The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-04
Weekly News Summary.

held in Burlington the coming season.
Ex-Governor PROCTOR has purchased
the Prince Marble Company near Brandon.
THE postmaster-general has appointed
Guy w. Tobey postmaster at MOnkton Ridge.
SIX barrels of beer were spilled at
Winooski depot the other day by Sheriff
Barton.
RUTLAND has fined the keeper of a
gambling den 5000, and he has shut up and
left town.
CHARLES BROOKS was fatally injured in
Newport by flying board at the Interna-
tiona mill.
FULLER THOMAS was found dead in
lonely old house in Cavendish. Overdose
of morphine.
A STABLE in Rutland belonging to Levi A.
Promo was burned Saturday morning with
eight horses.
WILMINGTON people are talking of start
ing weekly newspaper. Don't Too many
papers in the state now.
Ex-GovERNoR PINGREE addressed the
sons and daughters of Vermont residing in
Manchester, n. H.. last week.
The Champlain Transportation Com
pany's new boat "Chateaguay " wi be com
pleted and will begin regular trips June 1.
PRESIDENT EZRA BRAINARD of Middlebury
College has been appointed one of the board
of examiners for Andover Theological Sem
mary.
THE foundry owned by w. w. Kelsey in
Windsor was burned, with the contents.
Origin of fire unknown. Loss $1,000; in
sured.
CHARLES OLMsTEAD, who has sold tickets
in the Rutland railroad ticket-office for
twenty-five years, has resigned on account
of ill-health.
WATER in the country streams near st.
Adams is higher than known for many years.
The new iron bridge at Sheldon was swept
away recently.
MARSHALL j. INGRAHAM was probably IA
tally injured at the saw-mill at Victory by
the bursting of circular saw, the piece
striking him in the head.
LEON ", son of Leon J. Lizotte, eight
years old, was killed on Saturday in the
Fairbanks scale works yard at St. Johns
burs by heavy cask falling on his head.
THE completed river and harbor bill con-
tains an appropriation of $4,000 for Bur-
lington harbor one of $4,000 for Gordon's
Landing and one of 81, 800 for Otter Creek.
BURLINGTON has ladies' quartette who
have been for some time rehearsing prepar-
atory to singing in concerts. Its members
are Miss Lemon, Mrs. Pitts, Miss Simpson
and Mrs. Sibley.
CONGRESSMAN STEWART of Vermont has
introduced bill for the payment of 500, 600
out of the treasury for an iron stairway in
side the Bennington Battle Monument and
work on the grounds outside.
AT the village election in Rutland the
citizens ticket swept ALL the knights con-
testing only few offices, and in those were
beaten by 100 majority. John w. Cramton
is president and r. r. Mead clerk.
REV. HUGH Brown, a clergyman of the
Scotch Presbyterian church, who died at
Salem, n. Y, recently, was for many years
pastor of the Presbyterian churches at Rye
gate and Barnet in Caledonia county.
DEPUTY MARSHAL FAILEY arrested ID. w.
Morehouse of Underhill on the charge of
sending obscene letters through the mails.
Morehouse was admitted to bail in the sum
of $500 for his appearance before the SUI
preme court.
THE state educational commission is max
ing thorough canvass of the schools OF the
towns for the purpose of getting definite
and necessary information as to the condi-
ton and work of the schools under the
present system.
MEMORIAL day speakers: Colonel j. II.
Lucia of Montpelier at Waterbury, Rev. ID.
r. Lowell of Albany, n. Y, at Brandon,
Ex-Governor Farnham of Bradford at Post
Mills and Alfred A. Hall of st. Adams at
South Royalton.
PADDY ALLEN, who has lived a sort of a
hermit life for several years at Forestdale,
near Brandon, was taken sick few days
ago and the authorities had guardian APP
pointed. Two thousand two hundred and
| forty-siX dollars We're found on his person,
besides a bag of gold.
! j. b. w. COMBS, sentenced three years
ago to state prison for arson ia Westminster
was released the 9th ult. Officers rear
rested him on an indictment for burning
other buildings in the same town and lodged
him in Jail in Newfane to await trial Several
other indictments on similar charges are
hanging over him.
In General.
The sultan of Zanzibar is dead.
NJ. FLoQUET is forming a cabinet fol
France.
EMPEROR FREDERICK's amnesty decree
has been issued.
WOMAN suffrage was defeated in the
senate at Albany.
THE late sultan of Zanzibar leaves twenty
seven widows and 232 children.
SWOLLEN rivers are doing considerable
damage in Alabama and Tennessee.
Mrs. GRANT says General Badeau was
merely General Grants amanuenss.
FIRE in the Tribune building, New York
destroyed valuable manuscripts and files.
THE British steamer " Swallow " wa
wrecked off China and thirty-one lives lost
ROBERT II. BISHOP will accept the posi-
ton of judge of the Massachusetts, superio
court.
Otis BREWER, formerly editor and pro
prietor of the Boston CultiUator died thu
9th ult.
OsKALoosA, Kansas, elected a woman
mayor and "a council of women by sixty-sil
majority
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN believes that sooner o
later the fisheries dispute will be amcably
adjusted.
IT is thought that Russia and Englan,
have reached an understanding regarding
Bulgaria.
The river and harbor bill aggregate
S19,432, 1888, the largest bill of the kind ye
brought in.
CONGRESS appropriated $1,000 to provid
for paying the funeral expenses of the lat
chief-justice.
THE pork-packers of st. Louis and Louis
vile denied that they used diseased hogs il
making lard
THE family of Herman Boyer, Elizabeth
n. D., of four persons, was poisoned by eat
ing canned peas.
The late Chief-justice Waite left hi
widow without any immediate means o
support. His residence at Washington II