News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-06

The following is the Savings Bank
tax as distributed to towns in Franklin
county: Bakersfield, S1O.92; BerI
shire. SlG.66; Enosburgh, Sl4.20:
Fairfax. S27.S1; Fairfield, S14.G5 {;
Fletcher, s22.G9; Franklin, SS.3l :;
Georgia, S25.91; Highgate, Sl6.O3 !;
Montgomerv,S7.S9 RichfOrd, S23.l5 4;
Sheldon, SlO.24; st. Adams, S207.9S ;
Swanton, S27.5S.
The annual meeting Of the State
Preachers Association will be held at
Montpelier in October. Prof. Good
rich will read a paper on Latin pro
nunciation, and Principal Landon and
cx-Superintendent AIger will discuss
the question = Ought the State to sup
port through its high schools, college
preparatory course
Some of the State newspapers have
taken notion to keep track Of the
increase of population. 1t IS noted
that in three of the exchanges, %
births were recorded last week, and
only three of them were boys. What
are we coming to!
4 Rutland correspondent says that
the famous dry shave" case OF Cox
against Superintendent Eayres IS
again set for trial by jury in the Rut-
land County Court, where it has al
ready been tried twice, but the SUI
preme Court on exceptions has re-
vised the Judgment and ordered new
trials. The first verdict was against
Cox. but the second one was for
about $500 damages in his favor.
The Randolph Normal School
opened this week with a large attend
ance.
Rev. W. f. BIaisdeI, of Randolph
Congregational church has resigned.
\ son of \. L. Woods, Of Dan
vile, was bitten on the nose on Sat
urday of last week by a poisonous in
sect, and died Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the State
Sabbath-schooI association will be held
at Mortified next Tuesday and We'd
nesday, Sept. IL and y. Prof W..
f. Sherwin, Of Cincinnati, and Rev.
\. T. Dunning, Of Boston, both excel
lent Sunday-school workers, will be
present and assist in the exercises.
The docket for the September term
of the Chittenden county court con-
tains one hundred and twenty-seven
law, and seventeen equity cases. The
term will begin Tuesday, September
18th.
The honey c,op is quite good in this
vicinity. Mr.. Nahum has about II
tons; Frank Sumner has 5000 pounds.
Charles MCGEE has about 5000
pounds, and there are several parties
that have smaller quantities. The
market price is from II to 20 cents
per pound Bristol Correspondent.
An attempt was made at Burling-
ton recently TO burn the Mary Fletcher
Hospital. The guilty party is said
to be Isaiah Hangar, former patient
who had trouble with the steward.
\ party of men from the Canadian
side have captured that engine winch
was decoyed to Newport by some one
supposed to be working in the inter-
ests of the St. Johnsbury and Lake
Champlain railroad, shortly after the
Bradley Barlow failure. 1t appears
that on Thursday night the Canadian
still-hunters entered Vermont with an
engine, overpowered the keepers at
Newport, attached the detained en-
CINE" and hauled it back to the Do
minion. The Sheriff himself had
been sleeping on the engine to pre-
vent a capture, but Thursday he went
to Rutland on business and his son
and an assistant were left in charge.
Their pistols were taken from them,
but otherwise no violence was done.