The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-27
Summary OF News.
Vermont.

The Dartmouth freshmen banqueted at
the Van Ness house, Burlington, last week
Thursday evening.
THE latest reports show that Vermont
averages yearly about 6,452 births, or 3,l95
males and 3,2i7 females
JOHN n. WOODEN succeeds Ex-Governor
Redfeld Proctor as president of the Lincoln
Iron Works at Rutland.
THE town of Grand Isle has voted to
bond itself for $4,000 to aid in the CON
structon of that bridge"
PosTMAsTERs recently appointed; Mrs.
Della g. Burbank, Bloomfield; j. S. Dodge,
Lincoln; D. r. Harris West Bolton, and c.
E. Clark. Pawet.
A. BRUCE, one of the members of the YER
mont Granite Company of Barre, has APP
piled for patents on two different machines
for use in handling stone.
Hon. WALTER e. HOWARD of Fair Haven
and w. f. Walker of West Rutland are an
nounced as candidates for county supervisor
of schools in Rutland county.
THREE students of St. Johnsbury Acad-
envy have been expelled, three suspended
and fourteen others placed on probation
for going on a sleigh-ride, contrary to the
school regulations.
THE Estey Organ Company at Brattle-
boro is making reductions in the wages
of its working-men The company says
the competition is so great that the reduc-
ton is a forced one.
JOHN BURNS barn at Salisbury village
was destroyed by fire Saturday night, Feb
ruary 16, with six head of cattle, two
horses, about thirty hens and about $50
worth of hay The insurance was $50.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
THE oldest school teacher in active service
in Vermont is A. ID. Searles, who began
teaching in 1S41, at the age of nineteen. He
a nfn a
John G. SAKE. He is now in control of the
school which the late Sir Curtis NJ. Lamson
gave to the village of New Haven Mills.
WHILE two brothers, Theodore and Louis
Carl, were drawing logs from North hill in
Montgomery the rear team, which was
driven by Theodore, ran away. When
found the sled was resting on the neck OF
Louis, who it is supposed endeavored to
stop the runaway team, and was run over
and killed.
THE wood-mill belonging to the Fall
Mountain Paper Company, Bellows Falls
which was burned last spring. has been put
in first-cass repair. A new dynamo for
electric light purposes has been put in, a
self-acting saw for cutting the logs into
blocks, and the entire building has been
piped with the automatic fire-extinguisher
COLCHESTER is alarmed by reason of Ger.
tain uncanny, spiritnalistc visitors with
which the place seems to be infested. The
Billings house at Mallet's Bay seems to be
the headquarters of the spOOks, and the in
mates are greatly disturbed by rappingS
and otherwise supernatural() manifesto.
lions. If other remedies fail, it might dc
well to try Rough on Rats" That would
fix 'em.
Domestic.
The Ohio Society of New York held its
fourth annual banquet at Delmonicos last
week Tuesday.
A LARGE unfinished building of fourteen
stories fell in Chicago on Sunday, February
II. No one was injured.
FOUR democratic members of the Arkan
sas Legislature, elected in districts where
the ballot-boXes were stolen, have resigned
their seats.
The state department was informed last
week Wednesday that treaty of commerce
with Japan had been signed by United
States Minister Hubbell.
THE list Of the victims of the Hartford
hotel disaster is not as large as was at first
feared. Twenty-three bodies have thus fal
been taken from the ruins.
The West Virginia senatorial contest ha,
terminated in the reelection of Kenna, the
democratic candidate. The final vote stood
Kenna, forty-six; Golf, forty-fve.
Ex-Governor REDFIELD PROCTOR of Yer.
mont visited General Harrison last week
Tuesday. 1t is believed that he has ac
cepted cabinet portfolio-probaby the
agricultural
Two buildings at Wesleyan University
were badly damaged and a freshman seri.
ousy injured by the explosion of dynamite
bombs by students celebrating Washing
tons birthday,
COLONEL ELLIOTT f. SHEPARD bid off a
New York estate for two million dollars
last week Tuesday The purchase was
made to secure a new home for his paper The
Mail and Express.
THE district attorney of Indiana having
failed to secure an Indictment against
Colonel Dudley from the grand jury, has
determined to prosecute him on an affidavit
charging him with violation of the election
laws A warrant was accordingly issued on
Friday for his arrest
ALL the students and all but two of the
teachers of the Bordentown Female College
have withdrawn from the school. The
cause OF the secession was an Objectionable
discourse on nineteenth century morals de
livered before the literature class by the
principal, Rev. w. c. Bowen.
A FEARFUL dynamite explosion occurred
in New York last week Thursday. The
dynamite was being used in rock blasting
and George Smith, the foreman of the gang
OF laborers, accidentally set off one hundred
pounds of the article stored in tool box
The windows in every building for quar-
ter of mile were broken and Smiths re
I'N'hNN'
ments
Foreign.
KING OTTo of Bavaria is hopelessly insane
EX-PREsTDENT GREW of France is danger
ously i'll.
Mr.. GLADSTONE arrived in London from
his italian tour last week Wednesday.
THE regular monthly report OF the dealt
OF Stanley has arrived from Africa. Th'
information is not considered reliable.
AT liberal meeting at Edinburgh las
week Tuesday letter from Gladstone wa
read protesting against Mr.. O'Brien anC
others being imprisoned for acts which ar,
called crimes in Ireland but are not crime,
in England.
IT is stated that Germany is willing t.
effect a settlement of the Samoan question
upon the basis of the United States govern
ment's proposal at the Washington con
ference-the establishment of Joint A meri
can, German and English control owe