The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

veterinary surgeon says he is at loss to de-
termine what the disease may be, unless it
Is anthrax, disease in which the blood be-
comes poisoned
Posi- WILLIAM II. GREENWOOD has been
organized at Putney, with twenty-five char
ter members. Judd NJ. Mott Post, No. SO,
was mustered in at Alburgh last week by
Assistant Inspector A. w. Fuller assisted
by Commander II. K. Perkins and Comrades
r. W.. Bordo and j. S. Spaulding of Post
Hurlbut of st. Adams.
GENERAL ORDER No. 2, issued by Colonel
Greenleaf, announces, among other things,
that the military camp at st. Adams next
month VIII be known as Camp Governor
Pingree," that Lieutenant-colonel j. j. Es-
tey is detailed as instructor in guard duty,
and Major 9. G. Kinsman as instructor In
skirmish drill during the coming muster.
G. w. BRowNELL, Jr, of Burlington, sec
rotary of the state fair, is receiving entries
for that exhibition and reports good open
ing Live stock entries close August 24th.
A well-gotten-up premium list has already
been issued and distributed. The fair will
be held September I, 8, Q, 10 and II, and
promises to be the best ever held by the
association
A NEW organization, to be called the
Burlington Improvement Company" is
being formed in that city, the object of
which Is to sprinkle the streets and see that
improvements are made. 1t is to be a stock
company, and the stock consists of two
hundred shares at ten dollars each, all of
which have been subscribed for, principally
by business men,
THE Seventh Day Adventists will hold
their annual camp-meeting at Burlington
on the same grounds as were occupied by
them in 1884. The meeting will begin
August IL, and continue ten days. Adj
dresses will be made by Elders Uriah Smith
of Michigan, E. w. Farnsworth of Iowa and
ID. NJ. Canright of Massachusetts. Return
checks will be given on all the leading
railroads.
VICTOR LAWRENCE of East ST. Johnsbury
amputated the two middle fingers on the
left hand, between the first and second
joints, while working in his mill last week
Monday. He was planning piece of hard
wood on "A buzz planer, when the knife
caught the stick in such manner that it
drew his hand into the throat of the paner,
cutting the two fingers off three times be-
fore he could get his hand out.
GEORGE L. HASTINGS. about forty years of
age, of North Hinsdale, n. H., was found
dead in the road between that place and
Brattleboro Saturday night by neghbor,
who did not discover the body until he ran
over it with his team Hastings left Brat
tleboro about nine o'clock Saturday night,
and it is supposed that he fell between his
horses and was kicked to death. The team
was found quite distance from his body.
Mrs. NEWELL of Rutland, j. b. Harris
daughter, found a three-years-old child lying
beside the road, when returning from church
last week Sunday, poorly clad and crying
with fear and hunger. 1t was taken to Mr.
Harris house, bathed, clothed and fed and
then it was found to have the measles. Dr.
Gale was called and the little one taken to
the mission house. The little sufferer had
evidently been out all night and was hall
dead.
A FATAL accident occurred on the East
Swanton bridge on Friday night, William
Moritts of Swanton being the victim He
was walking on the bridge and was over
taken by freight train. He could not get
out of the way, and it was too late to stor
the train when the engineer discovered him
The engine struck him, cutting off one of his
legs and knocking him into the river. He
was seen to attempt to swim, but gave III
and sank. The body was recovered. MorittS
was fifty-tive years old
IN the hearing in the case of the mer
charged with aiding and abetting the prize
fight at WinooslI, Monday, Justice Hood
rendered a decision by which j. j. Thomp
son and John McGreavy were held in the
sum of 5000 each for their appearance fol
trial at the September term of the Chitten
den county court. John Logan" against
whom proceedings had been instituted
waived examination and gave bail in like
amount for his appearance before the county
court, and the others concerned will doubt
less follow his example.
A MEETING of yachtsmen was held at Bur
lington last Wednesday evening, when
club was formed, to be known as the Bur
lington Yacht Club" and officers were
elected as follows: Commodore, II. NJ
Phelps vice-commodore, II. w. Hall: sec
rotary and treasurer, T. G. Pease. G. w
Hindes, II. NJ. Phelps, w. S. Phelps, w. G
Iul,p l.,
committee to arrange for regatta, to be
held within four weeks. III. w. Hall pre-
sented the club with cup to be contested
for, open to yachts of all classes, and to be
known as the " Bailey MUSHROOM cup"
FIRE broke out in the mill of the Burling
ton Wooden Company at Winooski at about
balf-past ten O'Clock last Wednesday night
There was large amount of prepared woo
and no small amount of waste in the mill
and the flames spread in this and burned
with great fury. The woodwork was badly
burned and the stock greatly damaged by
both fire and water. The extra pressure or
the water-pipe caused by pumping during
the fire caused the pipe to break in the
merino mill and the basement of that build
ing was badly flooded. doing considerable
damage. The fire is believed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
A WEST HALIFAX man has a Vermont
bill. On the face side at the top is the
number "2SS9" under that are the
words Vermont Currency -; beneath that
Twenty Shillings. The poffeffer of this
bill fhall be paid by the Treafurer the fate
of Vermont, Twenty Shillings in Spanift
milled Dollars of Six Shillings each OF
Gold or Silver coins equivalent by the tirft
Day of June A. ID. 1882. By order OF
mbly-Windfor, February, ISL" 1t is
signed by T. Porter and one more name, not
plainly written. The seal reads, vermont
calls for Justice, and contains the scales and
thirteen rings. On the back it reads, cone
Pound-Death to ounterfeit-W estminster
Printed by Spooner & Green-17S1."
IT has been decided by the committee
having the matter in hand to accept the
very cordial invitation from the churches in
Burlington to hold the annual convention
of the State Sunday-school Association in
that city. The time will be September %
and 10. Arrangements are being made to
secure the attendance of several well-known
Sunday-school workers from abroad as
well as those resident in the state. The
programme is being carefully prepared and
made up of Sunday topics for gen
eral discussion, essays and institute exer-
cises. The committee is DESTROYS that every
evangelical Sunday-school in the state be
represented as far as possible. An excep-
uonally interesting and profitable meeting
is expected.
FREE Press: 1t was asserted recently
in some quarters that the Boston & Lowell
had made arrangements to annex the Con-
necticut * Passumpsic road to its system,
while now an exchange comes forward and
states that If reports are to be relied upon,
the magnates of the Boston * Lowell rail
road are seriously contemplating mann