News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-01-08
General Vermont News.

CltlZen OF oOuul LOHuOhuell v, dleu
December %.
Diana Miles, lifelong resident OF
Townshend, died December "a at the
age of 81 years.
S. n. Fisk and wife OF Braintree
celebrated their golden wedding on
the evening of Dec. 81.
The dwelling house and wood shed
of Peter Moriarty at Warren were
destroyed by fire recently.
George Lang of Randolph was
severely hooked by "a cow, the hook
entering his mouth and penetrating
his cheek.
DR.. Hiram A. Cutting of Lunen-
burgh has been elected a member OF
the American academy of political
and social science.
The 5OO-acre Squires farm in Gull
ford has been sold to Boston parties,
and the Shattuck farm in Putney to
parties from Worcester, Mass.
William H. Rand, for many years
Z. S. deputy marshal and a resident
of North Troy, died at the Presbyte-
rian hospital in Chicago Monday.
Frank Doubleday ofSpringfield put
up a cartridge as a mark to fire at,
when the mark, which in turn eXplod-
ed, and set a bullet whizzing across
his scalp.
The shaft to commemorate the
landing of Leonard Calvert on soil OF
Maryland, for which the Legislature
of that state appropriated $4,000
last summer, is of Vermont granite
As n. L. Bucklin of Shrewsbury
was standing in front of a meat mar
ket there Thursday, huge icicle fell
three stories and struck him on the
head, stunning him and inficting a
wound an inch long.
Mr.. John Ross. formerly a train
dispatcher at Island Pond, has just
received an appointment as superin-
tendent of the Virginia & Georgia
Air Line, about 400 miles, at a salary
of $4,000 per anum.
The cut of spruce logs to be made
this season in the counties of Coos,
n. H., and Essex, Vt, is estimated
at 2000, 100000 feet, which will 90
thence to the mills, principally down
the Connecticut river.
William ". Pierce, one of London
derry's most prominent citizens died
the other day after a short illness
He was a son of Rev. S. Pierce and
was born on the farm on which his
brother Josiah now lives.
George A Weston, an attorney at
Bellows Falls, has received the APP
pointment of stamp deputy for Yer
mont by the commissioner of inter
nal revenue, in place of Fred n Whit
ney of Burlington, removed.
Rev. R. V. Hall, former pastor oil
the Congregational church at New
port, who died last week aged 81
was a graduate of Auburn theolog-
zeal seminary. He leaves a widow
who is an invalid and unable to sit
up more than half an hour each day.
In the Addison county court, Tues
day, NJ. T. Butterield was fined $50
and costs for knocking Henry John
dro down on a dark night, last sum
mer, and pounding him until nearly
unrecognizable. He settled a suit for
private damages with JOhndro for
the same amount.
Rev. J. L. Sewall, formerly Of Mil,
ton, has resigned his passionate at
Plymouth and taken q position in
the editorial rooms of the Golden
Rule, at Boston. Mr.. Sewall is fond
of journalism, Yields a ready pen.
and will do valiant service for the
Christian Endeavor cause in his new
field of operations.
Charles Conright, who was found
bleeding to death on the railroad be
tween Montpelier and Barre, was
supposed to have been killed Ply an
express train He is now believed by
the medical examiner and the police
to have been killed by a companion
A wound in the scalp was apparent
ly made by pickaxe.
The Methodist Episcopal church il
Poultney received for a Christmas
present large bell made at the foun
dry of Menely of Troy, n. Y. 1t was
presented by Mrs. George l.. Bliss, il
memory of her late husband, George
l.. Bliss, M. d., who for many years
was member of the church and prac
ticed medicine in Poultney more thar
40 years.
While Rollin S. Childs was rummag
ing in an old attic at Bennington q
year or more ago, he found a post
marked letter on which was a cancel
ed original Brattleboro postage
stamp. He cut the stamp out, not
thinking that it's value largely lay in
it's connection with the postmark
and envelope. He sold the stamptol
$25, but in the condition in which he
found it it was worth at least $500
Bellows Falls rivals West Rand
olph as a healthy town. During the
period allowed for taking the census
only five deaths occurred in a pOpula-
ton of more than $500. The author
tiles will not believe this, and refuse
to pay one of the enumeratOrs, claim
ing that he has made false returns
Nevertheless. bis figures are backed
by affidavits of all the doctors and
undertakers in the town
Carl E. Richardson, who has been
a prominent merchant in Waterbury
for the last % years, died Monday
morning. He felt a faintness about
8 O'Clock while in his store, anG
walked to his house a few rods dis
tant and SummOnpd Doctor James
and fell dead in a few minutes after
the doctor got there. He was a re
spected citizen, a kind neighbor, and
will be sadly missed. He was 81
years of age.
Definite announcement was made
on Wednesday of the renewal OF the
lease of the Rutland railroad to the
Central Vermont company for tern
of 99S years. The terms of the new
lease provide for the annual rental o
$37O,OOO and the Rutland company
is to provide 100000 to be used il
permanent improvements. All taxes
are to be paid by the Central Yer
mont company. The old rental was
S240, 900 annually. This arrange
ment, by which the road remains il
the hands of the Central Vermont
instead of being operated by the
Delaware & Hudson Canal company
is generally satisfactory to the pat
rons along its line.
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