The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Summary of News.


on hunting expedition
p. l.. LEWIS of South Reading and his six
teen-year-old boy sawed d0,000 shingles in
four weeks.
THE acknowledgement has appointed
Miss Minerva G. Joy postmstress at West
Woodstock
CHARLES II. FARRAR Of St. Adams has
been appointed deputy-colectOr Of customs
at Newport.
THE firm Of Gibson & woodfn Of Rutland
has sold out TO the Vermont Marble Com-
pany for $500 COO
JAMES FirzsniMoNs has been released
from the house Of correction by order of
Governor Dillingham;.
WILLIAM TUCKER, South Royalton
farmer, was killed Friday by falling tree
while at work in the woods.
SENATOR a. w FISK Of Isle La Motto ac-
companied by his wife and daughter left
for the Pacific coast December %.
SAMUEL G.. PUTNAM of Rutland. freight
agent of the Central Vermont died sud
denly of pneumonia last week Tuesday.
Ir is rumored that the Lake Dunmore
hotel property is to change hands soon, and
may pass into the possession of a New York
syndicate.
Apollo LODGE, knights Of Py thias
st. Johusbury, dedicated its new hall
December 26 The ceremony was per-
formed by the grand officers and a banquet
followed.
A SURVEY is being made for a line Of rail
road from Gassetts' Station to Claremont
Junction, y. IL, and Springfield, VT, and
work on the first ten miles was completed
few days ago.
THE store Of \. Withheld of Vernon was
recently entered by burglars and robbed Of
over slCO worth of goods. \ few nights
previous B. \. Streetcr had thirty chi ,kens
and hens stolen.
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announced: Cornelius +. Hurley North
field, sigual-holder; Julia y. Graves, Fair
Haven, butter-worker; Wesley T.. Laird,
Montpelier, device for drying boots.
A SPECIAL meeting of the citizens of st.
Johnsbury, held Friday night, sustained the
action of the village trustees in their con-
tract with the Thomas-Iouston Company
for lighting the streets with electricity
An exchange states that a Ferrsburgh
girl ten years old, died recently of pro-
tracted nasal hemorrhage. BY way of ex-
PLANTATION it might be added that the cause
ofthe young ladys death was " nose-bleed.
j. A. MCLAUGHLIN, who died December
II at Sweetsburg, G.. was d graduate of
the University of Vermont. At the time of
his death Mr.. Mclaughlin was inspector of
schools for the district of Bedford, having
held the position twenty years.
JOHN WHITE, young freight brakeman
was instantly killed at Middlebury last
Ntth L HulHbdNs ny SllppluB ullhtl lilb
wheels, while trying to make " flying
switch" His limbs were all broken and
the head and body shockingly crushed and
mangled.
The date of the twenty-second annual
encampment of the department of Vermont,
G. \. r., to he held in Brattleboro, has been
changed to Thursday and Friday, February
II and -. Commander-in-chef Warner of
Kansas City and other wellknown Grand
Army men will be present
The State Board of Health met at Bur-
lington December 2l. The bill that passed
both houses at the last session of the legis-
lature, but was vetoed by the governor, was
discussed and much regret was expressed
that it could not have been acted upon
earlier in the session and the Objectionable
features modified.
ROBERT DoLLEY, who has worked as a
stone-cutter on the Bennington battle monu-
ment for two years, was found dead Fri
day morning on the roadside, about one
half mile west of Bennington Center. He
was about forty years Old, was unmarried
and evidently died from intoXicaton. An
empty liquor-botte was found on him.
WHILE on "A visit to Orwell a few days
ago, George VIM of Fair Haven, who has
suffered for twenty-five years from gun
shot wound received in the army, felt what
he thought to be piece of bone protrudng
near his elbow On investigation he dis
covered that it was musket bullet, which
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ina train' on tbe DeIatrare &, ETnieon ROAD
one day last week, and Instantly killed. He
had fallen asleep upon the track and the
engineer failed TO see him in time to stop
the train. The body was actually cut into
mnce-meat, the pieces being scattered
about in all directions.
The annual meeting of the Vermont AS
ISOLATION of Union eX-PrjSoners of War will
occur Wednesday evening, February IL, AT
brattIeooro. MAJOR FRANK y; Moran ms
Iorlah oil me haloha assoclall0n; VIII de-
hVer an address al that uihe' ihf VIII !, De
oil Iii a,, all tonseItos Of If
To tiva,t,,'soo"rd G,art,ant encann'
man+ ~ tI,e cra,,I INV % iii Iva beId Enb
ruor, II and * Thn roiIroads yyii1 seII
round-trip tickets at halffare rates.
TY,, inv. i, +bo ooso of Ntrs II u Smith
of Woodstoc ri wv who sues TO recover her
dovnr IN tLa nronertv ~ tIe Ioto IT p
Smith of New York, on Friday brought in
a verdict in favor Of the nlaintif Smith