The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-03
Vermont state News.

A GRAND ARMY Posr will be organized at
Wells River.
|. J. FLANAGAN OF Burlington has sold nj.
horse Prince" for 81, 900.
CHESTER farmers are nearly all feeding their
stock, because the pastures are short.
MALIGNANT scarlet fever is quite prevalent
at Clarendon Springs and at West Rutland.
THE Grand Army posts in Addison county
Will hold reunion at Bristol October Q and TO-
A FACTORY POINT woman occupies the posi-
ton Of stage driver between Pawlet and Man
chester.
The entire gross receipts of the Caledonia
county fair were between thirty-tbree and
tbirty-four hundred dollars
ST. JoHNsBURY has had several deaths FROM
malignant diphtheria during the week. and
Danville reports several cases
The severe drouth in Barnard has killed ont
nearly all the grass on new stocked land be-
sioes doing very great damage to all grass
lands.
G. b. LAMsoN's steam mill for the maruyao.
ture OF chair stock, at Wardsboro, was burned
September I'D; loss estimated at So 900, insure
ance So, 500.
THE movement to organize a Grand Army
Post at st. Adams will be a success. Soma
forty names have been secured, and charter
has been sent for.
WILLIAM CILLEy Of Burlington, twentv.tvo
years OF age, has gone to the state prison for a
year Tor stealing tobacco from a box at tho
Charlotte railroad station.
A BARN at Winooski belonging to John Gam
nan was burned September 9th, the fire being
caused, 1t is claimed, by spark from a pass
ing locomotive Loss 500
+. D. HEATH, an old and respected citizen OF
Castleton, dropped dead In his house, Septem.
Der "a, from disease of the heart He was six,
ty-hye years old and has resided in Casteton
since 1910.
Hon. ZENAs G. ELLIS, president of the Fir.t
National bank of Fair Haven for the six wears
last passed and one of the directors of the bank
since its organization, died on Wednesday. of
Brights disease.
REV. DR.. EDWIN F. HATFIELD. a Presbvterian
clergyman from 1882 to 1868. from that time
financial agent of the Union theological sem.
mary, who died at Summit, N. j., Sep,ember
~, graduated from MiddIebury college in 1929
The shade roller manufacturing company of
Nergennes have their buildings inclosed and
are placing boilers ard machinery ia position
for largely increased production on the site of
tneir former works recently destroyed by fire.
Hon. IRA G. PAINE the oldest member of the
par OF Racine, Wis, died September 10TH He
was born In Monkton, Vt, In 1906, and moved
to Racine in 1o47. He death is attributed 10
grief because vi the recent demise of his wife
and his sister.
A SOUTH WOODSTOCK lyceum will dscnas
the question: RESOLVED, That all unmarried
men OF thlrty-hve or more ought to paw a
special tax to help support needy unmarried
persons OF the other sex who have arrived at
the same age"
c; B. +. PALMER, reporter of the last session
OF the state senate, and L. Grace Human oni1
daughter OF q. ID. Human of New Haven wers
married at New Haven Tuesday, the ceremonv
being performed by President Hamlin of MIA.
dlebuIy college.
ANTOINE RoBAR sentenced by the Bnrlin0-
ton court to one hundred and ten DAYS in Rnt.
land Jail for drunkenness iumped from tha
train, and was recaptured after n long run and
tussle. He was not much hurt by the inmn
although he struck on his face
On Wednesday morning of last week tba
conductor unnltcned his engine from a freight
train ON Walden Heights to 90 for water and
while unhitched his train started down the
gaaueW ano ran eighteen miles to the up grade
near Wolcott when 1t stopped all right
The jury in the Wilcox case in the Wind.
ham county court have awarded the plaintiff
S225 with costs. The case was brought against
the town of Halifax for injuries to Mr.. WiIcor
on the highway OF that town, has been in the
county court lor three years and has occupied
the present term two weeks.
G. w. Brown, Bennington veterinarv
surgeon, died Saturday morning from the FL.
fects OF an overdose of choral He had been
suffering from stomach difficulty for severaI
years, for which he found no relief except in
Inc use VI culoral, ana whether he accidentally
or Intentionally took too much is not known
THE fear which was entertained few weeks
ago mat the potato crop in Addison county
would be bl1ghted by rust seems to have been
for the most part groundless. In a few cases
crops have been damaged some by rust but
not extensively and as u general thing the Weld
Is very large and the quality of the potatoes is
excellent.
JOHN w. HAINEs of Fairfield Maine. lately
purchased two bull calves in Ira. ont of .Iohn
L. tlsher nerd OF Devons, paying $50 for one
and $40 for the other. These prices are said In
be higher than was ever paid for similar stock
before. Rev. Edward Hungerford has pur-
chased one-year-oId heifer out Of the sama
herd for $780,
The annual festival of the EPISCOPAL choirs
OF the state was held at Bellows Falls last week
wednesday and Thursday. under the detection
OF A. D. whitney, organist of the church of
the Advent at Boston. The attendance was
more general than In previous years. The
ice and reception Thursday evening.
JUDGE Jason DowNER of Milwaukee. who
died September l, WAS born in Sharon Septem-
Der y, 1913. In 1884 he entered Dartmouth
college, graduating therefrom in 1888, and
soon alter removed to Louisville. Ky. There
he read law, was admitted to the bar and began
tue practice OF the profession which he mad
chosen. In November, 1912, he removed TO
Milwaukee.
Mr.. HoLBRooK Of Bevdere has caught two
small bears, and Mr. Sheldon of Montgomery
has killed ID bear that has been a terror 10 that
town, having killed several sheep and chased
cow over ledge, causing her death, and eat
ing good part of the same He is said TO
have weighed 600 pounds, measured twelve
inches between the eyes, and the head and
hide weighed forty pounds.
LAD about sixteen years old fell into tho
Hazard slate quarry, Fair Haven. The how
was carry ing pail of water along the edge Of
the quarry, when his foot slipped on a loose
stone and he was precipitated into the quarry.
distance OF thirty five feet striking upon his
Dack The conclusion was such that the bow
after he was deposited in the bottom of the
quarry, rebounued several feet. At last ac.
counts he was doing well.
FIVE boys, whose ages range from ten IN
thirteen years. pupils OF the Eairhaven graded
school, spent the major part of their summer
Vacation reading ten cent Indian romances and
as result OF this course of reading provided
themselves with firearms, and started Tor The
western plains week ago last Sunday for the
purpose OF hunting Indians; but one night on
the raging canal took the romance all ont of
the expedition and they returned home sadder
but wiser.
The Post Mills town fair passed off yery
pleasantly, On the second day there was a
hhe display OF cattle ON the town teams, there
being over one hundred yokes OF oxen from
lheltOTd and West Fairlee The entries were
not 80 extensive AS they have been heretofore,
Out WHAT there were, were good Thursday