The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-29
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

Mrs. MARY ALLEN of Burlington COM
mitted suicide last week by hanging.
HIRAM McALLIsTER of Stowe, aged
seventy, recently fell downstairs, breaking
his neck.
ELISHA CURTIS of Georgia, seventy years
old, fell from a load of straw and was Sc
verely injured.
FLOYD BRIGGS of Bristol in jumping from
a wagon Friday afternoon, broke his left
leg at the ankle.
A MISREPRESENTATION boy weighing four
hundred pounds was exhibited at the Rut-
land county fair.
A THREE-YEAR-oLD son of Thomas Lock-
wood of Westford recently swallowed a two
cent piece and is seriously ILL.,
A Mr.. ROGERS was badly bruised and had
three ribs broken by runaway team on the
Rutland fair grounds last week.
A LITTLE daughter of John Atkins of
Westmore was badly scalded recently by
falling into kettle of hot water
ROBERT ROBERTS fell into Hughs quarry
at Pawlet a distance of seventy-five feet,
and injured himself so that he died.
ALEXANDER CAvANAUGH's barn in st. AL
bans was burned last week. 1t was acct
dentally set by boy with matches.
FRANK MoREY of the Mountain House,
Newport, is missing. He was owing bills
amounting to several hundred dollars.
WILBUR WAsHBURN, eighteen years old,
of Brattleboro, fell down an elevator well
Friday and 81 thought to be fatally injured.
MARTIN JACOBSON, employed by f. Baker
at Rutland Valley, cut off one of his thumbs
Friday afternoon while operating circular
saw.
A FoUR-HoRsE load of people ran off a
thrty-foot bank near Pownal village last
week. Some of the ladies were badly in
jured.
L. f. MINER of st. Johnsbury in throw
ing ball, twisted his arm in such man.
ner as to break it three inches above the
elbow.
THE house of George Bumps, Barton
Landing, was burned Friday night. The
family had barely time to escape. Partially
insured.
Mrs. GEORGE o. GUILD of Bellows Falls
last week fell into cellar from which an
old house had been removed and broke her
collar-bone.
COLONEL NJ. X. PAINE was chosen presi-
dent of the Connecticut River Valley Re-
tail Druggists Association at its recent
meeting at White River junction.
MABEL WRIGHT aged six years, living
near SaXtons River village, was kicked in
the stomach by young colt last Sunday
and injured so that she survived but few
hours.
Hon. ID. c. LINsLEY has given to the Med
ical College of the University of Vermont a
valuable specimen in the shape of Rocky
Mountain sheep. 1t has been placed in the
museum. The Smithsonian Institute offered
$500 for it,
IRA SHERMAN at the house of correction
is still industriously engaged in making or
naments out of marble He has made a
miniature figure of a soldier which is per-
feet in every detail, and he is now making
dove of white marble with wings spread
sent Governor Pingree asking for the par
don of DR.. A. r.. Stokes, sentenced three
years ago by the supreme court to state
prison for seven years for procuring abor-
tions. 1t is said the doctor is failing in
health
CAPTAIN JOHN G.. clancy, a Brattleboro
boy, has bought for his New Mexico ranch
eighty head of fine Merno rams from A. j
Mead of West Rutland The flock is said
to be the finest ever seen in Vermont. Cap
tain Clancy has one of the most extensive
herds in New Mexico.
OVER twentythree thousand people have
visited Saratoga Springs this season from
Vermont on excursion trains over the Cen
trail Vermont railroads, putting over 0,00O
into the company's treasury which prob
ably would never have gone there but fol-
the exceptionally low rates of fare.
HENRY G.. HICKoK, a native of Vermont
died in Troy, n. Y, September IS, aged
sixty-eight. Mr.. Hickok served in the civil
war, going to the front as first lieutenant
of a company that was raised in his adopted
city. He was an eX-city marshal of Troy.
He leaves widow and two children.
A YOUNG brother of Conductor Thomas
Koran of the Bennington & Rutland road
while catching ride on the pilot of the con
struction train of the New York, Rutland
q Montreal railway at New Lebanon
Thursday night, struck his head against a
TO nj n ga
that he died shortly afterward
THE store of A. S. Adams & Co. at Dandy
was entered by burglars one night las
week and a small amount of change takeI
from the money-drawer. The night previ
GUS a store in East Dorset was broken into
and small amount of money and goods
taken out and about the same was done a
Mr.. Bonesteel's store in Factory Point OF
the night of the GOTH
THE Central Vermont management have
just closed a contract with the Baldwin
locomotive works at Philadelphia for eigh
locomotlveS-two passenger engines, three
moguls and three shutters. Two of the EN-
gines are designed for use on the Ogdens
burg & Lake Champlain road, one on thu
New London Northern, one on the Contra
Vermont proper and three on the Canadi
Atlantic.
ANNA the eighteen-year daughter o
DIR. H. A. Hawley of Sudbury, disappeared
Wltn ner IatnerS team sunday morning.
was found she had cut off her hair and pu
on a mans suit of clothes before leaving tn
house. She left a note saying it would b
useless to follow her. The family are il
good circumstances and stand well socially
The missing daughter was well educated
good looking and accomplished and al
elopement is suspected.
Other Localities.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is in Washington
DISASTROUS storms are reported from In
diana and Texas.
p. STEVENSON is the republican nomine
for governor of Nevada.
The Knights Templar drill in st. Loui
was witnessed by 10000 people.
THE New York Labor Union has non
mated Henry George for mayor
EXPERTS insist that the cattle plague il
Chicago is genuine pleuro-pneumonia
JOHN EsTEN Cooke, the author, died a
his residence in Winchester, Va, Monday
Two more slight shocks of earthquake
were felt in South Carolina last Thursda
morning.
Mr.. GOULD, the Portland defauter, ha
been arrested, and is in Jail in default {
$4,000 bonds.
BARTHOLOMEW writes from Montreal tbs
he will do all he can to help his creditor
realize on his assets.
IT is proposed to hold a national CONVEX
ton of liquor and beer-malSers and dealer
in Chicago on October 18th.
A Ga L.,