The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-20
Summary Of News.
Vermont.

A NEW depot, costing $1,000 is to be built
at Fair Haven.
EDWARD ROYCE MORSE of Rutland has
been appointed private secretary to the
secretary OF war.
LuCIUs TwITcHELL, aged sixty, a we'll
known Townshend farmer, has committed
suicide by hanging.
THE lowest bid on the new government
building at Troy, N. Y, for stone wassubmit-
ted by Washington firm, who propose to
use Vermont granite.
IL. BRACKET of North Bennington lost
two fingers by bringing his left hand in con-
tact with circular saw.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in Rutland to
secure a new government building in the
business section for post-office.
CHARLES PLuMLEY's six-year-old son was
drowned in Moon brook, near ST. Johns
bury, while getting pail OF water Tor his
mother
FRANK JONES Of Pittsford, aged fourteen
years, has been sentenced to the reform
school during his minority for breaking into
and robbng store.
THE Rutland Herald has made a canvass
of that city, and finds that it is not inclined
to enthuse to any extent over the project of
proposed ball nine.
WEsTMoRELAND, n. H., and Putney, VT,
are considering the matter Of building a
free bridge across the Connecticut river be-
tween the two towns
AT the first civil-service examination for
propositions in the Vermont railway mail
service at Burlington there were two APP
plicants and three examiners.
AN extra freight-train on the Passumpsic
road ran into the rear of through freight
train at Passumpsic station, one morning
last week, badly wrecking eight cars and
an engine.
CHARLES LOVELY has entered suit against
ID. l.. Hawkins, assistant secretary OF the
interior, for 100000 damages on account
OF alleged irregular and unlawful rulings in
regard to his pension claim.
A PULLMAN car conductor on the Pas
sumpsic road was arrested at st. Johnsbury,
March II, for selling liquor. He delivered
packages to parties at the depot on several
occasions on the arrival of his train.
RECENT patents; j. c. Martin, Burling
ton, conveying apparatus; Thomas Chubb,
Post Mills, fly hook; n. W. Holt, Benning-
ton dentists lathe; Mary A. Cunningham
St. Adams, trade mark for syrup for the cure
OF asthma.
SIX Merino bucks arrived in Middlebury
March 0, valued at $1,000 each The ex-
press charges alone amounted to $500. The
bucks were much larger than the ordinary
size and the wool was longer and heavier
One of them weighed go pounds.
THE house and barns of A. b. Rogers at
The live stock and part of the furniture
were saved. The fire was caused by the
explosion of lantern in one of the barns.
Loss not known; insured for $1,000.
THE Charles Squires farm in Guilford has
been sold to Perry & johnson of Danvers,
Mass, for 5000. This is one of the most
extensive farms in Windham county, con-
tanning upwards of 600 acres, all joined.
Last year it cut 100 tons of hay, besides
yielding 1000 bushels of corn, 800 bushels
of oats and a large crop of potatoes. Mr..
Squires has been one of the largest patrons
of the Brattleboro creamery, his net sales
last year of cream taken from his door
amounting to 1850.
Domestic.
SIX men were imprisoned in mine near
Mt Carmel Penn, last Thursday, by fall
of coal.
Two men were killed and eleven injured
bya boiler explosion ia Cleveland Ohio,
last week.
JAY GOULD states that the last year has
been the worst in a business way, that he
ever experienced
A YOUNG lady lately died at Vassar Col
lege from nasal hemorrhage which the
doctors were unable to check.
A j. DRExEL of Philadelphia is to found
q new industrial college for women at
Wayne, Penn. The estimated cost is $780,
900.
A PROJECT is on foot to build large mu-
sic hall in New York at "A cost of between
$1,000 and $4,000. Andrew Carnegie is
chief in the movement.
THE Reading Iron Works closed last
week. Fancy salaries and loose manage
ment were the cause. The works will prob
ably be started again soon.
A BOY aged fourteen was lately MARI led
in West Virginia to girl fourteen years
old, after a four years engagement. The
bride was attired in short dress.
The guide who was conducting party of
French tourists through Yellowstone Park
says that the whole party was murdered by
Indians. The story is regarded as hoax.
A PosT-oFFICE clerk in Norwood, N. Y,
stole S278 from the bank, locked the cashier
up in the vault and made his escape. He
was captured before reaching Canada line.
THE prohbitory amendment was defeated
in New Hampshire last week Tuesday. Not
only did the amendment fail of two-thrds
vote, but it did not even secure majority.
A HoosIcK FALLS young man, while sick
and friendless, tried to reach his home in
Boston by riding. on the top of an express
car. He got as far as Aver Mass, where
his dead body fell to the ground
NINE THOUSAND Fall River weavers went
out on a strike last week. The cause of the
strike is the alleged unjust discrimination
of the manufacturers in favor of the Spin
ners' Union, strong labor organization.
The Chicago division of the Wabash rail-
way was sold last week Thursday to the
purchasing committee, of Springfield Ill.
for $3.500,000. This is the first step toward
consolidating the eastern and western di-
visions.
A MEMBER of the Illinois house of repre-
sentatives created an uproar, last Tuesday,
by introducing set OF resolutions denounc-
ing the Irish policy of the British govern
ment and expressing sympathy with Glad
stone and Parnell.
+. w. DAWSON, a Charleston, S. c., editor,
was shot and killed last week Tuesday by
p. b. Mellow, young physician of disrepu-
table character. Captain Dawson was in
McDow's Office at the time demonstrating
with him for some of his escapades,
III turns out that the great mining craze
in Lower California was excited by trans
portation companies for their own gain.
The exodus from Southern California is
still going on, but will soon stop. The fool
killer has, it is evident, been neglecting
his business of late.
THE West Virginia supreme court decided
last week, that General Golf and President
Carr of the state senate have no claims
upon the governorship, This leaves Gov
Wilson i'm npsgngsiOn Of the office