The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-11-25
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont,

ham was burned last week.
HENRY SAWYER of Morgan was accident
ally shot through the hand last week.
A ST. ALBANs physician vaccinated fifty
people at Z" one sitting the other day.
THE Union Soapstone Co. of Chester is to
build large new shop and storehouse.
THE Central Vermont is to build two new
iron bridges between Milton and Georgia.
REV. w. II. II. MURRAY has sold his Mon
treal restaurant and moves to Burlington.
BRAKEMAN OsLEY of the Central Vermont
had finger badly smashed the other day.
THIRTY blocks and houses have been
erected in West Randolph the past season.
REV. GEORGE S. GUERNSEY will preach in
Hancock next Sunday, November 10Th, at
one o'clock in the afternoon.
CHARLES BRUN, who stole horse in Fair
field in August and took the animal to
Montreal, has been arrested there.
Mrs. HENRY SUTTON of st. George was
fatally burned last week, by the explosion
and taking fire of a bottle of alcohol.
THE Burlington street-cars began run
ming on schedule time last Saturday leav-
ing that city or Winooski every half hour.
CAPTAIN GRAY of the Salvation Army says
o simultaneous attack is to be made in Bur-
lington, Rutland, st. Johnsbury and st.
Adams.
THE Venetian Blind Company, which be-
gan business in Burlington year ago with
man and one boy, now employs seventy
workmen
THE Ransom Guard Association of st.
Adams last week indefinitely postponed the
question of the formation of veteran or
ganzation.
THE Commercial House at Bellows Falls
was formally opened last week. A. =. Pol
lard, formerly of the Van Ness, Burlington,
is its proprietor.
THE Burlington rink Association has pre-
sented its polo team with So so that each
member of the club will have an extra $40
as pocket money.
Mr.. AND Mrs. WELLS GOODWIN of New
bury, both of whom are ninety-one years
old, have celebrated their sixty-sixth mar
rage anniversary.
REV. FATHER GELoT of Rutland, who is
writing history of the French-Canadians
of the state, hopes to have the work out by
the 1st of February.
LIZZIE QUIGLEY of Fair Haven was Sc
verely injured, recently, by falling over a
rope which some mischievous boys had
placed across the walk.
DANIEL FULFoRD, an engineer on the Lake
road, in getting his locomotive out of the
house, last week, was severely injured by
the door falling upon him.
FATHER CAIssEY of st. Adams sails for
France this week, to be absent about eight
months. Rev. Joseph Daignault has charge
of his parish in his absence.
ANDREW WILKINS of Montgomery Center
has been sentenced to six months in the
house of correction for stealing clothes from
Joseph Grant of East Berkshire.
w. III. JOHNSON of Center Rutland has re-
ceived from England several Jersey cattle,
horse and dog. They were purchased for
him in that country by brother.
DURING the progress of the procession at
Burlington, last week Monday night, Rose
Couture's clothing was set on fire by a
rocket and she was seriously burned.
A PETITION has been forwarded to Wash
ington asking for the location of post-office
at East Dummerston. The movement arises
from feeling of dissatisfaction with the
management of the Dummerston Office.
MARTIN ScULLY of Rutland, aged forty
five, an employee of the Vermont Marble
Company, was killed on the Clarendon &
Pittsford railroad at Shaugran quarry last
Friday. He leaves wife and two children.
THE village cider-mill at Guilford has
been grinding out apple-juice that contains
perilous quantities of lead from the paint
in the tank. Several men are very sick from
it, and many others are fearful of having to
go dry this winter.
In the case of Holly Manufacturing Com
pany Us. City of Vergennes decree for the
orator has been entered in the United States
court for the district of Vermont. The Holly
on its pump patent.
AT the suggestion of Governor Pngree a
meeting of the State Board of Agriculture
was held in Burlington, last week, to dis
cuss financial matters and make arrange
ments for the meetings to be held in various
parts OF the state the coming winter.
THE Passumpsic railroad depot at st.
Johnsbury was damaged $50 by an incen.
diary fire last week. This is the third attemp,
made to destroy this building Superntend
ent Folsom has offered a reward of $10(
for the arrest and conviction of the fire-bug
UNITED STATES MARSHAL HENRY arrested
Frank Libby at st Johnsbury, last week, on
the charge of obtaining a false affidavit tC
aid him in securing his pension. The pris
oner was taken to White River Junction
and held in $1,000 bonds. Libby was ar
rested on the information of his father, who
says that he contracted the injury for which
he claims pension after the war closed.
PRESIDENT HOBART of the Ogdensburg &
Lake Champlain road announces the separa
ton of the general passenger agency from
the general freight department, and the ap
pointment of S. w. Cummings as genera
passenger agent, with headquarters at st
Adams. Frank Owen continues as genera
freight agent, with headquarters at Ogdens
burg. The new departure takes effec
December 1st.
ALVIN CLAYTON bought small farm il
the west part ofNorth Pawlet several years
ago, for $4,000, running in debt for most o
the purchase money. Since then the slate
interest has been developed, and last week
he sold twenty acres for $4,000 and anothe
small piece for $S, 00O thus receiving 1914, 90,
for a rocky hill that, for farming purposes
would not pay for fencing. There are sew
eral other quarries on the farm.
Other Localities.
WHALING on the Pacific coast has beef
very profitable this season.
JAY GOULD has given $1,000 to the suffer
ers by the fire at Galveston Texas.
THE alumni of Yale are collecting sub
scriptions for 100000 gymnasium.
MEASURES have been taken to have tn
worlds fair OF 1892 held in st. Louis.
THE noisy demonstrations of sympathy TO
Riel are to be prohibited in Montreal.
RUSSIA is building ram which will be
giant of the sea. 1t will cost $2,500,000.
j. III. MITCHELL (republican) was electe
U. S. senator by the Oregon legislature.
THE British forces, after a three hours Ell
gagement, have captured Minhla, Burmah.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, has a squas
which weighs 222 pounds and stands fou
feet high.
THE Boston Herald says that the preseI
wheat crop in this country is general
stated to be very large
VEsUvIUs is again in state OF eruption
Lava is streaming down its west side an
sorua alarm Ia aypressau