Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-16
Vermont State News.


gan, will settle In Insolvency.
Mr.. ABNER HoAa Of Hinesburgh made 800 |
pounds Of sugar from 600 trees
The telephone line between st. Johnsbury and |
Lyndonville Is In working order.
BENNINGTON is 10 have a new knitting mill, to |
begin operations about the 10th Of July.
THE post-offioes at Irasburg and East Hardwlck |
will be made money order offices July l. |
SENATOR EDMUsDs returns his taxable personal |
estate to the Burlington listers at $4,000
THE Bellows Fails Times claims 1t takes s2, 100 |
worth OF meat per week to supply that town.
THE centennial OF the settlement OF the town Of
Benson Is to be celebrated the 22d Of August.
A TRUNK telephone line s In process of con-
struction between Bellows Falls and Greenfield.
SHELDON Sons, West Rutland, have the con-
tract for furnishing H. 600 soldiers bead-stones.
THE Mountain House, on Lake Memphremagog,
has been leased by John G. Elder Of Derby Centre
THE training school for nurses at the Mary
Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, has nineteen pupils
THE celebrated case of DR.. Stokes has at last
been decided He gets seven years in the state
prison for abortion.
THE Brattleboro sewing machine company now
employs between forty and fifty men and turns
out twenty machines day.
THE listers doubled the list Of twelve parties in
Hinesburgh and the board OF civil authority
promptly relieved ten OF them
Hon. JOSEPH BATTELL Is making extensivsim-
provements on some Of his property In his sum-
mer hotel, the " Bread Loaf Inn"
BYRON CLEMENT Of Barton has COW which
during one year made over 500 pounds OF butter
besides supplying family with milk
PETITION has been circulated in st. Johns
| bury asking General T. s. Peck to locate COM
| pany OF Vermont militia at that place.
A REMINDER Of winter Ia a snow drift three
feet deep through which the road is cut, situated
about three miles from the village Of Chester.
THE personal list Of Brattleboro will show, an
increase Of about 500 900 over last year, while
| the real estate will be substantially unchanged.
| GENERAL john W. PHELPS OF Brattleboro,
| nearly seventy years old, anti-Mssonic candidate
for the presidency, was married the other day.
ALFRED HAY Of Sidney, New South Wales,
| who has lately been securing Addison county for
sheep, took eight Of the best ones home with him.
| IRA STURTEvANT OF Barton Landing has made
| 800 pounds OF sugar from 200 trees. Orrin Aus
| tin OF Bloomington has made 800 pounds from
| 800 trees.
THIEVES have been stealing sugar, butter and
| other things In Craftsbury. Recently the house
| OF Simeon Pope was broken into and fifty dol
| lars In money stolen
GEORGE r. HoDGDoN has been appointed town
liquor agent at Danvile. B. f. Haviland, who
has held the agency for the past few years. would
not accept Of the appointment for another year.
IT is expected that the National Reform Asso-
citation will hold a convention at East Craftsbury
on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10 and 20 for
the discussion OF the National Reform platform.
l THE calendar Of the June term Of Caledonia
county court contains LAG cases OF which seven
teen are state, four divorce, forty.one cases in
chancery The term will undoubtedly be short.
THE Massachu setts Mutual Life Insurance COM
panv has paid to Mr.. Lewis L. Collins, guardian,
$1,000, the amount Of policy held by the late
George F. Skiff of Monkton in that company for
the benefit Of his children.
A HEAVY freight train north, over the Cheshire
railroad Wednesday night, derailed nine cars at
Cold River, badly smashing the cars and freight
and causing quite an amount Of damage, and OBJ
structing the tack ten hours.
J. W. HALE OF West Randolph has violin
| which IL valued at not less than 5000 It was
made from a bird s-eye maple kneadng board
| which has been In his family about one hundred
years, and is probably the best one in the state
THE supreme court at Boston has granted a
divorce to Ellen A. Waltz, daughter Of Rev. H.
Advent society of Rutland, from the notorious
Rev. Arthur A. Waite also formerly OF Rutland
: THE Philharmonic society Of Burlington has
elected these officers for the coming year: Direc-
tets, 10 d. Hatch, G. G.. Benedict, U. A. Wood
bury, George II. Bigeow, w. w. Henry, H. s.
Peck G. W. Hindes, c. E. Macomber, c. f. Allen.
THE grand list OF B-atteboro shows an increase
The total is S3,662, 632, against So 5l3 997 last
year. But last year there was S34, 1888 OF railroad
property, which comes out under the new law this
year. On the same basis, therefore, the increase
Is S1S3,O73.
THE following patents have lately been issued
to citizens Of this state Robert Ross, yergennes,
| machine for forging horse-nails; Celeb p. Nash,
Brattleboro, chair; Marcus d. Chaplin, Poultney,
churn cover; Thomas II. Chubb, Post Mills, fish
ing-rod tip.
CHARLES NJ. Bliss the corresponding secretary
OF the Bennington Battle Monument association
reports encouraging progress on the part OF the
association in procuring design, now that they
have at last undertaken in good earnest the work
OF getting one.
SHERIFF BIxBY OF North Adams, Mass, ar
rested at Bennington, Friday night, Martin W.
Casey, formerly Waterman at Johnson's Bingham
mill, North Adams, for robbing the mill. A re-
QUESTION will probably be secured to take him to
Massachusetts,.
THE Young Mems Christian Association at Rut-
land have elected l. l.. Pearsons president, d. |.
Morgan treasurer, G. L. Chalmers secretary, W.
A. Guernsey railroad secretary The association
appears to be doing good work, especially with
the railroad men.
A SECOND telephone wire has been put up be-
tween Bellows Falls and Saxton's River, and it
| will be continued to Westminster West, Among
the villages soon to be added to the exchange are
Westminster, Putney, Grafton, Townshend Rock
ingham and Bartonsyille.
EDWARD H. HILL Of Fairfax was arrested
Thursday night on the charge of stealing S24O
from his fatherin-law, N. S. Daniels Of Fairfax
Hill, his wife and two children were taking the
train at St. Adams for the West when arrested
having purchased tickets for Michigan.
THE supervisors OF the Vermont insane, In
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passed by the last legislature OF that state, and
with full concurrence and approval OF the super
intendent OF the asylum, have discharged thir
teen state and town patients, some Of whom have
been inmates OF the asylum for twenty years.
| CONSTABLE JOHNSON has taken possession OF
the store and business OF Captain Quinton Cook
OF St. Johnsbury by virtue OF writ in favor OF
Burlington creditors of Mr.. Cook. The am uut
due the firm making the attachment is only about
$500, but the business Is said to be otherwise in
volved, and the store has been permanently closed
FOLLOWING Is the appraisal OF the real estate
Of those citizens OF Rutland who are appraised al
over $4,000 in that kind Of property Redfed
Proctor, 1922 1870; c. Clement S246 AGA; II II.
Baxter, si36, $50; H H. Dyer, sli5 1885, William
, Gilmore, S11l,5l9; w. Y. Ripley's estate, sos,
LOG; Columbia Marble company, ST0350; J. w
Cramton. $40, 800; Ripley Sons, s6o,6l F. Chat
, fee, $50 120.
. ter's men drove down to Woodsville from Soutl
, Ryegate and when they were hitching up to &C
home the horse got away from them, took the rail
road track towards home and safely passed over tn.
{ high bridge on the Connecticut. He was found
the next morning on the high ground above Well
Q River depot with a few straps OF the harness OF
him and the rest of 1t scattered here and there.
GEORGE II. CLEVELAND, music teacher, who
. has been given the privilege OF selling pianos ant
organs for A, L. Bailey of St Johnsbury ar
! rested at Cambridge last week and series o.
,, rascalitles unearthed The total amount embez
zled foots up about 500, all but 800 Of which
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!, disposed of anumber OF instruments aud pocketet
: the cash The examination resulted In his beins
|, | held for trial He was lodged in Hydepark jail.
= The Messenger says: " So far as we can get a
the details OF the affair, the Highgate post-oiiic,
. controversy seems to be a neighborhood fgh
. | which the public not particularly interested
in. 1t Is but the continuation of dispute grow
ing out OF alleged smuggling operations bya mer
chant there Hghgate is unfortunately beinl
constantly stirred up by some personal feud, ant
a 1t IL to be hoped that an amcable settlement o
| the present controversy may be reached soon, ant
= the town relieved from what must be decided,
Q | unpleasant for both parties
Q THR refuge for unwilling taxpayers has at las
been discovered in Vermont, and the facts ma!
!, be of interest to some Of the inhabitants of st
q. | Adams. The untaxable territory where the lsie
It Is unknown and the collector never comes is abou
one mile square and Is called " Notown." 1t l
situated where the corners OF five towns, Stock
4 bridge, Sherburn, Mendon Chittenden and Pitts
II field, ought to come together; hut they do not
and consequently the people Of this favored rego
have grand list, no iron-cad oaths to take ant
!, no taxes to pay. So says q traveller who ha
lately visited the happy inhabitants OF Notown.-
o Correspondence 81. Adams Messenger.
n GRANvLLE.-About twelve weeks ago youni
, man that had been stopping In town while, b.
the name Of William Gillespie, Jr., WAS taken b
A the insane Asylum at Brattleboro, and now W
= have another insane young man His name |
= | Henry Goodno, and he has been subject TO fit
|, sixteen years or more. lie still remains anon