The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
Summary of News.

THE taking of testimony in the railroad
case continued last week at Burlington.
VERMONT Baptsts contributed 81 ,637 60 TO
the Baptist Missionary Union the past year
ROBERT NJ. PARKER, former resident of
Castleton, is making a tour of the world for
a North Carolina firm.
THE receipts of the Rutland musical fes-
tival were S44S050 and the expenses S4,-
80, leaving balance of $158.51.
jon STAFFORD, a resident of Bennington,
is one of six brothers-all lving-whose
combined ages aggregate 447 years.
VERMONT postmasters Frederick H.
Dean, Monkton David Horton, Mount
Holly Mabel l.. Hall, West Bolton.
RoLL1N II. PHELPS Of Bellows Falls, aged
fourteen years, was killed last week by
being thrown from runaway team
FRANK GOODWIN of Georgia has been con-
victed of shooting Nathan Smith. The case
goes to the supreme court on exceptions.
A COMPANY of capitalists of Akron, Ohio,
have purchased a half interest in a de-
veloped and productive slate quarry at
Poultney.
b. d. STEVENS of Burlington has been
granted patent for amp-extnguisher
and G. II. Sackett of South Royalton for a
boot-jack.
The storehouse and its contents of the
Stowell Manufacturing Company at Putney
were burned last week Sunday Loss
$1,000; no insurance.
THE Ripley marble mills at Center Rut-
land were totally destroyed by fire last
week Thursday night; loss $4,000. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
THE Gaysville Manufacturing Company
has sold its saw and grist-mills and dwell
ing-house to John @. Adams of Royalton,
who intends making extensive repairs.
THOMAS G. REED of Poultney lost three
1nGf nf mo tfrt1af a. n1,t nria
Every precaution is being taken by the
health officers to prevent the spread of the
disease.
ROBERT DECHAMBEAU of Lyndonville
who had a coupling-link driven through one
of his legs while Stacking cars at st. Johns
bury, and had to have his leg ampu tated,
died last week.
tablished the free delivery system at Brat
tleboro, was arrested a few days ago in
Boston, charged with opening a package
addressed to another person.
FRANK SMITH, thirty years old, fireman
on the Central Vermont railroad, fell from
the rear of the tender of locomotive at
Summit station and was run over and in
stantly killed. The body was horribly
mangled.
THE body of an unknown man was found
in the Connecticut river at Fairlee, last
week Wednesday, and from a paper found
on his person his name is thought to be e.
G. Ewell from the county farm at Haver-
hill, n. H.
A WOMAN named Dougherty of Rutland
was run over by an engine last week at
Whitehall and terribly mutilated. Her
body caught in the wheels of the tender
and was drawn some distance. One arm
and leg were cut off.
THE body of Timothy Starr of Proctor,
who has been missing for some time, was
found last week at the foot of Sutherland
Falls. He is supposed to have fallen into
the river above the fails and been carried
over by the swift current.
THERE is a curious freak of nature in the
garden of Mrs. S. S. Coolidge at Bellows
Falls, consisting of white rose blossoming
on common crab-apple tree. The flower
measures four inches in diameter and to all
appearances is perfect rose.
A BURLINGTON servant girl became weary
OF life, one day last week. and lunched off a
box of Paris green. In her anxiety to make
sure thing of it she took enough to kill
ten persons. The overdose acted as an
emetic and the girl will recover.
Mr.. AND MRS E. w. PECK gave a bril-
liant reception at Burlington recently in
honor of ex-Minister and Mrs. f. j. Phelps
Among the guests were Governor and Mrs
Dillingham;, Lieutenant-governor Wood
bury, Mayor and Mrs Crombie, President
Buckham and others.
The sixth annual music festival of the
Philharmonic Society of Burlington is be.
ing held this week, beginning Monday and
ending Friday. Among the soloists en-.
gagged are Miss Emma Thursby, Mrs f
Humphrey Allen, Miss Gertrude Edmands
George j. Parker and Ivan Morawski.
REV DIR. JOSEPH ID. WICKHAM, d D., OF
Manchester, who is now in his ninety-frst
year, is the Oldest living graduate of Yale
College and will attend the coming com
mencement. He was present at ST. Paul's
church, New York, during the delivery Of
Bishop Potters now famous sermon, and
was probably the only person in that assem-
bly, who ever saw President Washington.
THE Ryegate granite works at South Rye
gate have gone into insolvency, with liabili
ties of $4,000, the assets being a plan
whose original cost was 100000. The di
rectors are held individually for $4,000 ant
the Bank of Newbury is their largest credi
tor, being interested to the amount of S25,
600 Thomas b. Hall of South Ryegate, tn,
receiver, will sell the property at auction
June /.
THE happiness of the Rutland small boy
is threatened. Ex-Judge Nicholson has res
directed an old blue law of 1896 forbiddinl
the use, sale or gift in Vermont of any
cracker, squib, serpent or rocket, and a pc
titon has been sent to prosecuting officers
signed by forty large property-holders re
questing the enforcement of the law OF
July 4th. OF the signers only eleven hay,
children and only seven have boys. TIT
opinion of the best legal authority in til,
state is that any kind Of fireworks or ex
plosives named in the law can be used will
absolute impunity.
The Paris correspondent of the Nelc Yor
San, writing of three American girls whc
are now studying music in the French CAPT
tai, says of one of the trio: Mary How
is living in the Rue Saigon with her brothe
and girl friend from her native town
Brattleboro, VT, and studying continually
She has been described as the pretties
woman in Europe, and has been considere,
remarkably handsome girl even in Amer
lea. She is of peculiar type of beauty
because she is natural among a great man
artificial creations. Women with dark eye
and blonde hair are numerous all over tn
world since the rage for bleaching hair be
gan. Miss Howe, however, is a natura
blonde, with very dark, almost black, eyes
The eyebrows and eyelashes are light an
her color is remarkably vivid and attractive
She is rather petite, perfectly formed an,
of distinguished carriage. Frenchmen raw
over her beauty to an extent which is almos
riotous In the foyer of the opera-house o
Wednesday night she walked up and dow
hatN no xxyit x1yitl