The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.


sengcr depot AT Cambridge junction.
CHARLES b. IRISH has been appointed
postmaster at South Hero, to succeed A. b.
Keller.
ALBERT BARNEY, aged sixty, of Essex
Center was found dead in his barn Saturday,
from apopleXy.
Two young men of WinooslS named Laid
and Stoddard were arrested for assaultng
a man with gun
HARVEY CASTLE and wife of Castleton
celebrated the fiitieth anniversary of their
marriage Tuesday.
VERMONT sent to the Boston market last
week 126 cattle, 776 sheep and lambs, 1l6
calves and 65S swine
THE First Baptist church of Brattleboro,
has extended unanimous call to Rev. f.
j. Parry of Burlington.
f. p. MoULToN has resigned his position
as master mechanic of the Vermont division
of the Boston q Lowell railroad.
GEORGE FOWLER, one of the oldest resi-
dents of East Arlington, committed suicide
November 9th, by taking laudanum.
Mrs MARY BANTER of Middlebury acct
dentally fell head first into barrel of water
on Monday night and was drowned.
THE postmaster-general has appointed
Elsie f. Giddings postmaster at Hubbard
ton and A. G. Preble at West Budport
BURTON g. HoLYoKE of St. Adams, have
recently shipped from Middlebury station
l12 Merino rams destined for the ranch at
Ellsworth Kansas.
SPRIGG x THoRNE of Vergennes have
shipped two tons of chickens to the Boston
market getting twelve and twenty-three
cents a pound for them dressed.
AT North Hero child of Edward Bushey,
two-years-old, sat down in a pail of boiling
water, and was so badly burned that fears
are entertained that she will not recover.
Miss ELLA HoLBRooK, of Townsend, was
quite savagely attacked last week by dog
belonging to her father and severely bitten.
Mr. Holbrook came to the rescue and killed
the dog on the spot.
REV. b. FAY MILLS closed his evangelical
work at Brandon Thursday night and as a
result of his preaching there about eighty
conversions are reported. Mr.. Mills began
work in Vergennes yesterday.
Mr.. G. NJ. SHELDON has accepted the call
lately rendered him by the Congregational
church at Waterbury and will be ordained
and installed November 49, Rev. Mr..
Clark of Salem will preach the installation
sermon.
A YOUNG man named George Sylvester at
work in Jewetts saw mill in Montgomery,
while shoveling away saw dust Friday was
caught in belt and thrown upon a swiftly
revolving circular saw and was literary torn
in pieces.
THE Vermont missionary convention was
held at South Royalton November 9th, with
addresses by Rev. George Smith of Water
bury, Rev. III. T. Reynolds of Topsham
Rev w. j. johnson of st. Adams and Rev
Il. l. Bruce of Bradford.
WEST RANDOLPH has voted unanimously
to bring in an abundant supply of water for
fire and domestic purposes, with reservoirs
and hydrants on the gravity system. 1t
Xvil 1.DO wi no 10
sued to meet the expense
AMONG the patents granted last week
were the following TO Vermonters; Nelson
ID. Stanley, Essex Junction, tire upsetter;
Henry G. Cole, Wallngford shovel Homer
NJ. Rowell, East Franklin, medicinal invig-
Grating tonic, trademark.
MANAGER AVER of the Vermont Construc-
ton Company of ST. Adams, has just closed
a contract to BIZ Id two iron bridges on the
line of the Brattleboro & Whitehall road.
The bridges are to be of standard gauge,
and are to cost about $4,000.
THE loss by Friday nights fire at Towns
hend was about $4,000; insurance $3.50,
as follows Phoenix of Hartford 81 700, Hart
ford 2,450, Vermont Mutual $500 New
England and Rutland 81 100. The cause of
the fire still remains mystery.
IT transpires that at the Episcopal con-
vention at Chicago, the clerical vote of Yer
mont on the question of dropping the words
Protestant Episcopal" in the title page OF
the Book of Common Prayer, was negative
while the lay delegation voted soldly for it,
Mrs. MATILDA, wife of Louis Shatney, OF
Walden, near Stannard, attempted suicide
Wednesday by throwing rope over beam
in the shed and jumping from "A chair. AS
the rope broke, she fell to the floor and the
noise alarmed the family. She is not likely
to recover.
CITIZENS SIENNA and Perron of St. Adams