News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-13
STATE NEWS.

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ward.
Mrs. J. D. Foster, of Vernon, fell
from a hammock August 2, and frac-
tured her leg.
The people of Newbury think that
their town is beginning to be appre-
ciated as a summer home.
The first annual tournament of the
State Tennis association is being
held at Rutland this week
The Central Vermont railroad has
put eight new and handsome passcn-
ger coaches on the Rutland division.
William B. Allen, of BrattlebOrO,
had one hand and arm badly bruised
and burned by getting it between the
drier rolls at the paper mill in that
village.
William T. Perry, of Hartland, was
thrown from a horse rake q few days
ago and received a bad scalp wound,
beside bad Commissions on other parts
of his body.
George Newton and w. C.. Rye, of
Plymouth Union, were thrown from
their carriage u few days ago and
striking on a barbed wire fence, were
seriously injured.
Frank Demming, Esq, of Newbury,
has been chosen president of the Ma
tiOnal Bank of Newbury, at Wells
River, in place of William H. Cum
ming, of Lisbon n. H., deceased.
Vermonters who have recently re-
ceived patents are Charles A. White of
Jamaica, for a mop-wringer, and
George B. Sherwin of Burlington, for
a baggage slide for railway cars.
Mrs. James Low, of Ryegate, got
thrown from her carriage in Wells
River last week and had one rib
broken Miss Flora Brock suffered
the same injury only a few days ago.
A horse, an express wagon and
breast plate harness were stolen of
Albert Ashcroft, of Dummerston,
August /. The team was tracked to
North Springfield where the track
was lost.
Vermont has 1913 Congregational
churches in 165 towns The popula-
ton of these towns has decreased 2
per cent in the decade, but member
ship of the churches has increased
nearly 5 per cent.
Word has been received from Wash
ington that Edward Shuttleworth.
who graduated from Norwich univer-
sity this year, has been appointed
second lieutenant in the 18th infan-
try, United States army.
A fao,,,
tally off, held up three teams ut Der
by Line the other day and demanded
money. The scream of q lady occu-
pant of one of the carriages frighten-
ed him and he took to his heels.
Little Olive Pennell, of Swanton,
attempted to climb into a trunk
wagon, when the horse started and
the wheels passed diagonally over
the child's chest. The wagon was
empty and no serious injury resulted.
A young boy named Robert Moy-
hant was run over by an express team
at North Barre Monday, and died
Tuesday night Mrs William Brown
middle-aged woman, fell down stairs
Monday night and died in a few hours
The Thomas H. Chubb Rod COM
pany of Post Mills in clearing away
the old dam, took out pine logs which
were put in by Joseph Hickey about
100 years ago, and were perfectly
sound. They will be sawed into
shingles.
A two story dwelling house, shed, |
Garage house and horse barn be-
longing to Jesse Thompson of Hall |
fax. were destroyed by fire with most |
of their contents. There was $4,000 |
insurance on 1000 gallons of syrup
which was burned.
A 12-year-old son of Mrs. Joseph |
Smith, of Holland, attempted to de-
fend himself from the attack of a
vicious bull in berry field by dis
charging his shotgun at the beast
The weapon exploded and so shatter-
ed the boys left hand that 1T was
found necessary to amputate 1T at
the wrist.
John Long, a former BrattlebOro
man, aged so years, was recently
killed by a grizzly bear in the noun
tains near Ration, New Mexico. Mr.
Long made a desperate fight and
when found his left leg was badly
his left hand was lacerated
and tied with handkerchief, the back
Of his head had been crushed by the
Jaws of the monster brute, and his
body mutilated by the claws. For
a space of 20 feet square the ground
was torn up and strewn with pieces
Of clothing. Mr.. Long went west in
1869.
Many people have been told that
Vergennes, Vt, is the Oldest city in
the Union. But they are misinform-
ed, says the Boston Herald. Yer
gennes took out her charter in 1888.
Hartford and New Haven, Conn,
took out theirs in 1884. Vergennes,
however, can truthfully claim to be
the smallest and the most quiet city
in the United States, as she has
population, after lob years of city
hood, of 1773 souls, and covers a
territory of only 1900 acres Her
bOundries are a mile and a half one
way and a mile and q quarter the
other. She has q mayor, n city cOun-
ell, a full board of alderman and
complete city government There are
offices enough so that nearly every
man in the town may have one. In
this way the political squabbles and
selfish struggles for power common
to most cities are entirely overcome.
There are Offices enough to go around