News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-06
STATE ITEM S.


There are % children at the Warn
er Home in St. Adams.
W. Fl. Tibbits is appointed Post
master at Coventry.
A young man by the name of Clark
while running logs at Greensboro re-
Gently, had an arm broken and was
otherwise hurt.
AS Eugene Barrows was digging a
ditch recently near his fathers resi-
dence in Bloomington, which build
ing was years ago known as the Strong
tavern, he found Spanish coin dated
1865.
The St. Adams Trust company de-
positors have received a third divi-
dend-12 IL per cent and the new
Weldon National bank is kept busy
cashing the dividend checks.
While Dennis Starr was at work
getting out slate at the Sabin quarry,
Montpelier, recently, a mass of rocks
above him became detached and fell
upon his head, nearly severing his
nose, and otherwise badly injuring
him. He is as comfortable as posi-
BILE under the circumstances.
S. NJ. Ladd's steam grist and saw
mill at North Thetford was burned
Tuesday afternoon of last week. The
property was insured. Sparks set
fire to II. H. Hollis barn on the OPP
posite side of the river, and they were
entirely consumed. Loss, $500 !;
probably insured.
The listers of St. Johnsbury have
put in the stock of the St. Johnsbury
and LyndonYille banks at par, and
that of the Danville and Lyndon
banks at 20 per cent above par.
D. w. c. Blanchard, of BraiHtree,
drew load of ashes into his barn re-
Gently, letting it stand over night on
the floor. The next morning he dis
covered that the wagon was on fire,
flames streaming up several feet.
Gertie Harding, aged II years, and
Oracle Cooling, aged years, of No.
Pomfret, had narrow escape from
drowning last week while attempting
to cross a brook on a plank. Oracle
became dizzy and fell in. The water
was very high, and Gertie in trying
to save her also fell in, but managed
to catch hold of the plank and Oracle
and held on to her until her mother
reached them and pulled them both
out.
Last Friday two-horse team owned
by j. G. Parker, of Quechee, backed
off into the river. By great exertion
one horse was saved, but the other,
quite a valuable one, Was drowned
before it could be rescued.
The most destructive fire, probably,
that ever visited Irasburgh, broke out
in the G. H. Newland store building
on Thursday evening and destroyed
two dwellings and several barns and
out-buildings. The fire caught in a
partition in the back part of the New
land building.
Hon. C. H. Joyce, of Washington,
D. c., has been engaged to appear
with Mrs. H. E. Mason, of Rutland,
who is charged with poisoning her SON
in-law, Don G. Parker. Owing to
Mr.. Kendal's absence the hearing
will probably be postponed until next
week. Mr.. George E. Lawrence will
appear for the State with Mr.. Ken
dali.
Sophia Eula, the three years old
daughter of Nelson J. Fountain, was
killed by the cars on the Central YER
mont road at a crossing between the
Junction and Montpelier last week.
The steam chest of the locomotive
struck her in the head, crushing her
skull and killing her almost instantly.
f Ely Goddard of Varshire- is
now president of the Fifth Avenue
Transportation company of New York,
which has over 400 stockholders snd
capital of 100000. The old ON
nihuses are to be taken off the route
the 10Th of May, and new stages put
| on.
Frank Lockwood, of South Read
ing, aged 13 years, while in a SOM
nambulent condition, raised his cham
Der window and jumped headlong 10
the ground, distance of some ten
feet, dislocating his shoulder by the
fall.
The prospects of Middlebury col
lege are Frightening, $4,000 having
been already pledged, provided an
other $4,000 can be raised, and a
wealthy friend of the college engages
to raise 100000 of that. The curric-
ulum is being altered to keep pace
with the times. The trustees voted
at recent meeting to make Greek
optional, which is a great departure
from the policy heretofore pursued.