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

leaves a family at Gill. An Italian
was badly burned few hours before,
by the premature discharge Of a blast
in ledge. Both were employed on
the Newton paper-mill works.
1t appears that the Mulatto, Ed
wards, who ran away with the Roches-
ter girl, though he had claim on the
horses and wood sled, was taking off
another mans who and buffalo robe.
For this Offense he is now i'll Wood
stock jail, not able TO give 500 bail.
Isaiah Lanya, of Alburgh, who shot
Willie Young some eight years ago
and was discharged from state-prison
few days since for good behavior, at
once hired horse at Rouse's Point
and began peddling liquor from house
to house. He Is now in jail at Bur
lington for horse stealing and liquor
selling.
A Bristol farmer has tried feeding
hen on red pepper to make her lay
eggs. She went at once to the barn
and began scratching il pile Of saw
dust, which had lain on the barn-foor
for years. The hen dug up 4 hatchet
and whisky bottle, and then laid an
egg and went Off cackling. The Bris-
tol man can account for the Ratchet,
but the whisky bottIe-never. He
has been heard to remark, Let the
d d hen cackle, she won't get any
more red pepper"
Levi Downing, of MonktOn, recent
ly killed yearling steer which dress
ell $40 pounds.
A. L, Nahum, Bristol's bee and |
honey man, is manufacturing section
hives, and has now in hand an order
from Scotland for $4,000 sections
The production of ''pure bred
swarms OF bees is becoming quite an
industry among the Champlain Valley
farmers. Bee yards containing from
30 to 500 hives are numerous, and
the terms "fuII Blood" thorough
bred" and pure bred" are used SO
by these apiarists as to ex-
cite the jealousy Of their brother farm
ers engaged in breeding the famous
Thoroughbred, etc spanish Merino
sheep.
At St. Albaus, Saturday, GUY c.
Nobld, Esq, was accidentally shot,
lnder circumstances detailed by the
as follows: He had been
out hunting with Mr.. L. c.. Hall, and
while returning, one of the guns from
which the cartridge had not been with
drawn, and which lay in the sleigh be-
tween the two men, was accidentally
discharged, the contents entering the
right arm of Mr.. Noble in the lower
part near the shoulder. The feshy
part of the arm was badly mangled
md large part shot away, leaving
he bone exposed. The ugly wound
OIed profusely; the loss ofblood caus-
NC Mr.. Noble to lose consciousness.
The doctors think they will be able to
save Mr.. Mobiles arm.
The President has nominated as
)ostmasters in Vermont, Jason 2.
Jewett of Swanton, and James w.
Edwards Of Winooski.
What came near being a terrible
md fatal accident was narrowly es-
,aped by the family Of Julius c. Gray.
asst Friday night. Mr.. Gray's mother
et q pan of live hard wood Goals in
he sleeping room Of Mr.. and Mrs.
fray, for the purpose of warming the ;
Dom before they retired, which they j
lid at the usual time. Their young
on occupied room adjoining theirs,
nd he was awakened a little before q
wo o'clock by a strange feeling Of
and called his mother. Mrs. I
ray arose in a bewildered condition
nd ran down stairs, where she at b
nee tainted and fell on the floor. The S
Disc aroused the household, and Mr..
ray was at once rescued, but in an
unconscious condition. A physician
,as summoned, who administered re- q
toratives, and Mr.. Gray at length re- l
OV cred consciousness, but suffered
in the meantime. Mrs. T
ray and the boy were not so serious c
: affected, and were soon quite re-
Overed. Mr.. Gray was longer in n
the effects of the accident, d
ut is all right now. The eXplana-
on of the matter is, that the hot Goals +
Onsumed the oxygen in the atmos- a
here, thus producing strangulation \
nd suftocation, the effect being the n
ame as in the case of charcoal.
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