News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1895-08-01
STATE IIEMS.

Herald, Boston, Is visiting friends in Orange
county.
The Vermont Farm Machine Co.. of Bellows
Falls will build an addition to its plant to
cost over $4,000.
There will be a reunion of past general as
sembes OF Vermont in Montpelier the first
week in October.
Brandon has three men 80 years of age
now living on the same places on which they
were born and where they have always lived
In the excursion cars used to carry people
to Buffalo Bills show at Rutland 1! empty
orket books were found when the cars were
cleaned.
Jed Glare aged IS, brakeman on a freight
train, fell from the top of car, about one
and half miles east of Williston, and was
instantly killed. His home was in Waterloo
20.
John Calahoon had his right foot crushed
by shifting engine in the freight yard at st.
Adams. He was taken to the hospital
where his foot was dressed. He will loose the
member.
Ira Woodstock of Troy was attacked by a
bull one day last week, thrown several feet in
the air and badly hurt by coming down on
pile of stones. The animal would probably
have killed him, but for the timely arrival of
his son.
The North Thetford creamery received dur
ing the month of June, PA 100 pounds of
milk from which they made 1854 pounds of
butter, selling it 81, 105 sc after deducting
expenses. They paid their patrons Is cents
per pound.
woman named Matilda Watts, 81 years
of age, stepped in front of train 70 near
North DuXbury and was struck and instantly
killed The engineer saw her sitting beside
the track and then get up apparently con-
fin cod and ste rio ht in front nf ha
A few nights ago an employee of the Fall
Mountain Paper Co., of Bellows Fals, demon
strated unusual eccentrcities as a somnam-
bulist. He got up at two O'Clock in the morn
ing, harnessed his team, let a loed of pulp
wood into his wagon and drove down to the
mill entirely unconscious of what he was doing.
A carefully gathered record of fires in Yer
mont tor three months, between April | and
July l, shows IA occurring, with property
loss of $537 900. Among them are seven
steam sawmills, IL other manufactures, 80
farm buildings. ID village dwellings, and five
other buildings. The St. Adams fire caused
loss of $500 600. The causes were defective
chimneys and pipes, 1G; kerosene lamps and
lanterns, 3; boys and matches, 5 sparks on
roofs, 4 boilers, 4 hot boxes on machinery,
3; lightning, 81 tramps, 2, and p unreport-
ed and unknown.
Statistics of the last census, recently pub
lished, show that among the male popula
latlon IN Vermont IN 1890 there were Is ,Ol2
agricultural laborers, BIB farmers, 1873
miners, 2O69 clergymen. l39 dentists, 80
artists, IS journalists, 45l lawyers 800 gov
eminent officials, GA physicians and sur
geons, BOG teachers, 80 theatrical managers
and shOwmen, 342 BARRIERS, % bartendeis
572 engineers and tiremen (not locomotive),
oS6 commercial travellers, 594 locomotive
engineers and hremen, 2943 merchants and
dealers, 339 Butchers, and 1912 carpenters
and jolners.
A big dam is to be built across the river at
Sheldon. The main wall will be about 500
feet long, 20 feet wide at base 10 to 20 feet
| high; 1T Will be filled in with stone at back
20 feet more, so the whole structure will be
40 feet broad at base. Canal will be 900 feet
long, average 10 to II feet deep and % feet
work. }. NJ. Ellis, contractor, has three
steam drills, three steam derriCks, with hoist
ing engines and bo lers attached, to run
steam drills He also has in use about the
works, two hand derricks, and has already
shipped car loads of tools, ETC., to carry on
| the work.
! There is q remarkable family of Froo No
sons living in the vicinity of Randolnb Thee
! opnerntions are ranrssan+od and +ba oidost 10
9rohahlv The Oldest Mason in MONT of ,,or,D
! hersbin in New ENGLAND Jamas p CIo,1o-
land Sr wasa Mason in Risino Sun Id,
! in Snuth RovaIton in .Tnne 1901 fins hoi1T
the different bodies up to, and including the