The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-12
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

Vermont.
TEE Grand army boys of Bellows Falls net
ted 1856 by their fair.
THE pulpits OF the Baptist and the Congre-
gational churches OF Vergennes are without
settled pastors.
An effort Is to be made to secure the annual
session OF the Vermont Dairymen's Associa-
tion In Rutland.
IT Is stated that Mr.. E. N. Bissell of Shore
ham intends to start for Australia, about jan
ury LIST. with sheep.
THERE is centenarian in Bridport-Mrs.
Wright. Her centennial anniversary was cele-
brated December LIST.
SEVERE water famine this winter is dreaded
In Orange and Windsor counties The springs
and streams are very low.
THE ladies OF East wallingford and vicinity
recently had pie festival, with forty-two Diff
ferent kinds Of pie for sale.
MRS SARAH w. HOWARD Of Windham was
thrown from wagon, Thanksgiving day, and
badly injured. Her left hip was broken.
roUn cases Of scarlet fever have appeared at
White River junction, one Of which proved IA
tai, the son Of H. M. Felch dying the 4th.
FROM one and three-fourths bushels of seed,
Byron Stickney of Andover raised, the past
season, fifty bushels Of White Russian wheat.
BURLINGTON has spent S23i, 900 in building
the past year. largely in pretty good class Of
houses, and fondly hopes sometime TO be called
" the city Of fine residences"
REV. w. c. WooD, recently Of Scituate,
Mass, has accepted call to the two Congre-
gational churches, Stanstead, p. T., and Derby
Centre, to supply year. Salary I'll, 400.
RALPH CUSHING OF Townshend was very seri-
oasly injured recently: A revolver which he
was handling was accidentally discharged and
the ball entered the right side Of his neck.
JAMES FAIRBANKS of Wilmington acciden-
tally discharged q revolver which he was load
ing, and the ball lodged In finger joint The
physicians etherized him and removed the ball.
ABOUT three weeks ago Charles Crockett Of
Colchester was suddenly taken insane while
apparently In good health. He became so bad
that he was taken TO Brattleboro, and on the
Sd his family received word that he was dead
BURLINGTON has an abortion case, Maggie
Doyle, thirty years old. a servant In the family
Of q prominent merchant, haying died last
week Wednesday from the effects Of an opera
tion She refused to make any statement and
the authorities have no clew to work from.
GEORGE HUMPHREY, q lad of about fourteen
years, was drowned In the mill pond at Wind
sor, last Tuesday afternoon. He was skating
with some Of his companions and broke through
The body WAS carried nnder some brush wood
and could not be recovered for over two hours
HORACE WILSON of Quechee shot a gray
eagle the other day that measured seven feet
eight inches from tip to tip Of wings, and
tipped the beam at eleven and one-half pounds
II had strap some four feet long attached to
one leg and rope OF about the same length on
the other leg.
DEACON SAMUEL CRAGIN, aged ninety years,
died at Bellows Falls, the 9th. He was the
oldest man In town, and was for many years
an active, well-known business man among
the merchants there and In Alstead, N. II. He
had been i'll less than week. His death was
caused by pneumonia.
JONES, LAMsoN & Co., proprietors of Ascut-
ney mills, at Windsor, and whose failure for
nearly $500, 600 last August necessitated shut
ting down the works, have effected settle
ment with their creditors, and expect to resume
operations soon. The firm are large manufac-
turers Of cotton and cop yarn.
HORACE GILES Of Windhsm let his brother
William take his team, a few days ago, to go
to Gassetts station. As he did not return,
Horace investigated the matter, and found his
team was sold and his brother missing. He
found the team at livery stable owned by
George Sanders OF South Springfield and re-
gained possession fit William Is still missing
INDIAN arrow heads are not novelty in
western Vermont, but some Of them are quite
curiosity. One found last week In Kellog's
bay, West Ferrisburgh, by Timothy Barton, is
one inch and quarter in width 1t Is quite
smooth, has keen edge, and would cleave a
human skull with ease In the hands Of stall
wart savage.
BURGLARS blew open the safe In the store of
Q. A. Clsyhorn in Wallingford, early Wednes-
day morning OF last week, and secured several
hundred dollars In currency, registered bonds,
ETC. The explosion tore coffee mill that was
bolted to the floor from its fastenings, several
Of ole hroH nd ipu in
eral upset. 1t is thought TO be the work Of
professionals.
NATHANIEL B. WMLlsToN, eighty-six years
old, died at his residence at Brattleboro, the
9th. He was born in Northampton. He car
ried on a druggist business in Brattleboro for
many years. He WAS connected with the Wind
ham county bank and the First national bank,
money, it is said, through his business relations
with Silas M. Waite. He was highly esteemed
for his charity and benevolence.
ELEVEN years ago the wife of Jerry Fenton
Of Rutland was sent to the insane asylum, bav-
ing been adjudged lunatic. Ten days ago
Poormaster Hayward was notified by the su-
ptriptendent Of the Brattleboro insane asylum
that It was unnecessary and useless to retain
her there any longer as she had become de-
meuted. MI. Hayward went for the unfortu-
nate lady and brought her home, since which
time she has been starving herself to death,
having refused to take any kind of nourish-
ment or drink, and resisting all attempts to
force her to take nourishment or drink.
FACTS have brought to light a brutal affair
that occurred two and one-half miles north of
Poultney, recently. Larry Tracy, man who
is well known as a hard character in the neigh
borhood where he resides, quarreled with his
wife, and becoming enraged knocked her
down, kicking her brutality in the face knock
ing out two of her front teeth and breaking
her jaw bone. Not being satisf fed with this,
the fiend kicked her about the body. On the
next day, without any provocation, he struck
her in the face impairing one eye badly. The
next week Mrs. Tracy gave birth to child. 1t
Is wonder that she and the child had not been
killed by this brutal treatment.
Other Localities.
Hoo cholera is spreading throughout Canada
10 an alarming extent.
IT is said $500. OK 0 are annually expended in
Christmas cards In this country.