News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-17
STATE ITEM S.

= Mr.. Shurtleff of Walden, who wa'
run over by the train, died Saturday
e 1t is to be hoped that the sad dealt
E of Mr.. Parker, runner for Cross d
Bradley, st. Johnsbury, will help de-
ter people from jumping from moving
; trains.
f In Caledonia county, according tC
the Free Press, the potatoes just
crowd each other out, one of the tu-
bers getting into the she'll of the next
one, and others waiting for the same
chance.
y St. Louis men are making things
lively at the Plymouth gold mine, hav-
ING struck a rich vein of ore. The
needed buildings are ''going up
clearinghouse, etc.
A Springfield man; d. Glynn, in a
fit of temporary insanity, knocked a
valuable horse in the head with a
stone.
The young horse of Arthur Hanson
of Tunbridge, was frightened by a
cat and leaped off a bank u or Is
feet into the river, but did no serious
damage.
The Shelburne hens, melted proba-
bly, by the high price of eggs, have
concluded to double their hours, and
now produce two eggs per day. So
AYERS Mr.. II. H. Spaulding of that
town.
$500 is the snug sum paid by an
Ohio firm to Dean & Jennings of Adj
Olson county, for one ram.
William Tenure of Waterbury, div
ed one too many times, and will now
proably die of injuries sustained by
striking against rock.
Dan Hodgson was killed by logs
rollidg over him, near Island Pond,
last week.
An Illinois minister gives $1,000 to
the Methodist seminary at Montpelier.
Chittenden county fair will be held
Sept. 6, and s; Senator Morrill,, Or
ator.
John f. Young of Vergennes, was
found dead in his drug store, last Fri
day.
Joel F. Clark has been appointed
postmaster at Topsham.
Frederic Cobb of Barton, receives
$4,000 arrears, and a pension; and
Edwin Wright, 81 per month, and
5000 arrears.
Editor Stone of the Caledonian,
has an assistant, L. w. Greenslitt, of
Daaielsonville, Conn.
Hon. Henry Ballard will probably
go to Colorado to reside.
a four-years-old girl in Chelsea,
Georgia Emery, will sing any tune af-
ter hearing it once, and will play al
most any tune on the organ.
Mrs. Wheeler has been appointed
postmistress at Bloomington Center.
E. B. Merritt has received the ap-
pointment of postmaster at Westford.
The Seventh-day Adventists hold a
camp-meeting at Montpelier, COM
mencing Aug. 3lst.
Mrs. circuit, 96-years-old woman
died at Craftsbury.
A Miss Slack of Union Village,
died of sunstroke. She died in con-
WILSON'S, having had nearly one hun
dred.
At Highgate they are "squabbling"
about the postoffice.
Mr.. f. S. Morton OF Colchester,
comes forward with 5S stalks to one |
kernel of rye. Exit, Warden of New
fame.
At Alburgh a girl had her collar
bone broken by blow from swing.
A Chelsea druggists mistake came |
near killing two persons, the doctor
and his patient. Belladonna had by
mistake been put into the prescrip-
ton.
At Rutland an asbestos deposit has
been discovered of fine quality.
Mrs. James Ferguson of Burling-
ton, in company with Mrs. Shepard,
was knocked down in the street by a
passing team, and Mrs. Shepard con-
siderably injured.
Mr.. Parish of Randolph, '.mistook
DOORS" and stepped off the cellar
stairs, suffering dislocation of a fin
ger, and injuring his face and jaws.
At Mortified, Pearl,a granddaugh-
ter of o. L. Hall, died of blood-pois-
on, the result of diphtheria.
Two Corinth veterans, Jonathan
ROBBIE (S9), and Daniel Dow (S3),
are each taking vacation. One is
going to California, to visit his daugh-
ter, and the other will visit up north,
driving his own team, about one hun
dred and fifty miles.
The engines on the B. & L. were
draped in mourning for Charles Farm
er, late engineer.
At Hubbardton, W. Bansier has an
apple-tree in blossom.
Mrs. Collins of Greensboro, had
two ribs broken aud a dislocated |
shoulder, by being thrown from a
wagon.
- 5iS"o iuoholI1 VI hOON DCGhCCH
st. Adams and Georgia, was burned |
by a spark from an engine.
The receipts for the Bennington
Monument Fund amount to $40, 900. |
$4,000 more is needed.
Rich specimens of silver ore are
being taken from the Thetford mines.
So they say.
c. NJ. Hall of Chelsea, sold his
plumbago mines for 500, to New
York company.
AT Tunbridge, fool-killer is need
ed. A school teacher found nine
years-old girl with her feet on the
desk, and compelled her to sit in that
position during school hours for two
days.
George w. Hooker, sergeant-at-
arms of the National House of Rep
has lately been at his
home in Brattleboro, but has returned