The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-12
Summary of News.
vernont.

a fund for the benefit of the Johnstown
sufferers.
The total assessed value of real and per-
sonal estate in Burlington is $40, 075, 431, and
of Brattleboro S4, 1886.
The Burlington high school has gradu-
ating class of forty this year., the largest
since the school was established.
ALLIE Cross of Winooski, aged twelve
years, was arrested and fined last week for
larceny. His populations included cigars,
tobacco, knives, etc.
The ninety ninth annual convention OF
the Protestant Episcopal church of the do
cese of Vermont will be held in Trinity
church, Rutland, on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, June Is, 10 and 90
The Nineteenth Century Club of Burling-
ton last week Thursday gave a reception to
Senator and Mrs Edmunds and ex-Minister
and Mrs. Phelps at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs A. Il. Richardson. About two hum
bred fifty people were present, including
most of Burlington's prominent citizens.
SECRETARY PROCTOR was summoned from
Washington, Friday, by telegram stating
that his young son was losing strength and
sinking He made rapid arrangements for
leaving, and barely had time to catch the
eleven o'clock train bound north. General
Schofield was commissioned to act as sec
rotary of war during his absence.
THE store of Dwyer Lefiingwell & Son, at
Middletown, was broken into by burglars re-
Gently. The parties entered through a
window in the rear, reaching it by ladder
which was borrowed at aneighboring house.
The money drawer was rifled of its small
change-some Stand several pairs of boots,
shoes, hosiery, etc, were also taken.
WHILE sheriff's deputies were taking an
inventory of goods at j. f. Robinson's store,
in Center Rutland, package of two thou
sand letters was found. They were marked
unclaimed" but through somebody's gross
carelessness were never forwarded to the
dead letter office. Some had remained
there four and six years and contained
checks and valuabes.
WILL BALLARD, aged nineteen years. and
Cassie Moody, aged sixteen years, of Wells
We're married in Hampton, N. Y, just
across the line, recently. The young man
was not welcome guest at the Moody
domicile, but while her parents were visit
ing in Tinmouth he made his appearance,
and they drove to Hampton and were
married. Coming back into the state that
evening they met the parents, who de-
manded their daughter and were electrified
with the news that the parties were married.
The Vermont Baptist Sunday-school con-
vention at Burlington closed last week
Thursday. The following officers were
elected President, f. j. Parry, Brattle-
boro vice president, f. G.. Mcfarland,
Burlington secretary, Henry Crocker, Fair
fax; assistant, Henry Douglass, Putney;
treasurer, ID. NJ. White, Rutland; also five
directors Dwight l.. Moody talked upon
What Christians Need" At the over
flow meeting in the morning Mr.. Moody
spoke upon " The Work of the Holy Spirit"
The other speakers were Rev. G. 7. Ray
mond of Montpelier, Rev. F. j. Parry of
Brattleboro, Rev. A. S. Gilbert of North
Bennington, Miss Lizzie c. Roath and Rev.
A. S. Gumbert of Brooklyn.
The great railroad trial at Burlington is
dad Tha fr,,- TO inn, Loaf
week Wednesday, and on the following day
a verdict was returned awarding the plant
if $4,000 and costs. 1t is understood that
the jury stood nine to three on the question
of the responsibility of the railroad on the
first ballot and eleven to one from that
time on, until about two o'clock Thursday,
when the vote was made unanimous. From
that time until about ten minutes before
the jury reported they were wrestling over
the amount of damages. The first ballot
showed jurors in favor of giving from ST.
500 to $4,000 The trial Of the case was
begun Monday, May 10, and it had there
fore been in progress over three weeks at
the time of adjournment.
Domestic.
SIX men were killed and six wounded,
last week Thursday, by the falling of large
tobacco factory at Danville, Va.
THERE were 10000 children in the Brook
lyn Sunday-school parade last week Wednes-
day. The procession was reviewed by
Grover Cleveland.
WHITE CAPS at Mount Auburn, Ind,
burned out a farmer last week. but the VIC
tim attacked the gang with pitchfork and
several were wounded.
SECRETARY OF WAR PROCTOR heads the
Washington subscription for the Johns
town sufferers with $500, which is the larg-
est subscription yet made in that city.
THE solicitor of the treasury has decided
that the alien contract labor law prohibits
any foreign professor from coming to this
country under contract express or implied
The marriage of Justice Gray of the
United States supreme court to Miss Jeanne
Matthews, daughter of the late Justice
Stanley Matthews, took place last week in
Washington.
A PHILADELPHIA man writes to the super
intendent of New York prisons offering to
be test victim of the new apparatus for
execution by electricity if $1,000 is paid
to his family, who are poor.
ROBERT YORK, claiming TO be second
mate OF the schooner " Isaac Houston" says
that his vessel was wrecked on Lake
Michigan when six miles off Milwaukee,
and sixteen persons perizned. Lakemen
disbelieve his story.
The past month has beaten the record,
so far as Washington is concerned, in re-
gard to rainfall. The total precipitation
the last three months exceeds that for the
same period of last year by 1915 inches.
NOTHING of special significance has been
developed during the past few days in the
mysterious Cronn tragedy at Chicago. The
police claim to be on the right trail, and ex-
press confidence that the full facts in the
case will be disclosed and the murderers cap
tured.
The Shepard family of New York gave
literally for the flood sufferers. Colonel
Shepard himself subscribed 5000; Mrs
Shepard, $1,000; Louise Shepard, 5000;
Edith Shepard, 500; Alice Shepard, 500;
Elliott F. Shepard, Jr., 500; Marguerite
Shepard, $780,
DIR. CRoNN's clothes have been found.
The drawers were found by two little boys
of Lake View, and their older brother then
conducted the police to the mouth of the
Fifty-nnth street sewer, where the trousers,
coat shirt and undershrt were found buried
foot under ground.
THE steamer Caroline Miller" has ar
rived at New York from Hayti, and her
captain relates an exciting race he had to
escape from Haytian man-of-war that fired
on him several times and chased him for
hours. He confirms the news that the war
in Hayti is ended and that Hippolyte is in
mower,