The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

MYRoN AMBLER Of Hyde Park froze both his
feet last week.
CT BARBER Of Bellows Falls has piano of
European make that Is one hundred years old
MOODY RoBY, veteran of the war OF 1912,
died in Manchester January 81, aged eighty
seven.
THIRTY houses were built at Bellows Falls
last year, their value, including the land, be-
ing 100000
ALFRED WooLFENDEN an elderly man, shot
himself dead at his home in South Royalton
last Saturday.
THE Fletcher free library at Burlington has
Ia, 54S books, 538 being added last year There
were % 576 books taken out.
THE claims against r. II. Scott OF Alburgh
amount to about $4,000 and his assets will
probably amount to Sc, 600 or $4,000.
CHARLES NoYEs Of wheelock had his knuck-
les bitten in a dispute with John Miles, and Is
in a critical condition from blood poisoning.
A LAD by the name OF Sexton, living with
Mr.. Oscar farror of Bartonsvlle was fatally
kicked by horse on the 18th. He lived until
the 10th instant
In the poultry show at Madison Square Gar
den, New York, G. ID. Millington OF North
Bennington took the first prize for fowls OF
the Wyandotte breed.
The celebrated buck, Draco, owned by j. A.
&V. l. Spear of Braintree, died recently. His
fleece last year weighed thirty-fve pounds, and
he was valued at I'll 600.
THE receipts of the Rutland post-office for the
last Quarter were ten per cent In excess OF the
corresponding quarter last year, notwithstand-
ing the reduction OF letter postage
THE Howe scale company have recently
received large and important orders which will
REQUIRE some time to fill, and are said to be
doing the heaviest business for long time.
WILLIAM MoMAsrER, an old-time resident of
Middlebury, died January %, of fever, at
ntxo,t ~ ixfu -Hya
been helpless invalid for twenty-five years.
THE trains on the Missisquoi road were five
hours late Tuesday, the 3d. owing to the snow
drifts between Sheldon and st. Adams. One
snow-plow was ditched in clearing the track.
THE wife and little daughter of James F.
Whalen, station agent at Bolton have been
very i'll with diphtheria, but are now consid-
cred a little better. Some fifteen cases are re-
ported about town.
THE report of the Orange county treasurer is
out and shows balance in the treasury, Janu-
airy LIST, of S577 AZ. There are outstanding or
ders and other liabilities which, with interest,
amount to 81, 964 81.
A LITTLE girl in St. Johnsbury was arrested
for stealing small articles from the different
stores. 1t cropped out in the examination that
this girl is not the only one who has lately been
engaged in such work.
SINCE the last big storm the roads in Addi-
son county are so badly drifted as to be almost
impossible. On Otter creek the ice is eigh-
teen inches thick and the snow twenty-five
inches deep on the level.
TRBNoR L. PARK, his brother-in-aw, F. R.
Jennings, and a watch company of New Haven,
Conn.,, have organized a company for the man
ufacture of warehouses;, and are to start bust
ness in North Bennington.
HON. A. w. WooDwoRTH and Ira Lawrence
Of Enosburgh Falls have purchased OF Smith &
Powell OF Syracuse, N. Y, two tine yearling
heifers of their herd of Holsteins for the i'm
provement of their diaries.
The whole length and breadth Of Lake
Champlain can be traversed on the ice by
teams The lake closed January 7th, which is
almost unprecedented for permanent closing,
the average time being January Both.
A SPAN of horses belonging to William G..
Newton of West Ferrisburgh broke through
the ice on Lake Champlain, the 23d, while
crossing from Basin Harbor to Westport, and
were drowned. They were valued at $500.
A. A. MOORE Of East Berkshire made, the
past year, an average of two hundred and
twenty five pounds OF butter from his herd OF
nine Shorthorn cows, and sold $50 worth OF
calves, making the average receipts, per COW,
about $78.
A TEMPERANCE meeting, attended by two
hundred persons, was held recently at Pawlet
at which resolutions were passed to clean the
sale of intoxicating liquors out OF the town
A committee was appointed to see that the
laws are enforced.
WHILE Elhalon W. Nichols of Pittsford was
at work for his son-in-aw, Braman Engals, last
week Wednesday, some of the family noticed
that something was wrong with him, and or
going to him he settled on to the floor an6
Immediately expired.
CLARK WHITNEY of Westminster, the 21st
while in fit of insanity, attempted to take hi,
own life. He had been in respondent MOOD
for long time, and had required the closest
Watching He had brother who committed
suicide a few years ago.
ST. ALBANs will hold village meeting OIL
the I'd Of February to see II the village will
authorize the purchase OF the village bond
held by Receiver Rich, and to see If the village
will authorize the issuing of five per cent bond
to the amount of $4,000.
REV. WOOSTER PARKER OF the Congregations
church, Belfast, Maine, from 1856 to 1870, diet
last week Friday, aged seventy-six. He was
native of Underhill, Vermont and was settlet
first as minister at Castine, in 1882, and after
wards at Orono and Dover.
A ST. ALBANs young man by the name O
LOOMS took livery team recently to drive t
Swanton. His hands were poorly covered, an
when he reached Swanton he found that bot
Of them were frozen stiff from the finger end
to about the middle of the hand.
THE annual meeting of the Good Templar
OF Addison county will be held at the Congre
gational church in Middlebury on Wednesday
February 20, and on the same day mass ten
perance convention to nominate a candidate 10
county commissioner will be held.
THE Lawrence Brainerd farm north of 81
Adams village, knows as the Butler farm,
and containing one hundred and eighty-fou
acres-advertised for sale by L A. Smith a
trustee-was sold on Monday to Nelson Coco
speed of Montgomery for $4,000.
SUNDAY morning, the Goth, the Methods
church in Hinesburgh came near burning. TIL
fire caught from defective pipe in the bast
ment, which is used for a vestry, store rooms
etc., and when discovered would, in fe
minutes more, have been past control
REV. A. S. COOPER OF the Vermont Metl
odist conference, who died in Williston Jay
uary 81, aged seventy-six years, was born
Westfield Mass, and entered the ministry
1880. After twenty-four years of effective Sc
vice, he was transferred to the superannl
ated list.
THE widow OF the late Chief Justice Pierpoi
OF Vergennes died suddenly in Chicago of brai
fever. The remains arrived in Vergennes tn
23d, and were met at the station by lare
number OF citizens, who acted as escort to Il
remains rs they were borne to the Pierpoi
residence.
PATRICK HENRY SMITH, one OF the leadiI
politicians of Wisconsin, died in Plymouth,
that state, the 23d. He had been state senat,
for many years He was widely known III
leaves large fortune. He was born in Roya
ton, Vt, and went to Wisconsin In 1870 I
was sixty years old.
A SERIOUS accident happened to one of Cos
teams at the kaolin works at Monkton. I'll