The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-31
Summary of News.


year-old bear in steel trap recently.
HARVEY LuMBREY, lumber manufacturer
at Montgomery, has gone into insolvency
THE Fuller Battery of Brattleboro has
Just received four new guns Their cost
was $4,000.
SURVEYORS have commenced work on
the Mount Mansfield railroad from Water
bury to Stowe.
BRATTLEBoRo has seven churches, but in
only one of them were evening services
held last week Sunday.
THE Green Mountain Christian Union
will hold it's annual camp-meetng at Bethel,
commencing August 20.
MAJOR A. b. VALENTINE of Bennington
has returned from a six weeks trip to New
Mexico and the far West.
CHAUNCEY WOOD, farmer of Fair Haven,
fell dead while eating his supper ON Mon
day evening of last week.
ELLSWORTH LAWRENCE of Monkton, aged
thirteen was badly injured last week by
fall from precipice ON HogbaCk Mountain.
Mrs. CHARLES G. HUNTINGTON was found
dead in chair last week Sunday at Middle
bury. She had been apparently in good
health.
BLIGHT is hurting potatoes badly in
Southern Vermont, and in many fields in
Windsor county the later varieties will be
a total failure.
lHE railroad commissioners VIII COmplete
their tour of inspection of Vermont rail
roads this week The report will not be
made till next fall.
THE census of school children in Burlng-
ton, Just completed, shows the number of
children of school age in the city to be 3,344,
of whom CIT attended no school.
EDITOR l.. o. GREENE of Woodstock,
state inspector of finance has returned
from an extended business trip to the West,
having travelled about 9 900 miles
FREMONT w. GOULD, aged twenty-seven,
of Rutland, fell dead from bicycle while
riding on the road to West Rutland last
Friday. Heart disease was the cause.
THE Windham county soldiers reunion
will be held at South Londonderry on Sep
TENDER B. The veterans of Windsor county
will hold reunion at Windsor August 2S.
WILLIAM JOHNS was badly injured, last
week Tuesday, in the Corona marble-mill
at Brandon He was accidentally struck
on the head by ten-pound sledge, receiv-
ing serious but not fatal wound.
PosTMAsTERs have been appointed as fol-
lows: G. II. Gilillan at Barnet, A. A.
Hazeltine at Lowell, Mrs. III. NJ. Peabody
at Simonsville, Dexter Waite at Wardsboro
and Albert l.. Cook at Nottingham.
A MEETING of the executive committee of
Vermont Academy, SaXtons River, was
held last week Wednesday, the principal
business being the appointment of Profess
SOr george a. Williams Oh havana, N, 10
the prncipalship.
A MEETING of citizens was held at Bur-
lngton last week Wednesday, to take
action toward securing a union depot.
Resolutions were passed to be presented to
roads entering the city calling their atten-
ton to the matter.
The body of Henry c. Hoy aged %, who
was drowned recently at Bellows Falls, was
discovered last week Wednesday near East
Putney. A reward of S25 had been offered
for the body. 1t was taken to Bellows Falls
by the father and brother.
DURING the storm on Tuesday of last
week lightning struck and set fire to the
barn of John f. Chessman of Guildhall,
which was totally consumed with contents,
consisting of twenty tons of hay and farm
ing tools. Loss about 5000
MICHAEL FITZPATRICK and William Quinn
became involved in lively row in front of
the post-ofiice at Pittsford, Wednesday even
ing, in the course of which Quinn and three
windows in the post-office were knocked
out. The rioters were arrested and fined.
THE Windham county Pomona Grange is
arranging for gathering of Changers, Sep
TENDER IA, at Crowell's grove, Brattleboro.
Changers from all parts of the state will be
invited. Colonel j. H. Brigham of Ohio,
master of the National Grange, will deliver
the first of a series of lectures which are to
be given throughout the state.
lington, September 3, and 3; Mad River
Valley, Waitsfield, September 3, and 3;
Franklin county, Sheldon, September 4,
and s; Morrisville, Morrsvlle, Septem-
Der 10, II and -; Rutland, Rutland Sep
TENDER II, Is and 10; Valley, Bratteboro,
October 2 and 81 Western Vermont, Fair
Haven, September "a, %, 26 and 27; Wind
sor, Woodstock September "a, % and %
SECRETARY PROCTOR enjoyed a short va
cation at his Vermont home last week. His
next leave will occur in the latter part of
August, when he will attend the encamp-
ment of the Vermont militia, beginning
August %, and deliver an address at the re-
union of the Fletcher family in fremont
Temple, Boston, August 2S. This will be
a reunion of the descendants of Robert
Fletcher, who arrived in this country in 1880
from England
ARRANGEMENTS have not yet been com
pleted for the twentieth annual excursion
of the Vermont Press Association but it is
expected that Saranac Lake, in the AdrOn-
dacks, will be the objective point, the party
leaving Burlington on Thursday, August
10 by steamer for Pattsburp from which
point the trip to the lake and return will be
made by special trains. The annual bust
ness meeting will be held at convenient
time during the excursion, to be named by
the executive committee.
A DISPATCH from Lyndonville says:
George Gowr has been arrested here by
Johnsbury, and will be taken to Greenfield.
About two years ago he was living at Royal
ton, with his family, when he went away
with another mans wife. The couple were
arrested at Greenfield, tried and convicted
The woman served her sentence but Gowr
escaped, went to Canada where he re-
NAMED awhile, and then came to this place
and was living with his wife. He has two
children"
WILLIAM Pryor of Winoosk was found
drowned in fifteen feet of water in the
Winoosh river Friday at about noon. The
case is undoubtedly one of suicide, as the
unfortunate mans coat and hat were found
on the bank of the river. Pryor is the same
man who attempted suicide by cutting his
throat at st. Joseph's College less than two
weeks ago. His age was over seventy years
and he had for some time declared that ht
wanted to die and join his wife, who dice
less than a year ago. The remains wer,
taken to Montreal for interment
AT the meeting of the Retail and Whole
sale Marble Dealers Association of New
England, at Rutland, last week, the follow
ing officers were elected: President, StepheI
Maslin of Hartford, Conn; secretary anC
treasurer, James f. Brennan of Peterboro