The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-06
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

Burlington proposes to have a carnival Of
winter sports the coming season.
Robert Merrill of Bellows Falls had one
hand badly cut by circular saw Monday.
ID. G. Hardy of Morrisvile shipped 1, $50
dozen eggs from that station one day last
week.
Bellows Falls has had a special corpora
! ton meeting to see about buying steam
fire engine.
Charles Hutchins of Lowell will lose the
sight of one eye, by recent accident in the
tub factory.
There were eight persons baptized in
East Creek, at Rutland, Sunday afternoon
by Rev. Mr.. Elliot.
The tramps who attempted to capture a
freight train at Bellows Falls were sent to
the house of correction.
John b. Mcleod of Bellows Falls was
| probably fatally injured by falling from a
log chute twenty-five feet high.
p, ID. BLoDGETT, for eighteen years past
town clerk Of st. Johnsbury, has resigned
and Elijah ID. Blodgett succeeds him.
#. Smiths dwelling and its contents and
| Mrs. ThompsOn's house at Dover were
burned Monday. Loss, $1,000; insured.
Mrs. S. NJ. Waite of Brattleboro has sold
her place in that town and will soon Join
her husband Silas NJ. Waite on their Ne
! braska ranch.
The old courthouse building at Rutland
will be sold at auction next Saturday after
| noon. II is the Oldest building in the viii
age and was erected in 1775.
ARTHUR FAIRBANKS of ST. Johnsbury,
who was graduated from Dartmouth Col
lege last June, has been appointed instructor
of Greek in that institution.
AS Carl White of West Derby was riding
his bicycle he accidentally ran into pedes-
trian, and was thrown from his machine in
such way as to break his wrist.
w. A. FAULKNER, for eleven years cashier
OF the Peoples National Bank of Brattle-
boro, has accepted similar position in the
Hide and Leather Bank at Boston.
Hon Josiah futile of Essex, who went
to San Francisco on the G.. A. X. excursion,
is so seriously afflicted with muscular rheu-
matism that he cannot as yet return east
Fred Page, who stole "a watch from st.
Adams man on the Rutland fair grounds
about two weeks ago, was sentenced to a
year s imprisonment in the house of cOrreC-
ton.
The depot at Hydepark was broken into
last week Wednesday night. Only few
cents and some tickets are missing. The
burglars started to blow open the safe but
were frightened away.
There have been thrty-five new members
received into the Rutland Young Mems
Christian Association during the last quar-
ter. The total number of members who have
paid their fees is one hundred seventy-five.
Edison Doe of South Newbury has been
granted patent for a pointed link for en-
gines, consisting of an upper part provided
with an annular grooved plate and lower
part provided with an annuar ribbed plate
fitting in the said grooved plate.
The case of the state against Martin C.
Davis, the school-master, who shot and Sc
riously wounded the father of one of his
scholars, was continued by mutual consent
till the March term of the Windham county
court at Newfane. Davis was admitted to
bail.
At West Rutland Friday, James G. Har-
man, armed with carpenters hammer
murderously assaulted his brother-in- law,
John Harry whom he struck several times
upon the head. Harty's temple was laid
bare for three inches and his skull was
crushed. Hartman took to the woods.
The first semi-annual meeting of the Yer
mont Amateur Press Association was held
Friday at Brattleboro. A constitution was
adopted and the following officers elected ::
e. W. Tewksbury president; Miss NJ. f.
Chatteld, vice president; w. b. Goodrich,
secretary and treasurer: G. p. Spence, otfi-
cial editor; Miss F. e. Brooks, c. G.. Du
Bots, w. 5. Pratt, executive committee.
Official organ to be conducted in the Adj
vance. West Randolph was chosen as the
next meeting place. banquet was served
: at the Vendome.
Other Localities.
Admiral Porter is seriously ill.
The Merrimac Opera-house in Amesbury,
Mass, burned Sunday.
, Senator Sherman addressed an audience
of 1000 at Louisville, Ky
r. G. DUNN & Co.'S statement of failures
J shows vast improvement of 1886 over 1885.
} WILLIAM S. MELLEN has been made gen
eral manager of the Wisconsin Central rail-
way.
Four men were killed by the blowing up
of the Dittmar powder works at Bay Ches-
ter, n. y.
From August ~ to September 80 thirty
distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at
Charleston.
MASSACHUSETTS, democrats nominated
John f, Andrew, son of the ex-governor,
for governor.
The public debt statement shows reduce
ton in the public debt during September of
S1,06270l ,3l7.
WOMAN in Chicago has been, tbs claimed,
restored to life by a hypodermic injection
of nitro-g ycerine.
The anchor line steamer Anchoria from
Glasgow for New York, with 100 passengers
is six days overdue
THE report of an Indian massacre in
Northwestern Canada is declared to be
without foundation.
THE Massachusetts republicans nominated
for governor the present lieutenant-gov-
ernor, Oliver Ames.
PLEURo- PNEUMONIA has broken out at
Mandin, Dakota in a herd of cattle most OF
which came from Chicago.
At Cincinnati four grocers, arrested for
violating the state butterine law, pleaded
guilty and were fined $50 each.
j. NJ. THAYER and w. II. Meyer are the
republican nominees for governor of Ne
braska and Colorado respectively.
PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA is raging with unpre-
cedented violence among cattle in Limerick
township Montgomery county, Penn.
Rabbi Hill Howitz. who presides over the
Polish jew church in Cincinnati, has been
arrested for granting divorces without au
thority.
THE Indian depredations in the North
west appear to be entirely among he differ
ent tribes, the whites not being molested
, No serious trouble is anticipated.
There now prevails in Vicksburg, Miss.
, an epidemic of Dingue fever which is un
precedented, over 1000 cases being under
} treatment. The disease while a painful
and Frustrating one, is by no means danger
Gus, there having been over $1,000 cases
3 without death.
Foreign.
Ten thousand Irish families are under
| notice of eviction
> Violent aSrthnuakaS have occurred i'm