The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-03
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

decided TO erect church.
THE Baptist Society of North Troy has en-
gagged the services of Mr.. Clough of Groton.
GEORGE TIcE of Holland has sucking
colt which he bought of DIR. McDuffee, pay
ing $3.50
THE Valley cheese factory, Hinesburg,
has closed out its cheese, about 400 at
twelve cents.
e. G. CARDIGAN of Rutland has been APP
pointed deputy collector and inspector Of
customs at Newport.
EDWARD JAMES and another tramp from
st. Adams, VT, were killed at Little York,
Ont, by railroad train.
REV. o. NJ HILTON of the Universalist
church, st. Adams, was married Thursday
at Canton, N. Y, to Miss Hattie Post Of
that place.
Miss CLARA III. PEAsE of Burlington has
been appointed to the chair of mathematics,
in the board of instruction of Bradford,
Mass, Academy.
J. FADDEN of East Arlington made an UNI
successful attempt at suicide the 26th, cut
ting his throat with a razor. He had been
drinking heavily.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Chris
tan AdUocdte calls attention to Catherine
Rood of Hinesburgh, VT, as the oldest
Methodist in America.
IT is understood that Post-otfice Inspector
Boynton of johnson has been transferred,
| anu, beginning WIN next week, Will be To-
Gated in Maryland and Virginia.
JOSEPH w. TURNER of Cambridge Boro
died Oct. 26, in his eighty-second year. He
was for years a leading merchant, and
amassed considerable fortune.
THE barns in Huntington containing
| thirty tons of hay, a quantity of straw and
one pair traverse seds, belonging to G. II.
Small and wife were burned Saturday morn
ing, Insured for $3.50.
4 III
were burned last week with eighteen tons
| of hay, six tons of straw and corn fodder,
eight pigs and 100 chickens. The barns
were insured for $500 No insurance on the
contents.
LEANDER MORTON, who has been an en-
gineer for the past twenty-eight years, and
for the last twelve years has been run
ming the mail train between Rutland and
Bellows Falls, died of pneumonia Monday,
in Rutland
MEYER, the murderer of Krause, who is
! confined in the state prison, attempted
suicide last week by cutting his throat
with piece of glass he had obtained by
some means He made an ugly wound, but
was alive Wednesday.
THE veteran postmaster of Chimney Point
in Addison county, Asahel Barnes, Esq,
died Thursday, in the seventy-seventh year
of his age. Mr. Barnes was appointed in
1S41 under President Harrison. and held
the office continuously until his death.
PRESIDENT HARRIS of the Connecticut
River railroad company has written to the
officials of the town of Springfield VT, Of
fering to build a road from their line to
Springfield village, distance of four miles,
if the town bridge the Connecticut river and
keep 1t in repair.
AMONG the patents announced during the
past week are the following to Vermonters:
G.. III. Pond, Rutland, three patents for ma
chine for manufactures of wood min. II
Butler, St. Johnsbury Center, pillow; w. S.
Curtis, West Randolph, artificial tooth; S
E. Moore, Swanton, tub-fastener
w. F. TIFFANY began Monday his thirty.
fifth year as express messenger. He served
between Burlington and Boston for the first
ten years, and since then, with slight excep.
tons, he has served on the local train be
tween Burlington and Rutland. He ha.
averaged 800 miles week and has travelled
in all 800 600 mies.-Free Press.
A sMAsH-UP occurred Friday morning al
Gassetts station on the Rutland railroad
seventeen miles north of Bellows Falls
Number four, mixed freight and passen
ger train was run into at the rear by an ex
ira freight Number six, freight, ran int
the rear of the extra on a bridge. wreckinl
all three trains, and blockading the track
until afternoon. No one was seriously in
jured.
IT is said that a Brandon man has spen
his entire fortune in searching for sive
coins which he believes are buried in vari
, Gus parts of the village. He is "A machinis
by trade, but for number of years past h
has spent most of his time in hunting fo
these coins, spending over $4,000 in tn,
past twenty-five years TO satisfy delusiol
and is poor man in consequence. a clair
voyant is assisting him in his wild search.
OUR Grand Isle correspondent writes thus
I Rev. o. G. Wheeler and family have abou
decided to leave their island home and re
move to Burlington. If this plan is carried
out it will bring to a close a pastOrate eX
tending over nearly half a century, probabl,
the longest pastorate of any minister of tn
gospel now living in the state. Mr.. Wheele
will leave many warm friends and foot
, prints in the sands of time TO remind us o
his long and faithful work among u.s.
I Messenger.
THE State Sunday-school Convention a
: Chester was held October 26 l.. b. Lord Q
9 Burlington, presiding. The address wa
made by Rev. Mr. Conant of Windsor. Tn
Methodist Sunday-school at Proctor report
twenty-five conversions the first Congrega
n tional church of Burlington, seventy-tive
: Thetford reports young men, twenty
I Townshend fifteen, Peacham twenty, am
y. Stratton twenty. A temperance addres
$ was given by Mrs. A. A. Wyman of Cam
!, bridgeport
y A LIVELY smuggling ARRAY occurred a
: East Franklin recently after dark. Gus
| tOIllS OlHttI Dtutll VI NtSu DtIhSilIt
% with his son, intercepted two-horse tear
q loaded with butter from Canada, i
!, charge of two men who showed fight. Nh
= Bedell, who is IA one-legged soldier, wa
severely handled in the melee and his sol
knocked down and injured. The smuggler
succeeded in clearing their horses from tn
wagon and in making good their escap
back to the Province. The wagon, how
ever with fifteen tubs of butter, fell troph
/, into the officers hands. The smugglers ar
+ Messenger.
!. THE State Sunday school Convention
n Chester was continued the 9th. Home
+ Eaton, DID,, of Burlington gave an addres
N on =" Religious Principles in the Sunda.
lie School," A. e. Dunning, DID, of Bosto
5, spoke on " Training Teachers " and " Ho
Is to Teach the Life of Christ" +. A. Dal
re forth of New York, secretary of the Sunda!
" school Union, told how the organized wor
As progressed in New York State, countit
* and towns In Vermont there are two d.
e nominations with go Sunday-schools, 6,Ot
Sc officers and 10000 members. Officers wei
n elected as follows l.. b. Lord of BurlinI
r ton, president; c. f. Ranney of Newpor
IL Weep president; Rev. j. III. Babbtt of Swal
Is ton, secretary; Rev b. NJ. Hardy of RAJ
dolph, Rev. Mr.. Reese of Rutland, Rev. Nj
Howard of Roxbury and Rev. Mr.. Wyms
of Cambridgeport, executive committe
An address was delivered by Rev. III. 4
Spencer of Randolph on :" How to Mai
., the Sunday-school Attractive"
Il In General.
ar MoNTANA has had a hip snow storm