The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-25
Vermont State News.

one scholar.
THE Bennington artesan we'll has been sunk
TO the depth of $50 feet.
THE Bennington Knitting Company have
started their work again.
THE Reformer wants the Brattleboro band
made the regimental band.
THE earnings of the Woodstock railroad do
not turn out we'll this year.
THE post office at East Hardwick has recently
been made money order Office
THE Free Press association is to issue d.
rectory of Burlington and Winooski.
ABOUT twenty-five persons from Wells River |
are camping at Halls pond in Groton
THE freshman class at Middlebury college |
numbers fourteen 30 far, four being young |
women.
EIGHT more Ely miners arrived last week at
Sutherland Falls and have gone to work In the
quarries.
THE Passumpsic railroad company has de-
cided to build freight depot at White River
Junction.
HERBERT HOLLAND OF Putney had five
head of cattle killed by lightning during re-
cent storm.
THE Vermont women's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold their annual convention
at West Randolph in September.
H. N THOMPSON of the Lake View House,
Burlington, has bought out his partner, Bass
ford, and will run the house alone.
AT Bradford, Joshua Gerry, ninety-two years
old, amuses himself by pitching hay, and Is as
lively, 1t is said as boy Of twenty.
OSCAR CoDpING of Waterville has been
nearly insane for two weeks as the effect OF
taking ether to have teeth extracted.
ORANGE county Jail is unoccupied and has
been since the June court, except two or three
days that some of the Ely miners occupied it,
A MAN from Searsburg was arrested at
Wilmington carrying home rake which he
picked up on the highway and paid SIS for his
trouble.
PARTY Of immigrants passed through Rut-
land last Thursday on their way to Texas
They we're mostly Scotch and Irish and were
an intelligent looking party.
THE last log of the big drive of about TO-,
1000 of lumber passed White River Junction
July 16. Only one man has been drowned
this season, against thirteen last year.
A LARGE number of local business firms Pc
titon the commissioners of the Brattleboro and
Bennington railroad to complete by their sigma
lures Brattleboro's vote to aid the road
THERE is only one occupant in the Jail at
Guildhall. 1t is woman by the name of
Murphy, from Concord, imprisoned on the
charge of maltreatng her step-daughter.
ST. JoHNsBURY has a scandal in which a
man has gone West to avoid the exposure of
improper proposals made to a niece. The
parties are so influential that the papers don't
give names.
HARLOW SEARS of Richford, who stopped a
special train on the Missisquoi road in time to
prevent its summing into washout, has been
substantially remembered by parties who were
on the train.
Hon. JOHN V. CARNEY paid the accidental
insurance premiums on $3S, 900, covering the
children OF the Methodist and Episcopal SUM-
day-schools of Bennington, while on their
union excursion.
MAIL AGENT CHnDs, of the Boston and st.
Adams rum has in his garden at West Ran
dolph an apple tree on which are apples turn
ing red, and also buds and blossoms-an unus-
ual thing for the season.
EXPERIMENTS are now being made with a
long distance telephone between St. Adams
and Montreal. Thus far the instrument works
nicely; and it is probable that permanent
line will soon be established.
JOHN MCNAMARA, a resident OF Rutland
was fatally injured by the cars at Centre Rut
land last Thursday morning. He was EN-
ployed as a section man on the Delaware and
Hudson canal company's road.
PROBABLY the largest pension ever granted
to one living in this state, has just been issued
to Col. j. II. Walbridge OF North Bennington
The certificate gives Mr.. Walbridge between
$1,000 and 81, 900 arrears, and continues at S3l
per month
THE paper mill company Of Bellows Falls
are building reservoir below the Vermont
farm machine building near the Connection
TlVer TO save U06 WdL6T VI bOIub COlu springs u
use about the manufacture of their paper. |
Is to be 200 by 100 feet.
THE leading church in New York city IL NOV
ing in the matter OF the transfer of Rev. Merit
Hulburd from Bennington to that city. The.
ask that the change take place September 1st
and it is understood that the bishop has tn,
matter under Amusement.
A. B. JEwETT has purchased Bradley Bar
lows interest in the land and property of tn
Maquam Bay land company, which was one
fourth. The property consists of seven hun
dred acres lying on the lake, and consists OF tn
dockage and site of the future city of Maquam
AT Colchester, as Guy Castle was drivin,
cows over bridge, the bridge broke down
letting three cows and the boy into the creel
below. Two of the cows died from their in
jures, and the other is badly hurt. The bo
had one ankle severely injured, and was some
what bruised otherwise.
A COLCHESTER man recently had occasion
remove large decayed log under which h
found an ancient gun, with small portion
the stock attached, rusty steel tomahaw
and a lot Of bone beads The gun was ev
IDENTIFY of the early French manufacture. TIL
lock had the pan thrown open, as though it ha
Just been fired when concealed under the log
A SOMEWHAT curious case is that of youn
man named Burnham, who was lodged in ia
at Burlington charged with stealing artic,
from an express truck. Burnham is dressed
the height Of fashion and is an unusually GOO
lOOklug young HAL Nc udu uOt II CENT
money, and his earthly possessions appear
be limited to railroad ticket from Chicago
Boston. He talks very wildly and it is believe
that he is insane.
A LITTLE fve-year-old son of Lamoil
county physician is regular attendant
Sabbath-school, and has a faculty Of readi
committing verses to memory. Every Sundi
he learns the golden text and frequently du
ing the week speaks it. One day not loI
since his mother had occasion to punish hi
for some misdeed, and taking him across h,
knee was about to administer maternal repro
when the little fellow repeated the text, "Tl
heart is not right in the sight of God" 1t
needless to add the punishment, ifinhicted W
not very severe on that occasion.
THE trustees of the asylum of insane at Bri
tleboro have determined upon plan for il
proving and enlarging the chapel so as to ma
1t adequate for use, not only for religious ser
ices, but also for amusements, dramatic, al
otherwise, which are every year becom
more and more part Of the indoor life of t
inmates. The plan proposed involves the raj
ing OF the roof of the center building, t
building out Of the dormers or transepts up
the sides, with entire refinishing of the in
rior, together with the additional staircases
the ingress and egress of the inmates. Wo
will be commenced September LIST, and I
whole will be completed during the autur
months.
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