The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-21
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

vermont.
THERE are about sixty guests at Dixon's
hotel, Underhill.
DAVID KELLOGG, missing from Bennington
for some days, is in Boston.
MILTON and South Hero were visited by
destructive hail-storms on Sunday.
LYNDoNvILLE camp-meeting begins Mon
day, August %, and closes the 2Sth.
THE Grand Isle county republican con-
vention has been called for August 14th.
MRS ELEANOR E. LYFoRD of St. Johns
bury has received back pension of So, 300
REV. Mr.. DAVIDSON began this week his
duties as pastor of the Free Baptist society
of st. Johnsbury.
The steam saw-mill in Chittenden, owned
by John Lefferts of Flatbush, N. Y, was
burned Wednesday.
JOHN MELVIN of Bridport, aged sixty-ive,
was instantly killed Sunday by being
thrown from carriage.
REV. A. P. TRACY of Sutton baptized
twelve persons on the 18th and received
fourteen into the church.
B. CHASE of Newport, a town pauper
seventy-six years of age, committed suicide
recently by taking poison.
Mrs. GEORGE AYERS Of Windsor was
thrown from wagon few days ago and
lies in critical condition.
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from his recent illness as to be able to give
little attention to business.
THE annual camp-meeting and conference
of the Seventh Day Adventists will be held
at Vergennes August 10 to IT,
THE post-offices at Highgate Center, Dan
vile, Wolcott and Waterbury Center have
been made money-order Offices
THE river and harbor bill contains an
item appropriating $25, 900 for break-water
at Gordon's Landing, Grand Isle.
Oracle, daughter of DR.. L. B. Newton of
North Bennington, broke both bones OF her
right arm by falling from fence.
Mrs. WILLIAM CARPENTER of Readsboro
committed suicide on the 18th by hanging
herself with halter in her woOdshed.
FERN, son of John Patterson, formerly of
Craftsbury was killed on the cars of west
ern railroad on which he was conductor.
RAYMOND SMITH of Wells River fell from
a window and broke his arm near the wrist.
This makes the fourth time he has broken it.
BRATTLEBoRo has voted to have paid
fire department, which will go into effect
August l, at an annual expense of about
| $1,000.
WILL BRISTOL of Fair Haven had the
! thumb of his right hand nearly severed by
getting it caught in rapidly revolving cir
cular saw.
THE Vermont delegates to the national
encampment of the Grand Army will leave
| st. Adams for San Francisco in special
car tomorrow night
REV. CHARLES VAN NoRDEN of Spring
field, Mass, formerly of st. Adams, will dc
no more ministerial work for year, on &C
count of impaired health.
A ToPoGRPAHICAL survey is being made Of
the recent land purchase of the New York
ers in Shelburn and South Burlington by g
New York civil engineer and six assistants
THE case CT the state against Spaulding
for illegal liquor selling at White River
Junction, resulted in Spaulding pleading
guilty to twenty offenses. He was fined
$3.50.
THE report that the Boston Lowell
stockholders had voted to authorize the pur
chase of the Lake road proves true, and it !
expected the transaction will be completed
in few days.
WHILE Elmer Phippen OF East Burke wa
away from home some one broke into III
house and broke his sewing-machine ant
clock, opened bureau drawers and helped
themselves to food and maple sugar.
THE Lake Champlain Spiritualist camp
meeting at Queen City Park commences
August 10th, and continues to September
18th. Half-fare tickets will be sold from al
stations ON the Central Vermont road.
THE Esperanza Marble Company OF Rut