The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-11-04
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.
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d, THERE are one hundred four inmates of
the Neutrality-suspicious. than ever before.
THERE are number of cases Of scarlet
fever IN st. Adams They are of a mild type.
MARTHA BARRows, for years a missionary
IN Japan, has arrived at her home in New
Haven.
REV. GEORGE s. PRATT of st. Adams has
received call to Baptist church in larry
town, N. Y.
REV. GEORGE S. GUERNSEY will preach in
Fletcher next Sunday, November Sth, fore
noon and afternoon.
GOVERNOR PINGREE will issue proclama-
ton setting apart Thursday, November Goth.
as Thanksgiving day.
The first load of freight passed over the
completed part of the Pittsford & Clarendon
railroad last week Monday.
THE Bethel base ball club, after having
played twenty games and winning fifteen Of
them, has disbanded for the season.
ST.. ALBANsis making arrangements for
carnival this winter. The ground has
been surveyed for toboggan slide.
PERSONS who are in position to know
say that the estate of the late w. p Moves
OF burlington will exceed 81 100000.
THERE are twelve barber shops in Rut-
land in which are employed twenty-seven
BARRIERS. Their wages amount to over
| 1900 year.
there next week for California and colony
of about thirty will follow on from Boston
November 18th.
EMERY GATES, who in 1893 emigrated with
a four-horse team from Vermont to Grand
Detour, ILL.,, died there last week, aged
seventy-three years.
THE salary of the Mddlebury postmaster
| in 1926 was $401 .05, and was second in rank
in the state, Brattleboro being first, Windsor
third and Burlington fourth
THE last will and testament of the late
John F. Howard has been presented for
probate at Englewood, n. j., and his be-
quests will be made known to-day.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN and wife were at
one time regular yearly visitors at the water
cure in Brattleboro. Mrs. McClellan's
mother was born in West Brattleboro.
SILAs PARKHILL of Cornwall attempted to
commit suicide by hanging, but was unsuc-
cessful, as the rope broke. Parlhll is over
fifty years of age and deranged at times.
A. p. POLAND, formerly of Burlington,
and connected with the American and Van
Ness hotels, is about to open hotel in Bel
lows Falls called the Commercial House."
DAN GIDDINGs, a native of Fairfax and
well-known sheep Spectator and wool
grower, died in Ohio last week He had
resided in Westford and at Essex Junction
F. NJ. f. CAIN, of Ely Mining Company
fame, has recently taken and passed civil
service examination as an applicant for the
position OF weigher in the New York custom
house.
Mr.. MOODY has decided to adhere to his
first purpose and go to st. Adams in De-
cember-speaking once in the evening of
Saturday, the 9TH, and four times on Sun
day, the 9th.
THE Free Press understands that f. A.
Sowles of St. Adams has commenced libel
suit against it, on account of the item re-
Gently published concerning his alleged run
ming away from bail.
AT a special meeting of the Congrega-
tional society at Rutland it was voted unan-
imously to concur with the church and call
Rev. s. III. Virgin of New York. offering
him a salary of $4,000.
IT is probable that the annual meeting of
the State Teachers Association will be held
in Burlington the latter part of January,
and it is also expected that Edward Everett
Hale will deliver an address.
THE Burlington & Lamoille railroad is to
try the automatic coupling link recently in
vented by c. ID. Megs of Au Sable Forks, N.
Y. This coupling is said to have proved
highly satisfactory elsewhere.
The Episcopal church at Rutland has
called Rev. William b. Buckingham, lately
rector of st. James Episcopal church in
New London, Conn. He is offered 81 500
salary and the use of the rectory.
WE understand that at the hearing in the
case of Russell Greene, charged with SNUG
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against Mr.. Greene were withdrawn, which
lets him entirely out of the carbohydrates
+ Senger.
MYRoN LAMPMAN of Pownal, who has
been drinking hard of late, was placed under
arrest Saturday. He was given a moments
, time to step into another room and was
found with his throat cut. The wound is
not fatal.
LITTLE son of Adolphus Haskns of
Middletown Springs was seriously injured
last week. He was attempting to climb
into a wagon over the Wheel when the
horse started, and he was thrown down and
the wagon passed over him.
, Mr. w. f. SMITH, formerly of st. Adams,
has recently been appointed general eastern
passenger agent of the Chicago & Grand
Trunk and the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee railways, with headquarters at
271 Broadway, New York city.
A HoRsE-BARN belonging to S. p. Robin
son of Westford was burned October 24th,
caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
Some sixteen tons of hay We're consumed,
four swine, wagon and farming utensils.
Loss about 5000; partially insured.
ABOUT seventeen young women sailed
from New York recently, with Mr.. and Mrs.
! George II. Owen, for Germany. The Misses
| Veazey, Smith, Pierce and Kate and Fanny
3 Royce went from Rutland, and the rest from
New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
MYRoN WARD, the artist who is now in
Dakota, lett IN MS STUDIO building IN tut
ney some fine portrait paintings, including
one of his deceased mother, valued at 800 or
more. 1t now appears that the building has
been broken into and the pictures stolen.
DURING October the first month of the
, special delivery system, there We're fourteen
} letters bearing the special stamp delivered
, at st. Adams. This is about one letter for
every two working days in the month, and
? the messenger has been able to earn SLIP.
Z A MAN in Center Rutland, whose right
leg has troubled him for about twenty years,
recently had some parts of the bone re-
t moved. a piece of the tiba about six
{ inches long was removed and found TO be
2 diseased, and one of the ankle bones was
. taken out
=, The opening of the Burlington horse
l railroad will occur on Wednesday of next
: week, and it is proposed to have grand
} celebration. There will be procession of
cars over the line with Burlington and
Winooski officials and officers of the road
addresses, music, fireworks, etc.
THE water-works company at Bennington
! has had trouble with its men. The COM
, pany began two weeks ago to dig trench
! with force of twenty-five men, though
much larger number was wanted Atthe end
of the first week a majority of the men had
quit work, and finally Italians We're hired.
t PEOPLE in North Clarendon have started
{ "a post-office fight of their own 1t is claimed
that S. n. Mason, who has just been APP