The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-18
Weekly News Summary.


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THE Central Vermont is having difficulty
with water on its Addison division.
THE Troy Methodist conference decided
to hold its next session at Burlington.
REV. n. c. HuRLBuT has closed his labors
as pastor of the Advent church at Richford.
BURGLARS entered the North Pownal post
office, found the safe unlocked and stole
$125.
REV. JOHN MACON has been installed
pastor of the Advent church at Bristol and
commenced his labors.
THERE were one hundred eleven births,
seventy-two marriages and ninety-four
deaths in st, Adams last year.
BURLINGTON has man who, according to
the Free Press, has been living on the bodies
of horses sent to him for burial.
LANES block at Middlebury was totally
destroyed by fire Friday night. Loss about
$4,000. Origin of fire unknown.
THE state fair managers are negotiating
for a balloon Notwithstanding they
have not INDUCED in for twenty years.
IT is limited that there will be five hundred
ten students at the Sauveur School of Lam
guages in Burlington the coming summer.
ST. JoHNsBURy's excellent band has dis
banded. Assigned reason, lack of support
by the towns-people-a common complaint.
Ex-GovERNoR SMITH has returned from
his extended sojourn at Old Point Comfort
Va, apparently much benefited by his res
pite from business Messenger.
The Unitarians of Burlington have given
Rev. L. G.. Ware six months leave of
absence. during which time it is hoped that
he will fully recover from his severe illness.
A YOUNG son of Lester Fish of Ira, about
seven years old, fell into large pan of
boiling sap and was scalded in most fear
full manner. There is but little hope of his
recovery.
JACOB SPAULDING, a well-known citizen
of Panton, after breakfasting with his fam
lily as usual lay down on the sofa and called
for drink of water. He died almost i'm
mediately.
PATENTS issued to Vermonters: To C. II.
Emerson and W. II. Wetmore, Burlington,
toboggan; to l.. w. Jones, johnson, fishing
reel signal: to III. Walcott, Rochester, cover
for sap-buckets.
AN attempt to wreck the night express
coming south over the Rutland road was
made short distance north of Rutland. the
other night, by placing a large stick of tim
Der across the track.
WORK on the Bennington battle monu-
ment will be resumed this week. A sutfi-
cient number of stones have been cut the
past winter to carry the structure up about
one hundred fifty feet.
COLONEL ALBERT CLARKE of the Rutland
Herald has been confined to the house since
W
having been seized with chill on his re-
turn from Burlington.
THIS years Vermont graduates from the
Chandler Scientific Department of Dart
mouth are as follows: f. j. Bodwell of
Barton, II. S. Denny of Mortified, E. G.
Hovey of East Hardwck.
A BRICK dwelling at Springfield village,
built by Frederick Parks at cost of $780,
600, was ruined the 18th by fire caused by a
defective tiue. Insurance $500 on build
ing and $500 on contents.
A NUMBER of valuable through mails
were burned in the baggage-car at Rocking
ham, and the loss of them is causing con-
siderable inconvenience to business men
along the line of the Rutland road.
B. B. SMALLEY, collector of customs at
Burlington, who is the guest of Senator
Morrill, in Washington, has been quite ill for
a week and at one time was threatened
with pneumonia. He is now convalescing.
THE post-office at North Greensboro has
been discontinued and a new one estab-
lished at the Four Corners, near Edwards
mills, with Wilbert Edwards as postmaster.
1t is understood that the office will be
called Greensboro Corners.
COMMANDMENT CHIEF JOHN p. REA of the
Grand Army has appointed the following
aides-de-camp on his staff from Vermont:
f. II. Trick of Burlington, f. n. Peck of
Burlington, Barney Cannon, Jr., of Bellows
G. B. RUSSELL of North Hero writes, in
reply to certain damaging statements which
we copied from the Free Press last week,
denying the charge of embeZzlement. He
says that he made settlement of his ac-
counts with the town that was satisfactory
to the selectmen; also that the reports of
his insolvency are unfounded.
SAMUEL MCCAUGHEY of Australia, who
has been in Vermont some weeks buying
Merino sheep to ship, has bought three hun
bred five, and is now shearing them at f.
n. Bissell's, East Shoreham, from which
place he expects to ship them in about a
week. They 90 by the way of London and
it will take about six months to reach theil
destination.
THERE is an unusual amount of sickness
among the cattle and horses of Bratteboro
Liveryman III. NJ. Burke and Mr.. +. e. Stock
well have recently lost valuable horses from
disease which DR.. r.. A. Lord the loca
veterinary surgeon, decides to be acute de
generation of the kidneys, and which he
attributes to high and injurious feeding
want of proper exercise and cold
THE result of the examination of thu
medicine which proved fatal to William
Riley has created much excitement at Bel
lows Falls. 1t seems he called at the drug
store for ten grains of quinine, which he
mixed with whiskey and partially drank
The investigation shows this was morphine
and that the man was poisoned. No action
has yet been taken by the authorities.
CHARLES SENTER, Frenchmap, who live,
with his widowed mother at Vernon, wa
taken to Windham county Jail in default o
$500 bail, charged with placing obstruction
on the track of the New London Northern
railroad on a curve in Vernon where de
railment of the train might have prove,
disastrous. Senter denies that he place,
the tish-plate on the rail- which was dis
covered by trackman, though convicte,
on evidence of a rough companion Their
is no known motive for the act
ONE of the interesting cases tried recentl
at Burlington was that of the will o
Ephraim Griswold, contested by G. A
Griswold of Rutland, a granddaughter
which recalls the sensational murder of tn
formers wife at Williston twenty-five
years ago. The woman had made forum
of $4,000 as a cook for the California miner
during the heat of the gold excitement
There was an adopted daughter in the fam
lily married to a rough character nance
Potter. 1t was believed that the latte
hired one Ward to kill his mother-in-aw
Potter and wife were on a visit to Canad
with Mr., Griswold, when Mrs Griswold wa
brutally murdered. Ward was arrested
convicted and hanged, but refused to in
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