Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-08
Vermont State News.

jail are three women.
HARVEY MOORE, laborer in the Barnet
pulp mill, was quite badly hurt the other
day.
The profits of the late Champlain associa-
tion at the Howard Park, Burlington, were
$4,000.
FIVE Freshmen Of the University of Yer
mont are under suspension for ten days for
hazing Sophomore.
A FACTORY is to be built at North Clar-
endon for the manufacture of toys. 1t will
employ forty or fifty hands.
HENRY BAILEY, aged ninety-three fell
dead in the street of Townshend last Mon
day. lie was the Oldest man in town.
THE union schoolhouse in st. Johnsbury
caught fire from the furnace last Friday
morning and burned. Loss, $4,000 insur-
ance $4,000.
AT Fairlee last week Wednesday, L. z.
Libby fell fifteen feet through loose shed
floor, putting his shoulder out and breaking
his collar bone.
GILMORE LABRADEE, who was indicted
for arson in Cambridge three years ago and
disappeared has been arrested and taken to
Cambridge to await trial.
ONE neighborhood in Newark has been
sadly afflicted. OF eight families, the wife
and mother has departed out OF four OF them
within the last four months.
A GENTLEMEN in st. Johnsbury has in
his possession two metallic buttons, manu-
featured in colonial times, bearing date of
l767 and the words stamp act"
w. A. RICHARDSON of Littleton, N. H.,
has purchased and will make additions and
repairs to the Stewart House and the
Island Pond house in Island Pond.
EMMoNs RAYMOND, president of the Pas
sumpsic railway, is just completing at New
port stylish cottage and one of the largest
greenhouses in northern Vermont.
The dwelling and paint shop of Isaac
Cummings in Vergennes were burned at
nine o'clock Saturday evening. The origin
is unknown. Loss $4,000; insurance 81 300.
HENRY BAILEY, the Oldest man in Towns
bend, recently dropped dead from heart dis
ease. His age was ninety-two years and he
was highly respected citizen of the town.
SPoRTsMEN on the west side of the noun
tains occasionally shoot black squirrels.
They are rare on the Vermont side of the
lake, though said to be plenty in northern
New York.
SOME miscreants forced their way into the
engine house of the Riverside Slate Com
pany, at Fair Haven, and cut the large belts
on the driving wheel, besides loosening the
keys on the engine, removing the govern
or, etc.
ACCIDENTS caused by the catching OF the
lock of gun and producing a discharge in
hauling it out OF wagon, passing through
a doorway, etc., are of very frequent occur
renee, the latest being in Bennington, where
Mr.. Hiram Z. DEMO was almost instantly
killed.
A VERY shocking and fearful accident &C.
Cured in the family of John Simmons of
Westfield, last week. A young girl of
about thirteen years of age had her clothes
take fire from the stove and before they
could be extinguished she was burned in
such manner that she lived but two or
three days.
TUESDAY morning, October 3lst, the
tenement house belonging to j. C. Csrman
Of Swanton, situated near the st. Adams
line, was totally destroyed by fire. 1t was
occupied by two French families one Of
these lost about 800 and the others loss was
small. The loss on the building will be
about 5000; insurance $500.
THE st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
railroad is sadly embarrassed Just at present,
with a large number of suits in equity,
brought against it by real estate owners
along the line of the road, who claim that
the land damages have never been assessed
and paid. There will probably be consider
able litigation over the matter
The Bellows Falls Times tells good story
of three young men of South Londonderry,
who took three ladies to Jamaica the other
night on hand car. The distance is ten
miles and down grade, and the journey was
made in fine style, but when they came to
return they found it impossible to propel
the car with Its precious freight, and we're
obliged to foot it and push the car before
them.
ABOUT mile north of Newport the line
of the Southeastern railroad runs through
the farm of Thomas Farrant, who claims
that he has never been paid for the damage
done his farm by the road. Therefore, a
week ago, when the company began to set
posts for wire fence along the line, en-
croaching, as he claims, still farther upon
his land, he sent his men to cut down the
posts. This continued for three days, until
the corporation was obliged to withdraw
their men, for the present at least
THE race in Howard Park, near Burling
ton, last Thursday, between d. Riders
horse Clara NJ, and Kent Wright's Fanny
Russell was won by the former in three
straight heats; time 2.34, 2.39t, 2.35. In
the first heat Fanny took the pole and kept
it throughout, Clara NJ. being contented to
trot outside They were abreast till near
the distance post, when Clara M. was let out
sufficiently to go under the wire first. The
second heat was easily won by Clara, as
was also the third, although Fanny led dur
ing part OF the last half owing to Clara's
breaking.
A SINGULAR fatality seems to have com
passed the lives of part of Richard Bailey
ten children, who were born and have gener
ally lived at Townshend. Henry, ageG
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