Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-09
State News items.

OS0&O HWC"S hIOhttCH
large travelling derrick for the Whit
more & Morse Granite Co. at Montpelier
has arrived and is being put in place.
Work will be commenced cutting granite
in the main building at once.
Charles FL. Lyman, aged 20, died very
suddenly of heart trouble at his home in
Jericho last week. He was u well-knOwn
man, of a retiring disposition, prominent
in church matters, and highly respected
citizen.
The village of Williams town has de-
riod of five years any manufacturing in
dustry that desires to locate there. The
demand for tenements and buildings for
mechanics use is much greater than the
supply.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Sept. 4
Bert French, baggagemaster of the south
bound night mail on the Passumpsic rail
road, was missed on its arrival here at
a. m. yesterday. The engine returned
Immediately and found French insensible
beside the track, % miles north of here,
His left arm was broken near the Shout
der and the surgeon fears internal inju-
ries. The train was behind time and run
ming so miles an hour. 1t was miracu-
lous escape from instant death.
The NTH annual exhibition of the Yer
mont association of road and trotting
horse breeders was held last Wednesday,
in Rutland. The attendance was unusual
ly large and the meeting was the most sue
cessful one that has been held. Ten thou
sand people were at the park on the sec
ond day. On Thursday the announcement
of premiums was made by President
Hooker. The list of awards for standard
bred stations are as follows: Sweep
stakes herd premium for stations ten
wears old, with four of their get: First
premium, 500, Aristos, entered by Lester
Fish, Rutland; second, $50, Ben Frank
| lin, entered by H. Il. Cults, Orwell.
| Standard-br stations under ten years
old First, $50, Leicester, entered by c.
B. Hail. Leicester; second $40, Alexander,
| entered by E. +. Brownell, Burlington;
third, $40, Ned Wilkes, entered E. Bow
man, Rutland. Standard trotting stall
lions: First, $50, ST. Julien, entered by
| S. Y. Felto, Sudbury. No other entries
were made. Standardized stallion colts
four years old; First, $40, Alcman, en-
tered by E. F. Brownell, Burlington;
second, $40, Aristos, entered by 5. Y.
FELTON,, Sudbury. Standard bred stallion
colts, three years old First, $50, Harry
Lambert, entered by E. Whitney & Son of
Williston; second SIS, sherwood, en-
tered by L. r. Joslyn, Waitstield. Stand
ard-bred stations, two years old: First,
$40, Billings, entered by E. f. Brownell,
| Burling ton; second $15, Chico, entered
by H. S Burnham, Putney. Standard
bred stations, one year old: First, SIS,
Dukemont, entered by III. c. Burwell &
Son, Bridgeport; second. $40, George r.,
entered by William M. Patch, New Ha-
ven.
A serious railroad accident occurred
near Brooksville station, on the Rutland
division of the Central Vermont railroad,
Friday night, resulting in the death of
two railroad employees and one passenger.
The trains which collided were passen-
ger train of seven coaches, which left
Rutland at half-past six with excursion
lists, returning north from the horse breed
ers' meeting, drawn by engine John Crom-
bic. with Engineer William EmberY of st.
Albans, Fireman Perron, and Hermon
Blodgett, conductor, and the south-bound
train of twenty-one cars of hogs, drawn by
the engine George Nichols, Engineer
w. HI. Chilison, fireman Robson and Con-
ductor George w. Button of st. Adams
The hog train should have set off at New
Haven and met the passenger train at that
point. Instead Of doing so, it passed
New Haven, southwark bound, about the
same time the passenger train left MID
dlebury, the two trains colliding on a
7 sharp curve about a quarter OF mile from
5 Brooksville station. Both trains came
on to each other so suddenly that the
trainmen were not warned of the danger
5 in time to lump. The engines came to-
1 gether with a crash, and were thrown from
the track. The next car to the engine
e was a passenger coach, which was badly
: smashed. In this coach were Conductor
t Blodgett, who was instantly killed, pas
l. seuger, Mr. w. w. Allen of Panton. who
I. was also killed. and several other passen'
a gers, who were bruised and badly shaken
). up. The engineer of the passenger train
: William Embery, was buried in the wreck
y of his engine and killed. Embery stuck
e to his post, as did also his fireman, Fer
# ron, who had one leg fractured In nall a
It dozen places. Engineer Chillson OF the
y freight train was badly injured in the oact
is and ribs, but will survive. Fireman Rob
son escaped with few bruises. The pas
sengers in the remaining coaches were
[. somewhat shaken up, but none suffered
lie any serious injury except Arthur Hunt ano
his brother Charlie, aged respectively
1. seventeen and nineteen years, OF New
n. Haven The former had his left left les
tv crushed and was severely bruised aoou
thu head The latter's leg was broker