News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-02-16
STATE ITEMS.

SllaS Wiley OF Barton goes to the
house of correction 1876 days for sell
ing strong drink.
The President has nominated Chas.
H. Barnard " of Vermont" as consul
at Leghorn, worth $500 year. Now,
who is &c. I'll. Barnard, of Vt. y
C. S. Palmer of Jericho wants TO be
county senator this year from Chitten-
den county.
The Fletcher free library at BurliDg-
ton now contains fifteen thousand VOL
umes, of which about eight hundred
were added last year.
"The old mare of Rodney Cum
mings of East Montpelier, one of the
noted equines of that town, died re-
Gently in her seth year. He has owned
her thirty years, and during all that
time has had no other team to use on
his farm or on the road.
About "a 900 feet of gas is used in
Rutland every "a hours.
Edison L. Fuller, the Readsboro
condemned murderer, cut his throat
Tuesday night of last week. 1t is
thought he will recover.
Cyrus Thomas, quite noted man
in his day, died at West Berkshire re-
Gently, aged 80 years.
Edward Dodge, of Chester, while
chopping in the woods, half mile
from his home, cut off q part of his
left foot, and walked the whole dis
lance home for assistance.
The office Of J. S. Gillespie, gov
eminent engineer in charge of improve
ments on Lake Champlain, has been
transferred from Fort Montgomery,
Rouse's Point, n. Y, to Burlington.
An East Hardwick druggist has
paid $500 in settlement of suit bro't
by the husband of woman who was
nearly killed by poison through the
drug gist's mistake.
The attendance upon The State en-
campment of the Grand Army at Brat
tleboro last week was unusually large,
nearly every Post in the State being
represented.
After Mrs O'Brien OF Milton. had
given Eirth to four children her much
distracted husband, james, was reas-
sured by the authentic statement that
that was all.
Chas. Cilley, Of Berlin, caught a
wild cat in a trap last week that
weighed 80 pounds. He had TO dis
match If with q rifle
A heifer has managed to keep fat out
on Sharon mountain.
A lady in this State is said to have
kept China tea set more than forty
years without getting piece nicked.
If this is fact, it is stranger than
fiction"
Chas. Henry, of Chester, has proba-
bly, the heaviest COW in Windsor Coun-
ty. 1t weighs 1888 pounds.
Henry w. Shaw Josh Billings) is
a grandson of DR.. Samuel Shaw, who
was member Of congress from Yer
mont from 1903 to 1913 afterwards
noted surgeon in the U. S. army.
James Cameron, aged 81, pastor of
Presbyterian church at Oakland,
Cal, and formerly resident of Bur-
lington, was fatally poisoned recently
by his wife, who gave him carbolic
acid to drink, having mistaken it for
medicine.
At Montpelier, Henry Bowers, who
is charged with mail robbery, was
bound over for his appearance at the
next term of the U. S. court.
Joseph Aud, Of the Rutland Herald,
begins to work fJr the Burlington Free
Press April 1st, as business manager
Counterfeit standard dollars of 1880
are reported in circulation about the
State.
Colin Martin of Marlboro, was fined
$40 and costs for shutting his dog out
doors one OF tbetFeeent cold nights.
VIM. A. Howe Of Townshend; was
killed by a falling tree Wednesday.
The birth at Watsfeld of daugh-
ter to c. II. Newcomb marks an incl
dent that seldom occurs in the history
Of families. The little waif opens her
eyes upon this world to see her father,
grandfather, grandmother.
great-grandfather and great-grand-
mother, all alive and in comparatively
good health, and all inmates of the
same house. II grandparents spoil
what will be the fate of
this little darling?