The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-01
Weekly News Summary.


A LARGELY attended labor caucus in Rut-
land nominated James f. Hogan for town
representative.
A COLLECTING crank at Rutland has
900 tobacco tags, no two of which represent
the same brand.
Hon. HIRAM HARLOW of Windsor left in
his will a bequest to the town of Windsor
of $4,000 for public library.
THE United States marshal's office, which
was at Burlington during General Henry's
administration, will be moved to Rutland
at once.
ARTHUR REILEY of Fairfield had one of
his legs broken in two places, and was 9th
wise seriously injured, by being run over by
his fathers team recently.
THE office of Asher Burditt's grist-mill at
Pittsford Mills was burglarized Thursday
morning and about $50 in money and $500
in notes taken from the safe.
BoMBARD, one of the prisoners who es-
capped from the Burlington Jail lately, has
been captured at Rouses Point, n. Y, and
taken back by Sheriff Barton to Burlington.
Mrs. THADDEUs BROOKS, colored, living
about half a mile beyond Cages mills on
the road to Saxtons River, attempted sui
eide Wednesday afternoon by taking am
monia.
The Bardillo Marble Manufacturing Com
pany, which has a quarry and mills at
Brandon, are to build extensive mills at
Rutland The building and plant will cost
$4,000 and fifty men will be employed.
A COMPANY is being formed, with $25, 900
capital, to start a sash and blind factory at
Rutland 1t is proposed to employ fifty
hands, and brick building one hundred
feet long, thirty-siX wide and two stories
high will be erected
W. Fl. III. MURRAY of Burlington has re-
ceived orders for five Sharpe yachts, to be
modelled after his famous yacht Burling-
ton" They are to be finished before next
Tau, tI,a IF OF of hap
will begin Immediately.
JOHN E. Ely representing New York
syndicate, has the refusal of the Ely copper
mine property at $4,000. The prospect is
favorable for its purchase and an early re-
sumption of work in the mine, which has
lain idle for two years past
A LARGE scale of rock weighing several
tons fell into the covered quarry of Shell
don & Sons at West Rutland one day last
week. No one was injured, but the men
were so badly frightened that the work was
suspended for the afternoon.
ABOUT twenty logmen at the steam mill
of the Fall Mountain Paper Company at
week Tuesday. They were receiving So a
day, and their demand was declined. Their
places were filed with other men.
SHELDON SPRINGS was the scene of a dar-
ing robbery on Saturday night. Congress
Hall was broken into and fifteen hundred
notes, were stolen from the pockets of one
of the guests, w. L. Lincoln of Chicago.
T. j. TIFFANY, Bennngtons defaultng
postmaster, has taken up his quarters in the
cell at the house of correction vacated by S.
M. Waite. 1t is one of the best rooms in the
building and is usually reserved for United
States prisoners, who are not sentenced to
hard labor.
A COMPANY to manufacture force-pumps
with the Genesee valve is being talked up
at Rutland. The pumps are made at Buff
falo n. Y, now, but if a company is formed
it will have all the New England States
and eighteen counties in New York for
its territory.
A FIRE broke out in Bennington in barn
owned by Mrs Betsey Mahar, and in a short
time the flames had reached frame build
ing adjoining. At nearly the same time the
sparks set fire to the dwelling of Mrs. Pat
rick Tracy near by. The Mahar house was
nearly consumed but the Tracy house was
saved in damaged condition. The fire
was apparently of incendary origin. The
loss on both houses is upwards of 81 900
insured
WILLIAM WANDsoR of Vermont, one of
the most expert cOunterfeiters in the coun-
try, was recently captured in a barn near
Lansing, Mich. New York detectives had
been on his track over three months. In
his trunk were found $500 in bogus gold
and 81 200 in certificates of deposit on the
the way from 81 to $50 pieces which could
not be detected from the genuine save for
light weight.
A WINDSOR dispatch of the 25th says
"By the breaking of bridge the horses at
tached to the carriage of Senator William
NJ Evarts ran away, throwing out its occu
pants, Senator Evarts, Charles G. Perkins
of Boston, Miss Matthews of Washington
ID. c., and the coachman. Mr.. Perkins was
thrown against wall and instantly killed
Miss Matthews was picked up insensible an(
is badly bruised, but not dangerously. Sen
ator Evarts is not seriously injured"
Hon. ALBERT GALLATIN DEWEY died in
Quechee on Thursday of last week. He was
born December 16, 1905, at Quechee village
in Hartford, where he resided nearly hi
whole life. His education was limited to
few terms at district school. He was one o
the projectors, and for thirteen years presi
dent, of the Woodstock railroad. He rep
resented the town of Hartford in the legis
lature of Vermont in 1850, 81, '63 and ga
was chairman of the board of selectmeI
from 1858 to 1866, and was elected to tn,
state senate in 1869 and for term of TIVE
years in 1870.
THE annual muster of the First Regiment
N. G. ", at Burlington, last week, was il
many respects the best ever held. larg
amount of hard work was performed wit
credit and profit to all. The usual time wa
spent in drills, and Thursday there was
drill in street riot formations in the city
Friday the regiment was reviewed by tn
governor, after which the party went to tn
headquarters tent. The regiment the
formed in hollow-square and speeche
were made by Senator Edmunds, Governo
Pingree and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ormsbet
The day closed with mock battle, wit
messed by thousands, and camp was broke
Saturday morning.
THE Vermont Association of Road an
Trotting Horse breeders will hold its secOn
annual meeting at Rutland September ST.
9th and 10th. This promises to be the larges
and best exhibition of fine and high-bre
horses ever shown in Vermont, and will il
clude all the distinguished stations of tn
region with their get There will be seve
contests of speed, four being colt races, fc
two, three, four and tive-year-olds; race fC
two-forty stations; race for mares and sta
lions; and a special purse of 5000, whic
will be trotted for by some of the note
flyers " of the day. The object of the a
sociation is to improve the breed of roa
and trotting horses, the production of whc
ranks among the present leading industri'
of the state
AT the recent muster of the state militia
committee was appointed to visit milit
camp-grounds in other states to ascertai
the comparative merits and advantages
temporary and permanent military camp
The committee consists of Colonel w.
Greenleaf, Northumberland j. j. Este
Major G. G. Kinsman Surgeon c. #. Branc
Captain Levi X Fullar and Captain Il I