News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-09-20
STATE NEWS.


Mrs John Foley of Reading, who is over
so years old, fell the other day and broke one
arm in two places.
The st. Johnsbury lodge, Knights of
Pythias, has chartered a special train for the
Dewey celebration, in which the members will
be quartered while in Montpelier.
recent liquor raid, instituted at Roxbury
by the anti-saloon league, resulted in the
seizure at the Columbia house, OF a consider
able quantity of whiskey and wine.
\ man and woman we're driving in Rutland
last week when a pedestrian discovered a
straw rug ia the bottom OF the carriage bIaz-
ing merrily. Smokers should take heed and
beware of straw rugs.
COW belonging to Jerry Powers of Athens
fell into the cellar of the house on the town
farm recently and was not found until, FIVE
days afterward. A veterinary has been at
work on the animal and hopes to save its
life.
Harrison Pressey of East Thetford was in
stantly killed Friday by special train from
the state fair at White River Junction. Mr.
Pressey was seventy eight years of age and a
respected and prominent citizen of East Thet
ford. He was struck By the train while cross
ing the track.
A Rutland man has a scarf pin resembling
a gold nugget made of gold filings which
have fallen out OF his teeth The actual value
of the nugget, which weighs about three
pennyweights, is not over so while the
owner says he has paid dentists for the work
81, 200 to 81, 800,
A reunion of the surviving members of the
18th Vermont regiment, 1.-The Baby Seven
teenth," will be held at Rutland, Wednesday.
October IS. The business meeting will be
held at the hall of Roberts Post at O'Clock
p. m. campfire will be held in the evening
roll call of the survivors will be held for the
purpose OF correcting the roster.
The Vermont Marble company is about to
put in a sand. carrying apparatus of man.
moth proportions to Proctor. 1t will con-
sist OF a continuous cable with buckets at in
tervals to carry sand from the immense sand
deposits on Cheney hill to their mills TIE
distance is about two miles and the appara-
atus will represent an investment of at least
$4,000.
canvass of Bennington village shows now
residing in its limits nine men each over so
years OF age They live within a mile of each
other, and, with the exception OF one, who is
i'll, are on the streetevery day. Two
of them we're in California in the early min
ing days. All have been married. but only one
has a wife now living. Only one of the num-
Der belongs to secret society and TWO of
them served in the civil war. With one eX-
ceptlOn all are over Oh.
James NJ. Slade, judge of probate died sud
denly at his home in Middlebury last Wed
nesday. He graduated from Middlebury col
lege in 1867, studied law in the Albany N. Y
law school and tn the office OF Stewart & E.
dredge at Middlebury being admitted to the
bar in 1870 He was appointed Secretary Of
civil and military affairs the same year by
Gov. Stewart. Herepresented Mddlebury in
the legislature in 1874, was deputy collec-
tor Of revenue several years, and served as
States Attorney, town Superintendent of
schools and in other public offices. He has
been Judge of probate the last 10 years. He
is survived by wife and daughter.
Thousands of trout have died in me noun
tain brooks near Lincoln as result of the
drouth. In the Varney brook alone 10000
are dead. Sxty-tw dead fish, not including
yearlings, we're counted in single hole.
Some of the deep holes are full of big trout
which are so hungry that they will take
grasshopper from PERSONS hand. Ga the
headwaters of New Haven river the streams
have not failed entirely, as spr ngs are numer-
Gus, but dead trout on the banks are no I'M
usual sight. In Rpton the Sibley brook and
the large Beaver meadow brook into which it
flows, are a natural feeding ground Tor trout.
This stream is almost dry and hundreds of
fish, caught in the long, deep holes in the
Beaver meadow, have persisted.
Scion Burroughs of Vergennes had some
fresh meat in the cold storage building of NJ.
T. Bristol He went into the room with Bris-
tol after some of 1t and was lett there and
accidently locked in. He called for help and
tried to batter down the door. Every minute
he was getting colder. He was suffering in
tense pain. Finally he discovered pane OF
glass in the room which he broke and then
began to call for help. Ernest Gaunyea final
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titled Bristol, who at once unlocked the door
When Burroughs came out he said he felt
sleepy and from all indications was on The
point of freezing. He said he never suffered
with the cold so much. The temperature is
cold enough to freeze meat solid in "a hours