Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-06-07
Vermont State News.
ADDISON COUNTY,

ing last winter fell and hurt her head and since
| then has been more or less insane. Early last
| Friday morning she went from the house and at
| tempted to drown herself In the ore-bed pond
Her son was close by at the time she jumped in,
| but did not see her until after the deed was done
/ lie rescued her and she Ii still alive She at
| tempted to commit suicide last winter but was
not successful. She Is about sixty years of age.
| 80. Thursday morning at Brooksville as Henry
Spring and Joseph Letridge were crossing the sns-
pension bridge from the axe factory across the
river, the bridge sagged over, letting them into
| the water, The river was very high from the
rain and they were swiftly carried down stream
| They were rescued with some difficulty The
planks Of the bridge had been carried away by
the water. N H. Hill, proprietor Of the Boston
| theater, has been making extensive additions to
| his summer residence at Bridport. When com
| pleted II will be one OF the finest summer resi-
dences In the state, The reform school at Yer
| gennes has n well-drled band, the members be-
ing boys from ten to seventeen years of age,
shocking casualty occurred in StarksborO, Mon
| day morning. by which one man met with almost
instant death at the hands Of another, his friend.
The circumstances were as follows; Luther Pur-
| linton and George Brown were out hunting crows
near the edge of the town OF Starksboro. They
were standing about twenty feet apart, and Mr..
Brown was going through some brush when he
stumbled and the gun was discharged, the ball
and ramrod entering Mr.. Purinton near the heart
lie died almost instantly.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Josh Billings lectured at Manchester last week
Thursday evening to a good audience on The
Probabilities OF Life. From birch log four
teen feet long, Samuel Lyon OF Bennington re-
Gently cut 400 feet of lumber. But for some i'm
| PROJECTIONS the amount would have been over 600
feet Two boys who were driving cows near
Pownal, came suddenly upon the body of new
born infant, lying beside the railroad track. It
was wrapped In n pair Of overalls, and had red
handkerchief about Its neck. No clue to the Grim
inal has been found.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
An organ is being put into St. Andrews Epis-
copal church in St Johnsbury. A water wheel
will furnish the motive power for blowing it,.
The county court began its session yesterday.
game of base ball was played at st. Johnsbury
last week Tuesday between the Haverhills and
the Academies. Score II to IA in favor of the
former, Another game was played Saturday be
tween the Dartmouths OF '83 and the Academies.
Score, Dartmouth 50; Academies, 9...,.. The
contract for erecting the new school-house at St.
Johnsbury has been given to Matthew Caldbeck,
for $40. 600, to be completed November LIST st.
Johnsbury grand list Is nearly the same as last
year. While George Pope of North Danvle
was leading colt to water It jumped and kicked,
knocked him down and dragged him some dis
comfortable. IA circular saw in mill at Nc
Indoes recently burst, slightly njuring two and
seriously and perhaps fatally injuring third, q
sawyer named Dennis Smith,. Joseph Morrill,
of Lyndon has just lost his third child in little
more than year Of consumption. Lyndon
grand list is about $500 less than last year.
two-years-old child OF Alfred Quilette Of Lyndon
vile strayed away from home early In the morn
ing and was not found till nearly night. The
railroad hands generally joined in the search.
Samuel Norris, baggage-master at Lyndonville,
goes west and Fred Norris takes his place.
On Sunday morning of last week the house of Lo-
reDzo Warren in West Burke caught fire from leav-
ing clothing too near the stove. The fire was
promptly extinguished, with some damage TO the
house and loss of $40 worth of clothing.
Albert Amell discovered broken rail on the
Passumpsc road below East Barnet stopped an
approaching train and averted a serious disaster.
cHITTENDEN COUNTY.
At the annual meeting of the Green Mountain
Musical association, DR.. L. A. Green was elected
president; W. X. Christian, vice-president; George
| II. Fay, secretary J. A. JONES' assistant secre-
tary, c. f. Green, treasurer, and f. T. Jacobs, B.
j. Andrews and ]. A. JONES' executive commit
tee. .... Last week two surgeons, one weighing
| one hundred three and the other one hundred
| forty pounds were caught in Winooski river be-
tween the railroad bridge and the falls at Win
ooski. u. M. Ferry, formerly Of Burlington,
THE Fletcher Free Library at Burlington has
been closed for the purpose of taking the summer
| inventory. Mitchell Frazier, who had his right
arm, left leg and several ribs broken by the
bursting of an extrcator in the Winooski wooden
mill, May Goth, died of his injuries Wednesday,
May Goth. He leaves wife and child. "A truck
loaded with ten tons of marble ran over the foot
| of one lie Clair in Burlington last Monday.
ESSEX COUNTY.
At a late town meeting in Concord, Jacob Rich
ardson was elected lister and j. H. Walbrdge as
grand Juror to fill vacancies . Work has been
| commenced on the new hotel in Lunenburgh. 80.
| Four rivermen have been drowned in the vicinity
OF Lunenburgh within a fortnight
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The incendary who burned the buildings Of
Mr.. Bliss in Franklin gave his name as John Vark
and claimed to hail from Frenchtown, 7. o. He
| was bound over in the sum of 81, 900 and is now
confined in jail Ernest Fitzsimmons, an employe
of the Southeastern railway at Richford, had his
hand crushed while coupling cars. st. Adams
| has 100 dogs, only sixty-eight Of which are Ii
censed The body OF Peter stebbins, who was
| drowned at st. Adams bay on the 9th Of May,
| was found Wednesday evening floating in the
lake. An inquest was held, which resulted in the
verdict Death by accidental drowning A
| violence were found on the body. Stebbns had
| on heavy Overcoat closely buttoned up; and in
| his pockets were found bottle about two-thirds
full OF whiskey, little money and other articles,
....A Albert p Carrigus, student at Champlain
| hall, Hghgate, rescued a schoomate from drown
| ing, few days ago, under the following trying
circumstances Carrgus was out in small boat
only large enough for one person and his COM
panion was on raft. They were crossing back
and forth over small creek which flows into the
| Missisquoi river. Suddenly the raft was caught
in current, borne into the river and towards the
| falls below at rapid rate. Carrigus hearing a
cry iroin MS companion, looked around ana saw
that the latter had slipped from the raft into the
water Quickly pushing his light boat into the
current the brave lad plunged into the ice-cold
water and swan with his hand on the gunwae
| towards his companion, reached him Just as he
was on the point Of sinking, and succeeded in get
| ting him into the boat He then struck out for
shore, pushing the skiff before him, and after a
| hard struggle, reached shallow water completely
and his son, formerly employed in the railroad
shops in ST. Albans, were recently drowned at
Holyoke, Mass, by being carried over a dam
while fishing John yark, the franklin incen-
| diary now confined in st. Adams JAIL Is acting
strangely and is evidently trying the insanity
| dodge. His real name is Charles ii. +, Hall,
and he halls from Youngstown, Ohio.... The mill
property of j. c. .Hutchins at Montgomery was
| seriously damaged on June LIST. The mill dam
was carried away and then quickly followed
| the breaking of the log boom which held
back some 5000 mill logs, and they went rushing
pell-mell down stream, doing great damage.
| GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Last Friday three dogs attacked II. Robinson 4
flock of sheep in South Hero, killing eight and
biting as many more-sll valuable
| LAMoILLE COUNTY.
In Waterville the other day a suit was brought
| to recover the value of piece Of chain. The
| plaintiff claimed II was worth dollar. The de-
PENDANT indignantly denied it and said 1t was not
| worth over ten cents and besides he had left
another piece to replace the one lost, but the
plalntlH dld not think II OF equal value. The de-
PENDANT got judgment to recover his cost, and the
plaintiff appealed.
ORLEANS COUNTY
| L. p. Gallup Of Troy ex-sheriff, who was lately
| taken to the Brattleboro insane asylum, died
| there last week Monday.....S w. Beauclerk and
Mr.. Wade, brothers-in-law, Of Boston have been
successful in their celebrated chancery suit with
! the Charles Allen estate of lrasburgh, and have
| recovered $4,000 each. The Willoughby Lake
| hotel is now open. -. Nearly 5000 apple trees
| have been set out In lrasburgh during last fall
and this spring. The liabilities of E. B. Robin.
| son, the Barton grocer who lately failed are
about 5000; nominal assets about 81, 700,
| wINDHAM COUNTY
At South Londonderry early Tuesday morning
| OF last week Higgins store, Gales store three
dwellings and two barns were burned Loss SI0,-
| 900. The fire originated in Higgins store from
the explosion OF a lamp. % b. Emery, of Bar.
louisville recently found while working in his
corn-fied, an Indian arrowhead about five inches
long. 1t was very curously marked. This IL the
third one he has found on the same farm and In
nearly the same place. >. The disease called " the
mumps Is prevailing in South Windham. A.
| G. Mitchell OF Bellows Falls has been engaged as
chief engineer to make the survey OF the pro-
posed line of railroad from Brattleboro TO Whit
ingham and Wilmington. c. F. b. Haskell, re-
Gently OF Burlington, has been engaged as assist
ant. Lyman +. French of Grafton has invented