News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-07-19
STATE Items o..


There are said to be a45 widows in Bur.
lingtOn.
T. b. Dewart has resigned the principal
ship OF the ST. Adams schools. r
The Orleans county Republican convention
VIII be held at Barton August L.
The prohibitionists of Rutland will hold
their convention in Rutland July %.
Manchester Centre is to have distributing
Ions. r. - =.
The Populists have succeeded m getting
their recent nominations certified to nv me
QUO voters necessary TO place their State
ticket in the field
The following Vermont postmasters have
been appointed Stannard, +. H. Hatch,
vice Ransom resigned Waterford. W n
Bailey, vice Parks resigned.
Fred X. Woodward of st. Adams. has been
appointed deputy United States marshal and
will succeed Thomas Failey, who has held the
office upwards of twenty years.
At Barre Saturday, F. Caersi was fined s75
for selling liquor illegally. The Barre au-
thorities have made several additional ar
rests in an attempt to break up the Italian
kitchen barrooms.
John lreson Of Bennington is missing, and
with him : l25 that he had collected towards
paying for new uniforms Just ordered by the
to have for the tournament.
1t is understood at St Adams that a gen
eral reduction in help and salaries is in pro.
gress in the Central Vermont railroad offices.
Eleven clerks in the auditing and purchasing
departments received their notices Monday
and more are to follow.
Lawyer Wocott of Winooski, while stand.
ing near an electric light pole in that village
recently, Ieaned against it and on putting
hos tln, Il. l.
the light, received shock of electricity, that
rendered him nsensible.
The total number of polls in Bennington is
1,797, an increase of Al during the year OF
this number the village has OIL an increase
of 16. There are 2,45S names recorded. The
amount that will be raised by the town tax
is $35;311. -.
A switchman named Gaffney was endeavor-
ing to uncouple cars in the Delaware & Hud-
sou yard at West Rutland Saturday. when
! his foot became caught in the guard rail and
he was thrown under the moving train. The
| wheels passed over his body, literally cutting
| him in two.
Ira L. Hamblin of Cornwall has received
official notice that a diploma was awarded
| the Merino stock ram which he showed at the
| Worlds fair in Chicago last summer. The
animal scaled 93.4 points out of a possible
| 100 points. His fleece, of 1862 days growth,
| weighed ~ pOunOS ana ~ ounces ana Jle
| fibre measured pa inches.
The centennial of Sutton was celebrated
July 4. The day was opened by the usual
! firing of guns and ringing of bells. At nine
O'Clock procession paraded the streets. In
| the village grove dinner was served, after
which historical sketch of the town was
given by George H. Blake of Barton. The
| originator of the celebration was John Beck
! with of st. Louis.
Benjamin F. Taylor of Wheelock was on
his way to st. Johnsbury the other day, and
when near the village heard train coming.
! He turned his horse about, to get as far from
the cars as possible, fearing that the animal
might be frightened, but just as the cars
came in sight the horse started at full speed
for the crossing, running against a car with
such force as to break it neck.
The Montpelier Waterman says: Zone
curious effect of the Western strikes felt in
Vermont and elsewhere in the East is the
| prospect of shortage of medicines at the
Kelley institutes. All the institutes in the
country obtain their supplies from the parent
| institute at Dwight, ILL.,, sixty miles west of
| Chicago. During all of last week it was i'm
! possible to get anything through from there,
| and managers from institutes who had no
good supply on hand were very anxious.
The Alburgh House at Alburgh Springs.
| George w. Squire proprietor, was burned to
the ground at 2:30 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing. The fire originated in a coal bin in the
cellar underneath the part of the house occu-
pied by the help. The house had only been
open ten days and was entertaining thirty
five guests, some of whom were overcome by
smoke while trying to save their belongings.
| The only serious accident was to, George W.
| Beeman of Swanton, who jumped fIOm Sec
ond story window and injured his back. The
| hotel was a wooden structure of so rooms
and was insured. The furnishings owned by
| Mr.. Squire, were total loss with no insur-
,ance. The barns connected with The hotel
! praperty were also insured. Insured for
| $1,000 in Borley agency.