The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Wafrhnan & 9onrnaL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1888.
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build a telephone line from that village to
West Randolph
THE next meeting in the Morse school-house,
East Montpelier, conducted by Rev. Mr.
Wright, is to be held August nineteenth
ST.. JoHNsBURY has been decided upon as
the place Of the next encampment Of the Ver-
mont militia. 1t will be held September 4-S.
TIE Calais Christian Sunday school will hold
their picnic in S. S. Fuller's grove, Wednesday,
August 10th. East Calais Worcester and Wood
bury are cordially invited.
REFoRMER "we would like to inform the
newspapers up north that Colonel Hooker will
not begin that carriage trip through the state
until he gets through with his Sabbath-school
picnics."
THE Springfield Republican is authority for
the statement that Ex-Governor Smith has in
formed reporter of the Washington Capital
that he has " no desire to go to the United
States senate"
ONE Of the most deceptive counterfeit coins
ever issued, fifty-cent piece, has made its ap-
pearance in New York The piece s, how
ever, of light weight, and is composed of nickel
and silver, being valued at fifteen cents.
THE Messenger says that there is veritable
Tom Thumb in Bondvlle Bennington county,
in the person Of Charles Temple, who is twen-
ty-two years of age and only thirty-six inches
in height. He is quite robust and healthy.
News has just been received from Mankato,
Mimi, of the death by suicide of Mrs Caroline
Gilman Payne, formerly of Williamstown and
wife Of Rev E. P. Payne formerly of Barre.
Cause, insanity as the result of poor health.
THE third annual reunion of the veterans of
Windsor county is to be held at Hartford, Sep
tember 4th. 1t is expected that this will be the
largest and most successful yet held by this
organization. The reunion will close with a
grand campfire.
THE special province of the Argus seems to
be TO read lectures to its contemporaries. more
ESPECIALLY the WATcHMAN, on the proper way to
conduct a reputable" paper, and to set itself
up as a model of that class, We beg to be ex-
cused, all the same.
Miss LIZZIE JEFFERIEs, the aeronaut, better
known as "Zszel," who was here with Do
ris' circus, recently sustained severe injuries
by a fall at Springfield, Mass, and is now in
the Massachusetts General Hospital at Boston,
where it is thought she cannot recover.
Hon. FRANK A. FLOWER commissioner of
statistics Of Wisconsin, has come to Vermont
TO gather some additional data relative to
Matt II. Carpenter, whose life he is writing
- and which will soon be ready for the press
ne AIN -,iiiL this county during his stay in
the state.
The vacancy in the principalship of Barre
academy CAUSED by the resignation of Profess
sor Slocum has been filled by the engagement
of Edward Fl. butcher, A.B, a teacher of ex-
perience The assistant principal is Mr.. G. +.
Bailey and Mrs II. P. Gale, a former matron,
has been secured.
WILLIAM CASEY of Waterbury, E. T. Parcher
of Mddlesex, and H. F. Hersey of Calais, were
arrested Friday for intoxication and lodged in
the cooler Casey disclosed on a friend, Hersey
could not seem to remember much about it.
AMI Parcher disclosed on j. Cayhue. A trial
by jury was demanded by Cayhue and he was
acquitted.
j. r. DARLING and A. ]. Carpenter of Groton
will, by the middle of August, begin the erec-
ton of steam mill ninety by thirty feet on
Hosmer's pond, mile north of the railroad
line. The lumber will be delivered at the
summit, three miles west of Peabody station.
They have contracted to deliver to that point
100000 feet of lumber.
SATURDAY morning as the New York express
on the Central Vermont was approaching Col
chester 1t colided with the rear end of freight
train that was setting off on a siding, and badly
demoralized several freight cars. The pas
senger train kept the track and none of the
passengers were injured although the engineer
was considerably bruised.
FREE PRESS "a prominent and wealthy
citizen Of Addison county-Hon. Joseph Bat
tell-has purchased twelve thousand acres OF
land in that county for no other purpose than
to preserve the forests which now flourish upon
it from destruction. Had the state few more
men as actively interested in the subject, there
would be no need of forestry commission.
BROTHER BLAKE of the Monitor issued his
last paper Saturday instead of Monday and an
nounces that he shall skip the next issue. II
is probably only suspicious coincidence, but
we cannot help noticing that Forepaugh OK.
hibited at St. Johnsbury last Monday and re.
membering that it takes some men a week to
get over circus, a possible explanation of the
whole matter is suggested.
AT the annual meeting Of the South Eastern
railway company, at Montreal, July 10Th, the
following were elected directors for the ensu
ing year; Hon. Bradley Barlow, Messrs. E
Raymond, j. Thomas Vose, Boston; Duncan
Mcintyre, Montreal; B. B. Smalley. Buring
ton; A. B. Chaffee, Montreal F. A. Metcalf
c. N Bishop, st. Adams; James OHaloran
T. A. Mackinnon, Cowansville
SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON of the marine
hospital service has notified the health author
tiles at New York, Philadelphia, New Haven
Providence and Boston that several vessels
from Europe laden with rags purchased il
Egypt after cholera appeared there are On rout,
to New York and New England ports. Secre
tary Folger has telegraphed to the collectors O.
customs to enforce the law and regulations il
such cases from the mdest to the severest a,
occasion shall demand
H. G. FAY Of Rutland, who was the head
tail, and body of Mason & Co. OF this village
has sued Editor Atkins of the Argus for 5000
damages on account of articles published In
that paper said to reflect on his financial repu