The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-26
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

NORTH TROY woman, fifty-two years or
age, recently took her first ride on the cars.
A WALLINGFoRD church fair leads the season
with twenty-six different kinds of pie for sale.
THE barn on the premises OF Dr. Stewart OF
Walingford, took fire Thursday afternoon and
was totally consumed.
THE receipts of the Burlington Womans
Christian temperance union cafe at Howard
Park were nearly vi, 900.
Mrs. MARGARET L. STRICKLAND Of YER
gennes has obtained back pension of 81, 956,
after a nine years contest.
HINEsBURGH Is cursed with gang of young
fruit thieves, whose bodness and success rival
Dick Turpin in his palmiest days.
ST.. ALBANs is to have a hospital, to be
opened October l, with a dozen beds DIR.
Dunsmore will be superintendent.
j. DRIsCoLL Ferrisburgh, leads on potatoes.
He has one on exhibition that weighed two
and half pounds, lacking half an ounce, when
first dug.
The twentieth annual meeting of the Sun.
day.scbool association Of Chittenden county
will be held in Essex Centre on the I'd and 81
OF October next.
THE publisher of the Bennington county Re-
former raises poultry, and believes it pays, be-
cause he managed fourteen hens last wear 80
that they yielded over eight dollars profit each
THE large stock of timber put into the mills
OF the state last winter is pretty well worked
up, except in the largest mills. Lumber in
large quantities is being held back for higher
prices.
AT the recent meeting OF the National Coup-
Gil of the Phi Beta Kappa, the University of
Vermont was represented by Matthew Hale,
Esq OF Albany, and K. d. Benedict, Esq of
New York.
B. SARGENT of Albany raised seventy
pounds of potatoes from one pound of seed of
a new variety, and William Simon of East
n thrauh had Exya 1,,,t
from three bushels OF seed
CAsTLEToN man, who was once worth
some property, made will many years ago.
DIR. j. N. Northrup was named rs the executor
OF the will, which is still on file, but the man
died on the town within the last year.
:, THERE isa book in the possession of Mrs.
Bowers OF Bellows Falls which was printed in
1898 and Is consequently one hundred and
eighty-fve years old and is clearly legible,
though the marks of time cover page and bind
ing.
The grand jury at Burlington has indicted
Landlord Drew of the leading hotel, Robert
Nuy, another hotel keeper James A. Stone,
who Keeps restaurant, and G. w. Mead, a
wholesale ale and beer man, for violation of
the liquor law.
TIE Champlain Valley fair closed a success
1nl exhibition Wednesday with horse.trot on
the Smith track in Panton. The Woman's
christian temperance union cleared at their
dining-rooms S199, which made the local hotel
proprietors pretty sore.
Mrs. ALICE CoBURN Of East Albany, a lady
seventy five years of age. has pieced and made
quilt which contains 955 pieces each block
containing sixteen pieces, each piece being one
inch square, and has made two other quilts and
done lots of sewing since last March.
HERD Of about two hundred cattle passed
through Vergennes Saturday en- route to the
farm OF Henry N. Sollace in Bridport Mr..
a lnd -. IA A.
have been on the road two weeks Thew are
to be sold to Addison county farmers for win
tering.
AS Julius Miller Of Ferrisburgh was crossing
the track at Vergennes station, Wednesday at
ternoon, his team was struck by the down
gravel train Miller had both legs broken and
his skull fractured The wagon was smashed
into kindling wood, but the horse was unhurt
Miller will probably die
The outlook in Addison county for con-
sumers OF dairy products is a gloomy one, 80
lar as prices are concerned. Butter jumped
forward two cents pound Saturday. the rul-
ing price being twenty-five cents Eggs, too,
are higher and the prospect is that another
week will give still higher prices.
The stockholders of the Factory Point Ma
nonal Bank met for organization Thursday,
ana the following board of directors were
unanimously elected: Allen L Graves, Mason
5. Coburn, Robert Ames and David o. Wilson
As,eoly ioiut, NoO W. rhTWell Oh Dorset.
william Root OF Rupert and |. Sherman Weed
OF Pawlet.
+. L. JAMES, the Starksboro liquor seller
who several weeks ago, when arrested, blum
dered into pleading guilty to one hundred and
nifty first offences while he was himself in
state of at least partial intoxication, is still
languishing in Jail at Middebury being unable
to procure bail James had not been running
the Inn at Starksboro any great length of time.
The store of Charles S. Louis, in East Poult-
ney, was entered by burglars the other night.
and nearly $50 In silver stolen from the money
drawer. OF that sum there were fifteen trade
collars taken by the bold burglars, at dis
count OF ten per cent or more. The burglars
entered through window, which was found
open by Mr.. Louis next morning No clues to
the thieves have yet been found.
RoNELLo c. WHITE of East Walingford re-
Gently found eleven teeth while digging ditch
through swale on his land. They are about
thTee inches long, one inch square; also small
jaw bone filled with other singular teeth.
Some Of them were taken to New York. and ali
VINO saw them say they never saw the like; on
the whole 1t Is curious lot OF teeth and bones,
olnerent from any animal now in existence
The Addison courthouse building committee
at Middlebury are said to be in box. Thew
neglected to include In the contract with the
architects the construction of vaults for the
preservation of the county records, and now IL
Is reared that another appropriation will be re-
CURED for their construction. Pressure ia be-
ing brought to bear upon the county Judges for
an order to cover this expense, but as vet they
have declined to draw one.
SCHOOL district No. in New Haven has n
lively light which causes much amusement to
outsiders, over the question whether Farmer
Charles Peck shall build 5000 or a 81 400
school-house Three regularly warned school
meetings have successfully elected him-first
lone" committee, then a committee with
an aid and last a committee with two assist
ants, to construct a 800 academy. Then
" Uncle Harry Hun" gave 800 more toward
the building. A second meeting restricted Peck
10 $500 and " Uncle Harry contemplated
bolting his offer. Peck has consulted LAWYER
Stewart and decided to go ahead without the
aid OF his assistants
The Rutland county court has decided that
II. W. Love OF Rutland was the complainant
In the liquor case Of State Us Michael Cain.
tried in August, 1882, and that Love is entitled
TO one-fourth of the 81 900 fine paid by Cain,
instead OF Policeman Louis Casey whom Jus-
tce Bailey decided was complainant and to
whom he paid the quarter Of the fine and took
q bond OF indemnity back, and the county court
rendered Judgment against Bailey in favor of
Love for $3.50 instead. A similar case brought
py Jewett 7: Cain against Justice Valiauette
Tor one-fourth OF various liquor fines has been
declded by the county court In favor of the
plaintiff and judgment for S1O5 rendered
against Valiquette.
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