The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-17
Vermont State News.

ABOUT q foot of snow fell at Wilmington
on Tuesday, the 9th instant.
APosToFFIcE has been established at West
Woodstock, with W. S. Lewis as postmaster.
THE Lake Champain steamer, Maquam,
went into winter quarters Saturday, having
finished her trips for the season.
THE annual meeting of the Western Yer
mont Masonic Union will be held at Rut-
land on Wednesday, January 14th
III. A. II. BUCK, dealer in general mer-
chandise at johnson, is financially EN-
barrassed. Liabilities, about S35 600; assets,
$4,000.
GREENBANK's saw mill, in Danville, was
burned last week. The mill was a good one,
well rugged, and the loss is heavy. No in
surance.
COLLISION occurred on the Portland q
0gdensburg road, near East Hardwick, We'd
nesday morning, between two freight trains.
A number of cars were derailed.
THE long pending suit of the Steam Stone
Cutter Company of Rutland against parties
in Windsor has finally been adjusted, and the
suits arising therefrom are practically set
tied.
GEORGE VANDYKE has bought $1,000 acres
of timber land in Ferdinand, Essex county,
of T. G. Beattie for $4,000. The timber is
uncut and will yield about 10000 feet to the
acre.
Mrs. DANIEL EDDY of Manchester has a
one hundred ninety-one buds and blossoms,
the circumference of the plant being over
one hundred thirteen inches, or nine feet
five inches.
NELLIE PIERCE, daughter of Willard
Pierce of St. Albans while coasting on Sat
urday night with two companions met with
a painful accident The travers sled tipped
over into the ditch, catching her ankle in
such way as to break it..
A NEW National bank to be called, prob
ably, the Rutland National Bank, will soon
be organized in Rutland, to succeed the old
National Bank of Rutland, whose charter
will soon expire and which will go into liq-
uidation for the purpose of extrcating it
self from its present condition
A DISTRESSING accident occurred in Swan
ton, Saturday afternoon, resulting in the
death of George Tatro, aged six years The
lad and his brother, Charlie, aged eleven
years, sons of Alfred Tatro were skating on
the river and fell through the ice. Charlie
succeeded in getting out, but George was
drowned.
A LITTLE son of Elbridge Vaughan, about
five years old, was killed in Bridgewater.
Mr.. Vaughan was hauling wood down a
steep bank on a long sled and, when reach
ing the main road, the little fellow undertook
to get on to ride, and fell, one runner
passing over his body, killing him almost
Instantly.
A WORKMAN by the name of Copely, while
at work for William Mcfarland in West
more, was accidentally hitwith an axe just be-
low the knee, cutting fearful cash. a mes
senger was dispatched for a doctor, and
while going down hill the horse fell with
great force on the frozen ground, breaking
its neck and killing it almost instantly.
SEVERAL months ago the Passumpsic
Railroad Company fitted up two of its en-
gines to burn coal, for the purpose of ascer-
tang the comparative value of coal and
wood as fuel The difference seems to be
in favor of coal, and it is reported that when
the present supply of wood is exhausted the
company will convert all its engines into
coal-burners.
G. STANLEY, from Waterloo, n. Y, re-
Gently engaged with f. a. Gleason, Wood
ford lumberman, as chopper. On his sec
ond day in the woods Mr.. Stanley, while
dislodging tree which had fallen upon
another, was thrown violently to the ground
by the lodged tree giving way. His axe
struck him in the right leg just below the
knee, intiicting very serious, if not mortal,
wound.
A SALE of thoroughbred Guernsey cattle,
the property of Governor j. G.. Smith and
l.. w. Ledyard of st. Adams, took place at
New York last week. The attendance was
large and fair prices were realized. Among
the cows disposed of were "Silver of Fern
wood for $3l5, "Rosello" for $500, Ga
zelle of Fernwood' for $3.50, Lady Fern
wood for $3.50, Countess of Fernwood "
for $3.50, and "Missus Lady May" for $3.50.
FREDERICK JOHNSON of Clarendon has
been arrested on charge of manslaughter
and assault with intent to kill upon one
Lensey Sherman. The complaint, which is
preferred by States Attorney Kendall, sets
up that last August Johnson assaulted
Sherman and gave him a blow, from the
effects of which Sherman recently died 1t
is understood that the whole matter was
investigated by the grand jury last Septem-
Der, while John Howe was States Attorney,
and no indictment found against Johnson.
In Rutland, recently the heavy cornice of
plaster and mortar directly over the judges
desk and witness stand in the county court
room fell with crash that Jared the whole
building. When the mass struck the court
room floor it knocked off the plaster in the
sheriff's room below, and although it startled
the sheriff and his deputy considerably, they
escaped injury. Several large masses fell
on the judges seats, and, had court been in
session, they and others would, no doubt,
have been seriously injured, if not killed
outright.
THE stage in the new town hall at Wind
sOr has been recently enlarged and fitted
with a handsome set of scenery, at an ex-
pense of $500. Nearly $500 toward the pay
ment of this expense was realized from a
fair held last spring, and the balance was
made up by private subscriptions and a
"beneit" given by Whitmore & Clark s
minstrels. Hank " White, who was the
gentleman from Reading" in the last
legislature, is playing tamborine as end
man in this company, which is now making
tour of Vermont.