Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-06
Vermont State News.

Vermont state News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
There are fifteen widows and two widowers
living on South street, Middlebury. =. Dean &
Jennings OF Cornwall had the misfortune to lose
their famous stock ram Jason recently. lie
got caught In fence, and being unable to extri-
cate himself, died there. Pinkeye has appeared |
in Ripton. The Spring Grove camp-meeting at
New Haven closed Wednesday night
BENNINGTON COUNTY
o. NJ Howe paid five dollars for a wheelbarow |
ride from Factory Point to the Equinox House, |
John Mofat did the job in thirty-five minutes.
.,...ln Bennington county the potato crop is |
materially damaged. The grain crop is good and |
corn IL heavy and Of large acreage. The apple |
crop was injured by the early frosts. The hay |
crop Is an average one, but the second crop is |
Light. The buffalo moth has made its appear |
ance at Factory Point
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. Johnsbury Academy opened last week with |
$50 students In attendance. "A horse belonging
to Arad Wells Of 0anyie broke his leg in the pas
ture recently and had TO be killed. r. B. Gam
nell. dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc, East
Barnet, has failed. lie owes about $500.
cBITrENDEN COUNTY.
Burglars have been at work at Winooski. ..
Henry Macomber Of Westford has large hand |
full OF herdsgrass that stands nine and one-half
feet, with heads nine inches long. Ninety thou
sand tons OF coal are brought to Burlington an
nually....C. N. Mead Of Burlington has been
prosecuted in the city court for taking orders for
lager beer. The court reserves It's decision.
The managers Of the Chittenden County Agri-
cultural Association extensively circulated the
announcement that Senator Morrill, would deliver
the address at the county fair, but il is now
claimed that they knew from the first that he
would not be present and used his name as an ad-
vertising dodge
ESSEX COUNTY.
West Concord had SO many candidates for rep
resentative that no was held
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
East Richford has citizen by the name OF
Moasses. ia. A. Mortified, clerk Of the Wei
den House at st. Adams, received from a friend
IN the Adirondack region small black bear, and
his Bruinship can now be seen In the back court
OF the hotel wandering to an fro at the end Of a
chain. W. g. Hubbard, prominent citizen OF
East Franklin, died Thursday morning. Con-
siderable excitement is caused 10 Bakersfield by
reason OF large black bear In that vicinity with
two cubs ...B c. Hall has been elected direc-
tor Of the First National Bank of st Adams, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death Of II. II.
Bowman. The Universalists of St. Adams
cleared about $50 from refreshments sold at the
fair grounds. Haskin & Hyneth have thor
oughly repaired their foundry at Highgate.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY
The August term OF the Grand Isle county court
commenced Its session August 90, Hon. Homer f.
Royce, chief justice, presiding.
LAMoILLE COUNTY
Forty.five chickens were Matched out at one set
| ting by an industrious Morrisville hen. =. Mr.
Landau Of Stowe, while splitting wood with
sharp axe, missed his aim and split his right foot
nearly to the instep. The Burlington & La
noble railroad company is putting in new
turn-table near the engine house at Cambridge
ORANGE COUNTY.
The fair Of the Union Agricultural Society will
| be held at Tunbridge October 3, 4 and IA
small glass tumber exploded at Henry Newton's,
West Randolph, flying into several pieces. II
was on table, no one touching it,. The crop
prospects of Orange county are, as a whole fully
| up to the average. D. P. Kimba of Newbury
has harvested over two hundred and fifty tons
| OF hay this year.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Newport has entertained more guests this sea-
son than ever before. The Passumpsic railroad
company Is about to add ten acres to its yard
room at Newport. During storm at North
| Troy lightning struck two telegraph poles near o
n. Elkins' residence balls Of fire were seen whrl-
| ing through the air, which seemed to burst, fol-
| lowed by deafenng crashes of thunder. The
water was very high, covering the highways aud
streets Of the village, and the meadows, so that
cattle had to swim to get to the mainland. Much
| damage was done. Neal Dow spoke at Albany
| Monday evening. go. j. Cass of South Albany
lately sawed ,553 shingles in his single mill in
| one hour. The county fair will be held at Bar
| ton September 26th, 9th and 28th. Daniel
Chaplin of West Charleston has recently taken
| eighteen bushels of onions off from a piece of
ground thirty,nne feet square, The Baptisis of
| Jay have decided to build church. The hop
| crop OF Troy seems to be unusually large, while
yards in Jay are almost total failures.
RUTLAND COUNTY
| The village OF Rutland has brought suit in
equity to restrain Darius Carnith of Mendon from
| throwing sawdust and waste from his mill into
Mendon river. The water from this river is the
Of n1y for apt1la and
| sawdust pollutes the water and chokes up the
strainers and pipes and has caused several thou
sand dollars damage to the village. -. The Rut-
| land county court opens on Tuesday September
IL. There are fifty-eight the Jury calen-
dar. just Issued Mr.. Clifford II. Smith of
West Brattleboro was ordained to the ministry,
August %, by council called to meet with the
Congregational church in Pittsfield, this county.
40. Wescott and Willie Perkins of Hubbard
ton killed a rattlesnake last week. This was the
| first rattesnake killed in town for quarter of
century. 1t was four feet in length having nine
rattles.. John Hewlett of Wallingford was
| taken to the insane asylum, Brattleboro, Satur-
day, having become too violently insane to be
judged safe.
wISDHAM COUNTY.
A two-and-a-haf story tenement house at Bel
lows Falls, owned by Hon. VIM, A. Russell, con-
tanning seven families, was burned Saturday
morning. Incendiary....A woman from North
Wapole committed theft at three Of the stores in
Bellows Fails but she was caught in each instance
and the goods were returned, The September
term of the Windham county court will begin on
the 18th. There are fifty-nine cases on the civil
docket set for jury trial. fourteen Of them by
agreement OF both parties. lit is announced
that c. H. Davenport Company of the Brattle-
boro Reformer have bought the !Siftings news
paper of Greenfield, Mass A lad about fifteen
years old, named John Cram, was killed at Bel
lows Falls by being run over by street sprinkler
that he was driving, The Brattleboro bicycle
club will attend the tournament to be held at
Springfield, Mass, September GOTH
WINDSOR COUNTY
Thieves broke into the express office at Ludlow,
but obtained only dozen bottles of sour lager as
plumber. Officer Savage Of Hartford and Of
iicer Foster of Hanover, n. H., arrested at the
| latter place Friday two men, named Peck, broth
ers for alleged store breaking and assault with a
sled stake upon James Holt the owner of store
In West Hartford, August 3lst. The Springfield
town fair will be held September 10Th and 9th
80. Fred N. Wilson of Norwich recently captured
two young golden eagles-shot one and trapped
the other. One measured three feet eight inches
from tip to tip, the other four feet Five horses
were sold for 81, 200 at Weston recently; two of
them for $500 each.... John Tolman Of Norwich
has just had his arm amputated to stop the
spread Of cancer. The Congregational church
at Woodstock gets $500 and the Sunday-school
the same amount by the will of the late Eliza Car
rngton OF that town. The champion mean man
lives in Woodstock. He turned off his hired girl
because she gave a cold luncheon" to a brother
who called to see her. Plymouth boasts the
champion fat boy OF the state. His name is Orson
II. Butler. He Is only ten years old, and weighs
800 pounds. He also has six perfectly formed
toes on one foot. Joseph La Fountain the miss
sng unatic Of Springfield, has come home, saying
he has been in Canada He is to be taken to the
Brattleboro asylum. The comptroller of the
currency has issued his certificate authorizing the
extension Of the corporate existence Of the First
National Bank OF Springfield.
STATE AT LARGE.
Lake Champlain navigators say that light
house is needed at each end of the gut, between
Grand Isle and North Island A large number
of men are searching the woods near Hanover,
N. H., for Lyman Heck, who escaped Saturday,
while being taken TO the jail in Woodstock He
had but recently completed a term in the Vermont
state prison for burglary, and was arrested Fri
day for breaking and entering Frank Hollis store
in West Hartford, Vt, and committing an assault
upon Mr. Holt
BRADFoRD.-It was quarterly meeting at the
Methodist church last Sunday, Rev. A. l., Cooper,
the new presiding elder OF the Springfield district,
officiating, There were communion services at
both the Methodist and Congregational churches
At two o'clock p. NJ, Mr.. Cooper preached at West
Bradford. The wife of Rev. r. b Fay, pastor
OF the Methodist church at West Bradford, has
long been an invalid, and has been suffering more
than usual Of late. Rev, d. f. Palmer OF Barn
| ard is in town for a few days The fall term OF
the Bradford Academy commenced last week
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