The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-26
Vermont News.

Rutland last week.
EDWARD CURTIS SMITH, son of Ex-Gov-
ernor Smith, is to he married to Miss Anna
James, daughter of Henry Il. James of Og-
densburg, n. Y.
EDWIN, sevcn-years old son of Herbert T..
Spencer of Rutland was thrown from a
carriage by a runaway horse Sunday of last
week and fatally injured.
A LANDSLIDE was discovered west of Gas
setts Station Monday night of last week
in time to prevent serious accidents to rail-
road trains running either way.
THE reunion of the Third Vermont Regi-
ment, which was to be held at ST. Johns
bury October 3, has been postponed until
October TO- by order of the executive com
mttee.
l.. G. TOWER, wealthy resident of South
Koyaton was found dead in maple grove
near that place last week Monday night
The cause of death is supposed to be heart
disease
AT the annual meeting of Sovereign
Grand Inspectors General b for the north
ern jurisdiction of the United States, held
in Boston last week, George o. Tyler was
elected deputy for Vermont
f. j. Brown, well-known hotel keeper
has retired from the Bomoseen House,
| Castleton, and is succeeded by A. y. w.
Smith, late Of the POultney House, Mr..
Brown having taken charge of the latter
hotel.
IT was reported last week that "a tele-
graph operator named Sweeney, native of
Morrisvile in this state, had been taken sick
with yellow fever at Jacksonville Fla,
whittier he had gone from Galveston, Texas,
as a volunteer.
THE post-oflice department has ordered a
change in the spelling of the name of the
Brattleboro office, and hereafter the final
ugh will be dropped, leaving it simply
Brattleboro, as it has been written outside
of the department for many years.
EARLE of the Lapdnark has a three thou
sand dollar libel suit on hand, this time at
the instance of Mrs. S. f.. Boutele. The
| libel is alleged to exist in an abusive article
! in the Landmark. Last Friday, it is re-
! ported, an attachment was placed on Earles
! property.
IT is proposed to erect at Bennington on
the Mount Anthony Seminary grounds
hotel, to be the finest in Vermont and to
! cost not less than 100000. 1t is proposed
! to have trains run to and from the hotel on
road to the nearest point on the Lebanon
| Springs railroad. Dr. Webb of New York
is said to be leading spirit in the enter
| prise
DIR. A. j. WILLARD has erected on North
Prospect street, in Burlington, fine new
building for his " Nervine Establishment
and Rest Cure" at a cost of $4,000. 1t is
expected to be ready for patients early in
October. 1t is handsome building and
with special medical appliances for nervous
patients
THE fall term of Bishop Hopkins Hall,
the new Episcopal school for girls at Rock
Point, opened last Wednesday with good
attendance and prospects for its future.
The conservation of the chapel was post
poned, owing to the illness of Bishop Bssell
who is suffering from a partial shock of
paralysis at Highgate, though much i'm
proved at last accounts.
ALL the real estate of the late Dorset
Marble Company has been sold to the Yer.
mont Marble Company and ellison & Wood
fin for $4,000. The property includes over
200 acres of land, quarries and mills at East
Dorset, the Sherman quarry and what is
called the Mahattan property at West Rut
land, which is quarry and a mill with
twelve gangs Of saws; also mill at Hyde
vile. The sale also includes a lot of marble
and the hauling power and derrick owned
by Sherman & Gleason when the Producers
Marble Company's pool was dissolved.
THE mails on the different railroad line,
in Vermont are to be weighed, commencing
September "a. Charles o. Davis of Brad
, ford Is to have charge of the work between
Newport and Springfield, Mass, b. L
Hastings Of West Danvile between SwantoI
and Portland, Me-, Morillo S. Gates of Eas
Fairfield between st. Adams and Boston
via White River Junction, Frank Deminl
! of Burlington between Essex Junction anC
Boston via Rutland, Hugh p. O'Neil a
White River junction and Stephen e. era,
of Bellows Falls between Brattleboro ant
Palmer, Mass.
, THE ladies of the Woman's Relief Corp
of Vermont at the recent national encamp
ment in Columbus, Ohio, viewed the Gran,
Army parade which required five hours il
passing given point. In the parade tn,
Nermonters We're enthusiastically received
and the cry, " What's the matter with Yer
a
!, right" We're warmly applauded. Genera
/, Stephen Thomas of nearly four-score year
marched with the Nermouters, showing
!, spirit of loyalty worthy of the Green Noun
, tain Boys, and receiving hearty applause
While at j etferson park on parade day Johl
A. Logan, Jr., paid his respects to the Vel
mont delegation, taking each one by tn
hand. The Nermonters gave him a warn
reception. The thanks of Vermont com
9 rades are due Commander Taylor and stat
, for efficient arrangements and kindnesse
} extended to every Vermont comraue in al
3 tendance.
. A. l.. WRIGHT, of the firm of Wright !
Sawyer, commission merchants of Boston
: and John Van Sicklen of the wholesal
, grocery house of Van Sicklen & Spauldin
= of Burlington, were drowned last week o.
Lake Champlain. They left Burlington il
a small row boat Tuesday forenoon for Sand
| bar bridge on a hunting and fishing TRIP
a intending to return Wednesday evening
+ The BODY OF Mr.. wright was found Wednes
/. day evening on the south shore of Colches
: ter point where the boat also had bee
. washed ashore. A watch found on the bod
had stopped at 1875 and it was calculate
:, that it had run eighteen hours after bein
!, wound up, indicating that it was plunge
: into the water at 12:35 o'clock p. NJ. Tuesday
~ Mr.. Van Sicklens body was found Monda
4 afternoon about fourth of a mile from tn
point where Mr. Wright's body wa
. washed ashore. The cause of the accideI
. is mystery. The sad affair is deeply fe
. in Burlington, where Mr.. Van Sicklen wa
justly respected and loved.
= General News.