The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-13
Weekly News Summary.

lightning last week and partially burned.
THE Unitarian society at Brattleboro has
called Rev. f. l.. Phalen Of Milton, N. H.,
to become its pastor.
NEW patents: To w. S. Smith, St. Johns
bury, for a saw-setting machine; to w. w.
Reynolds, Rutland, for scale-beam.
A sNow-BANK about four feet in depth
and of considerable area was visible June
/ on the b. j. Wade farm in Montgomery.
=. w. PLUMLEY killed an immense black
bear recently near his house in Sherburne.
The animal weighed two hundred pounds.
p. McGINN of Ryegate was killed by the
fall of derrick in experimenting the cree
ton of soldiers monument at Milford,
Conn.
A THREE-YEAR-oLD child of James Kidd
of Swanton got hold of some matches and,
setting fire to its clothes, was burr ed to
death.
CHAFFEE's mills at Sherburne were de-
stroyed by fire last week About 100000
feet of lumber was consumed. The stock
was partially insured.
THE populations of Charles Downer of
Castleton, who committed suicide last fall
and whose defalcation has just been dis
covered by an expert, extended over several
years.
AT Bellows Falls two two-story buildings
at the north end of Canal street, owned by
the Bellows Falls Canal Company and oc-
Cupleu Dy IL. a. SUrdBnJ LOT u WOON-WOrklllB
shop and j. II. Straight for paint-shop,
were burned the 9th. Loss about $1,000.
OVER $4,000 pounds of butter and 5000
pounds of cheese were offered for sale at
the Vermont Board of Trade in Burlington
Friday. The highest offers were nineteen
cents for cheese at which holders refused
to sell. Most of the butter will be put in
cold storage to await better prices and
most of the cheese will also be held
THE Fairfax (virginia) Herold has the fol-
lowing, which may interest some Vermonter
who may chance to learn the fact. The
Vermonter who left his mark on the turtle,
probably belonged to the Second Vermont
Brigade, which was encamped in the vicin-
ity during the winter of 1S62-'63: Mr..
Alec Hopkins found terrapin near Paine's
church a few days ago with the following
letters cut on its shell: j. We c.
1S63-Vt. Vols The terrapn was found
only a hundred or two yards from where
the federal soldiers were encamped during
the war. The Vermont volunteer can get
his pet by calling upon Mr.. Hopkins"
THE most terrific thunderstorm ever
known in Bellows Falls and vicinity oc-
Cured there June 6. The light of burning
buildings was seen in three directions. Light
ming struck the spre of the Town Hall in
Westminster, totally destroying the build
ing, and also a dwelling standing near,
owned by Frank Haywood. The Town
the vicinity, built in 1770 and thoroughly
repaired but few years ago. 1t was in this
building that the first Legislature of YER
mont met. Loss about 5000, with no in
surance. Haywood saved most of his fur
niture. Loss about $500, with $500 in
surance.
On account of the difficulty in obtaining
the reports of the decision of the supreme
court of Vermont the futile Company of
Rutland are issuing new handy reference
edition of the entire series for the benefit of
the legal profession. Book |. has just been
issued and no law publication has ever
been sent out in Vermont more complete in
every sense as regards editing, printing
and binding. They are not CONVERSATIONS,
but verbatim reports, and in these hard
times lawyers will appreciate this new edi-
ton, which brings the price of the whole
set of Vermont Reports down from $500 to
S132. Book II. they expect to be able to de-
liver before June 10.
ABOUT five o'clock June hail-storm,
cyclone and thunderstorm struck st. Johns
bury. The darkness was like night and
hail-stones the size of marbles fell in tor
rents for about ten minutes and the wind
played havoc with trees, the air being filled
with leaves and debris. About one hundred
lights of glass We're broken in Governor
Fairbanks greenhouse. Trees were broken
down in various parts of the village. A
large plate-gass window in L. G. Spencer
jewelry-store was smashed in, and water
conductors from the roof that came down
inside the building burst and the premises
were flooded, causing much damage in
stores. The tin roof on Wards block was
rolled up and carried away, one chimney
blown over and the building damaged by
water. The stone-shed of the st. Johns
bury Granite Company was blown down.
AT Burlington, June g. fire broke out at
eight A. NJ. in the playhouse of Taft & Nor
gan, College street, and communicated to
their four-story building, which was in
stantly wrapped in flames. A heavy wind
from the south drove the flames across the
street and destroyed the offices of G. L..
Linsley, Baldwin Manufacturing Company
and the immense lumber sheds of Shepard
& Morse, and badly damaged their extern
sive planing-mill. Seven tenement-houses
were totally destroyed; others were badly
damaged. The Central depots were in i'm
mediate danger, but slight change in the
wind saved them. Heroic work of the fire.
men saved the Pioneer shops. The burned
district extends from Main to Bank streets
and it was the most destructive fire that ever
occurred there. The loss is put at $50, 900
insurance 100000. Two hundred fifty men
are thrown out of employment The heavi.
est losers are Taft Brothers, Taft & Morgan
Shepard x Morse and Whitney.
In General.
BLAINE will sail for home July 10.
JAY GOULD appears in feeble health.
ALI w HIIMAN, Jne pOet, Is CTlIlcdlly III
EMPEROR FREDERICK continues in fairly
good condition
THE nomination of Melville W. Fuller as
hief-justice still hangs in the senate.
The town of Norway, Mich, has been
nearly destroyed by fire. Loss 100000.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH has declared
publicly that he earnestly desires peace.
JUSTICE MATTHEWS daughter and Judge
Harlans nephew were married at Washing
ton.
A DESTRUCTIVE cyclone visited Ottawa
doing great damage and resulting in loss 0
life.
The Washington Post mentions Majo
Mckinley for the first place on the presi
dental ticket
SENATOR HoAR advised the Massachusett
republican delegation not to take any &C
ton as to candidates until after reaching
Chicago.
FIRES in New Brunswick have destroyed
immense tracts Of forests, mills, farm-houses
barns and crops, and threaten the town o
Moncton.
THE republican politicians are gatherin