The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06
Summary OF News.

THE average annual number of births in
Vermont is 6,452.
JUDGE HAsELToN is the democratic NOM
inee for mayor of Burlington.
MASSACHUSETTS parties contemplate the
purchase of the Bennington wooden mills
SAMUEL G. CoRsE of Manchester fell from
a roof while shoveling snow and broke his
collar-bone.
THE new Soldiers Memorial Hall at Rut-
land will cost just about 100000 before it
is completed.
A Mrs. HAzELToN of T. octorsville re-
Gently sold a gray fox skin for $50. The
animal is very scarce in the state.
w. G. HARvEY's barn and contents in
Kirby were burned Thursday night The
barn cost 1000, and was insured for $1,000.
T. N. DoUTNEY, the temperance lecturer,
of Burlington, was among those injured in
the railroad accident at st. George, Ontario,
last week.
THE matter of building an opera house in
Bennington is meeting much encourage
ment, and the subscriptions so far aggregate
about $4,000.
A SUCCESSFUL missionary convention was
held at Middlebury last week under the di-
rection of DIR. Creegan, feld-secretary of
the American Board.
DANDY claims to make more maple sugar
than any other town in its section. One
ers severally tap from 1000 to 5000 trees.
IRA Brown of Hinesburgh recently killed
a hog which weighed dressed, G63 pounds.
Last year he raised one which weighed 695
pounds. They were of the White Chester
breed.
THE dwelling-house of Mrs. Amelia
Holden in Wampum," about two miles
north of the North Hero bridge, was burned
Friday afternoon. The loss is about 81, 600,
with no insurance.
THE workngmen's ticket, which was
threatened a few weeks ago in Rutland,
does not yet materalize. The former lead
ers of that party say that they will put no
distinct ticket in the field.
THE Green Mountain fish reservoir at
Fair Haven has nearly 100000 brook trout
for distribution on account of the state com
mission, and the proprietors have half as
many more for sale to private parties.
A VALUABLE brood mare owned by Will
lam Partch of New Haven was instantly
killed at Middlebury on Monday of last
week in collision with runaway team,
shaft of the sleigh being buried deep in the
animals breast.
SERIOUS coastng accident occurred
Monday evening of last week, at Vergennes,
when Carlos Hindes, aged seven, ran on to
a rock while sliding across the street His
left knee was dislocated and the bone split.
The accident will leave the leg stiff.
d. L. TERRILL's saw-mill and engine
house in Underhill We're destroyed by fire
the other evening. The loss is between
$4,000 and $1,000 with no insurance. Mr..
and Mrs. Terrill were visiting in Cambridge
at the time of the fire.
W H. FOSTER, one of Sheldon's oldest
residents, met with a sad accident on
Wednesday of last week. He went to the
barn to feed his cattle about noon, and
while getting hay overhead he made mis-
step backward and fell through the pitch
ing-hole, distance of eight feet receiving
dangerous injuries.
DAVID BoDETTE of East Lyndon was
crushed to death last Wednesday, while
driving through the woods in Lyndon. He
had neglected to provide himself with a
bridle-chain to chain the sled-runners, and
while another man was going after one the
team upset on steep hill and threw Mr..
Bodette under the load He died in a few
minutes.
Domestic.
A NEW YORK artist claims that his studio
has been robbed of S2S,000 worth of dia-
monds, and offers a reward of $4,000.
THE national league of republican clubs
chose Hon. j. M. Thurston of Nebraska as
president, at the meeting in Baltimore last
week.
ELEVEN girls were killed by an explosion
in mining squib factory at Plymouth,
Penn. last week Monday. The foreman of
the shop was fatally injured.
MAYOR GRANT of New York has given the
electric light and telegraph companies no.
tce that if they do not take down the poles
and bury the wires within forty-fve days he
will act in the matter himself.
HERMAN UMBERGER, an aged farmer, was
killed in his home near jamestown, Penn.
last Thursday by two masked men, who
robbed him of $4,000. His wife witnessed
the murder
PRESIDENT HARRISON left his Indianapolis
home on Monday February %, en- route for
Washington. The train was surrounded
by thusiastic crowds at every station and
the president made short speeches at sew
eral places.
A BRUTAL murder was committed in New
York last week Tuesday. A truckman was
attacked on the street by an English prize
fighter, who knocked him down, kicked
him about the head, jumped on him and
pounded him to death. A large crowd was
present, but no attempt was made to Sc
cure the murderer, who walked away un-
molested
In a letter to the president of the Maine
senate, Mr. Blaine requests the legislature
not to act on Mr.. Boutelles suggestion that
it provide a portrait of Mr.. Blaine to be
placed among the portraits of ex-speakers
of the house at Washington. Mr., Blaine
says it would be altogether distasteful to
MN w nave SUCH proposition submitted TO
the legislature.
The committee, appointed by the New
York Legislature to investigate the alleged
frauds in the construction of the ceiling in
the assembly chamber, made its report last
week. They find that Superintendent An
drews was incompetent and untrustworthy,
that the assembly committee to which was
intrusted the general supervision of the
work grossly neglected its duty, and that
Controller Wemple is deserving of grave
censure FOR failing to scrutinize the bills of
the contractor and especially for illegally
paying out TO him some 900 more than
he was entitled to, the ceiling not yet hav-
ing been accepted by the state
On Sunday, February a, William Davis,
patient at the insane asylum at Pontiac,
Michigan was killed by II. f. Taylor, an
attendant. Davis struck Taylor in the
neck while passing him in the hall. The
two then struggled for five minutes. Taylor
gave Davis a violent wrench, throwing him
across the arm of bench. Davis body was
twisted over it and held there until help ar
rived. An examination revealed that his
breast bone was broken in two and every
rib on one side broken, except two, and
three were broken twice. The ragged
edges OF the ribs sawed off the veins and
arteries, so that the internal cavities were
filed with blood