The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-02-13
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

diseased meat to be canned.
RUTLAND will have law and order league,
to prosecute violations OF the liquor laws.
ONE Mcdonald, arrested for theft at Essex
Junction, has been sent to Windsor for two
years.
COLONEL KIrrREDeE HAsKINs Of Brattleboro
has drawn arrears OF pension amounting, IL Is
said, to about So, 100.
THE golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Dea-
con Horton was celebrated at South London
derry on January 31st.
PEDESTRIANS have had hard time on the
slippery sidewalks In Rutland. Two are now
laid up with broken bones.
DIR. c. d. NEwALL's three-years old son, who
was shot at ST. Johnsbury by playmate, two
weeks ago, died Saturday night.
A YOUNG son of b. +. Frye Of Chester had
his face and neck severely burned by hot water
falling from dipper on to him.
DRAGON SIMEON GILBERT of Pittsfeld
lightweight years old, fell on the ice, last
week Thursday morning, and broke his left hip.
THERE are in Burlington ten pensioners Of
the United States government for the war Of
1912, among them the venerable John b. Hol-
lenbeck.
THE house of Mrs H F. Green, near Lyn-
don Corner, was burned Friday morning. Mrs.
Green barely escaped from the building Loss
$1,000; insured.
PHILANDER HULErT, who went to Florida
five years since from Benson, has raised ten
thousand oranges this year from grove that
he started about five years ago.
Miss BELLE SPAULDING OF Bellows Falls has
an ancient English coin. Its value is one
fourth Of a cent, and it is dated 1749, being one
hundred and thirty-fve years old.
H. W. LOVE OF Rutland has been acquitted
by jury in the prosecution against him for
publishing Sunday edition of the Reuieto In
the first trial, in January, the jury disagreed.
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positively fixed for February 10th, and 1t Is to be
sold at auction-but 1t is said that 1t is to be
sold in parts, the new part not to be included
in the sale.
L. s. STRONG g. Co., general traders Island
Pond, who failed recently, have gone into
insolvency, quite number of the creditors
having refused the firms offer Of thirty cents
on the dollar.
JOHN F. TYLER OF Bratteboro died last week
from blood poisoning. He cut off finger
while chopping kindling, three weeks ago, then
caught cold and erysipelas followed. He held
an accident policy for $1,000
MRS JAMES S. BROWN of Plymouth Notch
broke off an apple limb late last fall, and put
1t into flower pot to tie her Gala to. short
time ago 1t began to leaf out, and last week it
blossomed, having three punches of blossoms.
THE Rutland County Sheep Breeders asso-
citation have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, Hon. Bradley
FISH, VlC6-DT6Slu6ut, OOlllusJ btCr6tdTy, d..
w. Marshall; treasurer, ]. W. Hamilton; direc-
tors, Lester Fish, B. G. Mead, F. c. Gault.
THOMAS GREER and Miss Matte Corkey Of
Fairhaven were married last week Tuesday,
and went to Montreal on a wedding tour. On
the following day Miss Lizzie Williams at
slate mill, claiming $4,000 for breach of prom
Use. Miss Williams says Greer promised to
marry her next June
THE Caledonia county temperance conven-
ton met at Lyndonville last week Friday, and
organized by electing Rev. II. P. Cushing Of
West Burke, president, and A. l. Aldrich OF
West Burke, secretary. W. P. Houghton of
Lyndon was nominated for county commits
sioner. The convention was addressed by
Mrs. H. M. T. Cutler of Illinois, her subject
being resolution that the cause Of temperance
would be promoted by giving woman the ballot.
WHILE Charles Robbins, postmaster at Ches.
ter depot, was entering his office last week
Thursday, he was approached from behind by
Warren Head, who dealt him several murder
GUS blows on the head with club, inficting
very severe injuries. He is eighty years old
and has been considered harmlessly insane fol-
some time. He held a grudge against Robbins
who is a neighbor. Head was arrested, and
will probabably be taken to the Brattleboro in.
sane asylum.
AUNT FANNIE SToCKwELL, aged ninety
lives in an isolated farmhouse on Dummers
ton hills. Her son Chester a middle-aged
mdu, WAS Ldktu III, Lu6 QUIZ, huu D6l0B tOIQ Dy
his feeble mother to lie down at the foot of the
bed, he did so, but soon after fell upon the flool
and died. The old lady, being an invalid, lay
helpless upon the bed, without food, drink OF
even fire, until the LIST, when she was dis
covered by neighbors. 1t is inferred that thu
son froze to death.
T. E. WILSON, proprietor of the Wilson
house, Bethel, has in his possession the ivory
head Of a cane broken over the head of soldie
by Benedict Arnold, in a fit of passion, at Yves
Point, just before the exposure of his treason
The broken stick was picked up and the head
secured by Fifeld Lyford, Mrs. Wilson's father
who saw the affair Mr.. Lyford was then
lad OF fourteen years. was acting as orderly To-
his father, lieutenant in the service, and
stationed at West Point.
POSTMASTER JOHN VARNUMs coffee grinde
at Peacham was suddenly stopped, the othe
day, and on investigation he found a rare coli
In the machine. 1t was one-cent piece ISSUED
by the republic OF Liberia. About the size O
silver half dollar, it bore on one side palm
tree on the shore Of an ocean, which foated
steamer A female head, fully as ugly as thu
one on United States coins, ornamented tn
other side. The piece was considerably
Clipped by the mill, but still showed tn
date Of its issue, 1862.
WILLIAM J. LAMBERT, mail-carrier betwee
the post-office and the railroad station, was al
rested and lodged in Burlington Jail by Unite
States Marshal William w. Henry, the 7th, O
charge Of robbing the mails. 1t appears that
number Of articles have lately been abstracte
from the newspaper mail bags (Which are nc
locked and in which small articles passin
through the mail are placed), and suspicion fe
on Lambert Finally, it appears, he had
falling out with his wife, and she told the stor
of his wrong-doing to the United States off
Gals, and his arrest was the result. He wa
held in $3.50 bail.
Other Localities.
PARLIAMENT declines to rule American bet
out of England.
E. s. ToBEY has been renominated pos
master at Boston.
THE American team won the information;
curling match at Montreal
AUSTRALIAN ports have been closed agains
the further importation of sheep from tn
United States.
THE Pennsylvania railroad bridge at MAJ
ayunk, which cost over 81 900, 900, has bee
carried away by the floods.
GENERAL WEAVER has returned from
speaking tour through Missouri and stat,
that he is in favor of General Butler for pres
dent who, he claims, can sweep Michigan