The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.


ported.
STAMFORD people are hunting for large
panther which has been seen and heard in
that town.
Snow fell to the depth of nine inches on the
Green Mountains three miles from Manches-
ter, the 23d
ABOUT ninety sheep were shipped from Mid
dlebury two weeks ago and little has been
done since in that line.
REV. J. L. GLEDHILL OF Ludlow has been
called to the Winthrop Street Universast
church at Augusta, Me.
THE docket of Windsor county court Deem
Der term, contains only one hundred and two
cases, the smallest number yet.
THE new Billings library at Burlington is to
be magnificent structure of stone, one hundred
and sixty feet long, with tower ninety feet
high.
SUBSCRIPTION paper is in circulation for
the purpose of obtaining funds for a Young
Mems Christian Association building in Bur-
lington.
THE shade roller company at Vergennes,
whose buildings were burned about three
months ago, are now running in their new
buildings.
EARL L. WARREN, a prominent citizen of
Orwell, was almost killed the 20th inst. while
taking down shed by being struck by fall
ing timber.
MISS JUDD of East Bethel, who attempted
suicide with Paris green few weeks ago, has
since adopted new method of self-destruc-
tion-gettng married
THE docket for the December term of Caledo-
mia county court has ninety-seven civil cases
and fourteen state cases, and the chancery
contains thirty-three cases.
EDWARD JONES, a fireman on the South
eastern, was killed in the Richford yard last
week. He slipped and fell from the engine,
and received broken skull.
FRANK BUCHANAN and wife of Greensboro
Bend, who had Just returned from wedding
trip, were thrown from a wagon. He had
thigh broken and she received sprained ankle.
AT Enosburgh Falls some few evenings since,
the wooden mill belonging to NJ. A. Kent, was
broken into and about 800 worth of cloth
stolen. No clue to the thieves has as yet been
discovered.
CHARLES FULLER of st. Johnsbury, insane,
jumped from car last Thursday at Lyndon
Vile, ON his way to the Brattleboro asylum,
and cut his throat with a pocket knife. He
may recover.
AT Bennington few days ago some little
boys were playing with bonfire and threw in
a small cartridge 1t exploded and the shell
lodged in the eye of son of Benson Thrasher
The injury is not considered dangerous.
BLACKSMITH LANoU of Shelburn tried to break
into the Home for Destitute Children in Bur-
lington last Friday morning while drunk, scar
summoned by telephone and arrested the man.
FOUR burglaries and an attempt at a fifth
were made at Rutland last Thursday night,
but so far as known the whole amount secured
was about one dollar. The burglars are sup
posed to be amateurs and are as yet undetected
THE dwelling and ice house on Mr. James A.
Shedd's farm, south of Burlington, were de-
stroyed by fire early the 25th, the flames orig
mating from a defective flue. The house was
occupied by Mr.. Bixby, and most of the furnit-
ure was burned. Loss about So, 600; insured.
ROBERT NULTY, proprietor of Rowe's hotel,
Burlington, pleaded guilty in the city court to
two offences of liquor selling and was SEN
be imprisoned in the house of correction for q
month He appealed. Mrs. Gilhooly was
fined $40 and costs for one offence
THE Windham county poultry and pet stock
association will hold their annual exhibition at
Brattleboro four days, beginning December
18th, at the town hall. These officers have been
chosen: President julius j. Estey; secretary,
D. E. Tasker; assistant secretaries, E. Wales,
Jr., and o. G. Clancy; treasurer, H. B. Cham
beran.
NEWELL BURNHAM of Barton quarreled with
his wife, and recently left her to the of the
overseer of the poor. He afterward snatched
her young baby from her and had it driven
into the house and left her. The wife is nearly
insane and the neighbors are highly indignant
over the affair.
THE supply of onions from the Cornwall
onion district is perhaps not so large as usual,
but the quality is good good many Corn
wall men got caught last year by raising a
very large crop of onions which they had to
sell at a very low price in order to get rid of
them at all. This year they seem to have
been more cautious, and they now are getting
forty cents per bushel for their crop at the
cars in Middlebury.
Tuesday and voted S4, 900 to fit up the new
town hall. There was much opposition, as
many supposed the $4,000 originally voted
would cover every thing. sarcastic motion
to appropriate So, 600 to fit up the grounds was
amended to read $500 and passed Bonds pay
able in seven years and redeemable after two
years, at the option Of the town, drawing five
per cent interest, will be issued to cover the
appropriations.
A PRELIMINARY examination pertaining to
the Cambridgeport wooen-mill fire, which &C.
CURED last August only few hours after it was
insured, and which has been widely COM
mented upon because of the fact that the
owner of the mill, Robert Fitton, had burned
out eight times before, was begun before Judge
Wyman, at Martin & Eddy's office, at Brattle-
boro, Tuesday. Colonel W. S. B. Hopkins Of
Worcester appeared for the companies, and
Lawyer Goddard of Ludlow for Elton.
TRENoR w. PARKS estate was settled accord
ing to the statutes providing for dsposing Of
the estates Of persons dying intestate. Solomon
Haydenfelt Of San Francisco has informed the
heirs of the existence of will made by Mr.
Park about twenty-five years ago in which Mr.
Haydenfelt was named as executor This will
was revoked by a subsequent testament. bu
the administrator thinks bet to put the paper
before the probate court and have the matte
judicially settled, although there is no proba
bility that it will have any effect on the dis
posal of the property.
Other Localities.
DIPHTHERIA in Greensboro N c. after car