News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-03-26
STATE ITEM s.

Middlesex has a woman hermit,
who inhabits shanty in an open field,
abhors man, and will "swear like a
trooper" if disturbed even by the
sight of one.
DR.. A. L. Ranney, an eminent sur
geon of New York city, has been Sc
lected to fill the professorship in the
Burlington medical college, made va
cant bv the death of DIR. Darling.
Norton was duly organized into
town the 9th inst, and elected the
usual town officers. 1t adopted the
town system of schools, and adopted
tax of 100 cents for all purposes.
The Vermont Methodist conference
is set to be held at Bellows Falls
April 80. the Congregational State
convention in June, and the Vermont
and Canada convention of Universe
lists some time in August.
The Burlington medical college has
10 students.
David L. Wiley, of Rochester,
aged about IS, was killed in saw
mill at Rovalton. He leaves wife
and one child.
Saturday night freight and saloon
car were thrown from a twenty foot
trestle at Fairbanks village, on the ST.
Johnsbury and Like Champlain rail-
road, and Harry Meigs, conductor.
was injured 50 that he died the next
corning. He leaves a widow and
two children. EIlery Chamberlain.
workman on the road, was severely
injured. The cars were to totally de-
nolished.
Thursday evening last John H.
Thomas, prominent cattle buyer,
dropped dead from heart disease al
Larabee's Point. Mr.. Thomas had
just returned from Ticonteroga.
Wilmington farmers are talking of
establishing a creamery.
DR.. Nathan Sale, of Orwell, now
in his Saith year, is still vigorous and
has large practice, which he attends
10 as usual.
The association, which bought the
St. Johnsbury Inder has organized
by electing as managers D.. p. Hall
and S. S. Thompson, of Lyndon,
Charles Rogers, of Wheelock, +. L.
Idle and E. d. Blodgett, ofSt. Johns
bury, and Isaac N. Smith, of Barnet.
The paper will be called the st. Johns
bury Republican.
,Messrs. Fairbanks at st Johnsbury
have organized at their scale works a
hose company, independent of the
village fire department, consisting of
men living in the immediate vicinity
of the factory, who will be regu!arl,
drilled in the use of the fire appara-
tus belonging to the works, and who
will report for duty when engine No.
and hose are called from Fairbanks
village.
Mrs. Mehitable Danforth has just
passed the Tooth anniversary of her
birth at Bristol.
Mr.. Samuel Caldwell, the oldest
resident of Georgia, died on the 18th
inst, aged 90 years.
Lizzie Harmon, Of Pownal, aged
three years. spoke the following riece
at a recent donation: .'Jesus said,
suffer little children to come unto me:
l want some ice cream"
The Fisher mills ut Bennington will
soon be started up. When run at
their full capacity the pay roll amounts
to 1925, 900 yearly.
The case of the Bradley Fertilizer
Company Us. DIR. H. A. Cutting came
up for the February term of court
held in Burlington. The Fertilizer
Company @asrFepFesehted by mem
bers of the firm, with Fl. G. Ide, of
the law firm of Belden & Ide, St.
Johnsbury, as attorneys. They also
had several witnesses present. DIR.
Cutting did not appear in person, nor
by attorney. Col. Walker, of Rut-
land, stated what DR.. Cuttings attor-
ney told him, and the court held the
case for trial until the next day, when
affidavits were received in behalf of
DR.. Cutting, setting forth that the
doctors physical strength was such
as not to allow him TO stand the press
of a trial. The Fertilizer Company
produced atfi'lavits showing that the
doctor was able to be out and several
miles away from home, and that they
were very anxious to have the case
tried. The court finally continued
th, case until the May term, and the
Fertilizer Company will endeavor to
have it tried at that time, as they feel
that as long as it stands .untried it is
great damage to their business inter-
ests in this State.-Barre Enterprise,
March II.