The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-20
Weekly News Summary.

HUGH SDMERs of Barn rece thy dronpet
dead while in the fed raEing hay.
OTTER CREEK is the lowest for several years.
The mills on that stream can hardly run.
e. BENTLEY of Ripton gets pension Of
$40 month with about 81 600 back pay
THE Vermont yearly meeting Of Baptists is to
be held ut Sutton, beginning September IL.
+. A. SHArTUoK of West Randolph has sold
a Lambert mare to New York parties for 500.
A THREE-YEARs-oLD daughter Of A. A. Miles
of st. Johnsbury was severely scald d recently.
ALBERT NovAK, a merchant tailor OF Rut-
land, has failed and his store Is In the hands
OF the sheriff.
NINE tons of raspberres were sent one morn
ing by express to Boston from the stations
north of Barton.
JOHN O'HEARN, aged fifty, OF Dandy, COM
mitted suicide with razor on the 9Th instant
lie leaves a family.
ABOUT 500 has been expended this season
in improving the grounds of the Addison
County Fair Association.
JOHN NORTON of Barton Landing recently
found a swarm of wild bees, with one hundred
and fifty pounds of honey.
EAST HIGHGATE, Moretown, Post Mills viii
lage, South Royalt)n and Troy have been
designated IS money order offices.
THE citizens of Burlington are to raise $685.
900 for the erection of two buildings for the
students.
THE posts of the Grind Army in Addison
county are to hold their second annual reunion
on the 2Sth and 29th OF this month at East
Middlebury.
THE Bellows Falls check list for the Sep
TENDER election contains one thousand and
twenty-six names. In 1882 it contained one
hundred ami forty -four.
O. W. STEARNs of the firm OF O. W. Stearns
4 .. Of hia riuht hand at
week, while at work about Il circular saw in
their butter tub factory
THE earnings of the st. Johnsbury & Lake
| Champlain railroad show steady advance,
| having increased over 100000 since $780, and
over $4,000 the past year
MRS STEPHEN WYMAN of Chester, whose
husband was sentenced to prison for life last
| spring for murder hanged herself Wednesday
Of last week. She was insane
IT is very dry in some parts of the state In
| Addison farmers are driving cattle two and
three miles to water and the pasturage is so
scant that it is necessary to fodder stock.
RILEY STONES framed dwelling in Centre.
| vlle together with part of the furniture, was
burned Friday night from kerosene stove.
| L3ss estimated at 81 600; insured for 81, 200
A FLETCHER farmer lost lamb, while ago.
| and found it wedged in crevice between two
| rocks, where it had been for twenty days. He
| says it was alive and well, although " much
| reduced in flesh"
A SUIT for $4,000 has been begun against
| Colonel &c rye A. Merrill of Rutland by Ed
ward McGraw of Valley Falls, n. Y, who was
| recently bitten very severely by vicious dog
| belonging to Colonel Merrill.
SATURDAY night was a wild night in Mid
| dlebury. The town was full of people, among
| whom were many strangers. The number of
| persons intoxicated was unusually large aud
during the evening several disturbances oc-
CURED at different places.
E. II. SToUGHToN post, Grand Army OF the
Republic, of Bellows Falls cautions all ex-
| soldiers, sailors and prisoners of war against
| II. c. II. Lewis, former member, as being the
worst kind of a fraud, obtaining funds from
comrades under false pretences.
| THE wife of Rev. Hubert r. Howes of Nor
| risville obtained a divorce from him last April
on the ground of intolerable severity. A short
| time ago they were remarked and last week
| festive party of about fifty young men favored
the happy couple with serenade."
CHARLES EDWARD DUNN of Bennington was
arrested, on complaint Of Arthur Gardner, for
| selling properly supposed to have been burned
| last January. Dunn was arrested in the
| church, as he was about to be married, and a
| decided sensation was caused. He is now
| in jail
THE Green Mountain Pulp Companys new
| mill at Huntiugtons Falls (Weybridge) will be
in operation in six or eight weeks, and will
produce at least one hundred and fifty tons of
pulp week. The product of the mill now in
| operation is all taken by Fitchburg Mass
| concern.
A VILLAGE charter will be asked by the
residents at Sutherland Falls from the next
session of the legislature. The village is the
home of Ex-Governor Proctor, and has had a
prosperous growth the past few years, on ac.
count of the increased marble business which
he runs.
THE Blaine and Logan club of St. Johnsbury
assisted by the st. Johnsbury band, held a
rally Friday evening. The town hall was filled
with ladies and gentlemen. Addresses were
made by Franklin Fairbanks II. c. Ide, Alex
ander Dunnett H. c. Bates, W. p. Smith and
p. ID. Blodgett.
F. Z. WILLIS of Bridgewater left his home on
the 9th to 60 to a neighbours two miles away,
and nothing has been heard from him since
Fears are entertained that he has Jmmitted
suicide, as he had b. en- very Respondent lately
and had had severe headaches. He is man
about nineteen years OF age
The state registration report shows 6,559
births for 1881, 767 of American and ga OF
foreign parents. There were 9 1886 marriages
4,665 Of the persons being Americans and 94t
foreigners. There were 8, 204 deaths, the aver
age age being forty-three and one-half years
Six persons cied aged more than one hundred
RECENTLY four-years-old child of Johr
Aher of Bratt eboro was, with some other chill
dren, playing with matches, which took fire
setting fire to the Aher child's doll, which
communicated the blaze to the chld's clothes
The mother endeavored TO extinguish thu
flames, but the burns proved fatal and tn,
child died the next day.
NORMAN PECK of Fair Haven died from thu
effects If fall, the 18Th, aged seventy-thre
He was at the time OF his death an honore,
member of the Baptist church., director in tn
Allen National b nix tue Hazard slate work.
and the Rutland & Washington railroad. II
has at different times during his life held i'm
portant positions of trust
THE Plymouth gold mines are now regular
worked and seem to be "panning out prett
. we'll We give the figures for the MONTH
product for the past ten months: October
1888, 81 016 70; November, S1,795; December
S2,214, 80; January, 1884. So, $50. IS; February
S2,555.62; March 1887 "a; April $3,442 sc
, May, S4,692 03; June, Sc, 265 %; July, So, 1922
Q THE examination of Mrs. Quinn was begul
in Rutland the 14th Professor Seeley of Mid
8 dlebury, who was employed to make tn
. analysis, to ascertain if poison had been ad
ministered, stated in his evidence that he dis
t covered arsenic in the portions of the stomach
{ liver and intestines submitted TO him TO
y analysis, and that death undoubtedly resulte,
o from poisoning.
q PoLrTIcs are booming in Fairfield. Thursda
i the republicans had a flag-raising and an el
r thusastic mass-meeting, which was addresse
+ by Frank Plumley, Esq, and Hon +
Ormsbee Friday the democrats held NEE
A ing having for their speaker l.. W. RedngtoI
Esq Saturday the greenbackers elevated