The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-21
Summary of News.
NerInont.

Suffrage Association was held at North
Danville, yesterday.
THE payroll of the Vermont Marble Com
pany of Rutland is $4,000, distributed
among 300 employees.
THERE are three available state scholar
ships in the Norwich University at the dis
posal of the senators of Chittenden county
THE barn of James Denning in Monkton
was burned last week. The fire was caused
by the breaking OF lantern by refractory
COW.
e. w. MERRILI's house and barn at Bar
ton Landing, with their contents, were
burned Friday evening. Loss Sl,Oooi IN
sured.
w. f. CUMMINGS of Bradford has been
granted q patent for a seed-planter and G.
Dalrymple of Fair Haven machine for
saving stone.
d. S. BELpEN Of Benson has pear tree
that has an eventful history. 1t is now
past a century old and has born fruit for
five generations.
THE mills of the Cutter Marble Company,
near Middlebury, will resume operations in
few days, and the company's quarry will
also be operated.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has purchased the
handsome estate of Isaac Fenno of Marble
head Neck Mass, presumably for sum
mer residence for his family.
LEONARD CoLBURN of Mount Holly caught
Gently. This is the Second bear Mr.. Col
burn has caught this summer
RUTLAND knights Templar are making
preparations to escort Grand Commander
Will f. Lewis to the general grand encamp-
ment, to be held at Washington, ID. C., next
month.
HARDING SPENCER, aged forty, committed
suicide by hanging to one of the rafters in
his house at Readsboro last week Tuesday.
Domestic difficulties are said to have led to
the act
RUFUS A. TUBES was badly hurt at the
St. Adams car shops last week Monday and
remained unconscious until Wednesday
morning when he expired. He was fifty
seven years of age.
SECRETARY PRoCToR says he will be un-
able to attend the reunion of the Flercher
family at Boston, August 2S, at which he
was announced, without authority from
him, to make the principal address.
BETWEEN 200 and 800 Orange county
veterans were in attendance last week at
the reunion at Tunbrdge. Among the
speakers at the campfire were Colonel G..
w. Hooker and General Stephen Thomas.
FoURTH-C CLASS postmasters were appointed
last week as follows; Salmon Nye to Cow
entry, G. A. Barrows to Glover, f. p. Kinds
to Lyndon Center, w. A. Dnsmore to Lyn-
donville, w. II. Ashe to South Peacham
and George Albee to Westminster.
CYRUS ALLEN, one of the Oldest citizens
OF Bridport, started for drive to his sons
Sunday forenoon, August IL. When about
half a mile west of the village the kingbolt
to his vehicle broke and he was thrown to
the ground, and striking on his head was
instantly killed.
THOMAS DoNAHUE and Thomas Donavan
were run over by switch engine in the
Union depot at Bellows Falls last week
Tuesday afternoon. DOnahue had one leg
cut off and his skull fractured and died
within an hour. Donavan's head was cut
open, but he will live.
AT the second annual reunion of the La
noble Valley Veterans Association held
at Morrsvlle last Thursday, the following
officers were chosen: George W. Bridge
man of Hardwick, commander, NJ. j..
Meade of Wolcott adjutant; Austin Will
Jams of Cady's Falls quartermaster. Vice
presidents were chosen from each post.
In answer to petition from Judge Whee-
Ter and others interested in the natural his
tory survey, the United States coast survey
will make a Typographical survey of square
in Windham county. The line will prob
ably be run to take in a small part of Put
ney and westward to Bucks in Marlboro
and within about mile of the Massachu-
sets line.
NAPOLEON GAUDETTE, the horse thief,
made his escape from the St. Adams Jail
last Thursday night and crossed the Canada
line. According to the story told by Brooks,
been busy at work with chisel ever since
the night he was put in Jail two weeks ago,
and succeeded in making a good sized hole
from the closet under the Jail and up into
Pearl street without detection. He babe
Brooks goodbye and left the premises while
the sheriff sat in the Office adjoining the
prisoners apartment. Brooks was of course
invited to accompany him, but refused to GO.
THE first annual meeting and banquet of
the Vermont society of Sons of the Revo-
luton was held at the Van Ness House at
Burlington, last week Thursday evening.
Twenty-eight new members We're elected
and the reports of the officers were read
and accepted. These officers were chosen:
President, G. G.. Benedict of Burlington
president, Redtield Proctor of Proctor
secretary, G. S. Forbes of St. Albans treas
urer, w. III. Zettman of Burlington, and a
board OF seven managers. Fifty covers
were laid for the banquet. Toasts were re-
sponded to by Northumberland Wood.
bury, Daniel Roberts, A. G. Pierce, Colonel
G. w. Hooker and G.. G.. Benedict.
Domestic.
PROFESSOR ELIAS LOOMS of Yale Uni
versity is dead.
IT is feared that the Massachusetts, potato
crop will be failure.
JAKE KILRAIN was arrested at Baltimore
last week Wednesday.
THE New Hampshire legislature adj
Journed last Saturday morning.
AN immense deposit of mineral soap has
been found near San Diego, Cal.
CHICAGO is licensed to hold worlds fair
in 1892. The capital is S5,00O,00O.
PRESIDENT HARRISON left Bar Harbor for
Washington last week Wednesday.
THE car shops of Huntingdon, Penn,
We're burned last week Tuesday. Loss, S40,-
coo.
CINCINNATI has succeeded in closing its
Sunday saloons and is now bearing down
on Sunda" baseball
GRAND ARMY officials estimate that there
will be fully 10000 veterans at the national
encampment at Milwaukee, Wis.
GREAT damage was done to western rail.
roads by recent storms. A food al Lincoln
Neb., made several hundred people home,
less.
AN explosion of gas Friday evening on
Grand street, New York, killed one man
and wounded dozen men, women and
children.
THE jewelry store of William b. Morse
in Boston was entered by burglars last
week and robbed of valuables amounting