The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-25
Weekly News Summary.

BELLOWS FALLS has twenty-four bicycles
THERE are more than 300 Knights OF La
Dor in Rutland.
THE total valuation of real estate in Rut-
land is 81 800 135.
ORR1cE PRouTY of Bellows Falls fell last
week and dislocated his hip.
JOHN CoRLEY of Coventry was thrown
from a wagon recently and seriously injured.
PETITIONS for the division of Orange
county will be presented to the next legis-
lature.
CHARLES BoYNToN of West Townshend,
while chopping wood, cut an ugly cash in
his ankle.
THE young son of Emma Parahm of Pow
nal was severely bitten in the upper lip by
shepherd dog last week.
IT is said that Proctor and West Rutland
will ask permission of the next Legislature to
set up towns for themselves.
THE hotel, barns and store in Newport
Center owned by G. S. Sleeper were burned
Friday. The property was well insured.
EDWARD FARRELL, a brakeman, fell be-
tween the cars at West Rutland, last week,
and had his right leg cut off near the body.
THE veneer factory of j. II. Searles at
Newport was burned on Friday Nothing
was saved. Loss about $4,000; insurance
light
FRANCIS RICHARDSON'S coach, filled with
people, was ONtTIuTnbu dJ w tSJ DuINt, anu
all were more or less injured, though no
bones were broken.
o. NJ. SEVERANCE of Manchester sails
from San Francisco next Saturday for the
Sandwich Islands, where he is to fill pro-
fessorship in Oahu College.
Mrs. WARES residence in Burlington was
entered by burglars Saturday night and a
lady's gold chain, pair of silver bracelets,
a silver pin and other articles were taken.
| Ito int o ba
store of A. II. & f. A. Potter at Pownal
and attempted to blow open the safe. Two
revolvers, a clock and other articles were
| stolen.
RUTLAND's marble quarries give employ
ment to more than 5000 men, who were
| paid 81 100000 last year, when over 50O,-
| 600 cubic feet of marble were produced.
| More than S6,00O,000 are invested.
GEORGE Como of Winooski was arrested
| Sunday for intoXication. In his company
was a little boy about ten years old, who
was so intoxicated that he had to be car
red. Como had poured liquor down the
| little fellows throat to see how it would af
| feet him.
THE Boston & Lowell mail train south
was backed off switch near Woodsville
! last Thursday morning and the passengers
were badly shaken up. All who kept their
seats were unnjured, but others who at
tempted to run were somewhat bruised. DIR.
| H. n. tulJlilS, SudIc SCOloSlot, was oiiC vi
| the passengers.
ONE evening last week the inhabitants of
| BrattlebOro were startled by terrific eX-
plosion and the police were hastily call ed.
| A deep hole was found in the ground near
Jeweler Newcombs house, which it is be-
lieved was made by dynamite bomb. 1t
| is said that some time ago stranger got two
bombs from log-drivers at Bellows Falls,
one of which was by mistake sent to Ben
nington though intended for some one in
New Jersey. 1t is thought perhaps the one
exploded was the other
Mrs. MARY A. LIvERMoRE will spend ten
days in Vermont, beginning September 18th,
speaking under the auspices of the Vermont
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Her
terms are much lower than her usual rates,
being only 500, with expenses from last
place and entertainment. Mrs Mary IL.
Hunt, who is wel-known as the National
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union SUI
perintendent of scientific temperance in
struction, will also speak in this state in
September. Terms, $50 and entertainment.
Any person wishing to engage either of
these talented speakers can do so by COM
muncating at once with Mrs. B. p. Elmer,
Cabot, the Vermont Woman's Christian
Temperance Union superintendent of lee
ture work.
Other Localities.
THE President and his wife are in the
Adirondacks
AMOS A. LAWRENCE, prominent Boston
merchant, is dead.
A FIRE in San Francisco destroyed two and
a half blocks. Loss $2,O00,000.
A BOND call for $4,000 600 of three pei
cents was made last week Thursday.
FIRE destroyed Whitney's piggery at Low
ell, Mass, and roasted 265 pigs alive.
SEVERAL Boston men say they saw the
sea-serpent off Gloucester on Friday.
PROFESSOR STOWE, husband of Harrie,
Beecher Stowe, is dead, aged eighty-four.
The yacht Mayhower of Boston won
the race over the New York clubs course OF
Friday.
A FIRE has destroyed all the business par
of Earlville, n. Y, except one hotel. Loss
$4,000.
Mrs. ANN SOPHIA STEPHENS, the well
known novelist died at Newport Friday
aged seventy-three.
WILLIAM j. KENDALL of Boston success
fully swan the Niagara whirlpool rapids
Sunday in a cork vest
, SEVERAL persons were badly poisoned a
Marshfield, Mass, by drinking from a wei
doctored with Paris green.
MRS SARAH j. ROBINSON of Somerville
Mass, is on trial for poisoning her daughte
and other persons, all of whom died.
;, SEVERAL dastardly attempts were mad,
| in Chicago to wreck trains. Two discharged
: switchmen are believed to be the culprits.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY is coming over to lee
ture about Africa in America, and will ap
! pear first at Chckering Hall, New York
, November 24th.
JOHN DoUGALL, the editor of the New
? York Weekly Witness and formerly of thu
+ Montreal Witness, died suddenly from hear
t disease Thursday
d. THE recent storm destroyed seventy-fiv,
Y houses at Victoria, Texas, and killed sew
4 eral persons at Indianola. The loss at Sal
l Antonio is 100000
=, A QUANTITY of personal property seize
during the war of the rebellion and sine
= held in Washington is to be restored to tn
: former possessors as far as possible.
, THE Irish convention in Chicago chos
i John Fitzgerald of Lincoln, Neb., for presi
dent. There was some wrangling about ii
!. and also at times over other matters.
+ Miss MARY CECIL HAY, the well-know
English novelist, who died recently after
I long illness, had just completed new move
, "a Wicked Girl" which is to be issued soor
! THE friends of John G. Emo, the abscont
ing bank president of New York, are tryn
to have the indictments against him quashet
in order that he may safely return froI
d Canada.
II ALL of the anarchists who have been o
II trial in Chicago have been found guilty, an
), all, with the exception of Neebe, are unde
" the death penalty. Neebe gets fifteen years
c Imprisonment.
u Two hundrad four TriLlne freshair chi