Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-03-22
Vermont Stafe News.

IT is said that Stockbrdge has recently had 1876
cases OF scarlet fever, twelve Of them fatal.
EMMA BRACKET Of st. Adams bay was badly
bitten in the thigh by bull dog few days ago.
L. S. JACKSON Of Bethel has sold a water privi-
lege to some intending builders Of toy factory.
II. S. NEWTON has been appointed postmaster at
Georgia and Benjamin +. Ashley at South Pomfret.
REV AUSTIN NoRcRoss, Baptist OF Derby, died
March 18th, after a brief illness, aged eghty-ive.
DAVID Jacobs OF Barton had about $500 worth
OF clothing stolen from his peddler's cart one
night last week.
BY the gift Of friend in Boston the library OF
the Irasburgh Methodist church is augmented by
over one hundred volumes
THE state dental society held a well attended
three days meeting last week at Burlington. S.
d. Hodge Of Burlington was elected president.
STouGHroN FLETCHER, one Of the Oldest and
wealthiest bankers Of indianapolis, native Of
Ludlow, died Friday, in his seventy-fourth year
Ross FORD died in Braintree last Friday night
Of smallpox. His wife and two children are sick
with it. There is no apprehension Of its spreading.
/ A BosroS Journal correspondent reports that
parties from Bernardston, Massachusetts, are ne
gotiating for the purchase Of the Weldon House
at st. Adams.
PHILANDER STAPLES Of Fairlee was struck by a
lever while moving lumber Friday, his face cut
through from mouth to ear, his collar bone broken
and his shoulder dislocated
Epson L. FULLER, who hanged himself in the
Windsor Jail while awaiting sentence for the
murder Of Wtham is said to have left dying
doo1a ti,u - a.
EDWARD T. BIoKFoRD and Mrs. II. c. Cross
Of Brandon have been arrested, charged with
sending obscene postal cards through the mail.
They gave bail for appearance at the next term
OF the United States court in May.
JOHN W. DORSEY, star-router, was born at Ben
son and worked there as tinsmith till within a
few years, when he disappeared and was unheard
Of till the starroute indictments brought him into
notoriety with his brother, Senator Dorsey.
SmAs NJ WAITE affirmed recently in giving a
deposition for the case Of Estey & Co., against
Lawyer c. b. Stoughton Of New York for muta-
ton of exhibits put into the Burdette Estey organ
suit that he had no interest in the case Of Bur
dette against Estey.
JAMES CASSIDY of Barton who has been insane
for some months but who was supposed to be con-
siderably better, jumped from a second story
window recently, striking on the frozen ground
thirty feet below, and suffering, SO far as can
be seen, no serious injury.
JUDGE BUTLER OF the United States district
court at Philadelphia has sentenced William
Coates to eleven months imprisonment. Coates
was convicted of making a false pension claim,
wherein he swore that he was William Ingraham
Of the First Vermont Cavalry.
THE exposition of the American Agricultural
Association is to be chartered affair, under the
name of the " American Exposition Of 1888" and
will be simply national exhibition OF American
products The cost is estimated at 81, 800, 600 Hon
N. T. Sprague of Brandon, Vt, is the president.
MICHAEL KELLEY of Bratteboro has been ar
rested charged with robbing Frank woodman of
Jamaica Kelley got his victim drunk and en-
ticed him to South Main street. where he rined
his pockets OF some $40 and a watch and left him
lying in the highway By confession OF Kelley
the money was found in an clubhouse and he was
bound over under $500 bonds for trial in
September
THE trouble between the Ogdensburg and the
Central Vermont roads has broken out again.
The western freight over the former road is chiefly
in cars belonging to the blue line." The Cen
trail Vermont refuses to allow these to pass over
its line The result is that all through freight has
to be transferred to Of the "green line," in
order to be allowed to pass over the bridge at
Rouses Point.
s. s. GAINES, the proprietor OF the Stevens
House, Vergennes, was arrested Saturday on
charge of violating the liquor law and placed
under 81, 900 bonds to appear for trial next Mon
| day. The states attorney has offered to with
draw the complaint on condition that Gaines will
plead guilty to one hundred offences, pay the
fines and costs, and give bonds not to sell any
more liquor in violation Of law. In anticipation
Of a trial one hundred fifty witnesses have been
summoned, among whom are many Of the prom
inent men in the north part Of Addison county.