Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-10
Vermont State News.

veleinR OF the machinery and carried over ana
thrown upon pile of stones, striking upon his
head with great force There IL some hope that
he will live. -. j. Barnard Of Vergennes filled
ms stove with sawdust and sat down by 1t. II
pew Up and he was severely burned The
with new bell, the gift Of the ladies' OF the So
| ciety. A Granville mother has pair of twins
so nearly alike that she has to tie bit Of ribbon
around the wrist OF one of them to tell them apart
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Henry Sweigel was pryng log on a saw-m
carriage in Hsrtwellville, when the lever slipped
and he was thrown against seven-foot circular
saw In rapid motion. The teeth fearfully LAGER
ated him before he could be rescued. lie will
die. Fires broke out last week on the noun
| tain east of Pawlet and destroyed all the fences
on two hundred acres Of land. The damage to
| growing timber was large, and a barn and shed
| were burned. There have been no new devel-
| opments In the Sandgate tragedy. Williams has
not been seen In that vicinity since the ARRAY.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
| pipe organ has been presented to the Episco-
| pal church, st. Johnsbury, by T. +. Griswold In
memory OF his wife, former member Of the
| choir. The adjourned school meeting at st.
| Johnsbury the other evening adopted that part
OF the majority report OF the committee which
| recommended an addition to the primary house
| In Paddock village. The building committee OF
last year was directed by decisive vote to 90 on
| with the new house on the school district land,
cost not to exceed $4,000 ... Rev. W. r. Laird,
1
bury, has raised 81 800 toward building a church
for his society. . Efforts are making in St Johns
| bury to organize a lodge OF Ancient Order Of
United Workmen, an order similar to the Knights
| OF Honor. Every Lyndon man but one gave in
his inventory to the listers this year. The excep
| tional man had his list doubled last year. In
| fuenza prevails in Sutton. Edgar o. Cushman
of Waterford has flock of twenty four sheep
which during the month Of March brought forth
thirty-hve lambs thirty-two Of which are alive
and doing well. He also has a flock of sixty-five
brown leghorn hens, which laid during the
| months Of March and April 2, 4i0 eggs. Henry
browns buildings In Sheffield were burned MAY
lat. DR.. Randall OF St. Johusbury discovered
what looked like bruise on the thigh Of his two
years-old boy, but upon examination needle
was found and extracted whole. Charles Hid
den coming down the stairs Of stable in Dan
vile stepped on loose board and fell to the bot
tom, breaking his shoulder. :. An old lady at
Lower Waterford, Mrs II. G. Dawson. fell and
fractured her hip. She live but a few days
-. Willie Wells Of Hardwick either by accident
or design, ctme near dying by hanging When
found his face was black and he was nearly dead
80 The county commissioner has appointed the
following agents for the sale Of liquor St Johns
bury, George Aldrich; Lyndon, W Spaudng;
Danvllle, b +. Haviland; Peacham, Harvey San
born Hardwick, - Wheeler, all old incum-
half dozen who are not willing to give in their
inventories. The personal property return will
be about the same as last year.
cHTTENDEs COUNTY.
The Mary Fletcher training school for nurses at
Burlington opened with thirteen students and
more will join. Joseph Lefevre OF Colchester
gets four months In the house Of correction for
asylum, and work has begun upon it.....H
Chaplin Of Milton has ten Spanish Merino ewes
and one buck, two years old, that sheared l47l
pounds OF wool The buck sheared 22i pounds
80, Wells, Richardson & Co, Burlington, employ
| 104 men. "A large extension is to be added TO
the Winooski wooden mill The mill now employs
| about 100 people and pays out 1900 month
in wages. go. The medical students at Burng-
ton, Thursday evening, headed by the officers
of the class and accompanied be the Sherman
band, serenaded Professor A. p. Grinnel He was
greeted with cheers and he replied gracefully. ..
The new marble mill at Mallets Bay Is running
night and day. The town Of Williston, popua-
ton 13i3, has 1l5 people over 70 years old, 43
over so, 10 over SO. and one over 93. 80. In city
court in Burlington, Saturday, Cleophas and Mrs.
Lemay, two OF the recently arrested gang Of burg
lars pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing
clothes from line and were sentenced to three
months in the house Of correction. A Maying
party, on Friday, ]. S. Derways property,
north OF the city Of Burlington, kindled fire so
carelessy that the woods were set on fire and over
a thousand dollars worth OF timber destroyed.
=. The little steamer Herald which has 30 long
piled on the lake as passenger boat, has been
sold and will be transformed into tug. Ed
ward Balentine OF Burlington, master of the ca
nal boat c. j. Sargent, was drowned near Dun
hams Basin, few miles from Fort Edward,
"
pears that Mr. Bslentine was steering the craft,
when one of the tiller irons broke and he was
precipitated into the water. He was encountered
by heavy overcoat which he wore, and sank
almost Immediately; and the body was not recov-
cred until eight o'clock Friday morning His
body was taken to Burlington. -. At about Ave
o'clock Saturday afternoon, during the absence
from home OF young Mr., Downer, barn filled
with straw at the widow Owner place, Colches-
ter Point, was fred by an incendiary and burned
to the ground Loss two or three hundred dol
lars; no insurance. The incendiary approached
through ravine at the rear of the place, and left
tracks leading to and from the barn on some
poughed ground; and he was also entering
the ravine when the flames were discovered.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Thomas Foley was killed at Guildhall while
rolling logs into the Connecticut river He left
widow and one child. An emigrant train OF
900 English, Irish, and French, en- route for
Manitoba and Athabuska, recently passed through
Island Pond.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
During April the amount of customs collected
at st. Adams was $50 $50 81 n gain of Sc 06i 40
over the corresponding period last year St
Adams Is proposing to organize Christian asso-
citation for young men similar to the one about to
be organized in Rutla d.. Jimmie blanchard
OF St. Adams, who tried to play the role Charlie
Ross few years ago, has Just been liberated
from the New Hampshire industrial school -.
The st. Adams listers have appraised national
bank stock follows Brandon, 1925; First of
ST. Adams, sll5; Mortified, sl05; Randolph,
500; Montpelier, 500; Vermont Of ST. Adams
500; vergennes, $50; Merchants OF Burlington,
S45; Union OF Swanton, $50; Waterbury, $50
st Adams Trust company, 500. L. J. SWEET
Of St Adams has the old English paddock which
| formerly secured the outer gate Of Windsor prison
...Work In the st. Adams shirt factory has been
| temporarily suspended. ..C C. A Post Of Georgia
has sheared wool fifteen inches long from a half
breed Cotswod yearling ewe.... Six years ago
5000 land-locked salmon were put into Fairfield
pond. few days ago salmon weighing six and
three-fourths pounds was caught. Saturday
afternoon Peter Stebbins, his brother Harley and
| another man, went to fish In the creek at St
Adams. Peter stood up in the boat and attempted
| TO take the oars, when the boat tipped and threw
him into the water. His body has not been re-
covered. These are the facts as near can be
| ascertained but the other men are quite reticent
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
The new Champlain steamer Reindeer will leave
North Hero in the morning and return at night
touching at St. Adams Bay, Lsdd's Gordon's
Plattsburgh Port Kent and Burlington. North
Hero people are raising money by sub 'cription to
fill the pier Of the dock TO be built for the steamer
| Reindeer. The steamboat people furnish the tim
Der and men to construct the dock. The posse
OF officers which visited Alburgh last week con-
| fscated two nets. The farmers are hiring
| Scandinavian laborers
ORANGE COUNTY.
George Clifford, alias Sanborn, twenty-five years
| old, has been arrested In Farlee, charged with
anu buttrluR anu Properly
was found on his person and in his possession
which tended to show that he had stolen from W
| III. Long, =. Mason and l.. b Hayes of Fairlee
| and A, ID Pierce, A. Mann and Mrs Richardson
of Oxford, N. II. Failing to get bail he was COM
mitted 70 the county jail at Chelsea. The
| dwelling-house Of Lucus Robinson OF Newport at
Mclndoes Falls, was burned Thursday night.
| Loss, 81 800.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The last smallpox house in the town OF Hol-
| land has been ceansed. Barton has a bantam
| rooster which has adopted an orphan flock Of six
| chickens. An absent-minded mother boarded
| the train at Barton, and, after proceeding some
| distance, suddenly remembered that she had left
| her baby behind her at the station On the arri-
| val OF the train at Barton Landing dispatch was
Immediately sent, aud the distracted lady received
a reply saying, Boy here all right" and In
about two hours boy y arrived In charge Of the
engineer OF freight train.
| RUTLAND COUNTY.
| Rutland has increased its force OF night watch
men 10 three. George H. Danforth OF Mendon
| has been arrested and jailed for chasing his
brother with ptchfork. The corner stone OF a
| French Catholic church has been laid at West
Rutland, 1t is proposed TO organize in Rutland
| Christian association for railroad men The
| village improvement association OF Rutland ap-
parenty means business and il doing something
besides talking about II. Plans have been ma
| tured and committee Is vigorously carrying
them out to plant large number OF shade trees
| '..f. A. Eaton, In the employ OF the Howe Scale
| company OF Rutland, Is suffering from a painful
| accident. While at work particle OF molten iron
struck him In the eye, where It became Embedded
| so firmly that the physician had considerable
trouble In removing 1t. Henry Conon OF Center