The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-03

Saturday night the doctor and his wife came
in on the late train from Boston, arriving at
Dummerston depot about eleven o'clock, and
we're met with team by the hired man The
distance from the depot to the house is about
mile, the road being dark one. When about
half way from the depot to the farm masked
man suddenly jumped from behind a large
rock and fired four shots at the party, in quick
succession. Three shots struck the horse
which died after reaching home, the fourth
passing over the party. There is no clue to
the would-be murderer further than the fact
that young fellow, about thirty years old,
registered at the Brooks House, Friday, as John
Josephs. He hired a livery team and went to
DR.. Shoes farm, where he inquired about the
price of sheep. He afterwards asked the time
of the arrival OF the late train at Dummerston.
and since returning the team he has not been
seen. 1t appears that the party who fred the
shots had made mask Of one of the legs OF
his flannel drawers, which he drew over his
head, after cutting places for his eyes. The
object of the attack is unknown, unless it was
robbery.
THE September term OF Washington county
court is to begin next Tuesday. Hon. T. P,
Redfeld is to preside. The gentlemen who
have been drawn as jurors are: Grand jurors
A. f. Field, Barre; D. c. Brown, Berlin; T. H.
Lance, Cabot; Ira S. Dwinell, Calais; W. \.
Strickland, Duxbury; Hiram Tempeton, East
Montpelier; Daniel r. Culver, Middlesex; W.
G. Ferrin, Montpelier; Moody Bemis, Marsh
field; A. A. Prentiss Moretown; Charles Dole,
Ga1J
| Wiley Roxbury; P. E. Lockwood Waitsfeld
S. D. Allen, Warren c. E. Wyman, Waterbury
| Z. NJ. Ainsworth, Woodbury.; L. M. Hutchinson
| Worcester. Petit jurors-J. NJ. Perry and E.
| F. Willard of Barre; William H. Dewey and S
| S. Towner OF Berlin; Henry NJ Hills and w
| c. r. Putnam Of Cabot M. S. Hathaway Of
Calais; r. w. Phillips of Duxbury; James P
Boyce of Fayston; George Goodwin and Gusta
vus A. Bruce of East Montpelier; L. K. Wells
and Sylvanus Daniels Of Middlesex; L. B
Huntington and c. c. Putnam, Jr., of Mont
pelier; Nathan Robinson OF Marshield; Harry
| Buckley and Walter Lamphier of Moretown
George Denny and II. B. Briggs of Mortified
| A. V. Taylor OF Plainfeld; D. r. Stanton OF
Roxbury; L. K Hooker and R. II. Barnard o
| Waitsfield John Seabury and James A. Bur
leigh Of Waterbury W. H. Csrdell and Ezrs
| Kingsbury Of Warren; L. j. Benjamin ant
Henry Whiten of Woodbury.; Il. P. Darling o
| Worcester. The courthouse has been exten
sively improved during the vacation. The ole
witness-room, in the northeast corner o
the building, has been handsomely papered
and the carpet and furniture Of the olt
Judges room moved into it, Hereafter il ia /,
be used by the judges. The partition between
the old judges room and the lawyers room
has been taken down, and the two room
practically made into one. The walls hav
been tinted, and new carpets and furnitur
put in The courtroom proper is now be
lieved to be entirely free from echo. The alcov
behind the judges bench has been hung will
tapestry, the walls have been papered, and
wide border of tapestry hung round the walls
next to the ceiling. The effect is very fine
and the room is now altogether the handsomes
courtroom in the state. II the Carr murde
case should be tried, the term may last fou
weeks.
Hon. HENRY B. ANTHONY of Rhode Island
senior senator Of the United States, died at hi
residence, Tuesday afternoon, aged sixty-nin
years, five months and one day. He was il
more than his usual health Monday, passe
a comfortable night, and took breakfast abou
ten o'clock with a good appetite. Shortl
afterward he was observed to be growing pale
and was attacked by an uremic convulsior
from which he did not recover and passe
away at forty.fve minutes past one o'clock.