The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 State Notes 8/2/1889 Senator Justin S. MORRILL and family are at Mount Mansfield House in Stowe. A horse recently knocked Johnny LUCIER down at Jay, and stepped on his neck. It is now hoped the Bennington woolen mills will be in readiness to start by the 15th of August. A party of 225 Fresh Air children from New York were distributed at points along the Bennington & Rutland railroad, yesterday. Hendryx, a gray gelding bred at Dowagiac, Mich., won the $10,000 stake at the Detroit horse-trot, last week, time, 2:18 3/4. Hendryx is a great-grandson of old Vermont Black Hawk. Adella DOLOFF, 23 years old, living in Sutton, shot herself with a revolver, Sunday night, the ball entering just above the heart and passing through the body. No cause is assigned. The chances are that she may recover. The new steam yacht Elfrida has reached Burlington after steaming from the Delaware river in eight and one-half days. She is 117 feet long over all, and is manned by a crew of 15. She is made of steel, with handsome fittings and appointments. The probability that First Lieut. Ralph W. HOYT of the Eleventh U. S. Infantry would give instructions in rifle practice at the annual encampment of the Vermont National Guard, is now made a certainty by an official order detailing him for that purpose. Patrick McMAHON, aged 55 years, station agent at Montpelier junction for five years, was instantly killed, Tuesday forenoon, about 11 o'clock. In jumping from a morning freight-train, he fell under the saloon-car, his head being nearly severed from his body. State's Attorney E. D. CUDWORTH of South Londondery, went to Brattleboro, Tuesday, and summoned G. E. SHERMAN, proprietor of the American house, before him on the charge of illegal liquor-selling. SHERMAN plead guilty to 40 first offenses, and was fine $300 and costs. The Vermont Valley Railroad Co have closed a contract with the Boston Bridge Co. for a new iron bridge to replace the wooden structure near the mouth of West river. The span will be 200 feet, with an approach of 50 feet at the north end, and will cost about $15,000. George KANE was assaulted by Michael SULLIVAN in J. R. BOOTH's lumber yard at Burlington, Tuesday afternoon of last week, and died from the effects of his injuries last Monday morning. KANE and SULLIVAN had been fellow workmen in the lumber yard for some time. At Norwich, last Friday night, the store of E. W. OLDS, in which the postoffice is located, was entered by burglars, who cut a door-panel. A considerable quantity of clothing, boots and shoes, and about $15 in money and stamps, were stolen. There is no clue tot he burglars. An insurance adjuster for a Hartford company recently stated that in the last five years his company had lost over $3,000 above premiums received in Brattleboro and vicinity, and that in Rutland they were $29,000 behind; but equilibrium is preserved, and they even up out of other places. A section hand on the Central Vermont line, while walking the track between Swanton and St. Armand, P. Q., Tuesday morning, discovered the mangled remains of a man who had been overtaken and crushed to death by a freight train passing over the road during the night before. The dead man proved to be Feton BROW of Swanton, and is presumed to have been under the influence of liquor at the time of the accident. A case in the town ofCalais is puzzling the medical fraternity of that region. A two-year-old daughter of Charles SILVER, a well-to-do farmer of Calias, the 22d ult. sank into a profound sleep, and neither her parents nor the attending physician have been able to rouse her. The small amount of nourishment that she has taken has been forced down her throat a drop at a time, while the child appeared perfectly unconscious and made no effort to swallow. She has heretofore been in perfect health. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT