Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-20
Vermont State News.


representative MS brother, who IL town clerk,
and has been In the legislature, went ravlng mad
few days before election while canvassing bis
town for his brother. His reason has since re-
turned and he ls slowly recovering. So says an
exchange. The hotel barn at Hancock was set
on fire last week Tuesday Hiram Little was sus-
pected OF setting the fire and arrested, but he
escaped and has not been recaptured. Oscar
Roscoe OF Starksboro attempted suicide by cutting
his throat last week Tuesday afternoon. Tenn
porary insanity is assigned IA the cause. Rev.
Father Kerlldou Of Vergennes Ia now GONZALES
cent. Captain Hoffnagle OF Vergennes has taken
from the basin below the falls near that place
several logs which have been submerged for sew
eral years. They are believed TO be a part OF
lot Of timber used by Commodore McDoDough In
building his fleet, The captain will use the timber
for making canes and other mementos Of the
with the British Commodore, Downie, off Cum
berland Head, September II, 1874. ...Aikens
Dakett OF Bridport has found In fairhaven the
team which was lately stolen
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The altitude Of Mount Anthony has been taken
by Professor Barbour OF the United States coast
survey and found to be 246 feet There is
but one pensioner Of the Battle Of Bennington
alive-Mrs. Abigail S. Tilton OF Northwood, N
H.. One Tom Jones from Pownal gets seventy
eight days In the house Of correction for stealing
silk hose in Bennington.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
r. G. Gammell left East Barnet the day Bar
NUNS circus exhibited at st. Johnsbury and has
not been heard from since , Clark Smith while
plastering in the Burke town house, fell from the
staging and dislocated his shoulder. William
Roberts OF st. Johnsbury Center has been fined
$50 and costs for selling liquor. All Of X. l..
Peabody's original bondsmen except Dr. Bulard,
assumed bis bail and he has returned to Wood.
stock where he Is engaged in surveying railway
from Woodstock TO Rutland. The Passumpsic
railway proposes to still further fight the Laird
case and another trial by jury will be had.....A
new fume has been completed at Paddocks vii
lage and all the shops have put in new wheels.
But little more than one-third az much water will
be used as heretofore. Jacob Wilson, foreman
on the Free Baptist church now building at St.
Johnsbury undertook to descend to the ground
| distance Of eighteen feet, on rope when the
rope broke and he fell and was seriously injured
1.-The Vermont yearly meeting Of Free Bap-
lists convened at Lyndon Center last week Thurs
day and continued over Sunday. The meetings
were largely attended throughout the session
All parts OF the state were represented, as were
nearly all the New England states. On Sunday
the large audience room Of the church was filled
| to ts utmost capacity. Sermons were preached
| by Revs. Perkins OF Boston and Waterman OF
| Dover, N H.. Another effort is to be made for
the resurrection Of the seminary at Lyndon Cen
| ter. Only about So 900 remains to be raised to
| make available to the school property and fund
| Of $50, 600. Last week Thursday evening n
freight train ran into bank OF sand washed upon
the track in Lyndon by heavy shower. The
engine and several cars were thrown from the
| track, and the fireman hurt so he cannot live.
oHITTENDEN COUNTY.
There was a quite general suspension of bust.
ness at Burlington last week at the shops and
| factories to enable the workmen to attend the
state fair. Peter Massey, an employee of the
marble mill in Burlington, became intoxicated
| last week Thursday night, and in that condition
| tried to walk to his home In Winooski lie Law
down on the railway track and fell asleep and the
train ran over him in spite of all efforts to stop it,
| He has since died. The New York express col
1 fFAtfF
Tuesday morning. No one was hurt, and the
| damage was but slight. The September term
| OF the county court began yesterday. Joseph
Bertrand, a frenchman, about sixty years Of age.
| en- route from Worcester to Montreal, on the
morning express, Saturday, fell from the cars at
| point about a mile south OF Richmond The
train was going at full speed and Bertrand was Sc
riously injured. His left shoulder was broken
and his head and body badly bruised. His re-
| covery IL very doubtful. Papers on his person
| furnished the addresses of his friends in Canada
and Massachusetts, and they we're at once com.
municated with. During the year ended June
| 3Oth last there were six hundred and ten en-
| tries at the custom house at Burlington, the value
| of all the goods being ST. 1862 2S7 and the duties
being sl7S,39j. Eghty-fve million feet OF lum-
| Der was surveyed. Thirteen alligators have
| been received at Burlington by express One was
| ten feet in length and weighed 200 pounds
| The falling down Of one Of the carbons of the
electric light In Percys store, Burlington, caused
fire, which, however, was put out before much
/ Il
lists from Concord, New Hampshire, accompanied
| by the Aiken band of Franklin, visited Burling-
| ton last Friday. John Kelley was arrested in
Burlington for getting drunk, going home and
| smashing things. He assaulted his wife with a
tumbler, and inflicted severe and painful scalp
wounds. At the state fair officers entered the
refreshment stands kept by John X. Sterling of
Warren and Henry Premier of Burlington and
| seized quantity of liquor In bottles Sterlin g
was tried, found guilty and sentenced. Premier
was tried on Monday, but the evidence was in
sufficient and he was discharged.
| ESSEX COUNTY
Rails have been laid for a mile and half on
| the Victory branch of the Portland and Ogdeus.
burgh railway, and the work Is rapidly progress
ing An old engine which formerly ran on the
| Old Colony railway is in use upon the branch.
| The September term OF the county court COM
| menced at Guildhall yesterday, Judge Ross pre-
siding. G. H. Fitzgerald Of Brighton has nearly
| completed new and handsome barn, and In il
has constructed large silo. A son of Edward
| King of Lunenburgh lately fell from fence and
broke his hip
FRANKLIN COUNTY
There are still one hundred guests at the Frank
lin House. Highgate Springs. The widow Of
| John Barney, residing in Swanton, fell down
| stairs last week Sunday and broke her shoulder
IAN Enosburgh boy, seventeen years old,
weighs 80 pounds. 80. ln the county court at ST.
Adams last week Tuesday, Charles Brown OF
| Glens Falls pleaded guilty OF stealing a gold
watch from the pocket OF Stephen Fuller and was
| sentenced to six years in the state prison n
| L. Smith OF Richford was thrown from load Of
| grain the other day. He struck on his head and
was knocked senseless. He is recovering.
During the state fair Reuben Combs of Richford
had his watch stolen and Sheldon man lost his
pocket-book. "a double team attempting to
pass another in Richford was forced off the road
and was tumbled into ravine. The driver and
horses were slightly injured, but the wagon was
ruined. Poets slsughter-house in ST. Albans
was burned last Saturday. Loss about 5000
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
The water is so low at North Hero that the
steamers cannot land, and new docks are build
ing, the expense being betrayed by subscription
-. Nelson Youngs store in Alburgh was broken
into last week Wednesday night and about fifty
dollars worth of goods taken They were very
deliberate about it, entering window, lighting
lamp and having quiet lunch of sardines, not
disturbing two young men sleeping above.
LAMoILLE COUNTY
A little granddaughter OF Joseph Gautlin of
Hyde Park while playing around kettle of
scalded II there had not been some clothes in
the kettle at the time she would probably have
been scalded to death.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Charles Dutton OF Irasburgh was killed at the
Bellevue House in Newport by falling down
stairs. His skull was fractured. The Charles
ton miller's hog, noticed last week, weighed 1856
pounds instead OF 749,. Rev. L. Phelps OF Bar
ton has received call from the church in Charles
town. Mass. There will be no school at Glover
Academy this fall, Rev, G. S. Butler OF North
Troy has received and accepted call TO Milton
Mills n. H.. The Lyndonville band gave con-
cert at the Lake Willoughby House in Westmore
last Friday evening. There was a ball In the
evening, music furnished by Bgelow's orchestra
ORANGE COUNTY.
A barn in Thetford, owned by Reuben Phillips,
was burned early last Thursday morning, with
two cows, ten tons OF hay and farming tools 1t
was caused by an incendiary and the loss In
partly covered by insurance.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Owen Reardon of Rutland has become insane
President Willard of the Northern Pacific railway
was in Rutland last week. . Charles F. Cushman,
lately a saloon proprietor in Rutland, has been
arrested in Boston for subornation of perjury.
The police force of Fairhaven has been doubled.
-. James Durham of Castleton, who came to
this country ifty-fye years ago. received his nat
uralization papers In time to vote the late cleo
ton. A gang OF thieves were caught at Pttsfeld
last week who have been stealing In that vicinity
for three months. The leader escaped after being
caught. II. Shortsleeves, brakeman on
the Rutland railway, has had his right foot
crushed. lie was riding on the pilot when his
foot slipped and the front wheel of the engine
passed over it,. Four members OF the Rutland
bicycle club attend a bicycle tournament at
Springfield, Mass, to-day, Oliver Avery
prisoner In the house OF correction and the en-
gneer OF that institution, escaped last week Mon
day, and has not been recaptured. He had three
years more TO serve. Lawrence, one Of the