The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-10-29
Vermont State News.


cooperative milk company.
JOSEPH f.. SAWYER of Plymouth had his
head severely cut by an ak which caught on
a clothes line.
AN epidemic is raging among the horses
in Reading, and several have died. 1t re-
sem5les cholera
REV. II. p FISHER of Westboro, Mass,
has accepted call from the Congregational
church of Ludlow.
WILD geese are appearing on Lake Cham
plain in large numbers. Sportsmen say they
are just as shy as ever.
JAMES PARKER of STAFFORD, neighbor Of
William McMasters who committed suicide
last week, hung himself Wednesday after
noon, the 22d inst.
BURGLARS blew open A. II. & T.. II.
Browns safe at Bellows Falls Tuesday
night and stole about $50. There is no
trace of the thieves.
A YOUNG son of Charley Robinson, ex-
press agent of st. Johnsbury, ran against
n charge from pea shooter, and it is feared
that he will lose the sight of one eye.
WILLIAM GuyETTE of winoosk while
hunting, Friday, had the misfortune to,shoot
himself in the arm, so terribly decorating il
that amputation, just below the elbow, was
necessary.
AS Moses Larry of Jericho was catching
one of his sheep, the buck thought there
was something wrong and went fol" Mr.,
Larry, hitting him in the breast and breakL
ing his collar bone.
The docket of December term, Windsor
county court, contains one hundred seven
cases, OF which six are divorces and ten
state cases. On the chancery docket there
are twenty-three cases
o. G.. Fits of Wardsboro died the odd,
aged fifty-four years. He had been engaged
in the mercantile business some thirty years,
serving most of that time as postmaster,
and rpnrpgpptiuO bia N on tar in
the Legislature.
The town of Westminster offers 81 900
reward for the detection and conviction of
incendiaries. Four sets of farm barns have
been burned within a year, all in West
Parish, two within the last two weeks. The
total loss will exceed $4,000.
RALPH DELoNG, sixteen years of age, son
of William II. Delong of West Cornwall,
while hunting Friday of last week, had his
shoulder filed with shot by the accidental
discharge of his gun and bled to death be-
fore doctor could be obtained.
The charter of the National Bank of Rut-
land Governor Page's) will expire in a few
months, and as it is improbable that the con-
troller will extend it in its present condi-
ton, the affairs of the bank will be wound
up and probably new bank be formed by
its stockholders.
JuDGElWALLAcE in the United States cir
cult court at New York Thursday dismissed
of Proctorsville and others agninst Henry
Hilton on the ground of the failure of the
plaintiff to give security for cost This suit
is a contested claim for a portion of the A.
7. Stewart estate.
III. M. ALLEN, for some time past clerk in
Harvey's furniture establishment at St. AL
BANS left town about three weeks ago, and
indications now point to financial crooked
ness on his part. 1t is alleged that Harvey
loses $500 or more by him. Allen was in
Canada at last accounts. Other parties are
| also said to be losers.
! A SELECT party assembled at % Laurel
| Hail." the summer villa of Hon. j. L.
Bowman, at Cuttingsvile, on Tuesday morn
| ing, the DIST, to celebrate the nuptials of
| Miss Rosina Bowman, cousin of Mr.. j. p.
Bowman, and daughter of the late Mr..
| Henry II. Bowman of st. Adams, to Mr.
Isaac Setter Borley, a young English gen.
tleman at present connected with the Gus
toms department at ST. Adams.
JAMES BLAIR jagged eleven years, son of
Andrew Blair of Tyson Furnace, got his
clothes caught on shaft in A. f. Hubbard's
mill, and was whirled around the shaft sew
eral hundred times before he was discov-
cred, his heels striking the floor at every
revolution. His legs were both broken, one
of them twice. He was bruised some about
the body, and his heels We're beaten almost
to pulp. AT last accounts he was more
comfortable and it is thought there is a fair
Iol liiS ItCoNtlN'
SOME of the Central Vermont railroad
managers have been at Brattleboro the past
| week looking over the narrow gauge and
New London lines which give rise to sew
eral rumors concerning important changes
| in management One is that the road from
Brattleboro to South Vernon and the link
| between Windsor and White River juno
ton is soon to come into the possession of
| the Connecticut River managers, while a
larger corporation is negotiating for the New
London. Railroad men are confident that
some important changes are contemplated.
BURLINGTON is in a funny row, nominally
over the expense of running the Fletcher
free library, and that institution has now
been closed for n month. The library was
founded by gift, but the expenses of run
ming are paid by the city. Now that a
spasm of economy has closed the doors,
Taxpayers are writing letters demanding
that they be opened again. There is also a
question whether by its present course the
city doesn't forfeit the original fund The
sum wanted is 800, and Burlington claims
to be " the queen city of New England"
A HUNTING party which consisted of Colo
mel NJ. S. Colburn of Manchester, John
War; of Troy and Colonel L. NJ. Morrison,
X. b. Godfrey, j. S. Lyman and w. II.
Bradford of Bennington, left Detroit, Mich.
on Monday night October 20, accompanied
by members of their association for the
northern part of that state, where they
have lease of twelve thousand acres o
land, including Turtle Lake. This lake is
about forty miles west of Alpena in the
heart of the Michigan wilderness. These
gentlemen are organized into an association
under the laws of that state.
SATURDAY night the steamer Maquam, on
the way from Pittsburgh to Maquam, on
the Vermont shore struck rock in part
of Lake Champlain known as " The Gut
and had hole made in her three feet by
one. Captain Hawley made all possible
when the vessel reached there the water
was up to the first deck. a number of pas
sengers were on board, but knowledge OF
the nature of the disaster was kept from
them till the dock was reached. The acct
dent was due to the lights on the govern
ment buoys in " The Gut being blown out
This is the second or third time the Maquam
has been injured on rocks in that locality.