The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Summary of News.
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Miss MARY HOWE and her brother Lucan
arrived in Paris the first of last week.
THE acknowledgement has appointed G..
NJ. Halnmett postmaster at East Montpelier.
The sixth New england conference of !
Christian Workers was held last week in st. |
Johusbury.
FRANK p KMBALb of Bellows Falls, |
twenty years of age, was drowned sat |
urday night by skating into an open hole |
in the ice.
n. r. McCUEN, a merchant of Vergennes |
and the city's representative in the gem
eral assembly, is reported to be financially |
embarrassed.
Mrs. OLIVER WELLS of Undcrhll, aged |
seventy years, fell down stairs last Friday |
causing conclusion of the brain, which re-
suited fatally two hours later.
ARTHUR Brown of Essex Center was
kicked between the eyes by colt one day
last week and received an ugly cash sew
eral inches in length in lis forehead
r. IRVING ADAMS of st. Adams, young
man of twenty-seven years, was found last
Wednesday morning dead in his bed with
his throat cut in four places-a case OF
suicide
PENSIONS have been granted as follows
Increase, Benjamin f. Woodbury. of West
Concord, James Dickey of West Corinth,
Mary F., widow of Charles G. Hoyt, of North
Craftsbury.
SAMUEL ROYCE of Cambridgeboro COM
mtted suicide on Monday, December 10, by
hanging in his barn No cause can be as
signed for the act. He leaves a wife and
several children.
AN item got into the state papers last
week to the effect that J. II. Patch of East
Fletcher had committed suicide. Mr.. Patch
is still alive and has no intention of hasten
ing the dissolution of his mortal frame.
THE Vermont items in the river and
harbor bill are as follows Burlington har-
Dor, $4,000; GordonS Landing, S9,500
North Hero and South Hero, 1900; Otter
Creek, $500. Total for the state, S31 800.
ALBERT ROBERTS and Lewis Walder of
Woodford got into "A dispute one day last
week and in the melee which followed the
latter was struck on the head with heavy
stick, fracturing the skull and causing
death.
SAMUEL SrURGrs of Fairfield, while walk
ing holae on the railroad track, slipped and
broke a leg. He was mile and a half from
any house and was obliged to crawl the en-
tire distance on his hands and knees before
he could obtain help.
CALVIN NJ. TRUMAN, the Poultney muir
derer, is apparently enjoying himself during
his involuntary soiourn at the house of cor
rection. Superintendent Eayres says that
it would be difficult to find one man in a
thousand in better spirits
MISS HELEN JEwETT, an estimable young
lady of ST. Johnsbury, was found dead in
her bed last week Monday morning, having
retired the previous night in her usual
health She was graduate of st. Johns
bury Academy and great favorite among
her associates.
"HANK" WHITE of minstrel fame and
member of the house from Reading in 1884
tells the story of a Montpelier barber who
declares that he recently combed a whet-
stone from the hair of member of the
lower house which had rusticated there
since haydn"
THE last issue of the landmark, and the
first under its present management, refers in
the following atfectionate manner to its re-
firing editor A. A. Earle's old friend,
rheumatism, made him another call Tues
day, and the old gent is now a whimper-
ing old invalid"
CARL HoYT a young married citizen of
Tunbridge, was recently beguiled from his
home and joined travelling minstrel troupe.
The prodigal has returned and, in company
with the sheriff, is now hunting for members
of the troupe who relieved him of his watch
and sundry other articles.
A BOILER at the red quarry" at Poult-
ney exploded Friday, killing Daniel Law
Ter instantly and severely injuring John
Parry and Robert Roberts. Lawler was
thrown over two hundred feet from the
scene of the explosion and was mangled
almost beyond recognition
A VALUABLE horse owned by DR.. G.. r. San
born was fatally injured in collision with
a passing team at Rutland on Tuesday
evening of last week. The thill of one of
the carriages was driven into the doctor S
animal, Just below the shoulder Joint, to the
depth of about twenty inches. The horse
died about six hours later.
Mr.. BRIEN of White River Junction at
tempted to drive his team across the track
in advance of an approaching train The
horses were struck and instantly killed and
the wagon smashed. Mr. Brien was thrown
rtyr nj n ha al r nd 20 In N
on the back of his neck, sustaining injuries
which it is feared will prove fatal.
JAMES HANDLEY, who went around last
week from house to house in st. Adams for
a few days collecting small subscrip-
lions for an alleged christmas dinner fol
the poor at the rink" is now in Jail for OBJ
tanning money under false pretences. His
little scheme worked to the extent of about
eight dollars, and then it was checked
by authority
THE practical operation of our fox bounty
law is shown thus: boy captured eleven
foxes and desired to keep them as house
hold pets, and at the same time desired to
secure the bounty of fifty cents per head
The boy was greatly taken aback when he
was informed that the animals must be
killed before he could have valid claim to
this bounty.
AS Mr.. and Mrs Francis Raymond OF
Mendon were returning from church, re-
Gently, they were thrown from the car
riage by the breaking of king-bolt and
sustained serious injuries. Mr.. Raymond's
left shoulder was dislocated and his wife's
right arm broken. Both were severely
bruised and cut by the frozen ground. AS
the couple are about sixty years of age theil
escape from fatal injuries was fortunate.
The other night Charles Rice Benning
ton jeweler, while full of that which cheers
and inebriates, was abusing his family and
making general racket. Two policemen
were called in and Rice fired upon them, the
ball just grazing the thigh of Officer Hurley
Rice then attempted to fire several more
shots, but the cartridges failed, upon which
he was seized and imprisoned, He is sale
to be a quiet and inoffensive man wher
sober.
JAMES ROXY of New Bedford, Mass.
was loading car at North Troy on Tues
day, December H. when he was taken will
sudden illness A stranger approached
and induced him to drink from tlasl
which he said contained brandy. Roby'
illness failed to improve under the stranger
treatment and an investigation showed tina
he had imbbed nearly an ounce OF aconite
Powerful antidotes and several hours worl