News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-24
STATE ITEM s.

90 TO the thousand Islands July Ia 0
its annual excursion.
The Second Congregational ChurcI
at Bennington celebrated its 5Ot
anniversary on Thursday.
Rev. W. II. H. Murray has bee
elected a member of the Burlington
Yacht Club. The club will have
regatta on July 5.
L. P. Morton has offered to give
Middlebury College $4,000, provides
sufficient additional amount can b
raised to found a professorship o
modern languages.
s3Report comes from Richford that OF
Sunday, James Mudgett was fatally
stabbed by William Noyes, with :
pitchfork, and that Noyes fatally sho
himself
The monument to Theophilus Har
rington, one of the early Judge:
of the State, will be unveiled at Clar
endon July Sd. Judge Veazey, o
the Supreme Court will preside, and
Judge Wheeler of the United States
District Court will deliver the COM
memorative address.
Allen Felch's two-year-old son, o
South Ryegate, took a dose of muir
attic acid and died before the mex
morning.
Sherman Boright's store at Sutton
Flat was entered by burglars a few
nights ago. The safe was blown oper
and the contents were carried away
besides other property. Tools from 6
convenient blacksmith shop were used
to force the safe open.
William Yates, of Holland, while
running aplaneri in Caswell & French's
mill, had his hand and arm cut of
nearly up to the elbow.
The Medbury mill at Wilmington
operated by w. E. Jordan for the
manufacture of wooden bench screws
was burned recently, together will
the machinery and stock. Loss $500
The number of horses passing the
customs at St. Adams station for &c
days average ii a day.
The committee in charge of the Ben.
nington monument expect that the
ground will be broken for the founda-
ton on August 16, the anniversary Of
the battle.
The house of Applebee Chilson, in
Newport, occupied by his widowed
mother and sisters, was recently
burned with nearly all it's contents.
A purse of $3.50 was made up and
given to Mrs. Chilson.
Sheldon people were interested on
Monday of last week in the trial OF
two individuals, who, under the infiu-
ence of liquor, entered a farmers
dwelling house, drove out his wife and
daughter and assumed temporary pos
session. 1t was high priced posses
sion, however, for at the justice trial
the fines and costs amounted to $50.
Clarence A. Hatch, of East Frank
lin, one of the best board sawyers in
Northern Vermont had his right hand
taken off in W. B. Doolin's mill the
10Th, where he had been at work only
a few months. He was formerly from
Hardwick. Mr.. Doolin lost three
fingers in the same mill the 18th inst.
The following interesting reminis-
cence of General Stannard is related
by the Burlington correspondent to
the Troy Times: One of Gen. Stans
nards most loyal friends was Colonel
George w. Hooker, for time chief
of staff. One day Hooker, while the
brigade was camping ON Arlington
heights, took the generals horse, con-
fiscated an old chaise andharness and
having liberal supply of commissa-
~ goods, and a companion equal to
the emergency, started out to take in
the sights. Regiments, pickets and
fences were of no account. The gen.
eral, on his return to headquarters
and learning what was being done, al
lowed his military speech free scope.
He sent orderlies after the two lost
of his staff, but no orderly
could capture them. At last he start
ed out himself and found them in
fair condition to surrender. He seized
the horse by the bit and ordered them
out in tones emphatic. Hooker
thought it advisable to retain a sitting
position, and reaching his fingers to
lis vest pocket, drew out quarter in
scrip, and handing it out said "See
here, take this faint every boy in the
army that can afford a brigadier gen.
sral for hostler." This captured the
general, and he led the horse to head
quarters and saw that his chief of
taft was quietly put to bunk.