News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-30
STATE NEWS.

Isaac Pearl, of Sheffield, was re.
Gently seriously injured by the kick
of horse.
Mrs. Crawford Ranney, of st. Johns
bury, fractured her ankle very badly
a few days since, by a fall.
Mr.. Dana Phillips, of Sheffield, was
recently thrown from a load of hay
and his ankle was broken.
John F. Harris, of Rutland, has re-
ceived patent on his second inven-
ton on street railway tie.
Some sneak thief has of late been
stealing mOlasses, soap, etc, from
Mrs. j. III. kinson, of East Richford.
Buck Owen, of Hinesburgh, in a fit
of sonambulism, walked out of a
second story window and was serious
ly injured.
Edward, son of John Gallagher,
was on July 10 seriously burned by
his clothes taking fire while he was
playing with matches.
Willard Mansfield, of West Wind
sor, was found dead in his bed Satur-
day morning, July IS, heart disease
being the cause of death.
Thomas Riley, an employee of the
Vermont marble company, at Center
Rutland, was badly crushed between
two blocks of marble last Thursday.
Mrs. D. G. Spaulding and Mrs. A.
Barrett, of Taftsville were recently
very seriously injured by being
thrown from their carriage while out
driving.
Herbert w. Blodgett. of st. Johns
bury, was thrown from a carriage by
his horse running away and one of
his ankles was quite severely
sprained.
A horse owened by DR.. G. B. Bull
lard, of st. Johnsbury, had leg
broken in a recent runaway, and,
although a valuable animal, it had
to be killed.
Edward Crandall, of Island Pond,
aged % years, an employe of the
Old Colony railroad, was thrown be-
tween the cars at Boston last Thurs
day and crushed to death.
C. F. Philbrick, employed on the
railroad coal shed at Lyndonville,
cut a cash three inches long in one
foot with his axe, which glanced
while he was hewing a piece of timber.
Frank D. Barton, of Waltham, was
recently seized by one arm by one of
his Kentucky stations. thrown to
the ground and severely hurt. The
intervention OF q stable employee
doubtless saved his life.
The Fox slate manteI company, of
Fair haven, has filed petition in in
solvency. The company expects to
pay 80 cents on a dollar of it's debts
which are mostly due to werkmen of
whom some % are thrown out of
employment.
Ira Ward and vile, who were born
in Vermont during the years of the
last century, while the Indians and
bears and wolves were still in large
majority in the State, are preparing
to celebrate their diamond wedding at
their home near New Haven.
The six-year-old son of William
Merrino, of East Richford. narrowly
escaped drowning a few days ago.
He attempted to cross a stream on a
narrow plank, fell off and was swept
away by high water. NJ. A. Barter,
attracted by the cries of the lads sis
ter, rescued him.
A barn owned by Frank Berry, OF
ShnHnl1 or hTy linh+,,ippa
Monday, July 20, and a Mr.. Bruce,
who was in the building was badly
shocked. A lot of hay in a field
owned by Hugh Mitchell was struck
at the same time and burned.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Vermont and Boston
Telegraph company, at White River
Junction, Wednesday, July %, the
the directors elected were: Norvin
Green, Thomas I. Eckert, Charles A.
Tinker, r. II. Rochester, of New
York; Thomas Roche and Henry C.
Sherman of Boston; r. j, Kimball OF
West Randolph: George w. Smith
and Henry E. Tinker, of White
River Junction. The directors subse-
quently elected Norvin Green, presi-
dent; Thomas T. Eckert and Charles
4. Tinker, executive committee; r..
II. ROCHESTER, secretary and treasur-
er.
The announcement by the Benning-
ton Banner that Yermopt's deserted
farms are nearly all sold leads the
Brattlebopo PhGpix to say that
sit was not gratifying to Vermont
to be told that there were some
hundreds of farms in the State that
had been deserted for one reason or
another, with their tillable acres
grown to pastures or woodland, but
it was the statement of the facts that
aroused the public attention and
brought the dawning of a better day
for all Vermont interests. More
over, tie publication of these facts
about Vermont showed that Just the
same state of things existed in other
New England states, notable in New
Hampshire aud western Massachu-
sets, as well as in some middle and
western states, and the result has
been to set the people of all these sec
tions to work to find out the facts
about farming and manufacturing
interests of their own states, and to
discover and apply a remedy for
whatever faults or evil exist"