Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-27

MVh'pehet narrowly escaped two disastrous
fires during the pas; week On Sunday morning.
about hnlfpast one, an alarm was sounded. which
was quickly responded TO by our citizens The
lire was found to he in the cellar Of the store Of
! A. J, Inadvertently Mcclure sin the block on
state street, owned by Samuel NJ Walton The
| IRE was under good headway, and In n few mo-
inents moro would have proved formidable. The
engines were promptly on hand, and did effective
service, as did the stream from the force pump at
| +. W Bailoys mill The fire was thus mainly
confined to the partitions, from which a dense
/ smoke escaped The fire was finally evtinruishod
without any extensive damage To the building. al
though the stock in trade OF Mr. Bnoy was badly
damaged by water Adjoining the store Of Mr.
| Balcy was the saloon of A. j. Robbins which
suffered considerably, although the goods were
not moved out &. T. Fullerton's shoe store came
next, aud his entire stock was removed and some
what damaged. There is considerable doubt ns
To the origin Of the fire but we think tho general
verdict is that il was an incendiary Consi iering
the large amount Of property endangered by this
| ife and the nianmablo nature Of the building
en- escape from another general conaagfaton is a
matter Of cUngmtulation Tho parties injured by
tho fire were well insured
Another fire was discovered about eleven
O'Clock Sunday night, in some glass boxes in
which wis q quantity Of straw, piled mp In the
/ rear Of the store occupied by Fuller 4 Howe at
the head u State street The fire was discovered
by the night Waterman, who promptly gave the
alarm, and the fire WAS extinguished without dam
cge The wall against which these boxes were
piled WAS wooden one. and inside was a very
large stock Of paints oils, etc, and had it not
been for the prompt discovery OF the fire, q seri-
Gus conaagration must have ensuod
In both these cases our people are 10 be congrat-
ulated upon SO narrow an escape from serious dam
age We understand that the authorities have de-
cidcd to put an efficient night patrol upon the
streets-a measure which the safety Of our prop
erty would seem to impcrtvely demand
FlRE N BiToN.--The bam and contents Of Mr.
Sylvester Fisher were entirely destroyed by fire.
on Friday evening last Insured in the Windsor
County Mutual for 500 on barn and 500 on con-
tent. The FIRE is supposed to have been set
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lmE IS TBoY-On Friday Of last week the
dwelling house, she'd and nearly all the furniture
and clothing aud provisions therein, belonging to
Arthur H. Chase, Of Troy, were consumed by fire
The lo,. is about $1,000, and the Insurance 500
fnE IN NoRru DrRr, The old hotel stand
situated at Noitn Derby, and owned by Jerry
Drew, Of st. Johnsbury, was destroyed by fire on
"Wednesday night october 20th LOIS partially
covered by insurance Cause Of fire unknown
The buildius was occupied 10y several families as
a dwelliug-house
RUN0HED CoNrEssloSlt is rumored that
Frenchman, living in Ludlow, has confessed to
Catholic priest that he is the murderer Of the
Italian organ grinder, whose remains were found
in the woods near that place few years ago lie
was suspected at the time, but the evidence was
not suhicieu, to warrant his arrest
HEAVY FAILURE The failure Of Robert Fitton
wooden manufacturer, proprietor Of the Spring
Mills ia Cayendish is occasi6niug no little excite
ment in the wool trade OF Boston His Boston in
debiedncss is quite large the result mainly II
wool purchases IN that market The total liabii-
ties are about one hundred and forty thousand
dollars
Lrcrrms deputy y J. Boyden, OF Waits
field will lecture at Plainfed on Monday even
ing November lat, at Orange ON Wednesday
evening, November "a and at West Topsham on
Friday eve. Ing, November 9TH. Tho lectures viii
commence AZ seven O'Clock. r. " Mr. Boyden
Will organize oranges the next evening after each
lecture
ruE CAVALRY RuSioS.--The Cavalry lcunino
was held at St Adams, last week Monday The
attendance was not large but made mp in en-
thu,iasm what it lacked in numbers The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President Lieutenant Eli Holden, OF Barre Vice
President Captain Horace X lde Of st Johns
bury; Secretary Lieutenant William J.. Green
leaf, Of Wmoo.ki Treasurer, Sergeant Seymour
II Wood, OF St Adams.
B,rTER MAmtEr The St Adams butter mar.
ket ON Tuesday, WIS very dull, and prices de-
cliued FROM two to three cents from last weeks
quotations No demand for low grades We
quote common to fair at from fifteen to twenty
cents medium to good, twenty two TO twenty-five
cents prime fall butter, twenty -fye to twenty
eight cents selections, thhty 10 tlh.ty -ree cents
one or two lots OF extra nice brought thrty-fiye
cents, but there was not enough sold 70 establish
n quotation.
ArrHurEp ABpr crinN. One evening last week.
as young lady Of Bennington was going u a
nciehbors house. along a dark street q close ear
rase stopped near her and she seized by two
men who attempted TO drag her into the carriage
Her screams called ueighbor to her aid, and the
despeuadoes hurried away similar attempt was
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ia thnt"h PRISON lof causing the deith oil woman
az thc state line
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best posted rs Ia his guilt. lie has been fully
identified a. being in the vicinity OF the place
I where the murder was committed, at or about the
time Of is commission. Ia Paige made second
desperate attempt to escape on Thursday, but was
/ foiled, and is now under strong guard II is ru-
mored that Ia Paige has made some kind OF
confession 10 the officers but nothing definite is
] known OF II. Att"rney-Geneml Clark has sum
moned the grand jury, who were only excused,
not dismissed, TO assemble in Concord, ON Thurs
day, to pass upon his case.
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