The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-05

suspected of being horse thief, who mad re- |
ouested the postmaster to forward his mail to |
another address. |
A BURGLARY was committed at Jonesvile |
Tuesday night OF last week. Wednesday !
morning when the grocery store of Sayles g.
Eddy was opened the room was full Of smoke
and papers and postage stamps we're scattered
about. The safe had been blown open and
S12S in cash taken. A small sum in specie was
also taken from the money drawers. Three
suspicious characters were noticed lurking
around the vicinity Tuesday night. They
we're all we'll dressed and carried small satch-
els. No clue to the perpetrators has as yet
been found, further than this.
AN item in the Boston Traveller stated that
"the town of st. Albans, Vt, is excited over
the reported crookedness of some of the town
officials. The books of the town have been
kept in a loose way for several years, and it is
reported that fraudulent town orders to the
amount of from $4,000 to $4,000 have been
drawn" The Messenger denies the story in
toto, and says: "It would be interesting TO
know where the Traueller gets its exclusive
information about st. Albans affairs, for no
OIHbT pdpbT HAS luo Sdnb uoWS IL II oNiuohs
that the above report was furnished by some
malicious person for sinister purpose"
MEETING of the depostors of the st, Al
bans Trust Company was held at st. Albans
last Saturday evening. AS there was not a
large number present, it was decided after con-
siderable discussion, to adjourn till Saturday
of this week at half-past twelve o'clock, when it
t. s,.ta .laI affo tra
organization. In the meantime posters are to
be circulated and the depositors notified of the
meeting, SO as to attend or be represented by
other depositors There is deep and earnest
determination among depositors to see that
every cent possible is realized and that delin-
auents are punished, whoever they may be,
and the depositors are working in unity to
these ends.
Mr.. LYMAN CHILD, who keeps grocery,
flour and feed store at Bethel, found, on open
ing his store Monday morning, that it had
been entered some time after seven o'clock the
| previous evening by burglars, the safe blown
| open, and between 81, 500 and So, 900 stolen
Entrance to the building was made by prying
| open a door in the rear, and the safe was
opened by drilling a hole through the door in
about the middle Of the lock and inserting a
cartridge the she'll of which was found in the
door. A blacksmith shop was entered during
the night and bitstock and bit taken, which
was found near the store, with piece of old
steam-pipe, used to pry open the door. No
clue as yet to the burglars.
IT must have been an interesting scene in
Lyric hall, New York, last week, says the Sun,
"when several hundred deaf mutes gathered
there in convention, and the Rev. Job Turner
prayed and the president OF the convention de.
livered an interesting address, both without
uttering syllable, and yet expressing their
ideas fnently in the noiseless language of men
who can neither speak nor hear. What sin
| gular scene it must have been, too, when a
heated debate occurred over the question
whether one or two tickets should be put in
the field for the election Of officers, without any
Of the shouting and babbing that characterize
such debates in other assemblies! The deal
mute language certainly has some advantages
over those which are spoken with wagging
tongues
The following item appeared in the frs
issue Of the New York san, Tuesday, Septem
ber Sd, 1888, and was about the newsiest para
graph in the paper: A boy in Vermont, ac
customed to working alone, was so prone L
whistling, that, as soon as he was by himself
he unconsciously commenced. When asleeI
the muscles of his mouth, chest and lungs wer,
80 completely concatenated in the association
he whistled with astonishing shrillness A pal,
countenance, loss of appetite, and almost tota
prostration of strength, convinced his mothe
it would end in death, If not speedily over
come, which was accomplished by placing hin
in the society of another boy, who had order
to give him a blow as soon as he began t
whistle" This fable seems to teach with grea
force that the San began by telling only tn
truth. but some of its later issues would indi
cate departure from this high standard.
A ST. ALBANs dispatch says that two mem
bers of the New York syndicate who are ne
gotiating for the purchase Of the Southeastern
railroad, made flying visit to st. Alban
Saturday, and had conference with Mr.. Bar
low, as result of which certain papers were ex
ecuted, which it is said have the effect to put tn
syndicate in Mr.. Barlow's place and decide tn
question of purchase. The delay in consumma
tion has been caused by the attitude of som
of the Southeastern directors, notably, Cbaffee
who is understood to be a Canadian Pacifi
man, and who has publicly stated that MI
Barlow had no interest to sell in the road an
could transfer no title. There is good reaso
for the belief that the syndicate have abar
doned attempts at an amicable arrangemer
with the directors and creditors and taken tn
step which places them in Mr.. Barlow's shoel
= fully prepared for fight to maintain their pt
sition, should 1t prove necessary.
COUNSEL for the Vermont e. Canada and tn
new consolidated railroad company of Vernon
have agreed on a course of action in the Hai
ard suit This is brought by Mr.. Hazard,
u stockholder in the Vermont & Canada railroad
to prevent the proposed consolidation of til
Central Vermont system into the new con
pany and the wiping out of the Vermont
Canada stock by its exchange for the bono
3 which the new corporation is to issue I'll
" hearing will be before Judge Wheeler of ii
r federal court at Burlington to-day. Senate
d Edmunds and B. F. Fifeld Esq. will appei
4: for the road and Elias Mtrwin, Esq, of Bostc
T for Mr.. Hazard The injunction granted
i Judge Field against the American Loan al
Il Trust company to permit the issue of Il
IS bonds, will hinge upon Judge WheeeT's deci