The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-11
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

hanged himself Friday morning.
HENRY s. JosLYN, dealer in general mer-
chandise at Williston, has failed
RUTLAND has fifteen marble companies,
producing six millions of dollars annually.
THE great Barnum and London shows
will surely appear in Rutland in early June.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HORACE GooDHUE have re-
Gently celebrated their golden wedding at
Westminster.
ALEXANDER WATKINS, a Westminster
farmer and a prominent man there, has
failed for $4,000.
Mrs. INEVITABLE DANFoRTH has just
passed the one hundredth anniversary of
her birth at Bristol.
NELSON Cook, eighty years old, was re-
Gently sent by express from Springfield, VT,
to Woonsocket, II. l.
THE name of the postofiice in Plymouth,
known as Tyson Furnace" has been
changed to "Tyson."
STUDENTS in the Episcopal institute at
Burlington have started little monthly pa
per named The Recall.
AN eght-year old son of John Banyea
was instantly killed, last Monday afternoon,
at Vergennes by large log rolling on him.
THE store of G. w. Allen at Panton was
burned Sunday morning. Loss $1,000; in
sured for $780, The postofice property was
saved
IT is expected that the criminal cases
against ex-Treasurer j. NJ. Haven of the
Rutland road will be tried at the coming
term of the Rutland county court
ERNEST, the young son of Rev. E. L.
Scott OF Chester, was run over by team,
Thursday, narrowly escaping instant death.
His head was badly cut and he was other
wise severely injured
THOMAS READY of Burlington, charged
with burglarizing John w. Carpenters
house pleaded guilty in the city court. last
week Wednesday, and was sentenced to
three years in the state prison.
1T is said that fully one thousand YER
monters will join the emigration to Dakota
before fall, as the result of the movement
being organized by the Windsor, Orange
and Washington county veterans.
MEMBERS of the Spafford family of Lud-
low have held the town clerkship fifty
six consecutive years-Artemas Spafford
twenty-one, William p. Spafford twenty
four, and Miss Sarah Spafford one.
Mrs. Henry TAFT of Woodstock took a
dose of rough on rats" about noon, last
Saturday and died at nine o'clock the same
evening. To the physician she said she had
nothing to live for and wished to die.
The March term of Windham county
court is being held at Newfane, beginng
Tuesday. Judge Walker presides. There
are thirty-two cases set for the jury, but
probably not a quarter part of them will be
tried.
ALBERT L. PEAK and Mrs. Georgianna
Chanty both of Peacham, were taken to
st. Johnsbury on charge of adultery. They
waived an examination were put under
$3.50 bonds each which they procured, and
returned home.
THE Burlington & Lamoille railroad shops
at Burlington are now practically closed.
1t is not certain yet what will be done with
the machinery, but all repairing and new
work will hereafter be done at the Central
Vermont railroad shops at st. Adams
AT Middlebury Michael Cunning, an Irish
teamster in the employ of Colonel Battell,
drove his team upon the railroad track
Friday morning, and was struck by a
freight train. One leg was cut off below
the knee, and he received other injuries.
THE docket for the April term of the
Franklin county court contains two hun
dred ninety-three court cases and forty
eight chancery cases. Among the former
cases are some seventy-two growing out of
the Trust Company failure, besides several
resulting from the suspension OF the First
National Bank.
A FATAL accident occurred in Whiting,
near Brandon, last week Wednesday after
noon. While Henry Brown and his son
Charles, in his twenty-frst year, were COM
ing from the woods with load of logs, the
binder became loose, and, springing round
with tremendous force, knocked Mr.. Brown
and his son senseless. The father, who was
severely cut across the face, recovered, but
the son expired at four o'clock the next
morning.
VINToNs machine shop at Brattleboro
was burned and a two-story building, owned
by j. Estey & Co.. adjoining, was badly
damaged, Saturday night. The fire started
in the former building, occupied by Messrs,
Armstrong, gas filters and plumbers, and
Fowler & Wells, shoemakers. The latter
building was occupied by G. B. Kirwan,
furniture, and by MI Perkins. Loss on
buildings estimated at $1,000; on stock
$1,000; partially insured.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
will give weather signals in Vermont at
half rates, except at terminal points. The
weather probabilities will be sent to towns
daily, except Sundays, at the rate of twenty.
five cents for ten words for the terminal
points, and at half rate for each telegraph
office at which they are taken off along the
line. BY this it will be seen that towns
along the line can get the probabilities fol
about $40 year, so far as telegraph service
is concerned.
CLASS rivalry at Middlebury College re
Gently resulted in clubbing atfray and de-
struction of property. The sophomores
who had assembled at the depot, bound FOL
Brandon to attend a class supper, were at
tackled by the freshmen, who tried to detair
as many as possible until the train had gone
But the sophomores were armed with clubs
and beat the freshmen numerically, knock
ing three SenSeleSS. On returning 10 col
lege, however, they found their furniture
wrecked and their beds full of ashes ant
water.
CEREAL SCoFIELD, living in the east par
of Enosburgh, in quarrel with his fathe
last week, drew u revolver and attempted
to shoot him, but missed him. They thel
clinched when Cereal drew knife ant
stabbed the old gentleman several times
but without intiicting serious wounds Tn
neighbors came in and parted them. Office
Laid arrested Cereal in Bakersfield an
brought him back to Enosburgh, where h.
had preliminary examination, but hi
father refused to swear against him, so tn
Justice only fined him $40 and costs, amount
ing to $50.
VERMONT comes out ahead in the mern
sheep exhibition at New Orleans. or tn
S825 offered, this state gets $475, or So
more than all the other states combined
The first and second premiums were /
money; the third "highly commended
the fourth, commended" Vermont get
five firsts, three seconds, one third and on
fourth: all other states, four firsts four SCI
onds Ave thirds and five fourths. Vernon
takes first on rams of any age; first, secon
and fourth on yearling rams; first on eve
two years old and over; second on raj
lambs; first on flock (ram and five ewes) an
sweepstakes ON ewes Of any age
THE town report of Rutland shows IL
Indebtedness OF the town, above the avail
able resources, TO be S105,970. The princip
item of expense during the past year Ia
been the maintenance of the poor, the orde