The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Weekly News Summary.

EX-PosTMAsTER CHARLES HENRY MANsUR
died in Brattleboro, Sunday, of congestion
of the brain, after long sickness
THE Brandon republican caucus nomi-
mated Frank Briggs for town representa-
tive He had twenty-six majority over
Holbrook anti-Edmunds.
FRED MOODY, twenty years of age, son of
Hiram Moody of Peacham, was drowned at
Harvey's Pond, West Barnet, last week
Wednesday while bathing.
GEORGE l.. WATERMAN, a prominent
member of Lamoille county bar, and demo-
cratic candidate for congress in 1880, died
last week Wednesday at Hyde Park.
THE court docket of Orleans county shows
one hundred eight county court cases and
twenty-seven chancery cases. The term
commences September Sth, Judge Ross pre-
siding.
MIR. AND Mrs. CHARLES THURBER of East
Burke were thrown from their carriage re-
Gently by the breaking of the king-bolt, and
it was thought that Mrs. Thurber was
fatally injured
REV. DANIEL BRALEY. aged seventy.three,
died almost instantly while taking active
part in a camp-meeting at East RoXbury
Saturday afternoon. He was of the denom-
ination known as Christian.
OUT of two hundred ten names on the
Westfield voting list sixty-seven have been
stricken from the list by the selectmen.
have held offices for several years and have
voted for nearly fifty years.
AT North Bennington, Monday evening,
fire destroyed the east side of the principal
street. The loss on the buildings and con-
tents is estimated at 100000, distributed as
follows: Houghton store building and con-
tents Cunningham's drug store McCarthy's
dwelling, where the fire originated, and a
grocery; Walworth and Fenner blocks, and
the residence of w. Il. White. This is
serious blow to the village. Masonic hall,
one of the finest in the state and lately re-
| fitted, is total loss.
SILAs M. WAITE of Brattleboro, the ex-
| financier, finished his siX-years' sentence at
the Rutland workhouse at midnight Satur-
day and was released Sunday morning He
| was sentenced for violation of the national
banking laws, and several indictments are
still hanging over him. The expiration of
| the sentence was kept secret, and he was
spirited away in less than five minutes after
midnight and was quietly taken to an early
morning train for the north. From Mon
treal he goes to Omaha, Neb, where he will
join his son. Waite tried for pardon last
winter, but failed on account of a protest
from old neighbors in Brattleboro.
Other Localities.
The Arctic whaling fleet has had the
! poorest sort Of luck this season.
WILLIAM II. WEBSTER is the new chief
| IL
REV. MOSES A. HOPKINS, consul-genera al
of the United States to Liberia, is dead.
A PORTION of the New Orleans exposition
building falling, killed one man and seri-
ously injured others.
FIRE in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, destroyed
| property to the value of $4,000. The in
| surance was but $4,000.
FIVE persons were instantly killed by the
explosion of the boiler of a threshing engine
near Jacksonville, Wis.
PROFESSOR HARVEY of the University of
Mississippi deliberately shot and killed the
secretary of the board of trustees.
DIR. BLISS, who attended Garfield, and
who was thrown from a carriage lately, is
now believed to be dying in Canada.
| DANIEL MAGoNE, well-known in demo-
cratic politics, has been appointed collector
of the port of New York, vice Hedden re-
signed
THE expected bond call was issued by the
treasury department last week. The call is
for $10,000,000 of the three per cent loan
| of 1889.
EX-SENATOR MCDONALD of Indiana has
been summoned to Washington. The gos-
sips think he has been given a cabinet
position.
DR.. JAMES II. MCLEAN, the most extern
sive patent medicine maker in the West,
and millionaire financially, died Thursday
at Dansville, n. Y.
A VIOLENT wind storm at Pittsburg COM
pletely carried away circus tent and cre-
| ated panic among the audience. No one
was hurt except by being tramped upon.
DIR. FRANK II. HAMILTON, the famous
surgeon, died in New York Wednesday.
He was one of the corps of physicians who
attended President Garfield in his last days.
GENERAL CHRISTOPHER G. AUGUR, retired
| United States army, was shot four times
Sunday in Washington by negro named
William Pope. His wounds will not prove
serious.
FOREST fires are burning again at New
Humboldt along the line of the Chicago 4
Northwestern in Wisconsin. A great area
of pine timber is being burned. The dam
age is several millions
The new town of Lusk, Montana, was
completely swept out of existence by hal
storm August s. The houses We're all ligh
structures, and many of the inhabitants
lived in tents. Not dwelling is left.
IT is announced from Washington that
in consequence of an appeal by Secretar,
Bayard, President Daz has exerted his per
sonal influence in Cuttings behalf, and tina
the speedy release of the latter is expected
HARRY WOODRUFF, who resides nea
Green Bay, Wis, tells of his fight will
forest fires last week. He had been away
from home hauling water barrels to distan
neighbors Returning leisurely he suddenl.
discovered wall of flame approaching hi
own house. He dashed his horses to a gal
lop, got home, and began wetting his house
barn and other buildings. The wave of fir
was full an honr in passing, but he save'
everything, including his family and stock
Then he drove to the nearest neighbors' an
found everything swept away, but rescue,
: a family of five, who were hiding in a well
nearly suifocated. The recent rains hav
eXtingushed the most of the fires, but
fearful scene of destruction remains.
Foreign.
, THE Hungarian town of Hulleen has bee
J destroyed by fire.
Forty miners persisted in a colliery disa'
: ter at Leigh, Lancashire, Friday.
= THE Dominion government has forbade
American fishing vessels to enter the Bay {
Chaleur.
ANOTHER riot occurred in Belfast Satu
day night, and several persons were kille
, and wounded.
| A DEFICIT of 81 800, 900 has been discovere
in the funds in charge of the public del
board at Havana.
SIX men were killed at New Rose Irelan,
. by the collapse of a railway tunnel whic
n they were constructing.
!. AN agreement has been entered into b
, tween Prussia and the Vatican, terminatir
h the conflict between them
$ A MOB in Lyons insulted Austrian pi
o grims bound to IIourdes. The Catholics a
indignant over the outrage.
THE Rriton Medical and General Assn