News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-03-23
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STATE ITEMS.
And now a glass of hot water drank
before breakfast is certain cure for
dyspepsia, says an exchange.
An Episcopal chapel is to be built
at Newport the coming season.
Chauncey Smith of this State, who
has been a clerk in the post-office de-
partment for 43 years, was buried at
Washington, recently, by the Free
Masons.
Edward r. Willard of Montpelier,
expects to sail for Europe in May,
with his sister, Miss May Willard.
Mr.. Willard is the son of the late
Hon. G. w. Willard, and had the
principal charge of compiling the
present revised laws.
Mrs. E. F. Woodward, mother OF
DR.. Woodward of Johnson, died last
week at St. Adams.
Another cousin of A. 7. Stewart,
is after that estate money.
Hon. George H. Bigelow, special
agent of the United States Postoflice
Department, has secured the arrest OF
Edward F. Bickford and Mrs. H. {.
Cross OF Brandon, charged with send
ing obscene postal cards through the
mail. They gave bail for appearance
at the next term of the United States
Court, in May.
Phillip Cullinan, of Arlington, one
of the inmates of the asylum at Brat
tleboro, hung himself recently.
Alonzo D. Washburn of Woodstock,
man of seventy, shot himself, last
week.
The Washington County Court,
Hon. I. P. Redfeld presiding, open
ed the 14th.
\ Vermont woman drowned herself
at Ohio. She was a clerk in an in
sane asylum. Her name was Rey-
nolds.
Smallpox has broken out in Brain
tree. There are four cases in the
family of Ross Ford. Vaccination
has been thorough, and no danger of
an epidemic is apprehended.
The House has passed the Edmunds
Anti-Polygamy bill as it came from
the Senate by vote of 100 to AZ !;
the opponents were, with one excep-
ton, Democrats, who fought the meas
ure at every stage.
Helen, daughter of Judge Ross,
died at St. Johnsbury, on the 18th
inst.
States Attorney Pitkin has decided
not to try Matthew McCaffrie, who
murdered his wife and mother near
Waterbury, Sunday, but to allow the
town authorities to send him to Brat
tleboro insane asylum.
Edison Fuller who hanged himself
in Windsor Jail, left a dying declara-
ton of innocence of the crime.
Geo. Loveland, an old printer and
publisher, and for two years past, in
charge of the Burlington Revieac,
died at Burlington, last week.
A little son of J. d. Marsh of
Stanford, fell down and stuck pen
knife in his eye, which caused the loss
of the same.
William Alexander of Rutland, has
recently received q three-shillings-a-
day pension from the British Govern
ment, in recognition of his services at
Waterloo.
A clock is shown in Burlington, the
frame work of which is composed of
different specimens of min
erals from Colorado. Among them
are gold and silver ore, quartz, crys-
tails and petrified wood.
Hon. George w. Grandey of Yer
gennes, has held the offices of justice
of the peace, representative, senator,
speaker of the house, postmaster,
mayor, bank examiner, quarter-master-
general, court auditor, school superin
tendent and member of the board of
education. He is sixty-nine years
old, and the total of his terms OF Of
flee is one hundred and twenty-four
years. He was also a member of the
electoral college in 1868, delegate to
the Philadelphia convention in 1872,
and has been chairman of the republi-
can State committee for adozen years.