News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-10-29
STATE NEWS.

W. H. Farr has been appointed postmaster
at East Albany.
One man in West Windsor has had $50
chickens stolen this fall.
The corn crop of the state is expected to be
nearly 2 ,500,0 900 bushels.
The cider mills, the country over, are
squeezing the juicy apples now
Hon. E. Henry Powell has moved the state
auditors office from Richford to st. Adams.
A former Vermonter, who lives in Dakota.
writes that he has lost 20 acres OF wheat pY
frost.
There were about As present at the Egg
glestOn family reunion at East Burke on the
l 18th inst.
Michael Caldbeck, of St. Johnsbury, had
one hand badly crushed while operating a
mOrtisng machine.
The little daughter of Cover Williams, OF
West Pomfret, had one arm broken by being
run over by a wagon.
Albert H. Bottsford, fell from the roof OF a
building at Manchester Center, breaking his
shoulder and several ribs.
John WEIGH, of Bellows Falls, had his jaw
broken a few days since by stick thrown
from a saw in one of the mills.
Of the 5000 sugar makers of this state
$500 have filed their intentions to take adj
vantage of the g bounty act.
Henry Bissell of Middebury starts for Aus
tralia next Monday with fine lot of Merino
sheep Mrs. Bissel will accompany him.
A slab of 81 ate dropped on John Moriarty' g
foot recently while he was working in slate
quarry in Hydeville, severing one toe com
pletely and cutting three Others nearly off,
The December term of Caledonia County
Court opens on Tuesday, December L, at ST.
Johnsbury, Hon. H. r. Start presiding judge
The docket shows 100 court and 20 chan
Gerry cases.
Miss Lettie L. Bowee of Gaysville, celebra-
ted her one hundredth birthday Monday
She gave a reception, which was largely at
tended. She is enjoying fairly good health
for one of her years.
party of nine civil engineers are survey
ing for the Boston and Maine corporation
two routes, in view of the proposed building
of a railway link between Canaan and Oxford,
n. H., to connect the Northern and Passump-
sic lines.
Judge Nicholson of Rutland, received fror''
Orson P. Rogers of Marriage, ILL.,, part o;ll
meteor of the color and density of hard irti (
ore 1t is claimed hat it fell to the earth
near Marriage in 1858.
Nelson P Cook of Mount Holly, who re-
Gently started from Boston to beat his way
around the world is still in London, is well
and none the worse for wear and the "beat-
ing which he no doubt passed through.
W. P. Baxter of Chicago writes the Ben
nington Banner that Judge Asa Aikens late
of Windsor, was the first native of the State
to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court OF
Vermont He was born in Barnard, Jan. ] 3,
1888.
W. D. Farnsworth of South Burlington;
on October 81 celebrated his Goth birthday
anniversary. He is hale and hearty, having
voted at every presidential election since
1924 and hopes to cast another vote for
Harrison in '92,
The will of the late Joel B. Harris of Rut-
land bequeathes $500 to four public insti-
buttons, the proposed hospital is to have
$1,000, similar amount goes to the free IL
brary and $500 for a museum in connection
with the memorial hail.
A French Canadian named j. E. Frigon en-
gagged as canvasser for 5. ii. Kellogg u Co.
of Rutland. He secured one subscription for
stock and perhaps more for western loans,
and has not been heard of since. He also for
got to turn over the money received.
Some person or person unknown entered
John Towers barn in ST. .Johnsbury Wednes-
day night of last week. and took his
horse and carriage. A search was made, and
in the course of the day the horse was found
in pasture in an exhausted condition, hay
ing apparently been driven all night.
D. w. Cushing, of East Burke, recently
started his kitchen fire with basket of shay
ings in which were packed a number of dyna-
mite caps. When Mr.. Cushing tried to find
his stove few moments later it was too fine
for use, having been blown to fragments. He
was hurt. but not seriously.
There were II marriages, "a births and 25
deaths in Burlington during September. Of
the children born IL were males and IL fe-
males. OF the deaths 10 were males and Is
females, 2 were under one year old, one be-
tween five and 20, three between 20 and so,
one between so and 70, over 20 and 3
over so.
OF the Is candidates for admission to the
bar at the present term of the supreme court,
one did not appear for examination, one was
''plucked' and / were recommended for adj
mission snd sworn in as attorneys They
were Fred C. Davis, of Windsor, Albert Per
ley, of St Johnsbury, Clark Fits, of Wards
boro, o. H. Coolidge, of Rutland, George l..
Rice, of Rutland, henry r. Platt of Rutland
George F. Morris, of Newbury, Homer E.
Wheeler, of St. Adams, George E. Montieth
of Johnson, Henry r. Knight. of Brattle-
boro, and Alexander p. Nelson, of Newbury.