News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
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The Secretafy of State and State
Auditor will hereafter be elected by
the people.
Farmers in Northern Vermont are
hiring German immigrants direct from
Castle Garden.
The next National Guard muster
will probably be at st. Johnsbury.
Col. George T. Childs, who is an
eloquent speaker, delivers a Memorial
Day address at Rutland.
Mrs. j. Gregory Smith, of st. Al
bans, has written a novel entitled
"Selma, which is having a large sale
Mr.. G.. L. Marcelais, Burllngtons
enterprising newsdealer, soon goes to
indianapolis, Mimi, for larger Held
Of operations.
The Free Press calls Oh the people
of Burlington to erect soldiers,
monument.
The failure of Congress to pass the
River and Harbor bill, will not inter-
rupt work on the Burlington break
water for the present, as this years
work is being done on last years ap-
preparation. The foundation for
new crib fifty feet in length is now
being laid.
Carlos A. Farnsworth, Deputy
Sheriff of Fairfax, was found dead on
Thursday last, near the road between
Fairfax and Brighamville, with a bad
cut over his eye. 1t is supposed that
his horse foundered in the snow and
that Farnsworth in trying to extncate
the team, was hurt. His body was
partially frozen.
st. Adams has still another opera
house offered it, and this one Is to be
both ornamental yand useful. Judge
S. S. Bedard tells his fellow citizens
that he needs q carriage repository
and is willing to put S5,l00 into a
building if the town people will furn-
ish 1900. He proposes to use the
lower floor of the building half the
year and let the town have it for a
rink or other purposes the rest Of the
time, while the upper story shall be
fitted up in true opera house style.
st. Adams has elected a new board
of Listers, one which, it is hoped,
will make it hot for tax lodging
Judges.
j. L. Stoddard,in celebrating his SD
birthday at East Charleston recently,
had about his table IA guests whose
ages footed up 1,011 years.
The war between II. X. Wakefield,
of st. Johnsbury, and the local Pres
byterians has scored another battle,
Wakefield victor. On his high fence
next the church, painters had erected
their staging. He tore down his
fence suddenly the other day and
brought painters and paint pots to
the ground with considerable damage.
The society has brought suit against
him. 1t is said that several officers
were illegally elected Tuesday, and
that another meeting will be held.
Randolph has adopted the town
system of schools.
The Vermont Farm Machine Com
pany's building at Bellows Falls, con-
tanning over 1000 creamers, 200C
and large quantity of manufacture
ing material and implements, in the
upper stories, and the Osgood & Ba-
ker machine shop, on the first floor,
was burned early Friday morning
with all its contents. The fire was
discovered at 3 o'clock A. NJ, but
several hydrants were frozen, and be
fore the fire department could gel
well at work, the building was doom
ed. 1t was four story brick struc
ture, put up three years ago by the
Bellows Falls Canal Company. Al
adjoining building containing the ma
, chinery of the company, was saved
E but all the stock made in the past
winter, which has been an unusually
busy one, was burned. The cOmpa
ny have already engaged three build
ings, and Orde.-l new tools and will
be at work again next week. Th,
losses are as follows: Bellows Fall!
Canal Company, on the building
SO, 900, not insured Osgood & Ba
ker, who employed 80 hands and lost
valuable machinery and $4,000 pa
per machine just finished, over $40,
900, insured for S12, 800; Vernon
Farm Machine Company, $4,000
insured for so, 900. Most of tn,
insurance is in foreign, New York anC
Pennsylvania companies.