News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-01-07
STATE NEWS,

Mrs Sarah Dee of st. Johnsbury, fell Dec.
% and broke her hip.
New York capitalists may erect large
summer hotel on Lake Dunmore.
Otis Smalley of Grafton, dropped dead the
other day while returning from work.
A mandatory in Brattlebore shipped 90
600 rocking horses for holiday trade.
The blacksmith shop of Rufus Poole in
Guildhall, was recently burned with all its
contents.
E. c. Hall. who for two years has run a
store in Rutland has failed for something
over $1,000.
shed in Charlotte, owned by A. " H.
ard was burned December 30, with a arge
quantity OF hay.
W. F. Nichols of Mortified, has resigned as
a postal clerk and is to enter the telegraph
office at Essex Junction.
Noah Smith a quarryman at Barre, fe |
from freight car few days ago and strik-
ing Oh his head, was seriously injured.
Frank. the 1S-year-od son of D. T. John
son of Carleton, while chopping the other
day cut two toes from his right foot.
Chester Gates OF Hartford, fell in a fit while
going home on a recent Sunday evening, and
vas run over by team, receiving sew re in
juries.
Mrs. Macdiarmid of Newport, was recently
dipped it in alcohol to use about Mrs. Kay.
who was ill
J r. Robbins of Gould's Mills has added ii
story to his saw mill and has Just completed
dry house for his turned stock. He now
employs ) men.
Fred Tuliper of Rutland, has been con-
nitted to jail after hearing on the char ~
# having committed some Of the recent burg
larieS in Rutland.
an u 1 I J
school have begun bank accounts with the
PIo.tor Trust Company. The first deposit
mounted to $40 81.
At the last meeting OF the New York State
NerinO Sheep Breeders association recently
'pld in Rochester, S. B. Lusk, was elected
pres dent of the association.
Surveys have been made through Wealth
ersfield for a railroad five times and as yet
40 enginn is III sight, though the project is
again being thoroughly discussed.
Two tramps attempted to break into the
house of Horace Mahuron in FaystOn, on a
recent evening but was frightened away by a
small boy with an ugly looking revolver.
Theophelus Benway, the stone cutter at
Barre whose ATTEMPTED suicide has been noted
died from the effects of the overdose of lau-
danum, which was the drug that he swallow
ed
Louis Marquette and Fred Smith Of Mont
peier, have been arrested for stealing article S
at dance in East Montpe Ter. Marquette
confessed and some of the articles were re-
covered.
An exchange says D. W. Thrasher of Ascut
enyville has a cider barrel which has been
used each year for 50 years and now is in a
good state of preservation. But how about
the cider
st. Johnsbury Post Office leads all Offices
in the State in perfect SCI vice. Only 3 errors
were made during the year, Notwithstanding
some 1900 pouches were Sc. from the office
in that time.
Fred Chandler, a former Brattleboro bow.
who aided Abortion a cashier III a bank in
Tacoma, Wash. to escape with 1920 900.
has been sentenced to five years Imprisonment
at hard labor
Mrs. Knight of Guildhall, was recently mis-
taken for some wild animal by Simon Handy
who at once began throwing stones, one of
which struck the woman in the head making
a CHASTITY wound.
Nina NewcOmb of Waitsfield, fell while at
play, and was caught by one shoulder on a
hammock hook, the iron penetrating 20 the
bone. The child hung there for some time I'M
til ner cries summoned aid
f. c. Partridge, who was at one time coun-
sci for the Vermont marble company at Rut-
land, and later private secretary for Secre-
tary of War Proctor, has been appointed So
licitor OF the state department, succeeding
Walker Blaine
man claiI ing to be a State detective and
was looking up cases of illegal liquor tried
to get large sum of money from the pro-
prietor of the American house in Brattleboro
recently. Becoming alarmed that his scheme
might work against him and lead him to ar
rest, he skipped into New Hampshire
Geo gre Aitken, Superintendent of the Bill
lings farm at Woodstock raised probably
the largest field of corn ever raised in Yer
mont on that farm. There were 50 acres in
the field. With the manure, $50 pounds OF
fertilizer was use1 to the acre, and averaged
trifle over 100 bushels to the acre this year
Ri Rev. Bishop DeGoes BRAND, bishop OF
Burlington has announced several changes
among clergy of the state to take effect an
18th. Among them being Rev. FIR. Lane from
M!ddebury to Poultney, to be succeeded by
Rev. FT. Gelot Rev. FIR. Brelivet of Mortified
takes the parish at Barre, and Rev Donahue
of Burlington succeeds him at Mortified
The Argus and Patriot tells of the visit OF
Samuel Amcs Salisbury crank, to Justice
Morrill, in Washington. He insisted that he
had been elected senator to succeed ex-Sena-
tor Edmunds, instead of Mr.. Proctor when
he told that the latter was appointed not
eected, the lunatic claimed Mr. Nlorrl's seat,
declaring that he had certainly been elected
to the United States Senate.