Towns. Samuel Webste,
and Henry II. Davis were arraieped at BELOW,
Falls last week Tuesday. and were fined 5000 each
with thirty days in the house OF correction, fol
selling liquor under the nuisance act Each took
an appeal and gave $500 bonds.
JOSEPH f Woop of Woodstock has In h;s nos
session one Of the rarest recs tn he found II benp
n mortar and nestle of boxwood that were brougb,
from England in 1870 nv .Jabez Bennett nrobablv
the grandfather OF the man of that name who
was one OF the pioneers Of Woodstock.
| The animal celebration NJ the landing of Nh,
Pilgrims. under the direction NJ the Middlebur,
historical society. will he held at the Conpreea
tional church in that villape Wednesdav evening
December 21st Rev Iucius T. TiIden of Nashua
New Hampshire will make the address.
rswanton iurv fund Enpene DsNoe, gui,tx
Of twentv-one offenses of selling Iiouor maxim q
| n fine of 500 and caats which amonnt N GO a.
mora which does not inciude tho ,wo a,tornevs
fees DsNoel took nm ANIMAL and was put ppde,
$500 bonds IN annear Mt the county court
THE December term Of the Addison county court
Middleburv. was the shortest known in come time
ONLY two civil cases came before the iurv. and a
there were no criminal cases tbs inrors ware dis
charged the second dav. The rest of the docke
consisting priucipally OF divorce CAGES. was fin
ished Thursday.
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mont are demonstrating AGAINST the re-modelin
NJ tho old COLLAGE Initiating and esnecia,Iv the r,
moval of the dome and the substitution Of n amir,
Tbev desire that the bn;lding NAV retain the mr.
pearauce which IT has had for 40 MANY wear,
Rut the mnrovements will 90 on
wa, o,,,SrS ~, ,o..au,r ~ r., -. ,uo
found last week "wednesday morning in a nool
water Mt Cambridge New York The wats
where the bodv Law WAS very shallow. bardl
, deem enough To cover IL An inouest was hell
and the inrv rendered n verd;ct of suicide
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abopt ton miles long II ia built in the nterest
the umbermen. who nav for the grading and tie
The road furnishes the iron The grading ia
he fnished Inv newt INV and will, cos, 80 ooo
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AT Cambridge last week Tuesday night, or
"Jack" Cornell n freight conductor on the Ru
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reia'ons WIN youns sir' was pounueu "ithi
, an inch OF his life by her brother (who caugl
him concealed In closet In the girls housed an
wos than traa,ad m a iiharai coot % ,ar and ia
voc - w. " '0' 'O''' VI Wa "AN '''
on rail-
IT M TIrRNpy Of St Albans has issned n cha
,enpe In bebalf Of Edward Dec,ker NJ Uiohgate
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wres'ie any man IN A'heriO'', eo'iaf-ahu'eioow,
one hundred sixty-hve pouads or under, for 81
4 | or $500 side, the man especially mentioned
tho obaIianga hapa William Iohnso, % No
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Q YORK. one hundred dollars forfeit money accon
' panied the challenge.
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