The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-01
Vermont News.

THE summer school of languages at Bur
lington has over two hundred students in
attendance.
THE new building for the diocesan school
for girls at Rock Point will be opened in
September, with full corps of teachers in
every department.
THE veterans of the Sixteenth Regiment,
Vermont Volunteers will hold reunion
with the Windsor county veterans August
%, The line will be formed at two o'clock
sharp.
THE last of the Connecticut River Lum-
Der Company's large drive of logs passed
Bellows Falls last Friday. This drive con-
tanned 10000, 600 feet, 100000 of which stop
at that place to be made into paper.
FIRE at Rutland the afternoon of July "a
in the millinery store of Mullen & Carmody
and the bakery of B. A. Warner caused a
loss of S3,650 on stock insurance $3.50.
Loss on building owned by e. Pierpoint is
$1,000; insurance 81 900.
CoURTLAND PALMER, a wealthy citizen of
New York and noted free-thinker, died sud
denly at Lake Dunmore Monday of last
week The funeral was held in New York
Thursday. The Grafton was delivered by
Robert G. Ingersoll and the body was
cremated.
Miss MARY HOWE of Brattleboro, who
made brilliant debut in Berlin, Germany,
last spring, returned from her musical study
in Europe last week Wednesday. Extensive
preparations are being made for grand
testimonial concert in her honor by the cit
liens of Brattleboro.
WALLACE ID. KING, Brandon, late a
private in Company l, Second Regiment,
Vermont Volunteers, has recently been
granted pension on account of insanity,
resulting from an injury to his head in the
fall OF 1861, while in the service with the regi-
ment. His guardian receives about $3.50
in the first payment and continued pay
ment at the rate of $50 per month.
AS Mrs Charles Lougee and her daughter
were driving down Bruce hill at Roxbury,
last week Monday afternoon, the girth gave
way, letting the carriage on the horses
heels. They ran, throwing Mrs Longee
out. She struck her head on a stone, frac-
turing her skull. She was carried home in
sensible and died Tuesday morning. She
was about forty years of age and an invalid.
The young lady escaped unhurt
A DISASTROUS hail-storm swept over por-
ton of South Richford, East Berkshire and
Montgomery, when hail fell to the depth of
five inches and in some places completely
destroyed growing crops and gardens.
Drifts one foot in depth were seen in places
firmly frozen together. Wednesday morning
hail to the depth of five inches was seen on
the highway bridge az South Richford. One
farmer there has lost fourteen acres of corn
and places his loss at $500.
AT the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Rutland Railroad Company
held in Rutland last week Thursday, the
directors elected are: John w. Stewart,
William Wells, Percival w Clement, George
III. Ball, lie Grand B. Cannon, Frederick
Billings, James Roosevelt II. G. Young
and Benjamin II. Bristow; the directors
subsequently met and organized by the re-
election of the same officers as last year, as
follows; President, Percival w. Clement;
vice-president, Horace G. Young; clerk
James Barrett; treasurer; f. 7. Smith.
REPRESENTATIVE of the marble industry
met at Rutland last Wednesday, formed the
Retail and Wholesale Marble Dealers As
sociation of New England and elected
James F. Boeman of Peterboro, n. H.. pre-
sident and Robert l.. Sanders of Cambridge,
Mass, secretary. The officers chosen for
Vermont are: Vice-president, George G.
Underhill of Rutland directors, f. d.
Proctor of Proctor, Franklin Barney of
Springfield Dan X. Hall of Rutland,
W. H. Fullerton of Manchester, H. c.
Soper of West Randolph 1t was voted
that the association join the National
Marble and Granite Dealers Association
and send eight delegates to the national
convention at Buffalo, n. Y, in August.
Delegates elected are: c. r. Morse of Rut-
land, and j. ID. Sleeper r.. G. Bowers,
Montpelier, F. G. Partridge of Proctor,
George E. Royce of Rutland, Stephen Mas
lin of Hartford, CT, John ID. Allen of Bos-
ton, Mass, j. F. Brennan of Peterboro, n. III