The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-20
Weekly News Summary.


THE Sons of Vermont in Chicago had
their annual dinner last evening.
DR. b. II. HAYNES of Rutland fell, the
other day, and broke his collar-bone.
THE Newport Erpress says that Charles
Fogg of the Mountain Maid is not dead.
EDDIE MAYNARD of Burlington, while
coasting, broke both bones of his left leg.
EFFORTS are being made to start Young
Mems Christian Association at st. Adams.
CHARLES PATRELL of North Pownal fell
into a wheel-pit, last week, breaking his arm.
f. d. BARTON of Waltham recently sold
twenty head of young Spanish Merino ewes
for 81, 900.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made to
burn the buildings of Harvey Foster in
Walden few nights ago.
HERMAN A. MINER has been appointed
postmaster of West Georgia and Mrs. L. A.
Lincoln at North Clarendon.
Miss ELLA EARLE of Wallingford, the So
prano singer at w. III. Vanderbilt's funeral,
received 81 900 for her services.
SIDNEY TATRo of Windsor claims to be the
champion skunk-hunter, having captured
twenty-one in three days recently.
A COMMITTEE having the matter in charge
is to issue an elegant photographic pro-
gramme of the Burlington carnival.
ROBBINS & MARsH's store at Chester De-
y
night. The marauders got no booty.
THE Central Vermont railroad wood-shed
at Essex Junction, containing 375 cords of
wood, was burned last Friday night.
JAY FULLER of Coventry was severely
hurt by hog while repairing the pen. The
hog stuck his tusk into his leg just below the
knee, raking it down to the ankle.
The work of the medical inspectors on the
trains coming from Montreal grows gradu-
oil laCup WI
be dropped altogether before many weeks.
THE finishing-shop of the Mutual Marble
Company at Brandon was burned last week
Wednesday night. About $1,000 worth of
boxed marble was destroyed. No insurance.
A LITTLE ve-years-od in st. Adams,
hearing a friend remarking about the nice,
clean drnking-water in the house, said ii
came right from the alphabet (meaning
aqueducD.
j. f. RICHARDSON has resigned the posi-
ton of deputy collector of customs at st.
Adams on account of poor health in his
family. j. r. Arlington is mentioned as
his successor.
THE statement that the case of State u.s.
Maloney, for libel would be decided at ST.
Adams this month, was a mistake. 1t will
probably not be decided until the session of
the general term in Montpelier, in May.
CAUsE-H. w. Hall set up a new and
beautiful piano for Mrs William Hall, the
popular dressmaker in the Times building
Effect-Wm. Hall and another young man
fell into the canal.-Bello,CS Fails Times.
AT a recent meeting of the Natural His
tory Society of Sedala, Missouri, Dr. Hiram
A. Cutting of Lunenburgh was unanimously
elected an honorary member. DR.. Cutting is
the second person thus honored by this So
ciety
Hon. HOSEA DoToN of Woodstock died
Sunday, of heart disease, aged seventy-four
years. He had a wide reputation as
mathematician, and for thirty-eight years
made the astronomical calculations for the
Vermont Register.
RoDERICK r. SARGENT died in Fairhaven
Mimi, recently. He was found sitting in
his chair, and it is supposed heart disease
was the trouble. He was member of the
Seventh Vermont Volunteers, and went
West about twenty years ago.
THE fourth-cass postmasters in the state
have received circulars asking them to call
convention and appoint delegates to the
national convention of postmasters, which
meets in Chicago next month. One of the
| objects is to demand higher wages.
MAJOR IRA EVANS, formerly of Vermont
and now of Austin, Texas, is chairman of
the citizens committee there charged with
| the duty of REFRESHING crime and discover
ing the authors of the recent horrible muir
ders of men and women in that city.
MRS LUCY w OODWARD, IHe OlueSJ woman
in Ludlow, died very suddenly last week.
Her age was ninety-two years and eight
months. There were seven sons and three
daughters in the family, the most of whom
lived to advanced age and died suddenly.
The present is reunion week at Burling-
ton. The society of the First Vermont
Cavalry held its annual meeting in that city
yesterday and had a banquet at the Van
Ness House last evening. The programme
for the rest of the week is as follows
| Acknowledgement business meeting of
the Reunion Society of Vermont Officers
| public exercises, including an Grafton by
Colonel Thomas O. Seaver of Woodstock
annual banquet. Thursday - meeting OF
council of administration of the Grand
Army of the Republic; meetings of the
Grand Army encampment. Friday-furthei
business meetings of encampment; camp
fire and banquet, rendered by members OF
Stannard Post. Music will be furnished by
the University glee-club and Howard Opera
| house orchestra.
Other Localities.
MONTANA asks to be admitted as state.
The winter wheat crop is in good con
dition.
ADMIRAL PORTER is seriously i'll in Wash
ington.
COLD weather once more prevails in the
Northwest.
SENATOR SHERMAN had warm reception
at Columbus.
SECRETARY BAYARD favors a reciprocit,
treaty with Canada.
The recent snow-storm caused heavy losse
to Texas stock-raisers.
WHENEVER flour warehouse in Chcag
is burned; loss $2J0,000.
THERE is not much encouragement as t.
the admission of Dakota.
SHOCKS of earthquake were felt in New
Hampshire Sunday night.
MCNEILL, the Lancaster Bank defaulter
has been traced to Montreal.
THERE are 1,123 persons in the service O
the New York fire department.
ANOTHER heavy fall of snow in Kansas
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
THE snow blockade in Nebraska wa
raised after three days hard digging.
FIFTY colored families were made home
less by a fire in Washington Saturday.
THE limit of river and harbor appropria
tons has been fixed at eleven millions.
A COAL barque has been wrecked o.
Chatham, Mass, and thirteen lives lost.
THIRTEEN persons We're killed by a min
explosion at Almy, Wyoming, on Friday.
SIX men were buried in snow-side a
Mt. Shetiles, Col, and four were rescued
THE expenses of General Grants funera
$4,000, have been paid by the government
! IT is feared that the orange crop and tree
in North Florida are ruined by the recen
! freeze.
/, DIR. L. N. NELSON, charged with complicit
L., 81 4 notn anlr on has