News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
STETEITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
The new dwelling house of Rodney
Austin, Of Fairfield, was burned Sun
day morning with most ofits contents.
The cause of the fire was, presum ably,
a defective fiue. Loss about 81 900
insured for some S40O.
Matthew McCaftery, who murdered
his wife and mother at Waterbury,
about a year ago, has been found not
guilty by reason of insanity, and was
sent to the Insane Asylum at Brattle-
boro.
Williston is troubled with chicken
thieves. At the classic locality known
as Muddy Brook, hens and turkeys
are said to be spirited away in broad
daylight. The people are getting
wrought up and several Of them are
having the rust bored out Of their old
Queen Ann firearms.
Joseph Lamere, of Lyndon, for an
attempt to outrage q young lady Of
Lyndon, also for perjury has been
put under 81 900 bonds.
Rev. H. Lockheart, pastor Of the
Free Baptist church at St. Johnsbury,
has received call from Worcester,
Mass.
St. Johnsbury's town meeting Tues
day, resulted in the defeat Of A. j.
Willard for Lister. The meeting was
the largest in st. Johnsbury'S history,
and George Ranney, Lister of last
year, was elected over Willard, re-
ceiving 537 votes to Z07 for Willard.
Mr.. Willard, it will be remembered,
was elected at the regular town meet
ing, though he then received 100 votes
less than at the last election.
George Buchanan, of Burlington,
who got a ten years sentence for man
slaughter, left the State Prison Thurs
day, on Gov. Barstow's pardon, after
serving eight and one-half years.
Essex will celebrate the Tooth an
niversary Of its settlement on the first
Tuesday of September.
Hon. Henry Ballard has returned
from Colorado in fine health and spir-
its, and speaks in enthusiastic terms
of the west and its climate. He will
remain in Vermont through the sum-
mer and fail.
A peculiar disease made its appear
ance some weeks ago, in herd OF
yearling heifers on }. Ii. hutchinson
farm, in Jericho. The first appear
ance of the disease seems to be a
weakness in one Of the eyes, then the
fore leg on the same side becomes
swollen and rigid, when the victim
dies, usually in twenty-fOur hours
from the time when first taken. Mr..
Hutchinson has had three die. They
were apparently in good health when
taken.
A piece Of property at st. Adams
was transferred Wednesday to the
board of managers for use as a free
hospital, the gift of Chauncey Warner,
of Cambridge. This IS his second
benefactiOn to the town, the first be-
being the Warner Home for destitute
children, now in successful operation.
Gov. Smith will be President of the
hospital organization, +. c. Smith,
Secretary, A. NJ. Brown Treasurer,
and Dr.. Dinsmore and +. G. Smith,
Trustees of the permanent fund.
Bradley Barlow, ex-Vermonter, be-
fore crossing to the Canadian side,
took care that the property which he
couldn't or didn't want to take with
him should not be taxed in his name.
His landed property in st. Adams he
made over to a daughter, and his 1915
shares of the Vermont National Bank
stock, St. Adams, have gone into the
possession of +. A. Metcalf, his SON
in-law, who is said to have given his
note for the amount, $40, 900. Thus,
| this property, if the stock is at par,
will escape taxation under the Yer
mont law, being offset by debt. Mr..
! Barlow went on the tax lists as n very
poor man in 1881, paying taxes on
only about SO, 900 Of real estate, the
$780, 900 Of personal property which
| he admitted possessing being more
than offset by his load Of debts, which
he stated as over S342, 900. The List
ers evidently believed that he had
climbed out of his financial pit in 1882,
for on his refusal to give in sworn
inventory they persuaded themselves
that they had found about S202, 900
of real and personal property, which,
under the doubling act, represented
| S4O4 900, and on this sum he was ac-
cordingly taxed about $4,000. Mr..
Barlow refused to pay, claiming that
the Listers had no power to double
his bank stock, and the resulting suits
are soon to be tried in the courts.
Other St. Adams men Of wealth are
said to be considering the advantages
of the Canadian climate, but the MeS
senger is strangely silent on the sub
ject.