News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
STATE ITEMS.

hel0, last week, for stealing hone
from Daniel Spofford, and bound u
to await the action of the grand jury
- and in default of bail was committed
= o. A. Burton is getting out 21Ot
cords of wood for the st. J. & l.. G
= railroad, on the line of the road a
:, Fletcher.
-Four fertilizer companies have com
Piled with the State law requiring
e them to file 4 bond for $1,000. |
' their goods are not up to the stand
ard, as represented by 4 stamp OF
, each package, they forfeit $1,000 fol
each offense.
VIM. Smith, working at South Vic,
tory, was caught in a jam Of rolling
I logs and instantly killed. Smith
l leaves a wife and three children.
Ransom II. Perkins, who was ar
I rested recently for forging a 500 note
= payable to the First National Bank OF
Chelsea, pleads not guilty, and is held
in $1,000 for trial at the June term OF
Orange county court.
Fines and costs imposed on rum
sellers at Rutland, since August 9TH,
1882, amount to SIS, 400. Not all OF
: this has been paid, however, rs some
: of the respondents worked out their
fines in the House of Correction, and
others took appeals which have not
yet been heard.
The third annual mass missionary
meeting of the Lamoille Baptist Asso-
citation, will be held at Hinesburgh,
Jan. 1926, commencing Tuesday
evening, at $50. Tuesday evening
and Wednesday will be given to the
interests Of Home Missions. We'd
nesday evening and Thursday, to
Foreign Missions. Rev. A. p. Mason.
D. D., Rev. W. 5. Mckenzie, d. D.,
of Boston, Mass, and Rev. c. ii.
Carpenter, d. D., Missionary in Bur
NAH, in addition to members Of the
Association, are to be present. An
excellent programme has Eeer arrang-
ed and a profitable gathering is antic
| ipated. All interested in carrying
out the great commission, are cord
tally invited to attend. Evening ses-
siOns will commence at $50. Day
sessions from 10 a. m. till D. M,
with 4 recess Of fifteen minutes at y
o'clock.
There are now IS convicts in the
House of Correction. This is q much
larger number than were there last
summer, when at one time there were
only Al.
The Bellows Falls correspondent Of
the Montpelier argus, has the follow
ing: "A woman residing at SaXton's
River, while recently walking along
the highway, was struck on the head
with considerable force without warn
ing. Putting up her hand, she caught
4 handsome carrier pigeon. From
whence it came no one could tell. The
bird was taken home, and became the
pet of the household. Its captor was
soon after taken violently i'll with
Aver, and the bird, with singular in
tuition, perched upon the bedstead |
and constantly watched the sick |
woman until she has finally recover
ed."
A sorry and dilapidated old jade of
horse was led about the streets of
Middlebury, and offered for sale by
couple of recruits from the land of |
Bismarck, on Monday morning. Not !
finding a ready sale for the nag they
offered it to one man for 4 pint of
oysters, but didn't succeed in effectjng
4 sale at that price. Finally, how
ever, they had better luck, and sue
ceeded in disposing of the animal for
a dollar.
Francis Phelps, proprietor Of the
Grafton hotel, and for several years
high sheriff of the county, is danger
ously sick from blood poisoning
About two weeks ago he helped place
in a coffin the remains of Mrs. Dea.
Fairbanks, who died of black erysip-
elias, and got some of the poison in
slight cash on his hand. Soon after
his arm began swelling and he has suf-
fered the greatest agony. The doc
tors say he cannot recover.
Henry Ballard, Burlington's Grim
inal lawyer, is now recuperating at
Denver, Col, and it is thought that he
will remain there.
Farmers through the Champlain
valley are still suffering from the scar
city of water for stock and household
needs. They complain that it takes
about all their time to drive stock to
water and get the chores done before
dark.
The dairymen at Burlington, Thurs
day, listened to Z. Il. TOwle, of the
State board of agriculture, and L. W.
Cheever who spoke on the ''Improve-
ment of Pastures" Officers were
chosen as follows: President, John B.
Mead, of Randolph; Vice-Presidents,
F. ID. Douglass Of Whiting, Aaron j
Loveland of Norwich, S. H. Talcott
Of WiIliston; Secretary, o. NJ. link
nam of North Pomfret; Treasurer II.
W. Vail of North Pomfret; Auditor,
=. C. Pierce Of Clarendon; Represen- {
.ative to the stock exhibition at Ham
,urg, next summer, Col. John B.
Mead. t
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars q
It Montpelier, Thursday, chose for S
Grand Worthy Chief Templar, Ira b
Paul of Pomfret ; Vice-Templar, Mrs. l
:. c. Granoy, of Lyndonville: Secre
airy, O. r. Sturtevant Of Swanton t
treasurer, f. Il. Bates, of Mortified; f
Auditor, Joseph Barton Of Burlington S
O. ID. Edgerton, of d
IorthfeId. a
Forbes, Of the Boston Journal, has :
,een looking up the lumber Interests y
# Vermont. He finds that there are (
,ver 100 steam. mills, which Lave II
awed and manufactured from TO- "
DOO, 600 to 10000 feet of dimen- G
ion stock from the log during the sea- q
on of 1882. The aggregate produc- u
ion Of lumber, timber, chair stock, u
.tc., is estimated by measure to ag-
,regate 232 ,OjO,0O feet the last year c
The annual meeting of the Calcdo- a
Tia county agricultural society at St. Il
Johnsbury, Tuesday, was attended by b
i large number of farmers. Asa 5. =
Livingston was chosen president, G.
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