Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-15
Vermont State News.


ABOUT "a 900 feet Of gas is used in Rutland
every twenty-foir hours
BURLINGTON breakwater is to be heightened
one hundred twenty feet
COLONEL D K ANDRoss Of Bradford has just
received $500 arrears Of pension.
THE late Ibn. f. d. Mason was insured in the
New York Life company for $4,000.
srLAs WILEY Of Barton goes to the house Of cor
recton for i96 days for selling strong drink.
W. P. HoUdHToN Of Lyndon has been renomin-
ated for county commissioner Of Caledonia county.
DR. G B. BULLARD Is to build large and
handsome opera house at St. Johnbury the COM
ing season.
The Orange county temperance convention
nominated T. II. Allen OF Bradford for county
commissioner.
ELMER FADDIN Of East Mlddebury, aged nine
| teen, was killed on Saturday by a load Of wood
falling on him.
HUsH HENRY of Chester had the thumb Of his
| right hand nearly bitten of by vicious horse he
was Harvesting
ACCORDING to the census, Of the total number
Of inhabitants of Massachusetts,, 1869 are
| tves Of Vermont.
90, V'' loo So -" p'VPoy "
"oous.ooA auu WIN "e"oe'o''" in"Ae "u'''nu HE
pia'o vi 'eS'u'uoe
DAVID DROWN, resident OF Waterville, fell
ueau i,'u"S ~ 'ne i"'i""S u'po' "''e"
O'uSo' near ui'e"se
FOUR OF Wilmingtons old residents have died
within fortnight Of pneumonia, and others are
sick with the same disease.
InH proeidont has nominated to the senate u
T. morgan as postmaster at bellows ralls ana
john H. spohord at Ludlow.
HE d. Albans messenger is authority for the
statement that Mrs' y Bren, one DAY last week,
gave oir'n IN milton 70 iour children'
| FRANK G. MATTIsoN, for a long time Western
Union telegraph operator at Bennington, has be-
come one oil the Rutland Herald stan
| WILLIAM A. HOWE much-respected citizen Of
| Townshend, was instantly killed in the woods
last week Wednesday by a falling tree
Mr.. L. d. HAzES OF st. Johnsbury has at work
at his mills in Concord and Victory 325 horses and
oxen and 800 men, and is logging 100000 feet
per day.
WILLIAM f. TiBBrrTs, for many years janitor
of the city hall at Burlington, was found dead in
| bed on Wednesday of last week. Apopexy was
the cause
| CAPTAIN JouS r. UoIIEsREoK. n well known
citizen of Burlington and one of the Oldest Masons
in the country, celebrated his nnetieth birthday
on Saturday
Mrs. SMITH of Montreal the companion Of Miss
Garlic who died in the cars near st. Adams. sues
for $4,000 damages, the physician who stated
the latter was poisoned.
Ir is said that there il only one place in Rich
ford whare lamar oa, Ia. oh,airod ava ,horo I.
through tho efforts of tho ladiss
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SATURDAY. r,orn;n, b., hain,, 81, ~, So
which no vv,. ohonn;no doun ia ,,nod ahor
,hirt, ,,,,,,,os a,,ar ,ho .oa,ao..
ihoN ,onHhoi' iorenan III f. NJ o'rong
spoAe anu "uo n'oVoiy' 'efsennes' was As' Week
90 "a ~. III. ..,-, Ill, h-,,iaoa
WHILE rat hyan was ueScenuins 'ne eieVa'or
IN Tue 'of'non' S,i'ue ronef suop AZ 'eisennee'
.ne "ife rope ofoAe auu he was preo'p'u''ea 'o'ne
oo'oon' oe'ofai ii'' "oie uisioo"'eu anu oonoS
O'oNo"
ouD'oN oAi'i VIE" vi Auuison Nnn' u'''.ns
nono i.oon'iS on 'n' ''e on o,'o, OiooA no'' .l'
o"n VI amen, D.oAe '"' ,,., 'uo 40 ga. 10"
.o"S o.NN'p'o ''' 'N ''e"
"o'o 'o''
WHILE Dr. r. U Meara Edson, formerly surgeon
oil the vermont cavalry was clearing OIL the rooi
Vi nus Hou'' III Do'''"' iuo,"' e''""s VI 'A'
"eeA' "'so p'o'e Vi ,'e 'eH upon "'' i's' anu
c'useu d ooinpounu ir'''ure
ACCORDING to the report OF the working tenn
perance committee at st. Adams during the cru
SADIE there were TWENTY-FIVE prosecutions seven
''on "s ',ns' iquo' se''o'' anu iNe "s""S' "iu
s'u'I anu 'lli'een se1u.es' 'He 'A''ef
'u' very shaH qu"n'''S'
JAMES HAYDEN, one oil the men injured In the
ouiinson iouuuiS "'e'uen'' ye' ah'e ou' n''
'i'a''i'" 10 ''N pieo''ous' i"e 400" on ono
'NA'o was e"'ii''' ou'n'N ""aS, 'e''"s ''no
'ouuons oAposeu' "nu 'ie phys ieai tno
es WIN n"'o W oe "Nnpu''''ou " 'onuei 'eeo'eiS
poS'''e
CYRUS THOMAS died lately at West Berkshire
; and was buried in llighgate lie was quite
noted character in his day. Before the railroads
: were built he had charge of the dock at High
gate Springs and afterwards went into the BUSH
ness oi raising SILK WORMS lie WAS nearly e'gh'y
/ years o'u'
AMOS ALpRIoH OF Woodford, superintendent OF
the Bennington and Glastonbury railroad, had
narrow escape the other day falling into the river
while at work helping remove an ice gorge at a
. bridge. He was in the stream ten minutes and
came out thoroughly chilled as well as badly cut
and bruised by the ice.
ATTEMPTS were made by unknown persons to
enter the house OF Mrs Mendon of Brattleboro
last week Wednesday and Thursday nights The
: family having discovered the first attempt,
young son decided to lay In wait for the burglar,
t who appeared at the door about twelve O'Clock
t the following night and was fired upon by the
Q young man but escaped, though possibly wounded.
7 as he was seen to throw up his hands simulta-
neously with the shot.
AT North Danve the other day fire was dis
g covered in the sitting-room of a residence An
g investigation was made when it was ascertained
y | that the smoke proceeded from table near the
d window, upon which were left the day before
n common stereoscope, a new plume and dress
Is waist and A package of tissue paper dress pat-
Is terms 1t seems that the rays of the sun striking
the lens Of the stereoscope we're by the law of re
J. fraction brought to focus upon the tissue naper
o which was easily ignited.
J. JUDGE RowELL granted last week at White
u River Junction a petition for an injunction re-
10 straining Newton Brothers of Holyoke Massachu-
sets, from dammug the Connecticut river at
% Summers Falls for the use of projected pulp