News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-19
STATE ITEMS.

Amos Webster. aged Y, aropped
dead at his boarding house in New
fame recently.
Boston parties have purchased a
factory at Wallingford at which they
purchase milk delivered by farmers
and extract the cream, which is sent
to Boston.
Judge Hollenbecb, Of Burlington,
celebrated his 91st birthday on We'd
nesdsy of last week.
Frank Griswold, an eccentric indi-
+ vidual, recently died at West Rutland.
For several years he has slept in the
hay NOW in the barn, in preference
to bed in the house.
Hon. Bliss n. Davis, of Danville,
died last week, aged SO years. He
was the oldest member of the Caledo-
MIA county bar, has been town repre-
sentative and State Senator, and for
several years was President OF the
Caledonia bank. About 1860 he was
States Attorney and prosecuted the
notorious counterfeiter, "Bristol Bill.
AT the close of his argument Bill
stabbed him in the neck with knife,
in the court, narrowly missing the
| jugular vein. He was an active prac-
titioner until within two weeks.
The new high school building built
at Brattleboro last year at cost of
over $4,000, was considerably dam
aged by fire and water recently. The
fire broke out just before noon in a
middle recitation room on the second
| floor, there being upward of 400
children in the building at the time.
all of whom got out without accident
through the self-possession of princi-
pal Bingham and his assistants. The
| FIRE department was somewhat de-
layed by the snow and the extreme
cold, but the flames were soon under
control and the steamers got to work.
District Attorney Haskins began
at St. Adams Monday an examination
of witnesses in the case against E.
A. Sowles, president of the suspend
ed First National Bank there, charged
with making a false report to the
bank examiner regarding his personal
debt 10 the wrecked bank. Although
an assessment of the stock of this
bank was ordered by the controller,
and is long since overdue, Receiver
Roberts finds it hard TO get anything
out of the principal stockholders, who
seem determined to avoid paying as
long as possible. Depositors are get
ting anxious for a dividend, but there
are no signs of one as yet.
One of the most disastrous fires
which has visited Burlington for
years, occurred on Tuesday afternoon
of last week in the burning of Geo.
r. Hollis spool and bobbin manufac-
tory. 1t originated in the dry room,
and the flames bursting through the
walls in great fury, were the first init
nation of danger. The alarm was
Immediately sounded and the fire de-
oartment responded promptly, but
the fumes gained such Roadway that
their efforts could not save the main
part of the mill, and their attention
was directed to the brick engine and
boiler rooms. The fire Quilted these
completely, and all were destroyed,
have a second dry house on the oppo-
site side of the engine house from the
mill. The fire department worked
until dark, combining the fire to the
engine rooms from the lumber sheds
surrounding the mandatory. The
loss on machinery and stock is S12,-
1000; insurance, $500. The build
ing, engine and boilers belonged to
Lawrence Barnes, and were valued
at $4,000; insurance $3.50. AL
most at the beginning of the fire as
ESecond Captain E. P. Parker was
passing near the engine house the
front wall, without warning, fell out
aud Parker was instantly killed. His
sskull and right hip were fractured. A
boy named Kennedy had foot in
jured in an alley between the front
and other buildings, where hundreds
had passed back and forth, and it is a
miracle that but one was killed. i~f