The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-18
Weekly News Summary.

ST.. ALBANs is to have a Board of Trade
THE Burlington Medical College has one
hundred seventy students.
THE citizens of Chester have voted to es-
tablish central high school and have laid
an eight per cent tax for its support.
A THoUsAND-DoLLAR horse belonging to
Stillman Grandey of Vergennes, was killed
accidently on Thursday of last week
THE late David r.. Campbell of Windsor
left q beQuest of $4,000 TO be applied toward
the support of the Rockingham poor.
THE total amount of duties received at st.
Adams last month was S16,799. The duties
received already this month amount to over
$1,000.
THE Fisher mills at Bennington will start
up Immediately. When run at their full ca
pacity the payroll amounts to $4,000
yearly.
o. II. HALE, who has been doing large
dry goods business in st. Johnsbury for
several years, has failed and will go into in
solvency.
A INSTRUMENTATION Wilmington
man has parted with his second wife, by
mutual consent, after less than fortnight's
life with her.
VERGENNEs is on the border of coal
famine Both coal yards are empty Ar
rangements are on foot to car a limited
quantity from Burlington.
A BENNINGTON man, who recently lost a
pressed into a caulk in the shoe of friends
horse shod there soon after,
FRANK HoADLEy, a car checker on the
Connecticut River railroad at Bellows
Falls, had a leg cut off last week while he
was trying to board a train.
BELLOWS FALLS is to have the Vermont
Methodist conference the last of April, the
Congregational state convention in June
and the Universalists in August.
ORLEANS county judges advertise for pro-
posals to put up county buildings. A brick
courthouse in contemplated, and there has
been considerable talk of iron or steel as ma
terial for the Jail.
LUTHER BLAKE, a Derby Line potato buyer,
was robbed of a $40 check and $50 in cas- h
by three men on a train between Lowell
and Nashua one night last week. He thinks
he was choroformed.
A CHARTER has been issued for Francis
V. Randall Post, No. a. G.. A. r., at Dan
vile. The post starts off with twenty char
ter members and will be mustered by Gen
eral III. X Ide of st. Johnsbury.
THE Caledonia Publishing Company has
been organized with capital of $4,000.
Hon. Dudley p. Hall of Lyndon is president
and John G. Clark of St. Johnsbury is clerk
and treasurer. The new paper, the Republi-
can, will appear next week.
THE one hundredth birthday of Mrs. Me-
hitable Danforth was celebrated at her
residence in Bristol March 2, where she has
lived forty-nine years Her mind is clear,
her memory good, and she converses intel
ligently. She has outlived all her chill
dren.
Hon. GEORGE W. HENDEE, receiver of
the Vermont National Bank at st. Adams,
will pay dividend of twenty per cent to
the depositors of that institution as soon as
the checks, now in the hands of the comp
troller of the currency, have been signed
and returned.
In Jericho, last Thursday, Willard Wood,
twenty-three years of age, was helping about
a wood saving machine, when the saw cut
its way into the ankle. 1t was some time
before doctor could be obtained, and as
the flow of blood had not been successfully
stopped the man died, it is supposed, from
the loss of it.
THERE are rumors current of irregularity
in connection with the sale of the Sullivan
railroad to the Vermont Valley railroad by
the owners of the Northern railroad in
1880. 1t is said that 100000 has been left
nnaccounted for. The Northern railroad
officers insist that the transaction was
straight, and an investigation is being
made.
AT the request of the management of the
New Orleans exposition that state day
should be named for Vermont at the expo
sition, Governor Pingree named Tuesday,
pointed Ex-Governor Proctor, General w.
Y. w. Ripley and Hon. John B. Mead to
represent Vermont at the exposition on that
occasion.
THE Fairbankses of st. Johnsbury have
organized at their scale works a hose com
pany, independent of the village fire de-
partment, consisting of men living in the
Immediate vicinity of the factory, who will
be regularly drilled in the use of the fire APP
paratus belonging to the works. and who
will report for duty when engine No. l and
hose are called from Fairbanks village.
THE Windsor County Teachers Associa-
ton has elected officers thus: President,
Principal John Packard of Ludlow; vice
presidents, Principal Il. b. Rice of Windsor
and Principal McCrllis of Springfeld exc
cutive committee, Principal L. e. Philbrick
of White River Junction, Miss Lucy Il.
Stone of Hartford and Miss Frances l.. Da-
Wis of Woodstock; secretary, Principal w.
II. Sanderson of Woodstock.
CHELSEA is obliged to hold another town
meeting, because the voters were so careless
as to give majority of their votes for third
selectman to an ineligible candidate. This
nominee for town representative, and at
that time it was remarked that If he re-
ceived every vote in town he could not
take his seat, because he had not resided in
town during the whole preceding year.
Mr.. HAzEN, station agent at Royalton,
had narrow escape from death recently.
He stepped from a box car down upon one
upon his side, just above his hip, across the
edge of the car and thence to the track be-
tween the cars, just as the signal to go ahead
had been given to the engineer, but luckily
the engine could not start the train and be-
fore the engine could be reversed Mr.. Hazen
succeeded in crawling out of his perilous
situation. His injuries were very severe.
THE Rutland Railroad Company Us. Page
case has been ordered, by request of both
sides, to be tried by a special jury, and the
trial. which is expected to take several
weeks, began Monday The railroad com
pany brought their suit to recover 500 600
which they claim is due from Page foI
moneys of the railroad company which he
had for the interest of large sums used by
him. Page filed plea in Offset claiming
the company owed him larger sums thar
the company claimed due from him. A
large number of attorneys have been re-
tanned on both sides and great amount O
work has been done in preparing the case
which involves the overhauling Of the bust
ness during the whole corporate existence
of the Rutland railroad company and dur
ing the entire time Page has been connected
with the railroad.
In February, 1884 Ralph E. and Jabez A.
sons OF II. A. Jones, wealthy tanner anC
farmer in Richmond, became members o
the produce firm of Davis, Bement &
Jones, at Fitchburg Mass, the father fur
nishing the sons 5000 in cash to put int,
the business. Jabez became resident o
Eitphhurp while Ralnh remaine1 Mt Rich