News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-31
Department of State.

| A destructive fire occurred at Barre
on Friday, by which the granite pol
ishing shop of Mr.. Stafford, including
16 machines, was totally destroyed.
The loss is placed at $4,000. There
was no insurance.
Rev. G. F. Morse, Of st. Johns
bury, has been awarded the first
prize, valued at $500, as the most
successful New England canvasser OF
the Peoples Cyclopedia, having sold
400 sets during the past year.
A West Rutland bull got on a ram
page the other day and stirred up the
natives. One man stood directly in
his way and would have been impaled
on the animals horns had he not
dropped on the ground and allowed
the bull to pass over him.
Gen. William Averill, inspector of
the State homes for disabled soldiers,
inspected the Vermont Soldiers home
at Bennington, January Sd. He eX-
pressed himself as well pleased with
the home and its management, and
said the inmates were being furnished
with many comforts not found IN
most of the other homes.
The boiler of portable steam saw
mill situated in the west part of Dan
vile, exploded on Tuesday afternoon
of last week, instantly killing Ernest
Comstock of St. Johnsbury, and
seriously injuring Albert Morgan,
whose leg has been amputated, and
Carl White, an arm broken. Com
stock leaves young wife, nearly
helpless with paralysis, and a young
child.
The Vermont Bee Keepers at their
annual meeting elected these officers ::
President, R. H. Holmes, of Shore
ham; e-presidents, J. E. Crane of
Middlebury, F. H. Walker of Man
chester, Byron P. Greene, of St. AL
bans, H. L. Leonard of Brandon, j.
w. Smith, of Stowe, NJ. F. Cram of
Braintree, A. J. Albee, of Derby, J.
d. Goodrich of East Hardwick, Geo.
Beecher of Essex, D. S. Hall of Low
er Cabot secretary and treasurer, j.
H. Larabee' of Larabee's Point,
The new addition to the Soldiers
Home is nearly completed and new ar
rivals are being received almost every
day. Since January l the following
veterans have been received: Oscar
l.. Breed, Co. D, 1st Vt. cavalry,
Mortified; William Trendall, Co. NJ.
1st Vt. cavalry, Brattleboro Luther
Grover Co. X. I'd Vermont infantry,
Sudbury; Geo. H. Smith, Co. X, Sd
Vt. infantry, Newport; John Cain,
Co. A, 18th Vt. infantry, Burlington
Lewis L. Marsh, Co. B, 1st Vt. in
fantry, Co. B, 18th Vermont infantry,
Co. H, II Vt. infantry Ludlow.
The Vermont Baptist year book
shows that there are in the State seven
Baptist associations. with ia church.
es, having an aggregate membership
of 9148. There are 81 pastors and
80 other ordained ministers who are
without pastoral charge. In the Sun
day schools there are 1922 officers
and teachers and S041 scholars. The
total amount of the benevolent con-
tributions of the churches and Sunday
schools for outside objects was Sl0,-
Up for the last year and home ex-
penses SS7, 591, total of s78,312.
Hon. John W. Cramton, of Rut-
land, is the most "official' parsonage
in the State. He is selectman of the
town, State senator, director of the
House of Correction, director of the
State Prison, president of Baxter Ma
tional bank of Rutland, president of
the True Blue marble company, pres
ident of the Steam Cutter company,
vice president of the Vermont State
Agricultural Society, director of the
State Horse Breeders Association,
administrator of ten estates, land
lord, manufacturer, farmer and cattle
buyer, drover and vice president of
the Howe Scale company.
Louis Valdez, of Woodford, who
was assaulted Dec. IL, it is alleged,
by Henry Bent and Bert Roberts,
died Thursday, and an autopsy was
held by Bennington physicians. Ex-
tensive fractures of the skull were
found. The brain was softened in
several places and the lungs were con-
gested. The immediate cause of
death seemed to be failure of the vital
powers. Bent, who had been released
some time ago on bail, was immedi-
ately rearrested on the charge of MUIR
der and lodged in Jail to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury at the June
term OF the county court.
The richest farmer in America is
said to be President Webb, of the
New York Central sleeping car COM
pany. His farm on the shores of
Lake Champlain is conducted on sci
entific principles. President Webb
maintains it for the pleasure he has in
his fancy cattle, poultry, etc. 1t may
not be generally known to travellers,
but it is fact that the surplus butter
product of the Webb dairy, to which
none but Jersy cattle contribute, is
disposed of to the Vanderbilts for use
on their dining cars, and it is sold to
them for precisely the price that is
paid for frkin butter, though promi-
nent caterers have offered double
prices for all that they could obtain.
Butter from DR.. Webb's famous farm
is classed with the diamond edged"
variety and retails at 81 per pound.