News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-03-02
STATE ITEMS.

Mrs. Mary Gates of Felchville,
hanged herself recently from grief al
the death of her only child.
What has become of Secretary Mich.
els petition, for pension to hospita.
stewards, and nurses, referred to com
mittee some time ago?
AT a post-mortem examination, Of
the remains of Nathan Bailey, of East
Calais, it was found that the liver.
which should weigh about 41-2pounds
weighed Is 1-2 pounds. The spleen
also was enlarged to thirty times its
usual weight. He had been sick nine
months.
The Langdon chancery case, is
again adjourned to May 22nd.
Judge Barrett has sold his home al
Woodstock, preparatory to moving to
Rutland.
Ex-Lieut Gov. Cotton has moved
from Irasburg to Norwood, N. Y,
and thus one of the many candidates
for governor is lost.
First death at the House of Cor
rection-James Kenney, one Of the
" seven " who escaped from Burlington
Jail last fall.
Hon. John A. Page it is reported
will go to reside in a milder climate,
for the benefit of Mrs. Pages health.
"The papers" say that Mr.. Rus
sell, of Hartland, has marketed over a
ton of butter from his own dairy since
New Years. Now give us the time in
which it was made, and the number OF
COWS from which it was made, Mr.. r,
Erysipelas is quite prevalent in Chel-
sea-.
A block ofgranite weighing 81 tons.
was sledded" by a yoke of ken and
fourteen spans of horses, from a quar-
ry in Barre, to the depot, recently.
At Chelsea, two, of the board OF
three selectmen, elected last March,
have died.
At Thetford, while coasting, a
young Downer girl had a stick driven
into her side, it is feared, with fatal
results.
Sugar was made in December at
Bethel, and now a February run OF
sap is reported at Mortified.
John Pratt, an cmploye of the
foundry at the scale works in st.
Johnsbury, spilled some melted ore
into his boot last week, and burned
his foot quite badly.
Sophie Turner, of St. Adams,
charged with burning a little Gerry
boy to death, is released through lack
of evidence.
Nathan B. Franklin, who disap-
peared three months ago from Pitts
ford, has just turned up, finding his
mill and other property all sold by
the Sheriff.
Diphtheria is more dreaded in the
State than smallpox. Another case
has proved fatal at Peacham, that OF
a daughter of Geo. D. Mears.
The Windham county court con-
venes at Newfane March IA, Judge
Rowell presiding for the first time
since his appointment. The term is
likely to be brief.
Timothy Conway, of Newport, was
run over by a horse, the other day,
and probably fatally injured.
In the city court at Burlington, last
week, Eldore Blodgett vas fined $40
and costs for furnishing Intoxicating
liquor to the prisoners in the Jail.
Edward Delany, of Swanton, a
brakeman on the mixed train from st.
Adams, was instantly killed, at AL
burgh, while uncoupling cars, Friday.
Judge Ross daughter, who has
been dangerously i'll, is convalescent.
S. L. Town, of Montpelier, made
200 pounds of butter from two COWS
and one heifer, during the past year,
besides supplying the family with
milk and butter.
Mr.. Kent, of Calais, has returned
to the primitive candle, for use in his
barn lantern. That is safe, but will
you get enough light, Mr.. K. to do
the {" chores by?
At Roxbury, Jones Steel received
one dollar a. a prize for best deport-
ment in school. We like this item.
1t is now reported that George
Crawford, the alleged murderer of
George Barr, of Highgate, really con-
fessed his crime on his death-bed, but
not at Malone, n. Y, as previously
announced, but at Brooklyn, whittier
he fled seven years ago, Immediately
after killing Barr at Malone. He also
confessed another murder at Malone,
and a robbery at Swanton.
The Vermont Merino Sheep Shear
ing Association at their regular meet
ing, held in Middlebury, appointed
April 9th and 9th, 1882, as the days
for their next public shearing.
Geo. d. Spencer, Of Castleton, ha.
survived five paralytic strokes, and af-
ter being subject to paralysis for 16
years is now in a fair way of complete
recovery.
A Vermont man who sat a trap to
catch a mink, has already captured II
.polecats, a coon and his own dog in it,
and still persists in his designs upon
the mink. Some men don't know
when they are licked.-PoSt.
The newly discovered soapstone
mine at Chester, is to be worked, hav-
ing been leased for forty years.
The Dorset Marble Company has
bought out Sherman, Gleason & Proc
tor, of West Rutland, for 100000.
Mr.. ii. Walker, of Whiting, lately
sold 400 bushels of potatoes, the
product of nine acres of ground, for
one dollar per bushel.
There was a meeting of the citizens
of Plainfeld and vicinity to consult
together in relation to the evils Of
in pursuance to a call for
united action by the people of the Ia
ton for the suppression of that great
evil. An invitation was extended to
10th ladies and gentlemen to be present
and take part in the consideration of
the subject Wa!ehMan.
No wonder Massachusetts takes
high rank among the states for indus
try and integrity. 26,859 native born
live there. BY the way,
Vermont is quite q state.
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