News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1895-10-24
STATE ITEMS.


There are pow 165 inmates at the state
prison at Windsor.
There are now 231 patients in the Water
bury insane asylum.
Over 100 rattlesn axes have been killed in
Fairhaven this season. One man killed 1S
last II onth
The several Congregational societies in
Windham county have contributed $4,000 to
home missions this season.
Frank Gould of Greensboro has been ap-
pointed to the chair of chemistry at Wes-
leyan university at Middletown, Conn.
Joshua Martin of Londonderry recently
killed lynx that measured feet 21a inches
long, stood 20 inches high and weighed 10
pounds.
The contract for installing the new electric
light plant at the Waterbury insane asylum
has been awarded at $1,000, to AImon & Sar-
gent, who put in the Morrisyille plant
1t is reported that St. Johnsbury is soon
to have an electric street railway. charter
is already in existance and prominent CAPT.
taists are showing interest in the scheme.
H. K, Darling of Chelsea, being member
of the bar of North Carolina, was admitted
to the Vermont bar by the supreme court at
Montpelier recently, on the motion of Hon.
j. D. DenisOn of Randolph.
The Democrats of Richford have nominated
Oscar McGregor as postmaster to I'll the va
cancy caused by the death of Herbert NJ Golf
Mr.. McGregor's name will be presented at
Washington for appointment.
A Guildford man appeared in Brattleboro
the other day to ride on the eectrics and who
though 70 wears old and passing his whole
life within FIVE miles of both, was never before
on either steam or electric car.
Fred s. Heaton of North Fayston shot a
wOOdphuck rppeutlv that was
The two teeth in the lower jaw grew into and
up through the roof of the mouth. The old
men say they never saw one like it before.
E. T. Monaban, commander of the Vermont
Division Sons of Veterans, U. s. A., of Under
hill, has been appointed member of com
mittee authorized by the recent national en-
campment of the order to prepare ten years
service badge.
Monday afternoon Isaac Pratt, a veteran
tIapper OF Bennington, exhibit the carcass of
black bear caught by him in O trap on the
mountains near Pownal The bear was
about three years old, in good condition and
weighed ITS pounds. 1t was alive when Mr.
Pratt reached it, and be shot it through the
head. This makes 40 bears that Mr.. Pratt,
who is now 10 years OF age, has trapped and
killed on the mountains in that vicinity.
W. E. Huntoon of Lowell Mass, brought
four carrier pigeons to White River Junction
Ou uuo Vi OFtODbF D, IDey were
liberated at once bpt did not get back to
Lowell until 10 O'Clock a. m. on the follow
ing day. having roasted over night some
where. On October 10 at 1880 a. m, Mr.
Huntoon liberated two more sent to him by
express from the same loft in Lowell which
reached home at p. m. on the same day.
tramp tried to gain admittance to the
house of Peter Manning in Rochester last
Friday night Failing in this, he took pos
session of an unoccupied house near by and
proceeded to build a fire and make himself
at home. The neighbors routed him out but
had quite lively scrimmage to do it. He
was arrested and brought before Justice Chat
fee, who sent him to oodstock to await the
action of the grand Jury. He gave his name
as Joseph Robinson and said he was born in
Texas.
DR.. W. E. Putnam of Bennington has
small collection of very valuable coins The
Oldest are three small copper coins, quarter
sheckels, part of the first coinage of the
Jews in the reign of Antiochus VII, 100 B. G.
There is no date on them but the distin-
guished sheaves and flowers are very plain
They were found in some excavations made
at Jerusalem, and DR.. Selah Merrill, for sew
eral years United States consul at Jerusalem,
vouches for their authenticity DR.. Putnam
also has a Roman coin of the time of KinE
Aggrippa, one of Constantine the Great, one
of the PtoIemy dynasty, coin of the time
of Julius Cesar and a number OF ancient
Egyptian, Bulgarian, and Greek coins.