Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
Vermont State News.


stations at Mddebury were entered last week
Tuesday evening and both safes forced open.
The burglars found no money in the freight
office, but In the passenger office they found and
carried away about 500, Of which $50 belonged
TO the ticket agent, George Marshall The safes
we're ruined and the papers strewed about the
hoor. They made their escape. There Il talk
OF moving the passenger station Mt Middlebury
north to the triangle near the freight station...
A son Of Charles lie Boeuf Of Vergennes has sui.
fered the loss Of several teeth and the fracture OF
his jaw by a baseball club which slipped from
the hands OF another boy. r. 4. & L. L. Ste.
vens OF West Salisbury had a horse buggy and
harness stolen the night Of the recent burglary OF
the railway station. James NJ Miller OF Troy,
N. Y, and Barney Mccormick have been arrested
on suspicion Of being the persons who lately broke
into the Middlebury railway station. A boiler
burst at the state reform school at Vergennes re-
Gently and Officer J. w. Parker was severely
hurt, the flesh around his eyes being seriously
burned.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Henry Reigel, who was so badly mangled by
being thrown against circular saw at Iartwell-
vile, has at last died after enduring intense suf-
fering
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Mrs Henry G. Dawson OF Waterford, the old
lady who fell and broke her hip few weeks ago,
Is dead. The railroad lumber shed at Lyndon
vile caught fire recently. Little damage done.
Herbert Southworth, sixteen years old, has
been fined $40 and costs for stealing SO at the
Avenue House, St. Johnsbury. Agents OF the
pension office are looking up pension frauds
around St. Johnsbury e. HAL Heath OF Barnet
sheared twenty-five sheep for James Galbraith,
the fleeces Of which weighed 1884 pounds. The
heaviest fleece weighed fourteen and one-half
pounds, which was taken from yearling buck.
The sheep were Cotswod, ten Of them yearlings
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The crib at the north end of the breakwater at
Burlington will soon be completed. It Is sixty
nine feet in length and will be sunk in thirtynine
feet OF water. The work OF dismantling the
the University buildings at Burlington is pro-
ceeding rapidly. The laboratory has been moved
to the medical college, and a temporary building
will be erected for the armory. The search for
the body Of Eugene Lalime, drowned last week In
Lake Champlain, has proved unavailing. A sub
marine diver has been summoned. - The dwell
ing house and contents OF Sidney Thompson In
Jericho were burned last week Tuesday. Loss,
81, 800; insured. The inmates OF the jail-ten
eight men and two women-lately made an I'M
successful attempt TO escape by burrowing through
the floor. The last vestige Of the old college
dome at Burlington has disappeared
ESSEX COUNTY
William Buck, clerk of the Stewart House at
Island Pond, was slightly injured by falling from
the pitching hole OF the barn to the ground, fif-
teen feet. ~. w. Cade Of Island Pond came near
losing his eye by piece Of board hitting it.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Two prisoners, Sabin and Frost, escaped from
the jail in St. Adams last Thursday night by dig
ging under the foundation wall, and tunneling
under the sidewalk-not a very difficult feat, as
the wall does not extend more than three feet be-
low the floor Frost was awaiting extradition to
Canada for alleged robbery and assault upon
Frank Newton at Stukely, p. o. last fall. One
prisoner named Flood refused to accompany them,
and he says the only implements they had was a
stove shaker and a tin wash dish. They have not
yet been recaptured. :. The residence OF james
=, Sullivan, the outskirts OF the village of St
Adams, was burned early on Thursday morning.
Lewis Brow, cripple, was left alone In house
In Swanton, sitting before the fire. A spark set
his clothing on fire. and he was burned to death.
The survey Of the Canada Junction railway
Is rapidly progressing, and 1t is expected that
will be running in about nine months. The
following directors of the Central Vermont rail-
way were elected at st. Adams last week: J.,
Gregory Smith OF St. Adams, J. X. Langdon Of
Berlin B. p. Cheney Of Boston, George NJ. Rice
OF Worcester J. H. Kimbal Of Bath Maine, W.
o. Smith of st. Adams, Jed. p. Clark OF Milton,
Jacob Edwards OF Boston, James W. Emery OF
Portsmouth, Otis Drury Of Boston, B. B. Smaley
OF Burlington, W. II. Dubois of Randolph, W.
H. H. Bingham Of Stowe. No other business was
transacted. The number Of shares voted was
1886 The pavilion at Missisquoi park, burned
Smiths barn at st. Adams bay was burned last
week. Loss, 81, 800. :. There is TO be big ex-
cursion from Montreal to Missisquoi park to-day.
LAMoILLE COUNTY
The roof OF A. L. Stones house In Hydepark
has been burned off. Henry Farwell, a poor
clubfooted man In johnson, who has lived by
himself for years. started to go and see his former
wife and found her gone and the house alone
He had fit, 1t is supposed, in the yard, and lay
there on the ground from Friday till Tuesday.
He died Wednesday.
ORANGE COUNTY.
While George Bowley was putting on a belt al
Durant IL Adams paper mill at Wells River last
week Tuesday, he was caught by the shaft and
carried around i many times until his arm wa
torn from its socket and both legs were broken
The unfortunate man died on Thursday.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The farm house of Charles Barber at NORTH
Troy burned last week Tuesday. Loss
81, 600. l.. p. Gallup, ex-sheriff of the county
wealthy and prominent citizen, has been taker
to Brattlebero asylum for the insane. .E. b
Robinson, dealer In groceries at Barton, Is Fl
nancially embarrassed. Mrs. DR.. Ruggles o
Barton displayed remarkable presence of minC
the other night. Having accidentally broken
kerosene lamp, she ran TO the door with 1t anG
threw 1t out upon the ground, just as 1t ex
ploded. . The case Of II. 5. Wade and other
against Charles Aliens estate was settled in tn,
county court this term This case was wher
| Charles Allen, as administrator OF Ira Allen
| estate, after settling off with all heirs as pei
| agreement, was afterwards sued by an heir, VIII,
was not OF age at the time the estate was settled
| for her legal portion The court decided that thu
| agreement OF a minor In such case is not bind
ing, unless said minor afflrms 1t after becoming
| of age. "A committee has been appointed b.
| the Methodist church at Newport to examine int
| the action of the pastor by which promnen
member, Mrs. j. y Green, was expelled from tn
| church for laughing in the choir. The dr.,
| house near Bartlett's mill In Bloomington wa
burned last week Wednesday. There being
strong wind, Mr.. Bartlett's barn was set on fire
but the flames were soon extinguished.
| RUTLAND COUNTY.
| The temperance society OF West Rutland re
| allied some $500 at their recent fair. ....W.
Weeks Of Pawlet has caught seventy-nine foxe
| in the same trap and in one place within a fe,
| seasons past Philip Dodge was seriously In
| jured by blast at Cuttingsville last week Tue.
| day. lie did not retire to safe distance and wa
struck by stones in the face He will probabl
| die. =. Henry G. Harris has been nominated a
| postmaster at Center Rutland. -. The dwelling
| house Of John q. Jones was burned in Sout
| Poultney last week. The Rutland county agr
| cultural society has leased its grounds TO b. 4
| Wooey until April l, 1888, reserving the use
them during the fair week. "A little son OF job
| Mccormack Of Rutland was caught beneath
marble spire which he and his companions acc
dentally overturned in play and received sever
and perhaps mortal injuries Had 1t not been fc
| the heroic efforts Of his playmates, who FINAL
| succeeded In moving the spire and releasing hin
the boy would have been crushed to DEATH
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The trains on the Brattleboro 4 Whitehall ma
row gauge railway had very Ill luck and ran o
the iron three times in one day last week Wedne
day One train narrowly escaped being throw
down an embankment ninety feet high. The a
cident was caused by the dropping OF wheel
the tender. The Brattleboro hoodlums brol
loose on recent evening and the police had
lively fight with them in which bilies were free
used. One Boyce got two sharp hits and was
severely injured that at one time 1t was thougl
he would die, but it proved to be only ba
scalp wound. The new iron bridge across u
Connecticut river at Bellows Falls was thorough
tested last week, and trains are now runnir
across it,. Charles Walker and son, OF Cheste
were thrown from a load Of hay near Belloy
Falls and It Is feared the father Is fatally hun
The boy, fourteen years old, was kicked in Il
head by the horse. -. William Harris Of Windha
} has been thrown from his buggy and his should
dislocated.. The Green Mountain Telegram
company will soon complete the line betw o,
Bellows Falls and Saxton's River, thus giyii
communication with Manchester by way Of Ora
| ton and Londonderry. The stock OF the Olcc
Falls company, which controls one OF the me
valuable unused water powers in New Englan
has been sold by d. b. Croker and A. b. Harl
to Wilder e. Co., OF Boston. The purchase cove
I l25 acres of land in the town Of Lebanon, N.
: the same number on the Vermont side Of 4
= river and a water power OF thirty-five feet he
and fall. Wilder K Co., are large paper deale
and manufacturers OF paper and wood pulp wi
mills at Ashland, N. H., and Lyndon and Barn,
and they buy the Ocott Falls facilities with
3 view To utilize them as soon as the river perml
I The observatory on Mount Anthony W
blown down during gale last week. This
the third time the structure has been leveled al
Q 1t probably will not be set up again.
WINDSOR COUNTY
i Some Ludlow gentlemen, who own large qua
7 titles OF cord-wood on the mountain, are &C