The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-08
Summary Of News.


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painter, jumped from moving train Sun
day night and broke his right arm.
The following Vermont postmasters were
appointed Friday: j. l.. Russell at Me-
Gainesville and D. L Nichols at Roxbury.
COLONEL ALBERT CLARKE, late editor Of
the Rutland Herald, will soon take up his
residence in Boston and re-enter newspaper
work.
FRANK G.. PARTRIDGE of Proctor left for
Washington last week to enter upon his
duties as private clerk to Secretary Of War
Proctor.
A STORE belonging to Mrs. e. e. Woods
was burned at Passumpsic recently, with
all its contents. The loss is $4,000, insured
for 81 800.
AN Advent clergyman at STAFFORD has
received threatening letter advising him
to leave town. Several sensational reasons
are given therefor.
HERBERT HALE of st. Johnsbury, aged
nine, was missed the other day, and his
body was found in the Passumpsic river.
He was probably drowned while fishing.
TWENTY gallons of liquor were seized at
the Burlington house, Burlington, last week
Thursday. The proprietors claimed that
the liquid was kept for culinary purposes.
WILLIS S. A. lyle of st. Adams and
Frank p. Collins of Fairfield were drowned
recently at Aroostook Falls and William
Slocomb and A. f. Goodhue, who were in
the same boat, barely escaped.
L. o. GREENE of Woodstock inspector of
finance, started last week Wednesday night
for the West, where he is to examine into
certain securities held by Vermont savings
banks. He will be absent about two
months.
WILLIAM S. WALDO, formerly of Brandon
attempted suicide last week Monday at
Troy, N. Y He was tired Of living and
out of money" The physicians who exam
med him pronounced him insane and he
was taken to the state asylum at Pough-
keepsie.
FRED PATTERSON, first mate on DIR.
Webb's yacht "Sappho," met with Sc
rious accident last week Thursday. He
was struck with large timber on the right
leg at the ankle, crushing the bones badly.
The surgeons are trying to save his foot, but
may have to amputate it,
NEIL POTTER, employed by the Vermont
Beef Company at Rutland, shot himself
Saturday, April 81, while intoxicated. Pot
ter deliberately went to store and pur-
chased a revolver and then went into the
Office of his employers, and in the presence
of three persons placed the revolver to his
temple and fired. He lived about eight
hours. No cause is assigned for the act.
FRIDAY evening two strangers entered the
hardware store of II. A. Winship in Brad
ford, where Harry Chamberlin, the book
keeper, was at work and inquired for bolts
Chamberlin started to show the goods and
has no recollection of what happened
further until he found himself on the ground
out of doors. He went for help, and on his
return found the safe had been robbed of
about $3.50 Chamberlin's watch was found
on the ground outside the store
Domestic.
PRESIDENT F. A. p. BARNARD of Column
bia College died at his home in New York
Saturday, April 81.
JACOB BLESSING, a young German of
Buffalo, n. Y, committed suicide last week
Thursday by jumping from Niagara bridge.
WILLIAM II. BARNUM, chairman of the
democratic national campaign committee,
died at Lime Rock Conn, Tuesday morn
ing, April 80.
THE words patent applied for " are not
sufficient to protect an inventor against in
fringement, according to recent decision
of a United States court
GERMAN BARBER WINK of Hackettstown
N. j., quarreled with his wife about the GUS
tody of their child and drank rat poison
mixed with water. He died soon after.
QUARANTINE restrictions at Sanford, Fla.
have been ordered raised, as a result of the
prompt precautions taken and in view of
the good sanitary condition of the town.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER has
issued an absolute order that clerks shall
not be admitted to the buildings occupied
by the post-office department on Sundays
on any preteXt.
IT is understood that United States SEN
ator Marston of Exeter will resign on June
4, in order to be sworn in on the following
day as representative in the New Hamp-
shire Legislature.
RETURNS from all the cities and towns in
Massachusetts show that the total vote for
the prohibition amendment was $685.
against 133, 1876, the majority against the
amendment being A ,499.
SECRETARY TRACY has decided that he
has authority under the law to proceed
defence vessel. This decision will involve
the abandonment of the idea of building a
submarine torpedo boat.
The regular income of John ID. Rookie
Teller is put by the New York San at
$20,000,000 year. Every night he goes to
bed he is S54,794 richer than he was the
night before, every hour adds S2,2S3 to his
fortune, and at every tick of the clock Sc is
added to his pile. Most of his wealth comes
through the oil wells in Western Pennsyl-
vania.
CHARLES Il. WOODRUFF of New Britain
Conn, confessed recently that he had COM
mtted forgeries aggregating $4,000. His
plan was to make his own note and forge
the Endorsement. The discovery of bank
man whom he knew to have been in Cali
fornia at the time the Endorsement was
made led to the confession.
BLooD-CURDLING reports continue to be
received from all parts of Oklahoma. The
latest report says seven men have been
killed in fight between the Wichita old
soldiers colony and band of Texas cow
boys. This report has not yet been con-
frmed and in this respect resembles all
others that have preceded it. General Mer-
rift, commanding the troops in Oklahoma,
says there has been no bloodshed in that
section and that the Cherokee strip has not
been invaded.
A limited express train on the Grand
Trunk railway, consisting of two baggage
cars, smoker, four coaches and two sleep
ers, ran off the track one mile west of Ham
ilton, Ont, Sunday morning, April %. The
engine struck a water tank, the two bag
gage-cars caught fire, and the four coaches
were thrown together. The engineer and
fireman escaped with their lives. Twenty
one passengers were killed and many in
iured. The fire burned many Of the victims
beyond recognition.
Foreign.
THE king of Holland is much impr owed
in health and has resumed control of the