News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-07-05
STATE ITEM s.

E. A. Austin of Enosburgh Falls, commit
ted suicide by hanging Sunday.
The Democratic State committee has or
gained by eecting Col. Herbert F. Brigham
of Bakersfield, chairman, John H. Center oil
Montpelier, secretary, and Morris F. Atkins
of Montpelier, assistant secretary.
Robbie, son of Mr.. Howatt, the new manag-
er of the Speedwell farms in Lyhdonville, ran
across the road to meet his father the other
day, and in turning around suddenly, rup-
tured some internal organ and died almost
instantly.
The lumber mill at Ottawa, Canada, which
was burned last week, was he largest on the
continent, with a capacity of $4,000 900 feet
yearly. The loss is $3.50, 900. The mill was
owned by J. r. Booth of Burlington. Anoth-
er large mill near it was saved.
Vim. II. Gorham of Randolph, was found
guilty of incendiarism at the session of the
Orange county court recently. The large
| barns owned by the estate of Gorham's wife,
a mile below Randolph Centre, was burned
! last October with all their contents, including
40 head of live stock.
The Queen City Cotton company has been
formed at Burlington with a capital stock of
100000 W. j. Van Patten, U. A. Wood
bury and Elias Lyman of Burlington, and
capitalists of Hopedale, Mass, and Pawtuck-
large factory will soon be erected.
Sanford Wilder and Ernest McClay of Wood
stock have recently been fined for catching
trout less than six inches in length at Sher-
burne. Wilder caught a big string of all
sizes among which the fish warden found no
less than 10 too short, The operation cost
Mt. Miller SAG. McClay caught a smaller
number and paid $40 and costs.
There is standing on the farm of James
Wilson, OF Danville, probably the Oldest and
largest willow il Vermont. In the year 1890
John Wilson, while coming from Peacham
horse back, cut willow switch and upon his
arrival home stuck it into the ground, where
it took root, and to-day measures, circum-
ference of its trunk, 81 feet, diameter of its
foliage, 20 feet. This spring, while burning
some limbs under the tree the fire caught in
the hollow trunk and burned for a long time,
leaving a hollow in which three men can
stand upright, the hollow being nearly 10
feet in height
Mitchell Bak'r, I'd, left his wife, Lottie, and
four children, Hattie, Berney, Cora and Fred
die, aged respectively seven, five, three and
one years, at home about 5 O'Clock a. M.
Saturday last, to take away load of house
hold goods to Berkshire where he expected to
move. About O'Clock parties went into the
house and found all four children hung by
their necks to the bedstead and the canary
was also hung by it's neck to the bedroom
door handle. Mrs. Baker was found on the
bank of a brook in the bushes near by She
has been arrested and bound over in the sum
of $1,000. 1t is highly probable the woman
is insane. Baker and his wife have never
lived happily together they quarreled fire.
| quently and had parted two or three tim, s.
The case of Charles t. Walter formerly bus
mess manager and principal owner of the St.
.1ohnsbury Republican,, was tried in the Gale
donia county court Tuesday, the GOTH
Walter, who was indicted by the grand jury
for four lorgeries, amounting to $500, came
into court and ilead guilty to all four indict-
melts. Lawyer Charles A. ProutS of New
port made a strong argument for lenieacy
The court sentenced Walter on the first in
dictment for forgery of $4,000, to FIVE years
10 state prison, and ordered the other three
| indictments to stand continued and not to
be brought forward. Walters irregularities
were discovered last August and consisted in
forging the name of Col. T. c. Fletcher to
four notes After the forgeries came to light
it was found that Walter was financially en-
barrassed for large sum, estimated as high
as $75, 900.