Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-15
Vermont State News.

EIGHT freight cars were wrecked Wed.
nesday night at Prootorsville.
A CHESTER man while on his death-bed
was married tc fifteen year old girl.
THE third bear captured this season on
Bald mountain, in Bennington, was caught
on Tuesday morning of last week.
A Two-YEARs.oLD son of Israel Trudeau
of Coventry drank muriate of tin recently,
but prompt medical aid saved his life.
L. WALKER of South Reading, while
cleaning revolver, was accidentally shot in
the hand and the ball cannot be found.
A. T. KELLOGG of Swanton, formerly
proprietor of the Barney House fell through
barn floor Tuesday and broke several ribs.
A CHILD of Mr.. Beauregard at Lyndon
vile was recently kicked by horse and his
skull was fractured and recovery is doubtful.
A YOUNG man entrusted with forty dol
lars for the purpose of a gift to young
married couple in Fairfield ran away to
Canada with the money.
THE Burlington roller-skating rink will
be re.opened this winter in the city hall by
Mrs. Lalime, widow of the former proprie-
tor who was drowned in Lake Champlain.
Mr.. S. L. KING of North Pomfret, while
conveying load of apples to South Royal.
ton, was thrown under his load and received
injuries from which it is feared he may not
recover.
THE barn of James Nelson in Ryegate
was recently burned. The fire was caused
by the use of lantern without globe. Six
COWS, a horse, the hay and farming tools
were lost.
ii. o. WRIGHT of Bartonsville registered
at the Cheshire House in Keene last Friday
night. He blew out the gas and was found
dead in the room the next day. He was
about forty-ive.
CHARLES B. MAHAN, former resident of
Danville but lately dealer in agricultural
implements in Boston, has disappeared, leav-
ing banks, brokers and farmers in the lurch
to the tune of 100000.
THE members of Wasburn lodge Free
and Accepted Masons at Danville recently
gave an excellent supper to their brethren of
Passumpsic lodge of st. Johnsbury, in which
about ninety participated.
H. S. BREWSTER of Newport was run
away with while driving through the, streets
of Coventry, last Sunday, and thrown against
stone wall with such force as to render
him senseless. One arm was also broken.
HARRISON PREsooTT, the founder of the
firm of Jewett & Prescott of Boston, in
1887, and who has for the last twenty years
labored among the feeble churches as an
evangelist, is now laboring in Wardsboro.
On Friday night the house and three
barns OF W. ID. Lane, near Brooksville, were
destroyed by fire; loss, $500; insured.
Mr.. Lane was husking corn by the light of
a lantern, which was accidentally overturned,
thus causing the fire.
Two Bennington boys, Sipperly and Cor
bett by name, got into savage quarrel
last Thursday, attacked each other with
their knives. Corbett was stabbed in the
leg and seriously wounded. The boys were
only about fifteen years old.
THERE is said to be tribe of wild dogs
in Springfield, which get their living in the
same way as foxes and wolves, and create
great havoc among the sheep and poultry in
that vicinity. A litter of seven was re-
Gently found in the woods and killed.
Mrs. DREW, wife of the clerk of the
Avenue House at st. Johnsbury, attempted
to commit suicide last week by taking cedar
OIL Her condition was soon discovered and
physicians were summoned who admins
tered emetics. She is likely to recover.
By a recent fire in Vergennes the three
story building used by |. Cummings as q
paint shop and residence was destroyed
MIR. Cummings lost everything. Two other
buildings were ignited, but the fire was ex
tinguished before much damage was done.
SOME Waits River boys, wishing to build
fire, and having no matches, tried to do SC
by flashing powder. 1t did not ignite at the
first attempt, when Charles Simpson poured
more powder upon the smouldering fire
The result was the can of powder was ig
nited and he was severely burned.
CLARENCE MANN, clerk in Charles
Thurston's grocery store at West Randolph
was driving nail last week Wednesday
when it flew and portion of it struck him
in the eye, making deep cash Just above
the pupil, letting most of the eye-water out
The surgeon fears that he will lose the sight
Two st. Johnsbury youths, DESTROYS, it is
supposed, to initiate the daring deeds of I" Ber
the Hair.lifter," lately left that town for parts
unknown. In their adventure they were
aided by one Joe Sheldon, who procured a
team and carried them to Wells River
where, as he states, they purchased tickets
1t is clear case of yellow-covered liter
ature."
DR.. L. ID. KENDALL and wife of ST. Johns
bury, accompanied by DIR. Kneide of Schuy
lerville, N. Y, left Lake George August Is
on a canoe voyage, reaching Cincinnati las
Friday. They propose to continue thei
voyage to the gulf, and thence along thu
coast to New York and up the Hudson t.
their starting point, which they hope t.
reach next August.
SOME time early in October, Chester III
mer Of Ferrisburgh had a team of horses,
wagon and other articles to the value o
$3.50 stolen from him by two young mel
who worked near by. Nothing was heart
of the missing property for some weeks, bu
it now appears that one of the suspected