News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
STATE ITEM S.

STATE EMS.
The docket of the March term OF
Washington County Court, just out,
presents 256 law, and II chancery
cases.
A letter recently received from
Judge Redfeld, in Rome, brings the
pleasant news that his health is i'm
proving and that he has gained some
flesh.
Won Blumendale, who is suspected
of being the murderer of Krauser at
Grand Isle week before last, has been
lodged in Jail at st. -Albans. lie adj
mits inducing Krauser to cross the
lake with him and go to Lapham Bay,
and admits other facts in connection
with the affair, but denies that he
killed Krauser. Circumstantial evil
dence is strong against him. hraus-
er's body has not yet been found, and
dilicent search is being made for 1t.
Fl. W. Love, of Rutland, has been
acquitted by jury, in the prosecu-
ton against him for publishing a Sun
dav edition of the ReUieac. In the
first trial in January the jury disa-
greed.
The Joint commission of the boun-
diaries of the Troy and Vermont Meth
odist conferences, which have been in
dispute several years, meet April 2.
The Vermont members propose Bur-
lin2ton as the place Of meeting, but
will 90 to Rutland if the Troy MEM
bers wish it.
The Supreme Court has sustained
the decision of Chancellor Royce, or
-dering the equal distribution Of the
St. Adams Trust Company's assets
among the depositors, thus setting
aside the alleged preferred claims.
No written opinion has yet been filed,
so that nothing is known concerning
the grounds on which the decision
was made. But the clerk of the court
has been notified to make entry as
above. The decision is welcome news
TO the general depositors. The re-
celver intends issuing a dividend of
~ per cent. from the assets on hard,
as soon as they can be made up.
The Montpelier Watchman thinks.
that "the Governorship is greater
tnan either Nichols or Pingree, -
winch Is one way of saying that in its
opinion neither of them is quite good |
enough for Governor. They are not |
good enough, if there are better men
aValiable-we believe in taking the |
best. But we venture the opinion
that If the State is always able to Sc
cule for Governors, men who have
proved themselves as irreprcachabIe
IN puohc station and in private life.
as George Nichols and Samuel f.
PIngree, it will do pretty well.-Free
Press.
A sad case of suffering from ap-
parent inexcusable neglect is reported
from Dummerston. Chester, the mid
die aged son of Aunt Fannie Stock
well, the latter over 80 years of age.
both residing in an isolated farm |
house on Dummerston hills. was
found dead in the house on Friday |
night of week before last. Last |
Wednesday night Chester was taken
i'll, and being told by his feeble mother
to lie down on the foot of the bed. did |
so, but soon after fell upon the floor
and died, his aged mother being Who'll
IL unable to assist him or to summon
help. The old lady being an invalid.
lay helpless upon the bed, without
food, drink or even fire, within few
feet of the body of her lifeless son,
until Friday. when some of the neigh
bors, who, it is said, had been en-
gagged by the town authorities to adj
minister to their wants, came to the
scene. Mrs. Stockwell is an old and
esteemed resident of that town and
the affair causes wide comment. 1t
is inferred that the son froze to death.
The other day Henry Bardy, of
Leicester, was sent by his employer
to Leicester junction, a distance of
six or seven miles, for q load of hay.
Not having returned within a reason
able time, fears were entertained that
something had gone wrong, and a
party set out in search of the missing
man. Towards six o'clock in the
morning he was found buried under
his load of hay, which had tipped
over upon him just as he was com
pleting his loading. He had been
under the load since noon the day
before, or about eighteen hours, and
was caught in such way as to be ut
terly unable to help himself. When
extricated it was found that Bardy,
although much exhausted, was not
much hurt. Mr.. Wilson, the section
master at the Junction, kindly got up
breakfast for the whole party, and
they returned home well pleased that
matters were no worse.
The future of Vermont, if she is to
increase henceforth largely in wealth
and population, lies in manufactures,
not enlarged agriculture; and this is
true, not only of Vermont, but of all
New England. If the railroads would
only give manufacturers a lair chance
to live, they would increase and null
Liply. The growth of Rutland, of Bel
lows Falls, and of the other places in
Vermont that show large increase in
wealth and population, is due to the
Development and growth of manutac-
lures. There is water power enough
wasted in Vermont that if utilized in
would add a fourth
TO our population and wealth III twenty
years. But, until the railroads stop
out the manufactures with their
exorbitant freights, the streams will
be vexed by no new water wheels, nor
.he sky clouded by any new and strange
smokes, -Rmland Herald.