Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-01
Vermont State News.

Ex-Governor PROCTOR has returned from his
European trip.
sr. JonNsBURY has newly-organized branch
OF the Irish land leagueI
THE passumpsic railroad company pays three
per cent semi-anpual dividend
A. G. HATCH, brother Of Mayor Hatch OF Bur-
lington, has been postmaster at Windsor for
twenty years
REV. HENRY FAIRBANKS Ia to erect at st. johns
bury building for the use OF the Young Mems
Christian Association.
THk Howard opera house, Burlington, has been
leased to Mr.. X. b. Walker for fourteen months
from March 1, 1882.
THERE were sixty-fve deaths, sixty-six births,
and sixty-six marriages in st. Johnsbury village
during the year 1881.
FRIENDS of Colonel Peabody of South London
derry have given him $500 toward replacing the
hotel recently burned.
c. P. EDDY, the Bellows Falls lawyer, has been
very sick, but his condition is now more favor
able and his recovery is hoped for.
W. G. CRlPPEs late vice-principal OF Johnson
Normal School, has resigned to engage in bust
ness with his brother in Philadelphia.
THE marble and granite works belonging to the
estate OF Peter Feury, on Isle La Motto have
been sold to Vermont parties for $4,000.
The new catalogue Of Dartmouth College has
been issued. It shows that there are sixty-nine
Vermont boys there, besides eight in the medical
college.
The Vermont farm machine company Of Bel
lows Falls has received silver cedal for it's
Cooley creamer, awarded by the Pennsylvania
state fair
THE directors Of the Rutland railroad have
voted to pay dividend Of 81 per share on and af-
ter the 18th of February to preferred stockholders
of record on the 9th Of February.
AT the Central Vermont freight depot, Burling-
ton, an employe named John QUINN while coming
| out Of car with trunk, slipped and fell with
such force as to break one Of his legs.
GEORGE NJ. TAYLOR, tuner at Estey's organ
works in Bratteboro and popular local singer,
has gone to Washington to accept government
| office, secured through Colonel Hooker.
| IT is reported that a new weekly journal is
about to be started in Addison county, devoted to
| the interests of Merino sheep-breeders who rep
resent a large amount Of capital and influence in
| the county.
BLIND BETTY WRIGHT died in Ryegate January
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Scotland when she was two years old, which rem
dered her totally blind, and for sixty-fve years
| this has been a dark world for her
COLONEL w. L. GREENLEAF has resigned his
position az deputy OF internal revenue to
accept position as deputy collector in the GUS
tom house, and Major Stearns has appointed his
brother, E. Z. Greeneaf, as his successor.
A NEW telegraph line has been lately erected
across the mountains from Manchester to Saxton's
River, with ten offices on it, in as many country
| villages. No operators were sent round to teach
the new ones, and many funny errors were made
THERE are nine churches in St Johnsbury and
the Presbyterans are to build another the coming
season. Besides these there are four more out
side of the village in the town. making fourteen
| in town Of 800 and ten in village of 3, 800
inhabitants.
| The whole number OF gallons Of liquor sold in
| Caledonia county for the past seven months is
seven hundred nnety-nine gallons including all
| used for mechanical and medical purposes This
is not a bad showing for a community of % 600
| inhabitants.
MRS CHARLOTTE, wife of the late Manasseh
Divoll, who died in Rockingham lately, aged
lightweight years, was the last but one Of four
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family OF children and grandmother to eighty five
grandchildren.
THROUGH the bursting Of a kerosene oil lamp
the wife OF J. g. Spalding Of vergennes narrowly
escaped being burned to death. Neighbors seized
her and carried her into the street before the fire
could be quenched, several being injured from
her burning clothing,
WHEN the Central Vermont railroad was built
j. r. Booth Of Burlington worked as common
bridge hand. Now he is the largest timber-limit
! owner in Canada, owning 2 225 square miles, or
1,423, $50 acres-an area equal to more than one
fifth of the state Of Vermont.
CONGRESSMAN CIRCUIT has introduced Till to
pension Newton Boutwell, of Morrisville, who lost
four sons killed in the war: Thomas and Robert,
Company D, Fourth Vermont; Rodney, Company
+, Eleventh Vermont, and William, who enlisted
in the Sixteenth New Hampshire.
THE customs collections at the port OF Burng-
ton for 1880 amounted to 1864 81; for 1881,
to 81, ia, 03S &c, increase of Sl49 45l So The
value of domestic merchandise exported was
S1,576,1Sl, and the number of cars laden with
merchandise in transit thr ough Canada, 7S,249.
THE evidence before the commissioners in the
case of the First National bank against the inso-
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