The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-05
Vermont News.

vermont NeWSs
ST. ALBANs boasts checklist of 400
names.
JOSEPH MARTIN, track-walker near
Chester, was killed by an extra engine
Thurday night.
THE veterans of the Lamoile Valley held
their annual reunion at Camp Philip Sher-
idan Morrsvile, on the county fair grounds
last week.
THE engine-house of the New London
Northern Railroad Company at Brattle boro
was burned Saturday morning. The loss is
estimated to be from $4,000 to S1S,000
covered by insurance.
THE Orleans County Historical Society
held its annual meeting in Bloomington, on
the old academy grounds, August 80. Much
of the time was devoted to the history of
the academy from 1891 TO 1860.
The report in the Barre railroad cases, in
which Hon. T. f. Wales of Burlington,
Hon. l.. M. Reed of Bellows Falls and Hon.
Loveland Munson of Manchester are COM
missioners, will be made to the supreme
court in October.
Miss KNAPP, aged thirty-one years, post
mistress at Dummerston, was found dead in
her Office last week Wednesday morning
from heart disease. She went to her office
early and was found sitting in her chair be-
hind the office table.
Mrs. Lucy, widow of the late Hon. Lucus
Robinson, was found dead in her bed at
Newport Saturday morning. She was APP
parenty well when she retired the night be-
fore. She was about sixty-one years old
and leaves no children
The scheme to bridge the Connecticut
river opposite the Waite farm in Brat
tleboro is again revived and Chesterfield
people are credited with a proposition to
contribute $4,000 toward the prospect, pro-
vided Brattleboro will raise the balance.
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Association will hold its exhibition on
the Caledonia county fair grounds Sep
TENDER and &. Entries include the largest
and best exhibition of horses ever got to-
gether in that locality. There will be races
each afternoon.
A. L. ABERCRoMBIE, assistant civil en-
gineer on the st. Johnsbury < Lake Cham
plain railway, attempted to board train
Friday morning and was thrown between
the cars and badly injured. He was taken
to st. Johnsbury His home is in Balti-
more, Maryland.
JOHN n. KELLOGG, brakeman on the Cen
trail Vermont road, formerly in the insur-
ance business at st. Adams, fell from a
freight-train at Georgia very early last week
Wednesday morning and had his arm cut
off close to the shoulder He was taken to
Milton for surgical treatment.
THE safe in NJ Stearns mea.-market, Mer-
chants row, Rutland, was broken into Fri
udy nlRnt anu S4O taken. Inc burglary
was evidently the work of expert cracks
men. 1t is thought the burglars are the same
gang that operated at Pittstield Thursday
night and at Cambridge, n Y.
The happy family" element in the po-
ltical campaign at Newport four years ago
is not repeated this fall. The flags of both
parties at that time hung from the same
rope, but this year the republicans have
erected an establishment of their own,
while the democrats occupy the old stand.
THE reunion of the Windsor county vet
Grams at Ludlow last week Wednesday was
attended by six thousand people Judge
W. G. Neazey of Rutland was president of
the day and Colonel Albert Clarke of Rut-
land orator. The next annual reunion will
be held at Windsor. The reunion of the
Sixth Volunteers was held at the same time.
THE fourth annual exhibition of the Ver-
mont Association of Road and Trotting
Horse breeders, held last week Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, was the
most successful ever held in Vermont
Celebrated horses from other states were
on the track. Thousands of people were in
attendance. The meeting greatly advanced
Vermont in the reputation of her horses.
THE Eleventh Vermont Volunteers will
hold reunion in Burlington the 10Th in
slant. The business meeting will be held
in the Grand Army hall at one o'clock p NJ. ,
for the election of officers of the society for
the ensuing year AT 2:30 o'clock an eX-
cursion of three hours will be made upon
Lake Champlain; tickets, twenty-five cents
An address will be delivered in the city
hall at I: 80 o'clock by Comrade Rev
Newton n. GlaZier AT nine o. clock a ban
quet and campfire will be held at the Van
Ness House; tickets, seventy-fve cents.
The committee desires that every comrade
should enjoy the pleasures of the boat-ride
and banquet, and should any not feel able
10 bear the expense of them they can be re-
lieved by applying to the committee. All
the officers of the society have promised to
be present and a large attendance is de-
sired. Half-fare tickets will be on sale at
all stations upon the Central Vermont,
Boston q Lowell and Burlington & La
noble railroads and by conductors upon
the Connecticut River railroad Return
checks over the Bennington & Rutland
railroad can be obtained of the secretary.
Comrades will please note that it is neces-
sary to purchase tickets over each railroad
separately Headquarters will be estab-
lished at the Van Ness House.