The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-10
Summary of News.
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Champlain will remain unused, as the COM
petition of Kennebec ice is too much for it,
THE Addison county fair was held at
Middlebury on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of last week. 1t was very success
full.
The September term of the Orleans
county court opened last week Wednesday
afternoon at Newport, Judge Powers pre-
siding.
e. ID. NASH of St. Adams was elected at
meeting at New Haven, Conn, Sunday,
president of the Independent Order of
Railway Conductors.
THERE is a large colony of Jews in Bur-
lington, and two synagogues are supported.
A large number of Russian Jews, expelled
from Russia, is expected soon.
DR." GEORGE DUrroN of Boston, dean
of the Vermont Medical College" is cir
culating a petition i'm Rutland, which will
be presented to the next legislature, asking
for charter to incorporate his college
REV. II. T. BARNARD a Freewill Baptist
clergyman, was admitted to the Congrega-
tional church at Underhill last Sunday.
Mr.. Barnard made statement of his pres
ent opinions which was satisfactory to the
church, and he was received by rising
vote.
AS the night express from Montreal pulled
into the station at Essex Junction, Saturday
night, the conductor of a train in waiting
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track directly in front of the engine. 1t
proved to be r. E. Denton of Bethel. His
escape from death was close, as the engine
was only a few feet from him when he was
rescued
THE Boston & Maine railroad Passump-
sic division, have taken away the old COW
cred bridge, which has been in use nearly
forty-three years over the White river at
White River Junction, and are now pre-
pairing to put in new three-span iron
bridge, double track, made by the Boston
Bridge Company, which is now partly on
the premises and when completed will cost
fully 100000.
A FELLOW named John McCloud has
been defrauding people at Burlington and
vicinity by pretending to be agent for a
telegraph company, arranging for the board
of the employees. He had carload of pro-
visions on the way, which he could sell
cheap. Flour he would sell for So barrel,
and other things in proportion. He would
then make out an order for whatever the
parties wanted get something cash down,
and that was the last they saw of him.
MEssRs. r. ID. CLARK, G. NJ. Clark, E. d.
Morrison and 2. b. Norton of Addison and
H. e. Bissell of Shoreham have arrived
home from Australia, having left here on
March 4, by the way of London, with some
of the choicest sheep from the Spanish
Merino flocks of Addison county. During
the trip ninety were lost on account of
strictions on stock importations have been
renewed, and for three years no sheep or
cattle can be imported into Australia, eX-
cept from Great Britain.
The annual meeting of the Lamoille Bap-
fist Association was held at Georgia Plains
on Wednesday and Thursday of last week
The address of welcome was given by Rev.
j. G. Lorimer of Georgia, to which the
moderator, Rev. j. S. GOodall of Essex
junction, made response. The annual
sermon was delivered by Rev. F. G.. Nc
Farlan of Burlington. A resolution was
adopted to lay the matter of admitting the
Berean Baptist church of Burlington to the
association on the table until that church
changes its rules so as to conform to those
of regular Baptist churches.
THE Champlain Valley fair was held at
Howard Park, Burlington, last week. A
game of ball between the Burlington and
Brattleboro teams was played each day
On Wednesday the score was two to moth
ing for Brattleboro. The game on Thurs
day was also victory for Brattleboro, the
score being three to one. The game of
Friday is described as " the most exciting
that ever took place in Vermont" The
Burlingtons won, eight to seven The game
of Saturday was quite as exciting as that of
Friday. The Burlingtons made four runs
in the first inning, and failed to do any
thing afterwards. The Brattleboros tied
the game in the eighth inning. The game
was called at the end of the twelfth, with
the score at four to four.
Domestic.
The strike of Chicago carpenters has
fallen through.
SIXTEEN horses were burned in fire at
Nashua, n H., last week Tuesday morning.
A CYCLONE in southwestern Pennsylvania
last week Saturday carried cattle several
hundred yards and crushed them to death
Hon. HENRY II. HUsE, insurance COM
missioner of New Hampshire, died at his
home in Concord on Sunday. He was born
at West Fairlee, vt.
In railroad collision on the Delaware
Hudson road, between Port Henry and
Westport, n. Y, early last week Friday
morning, the engineer, fireman and pas
senger were killed.
Roy WILKES paced a half-mile at In
dependence, Ia, Saturday, in the face of
heavy wind, in the unprecedented time of
1:014, the fastest half-mile ever trotted or
paced by any horse.
In the United States court at Bath Maine,
on last week Thursday, Harry Sacket of
Manchester was sentenced to years hard
work in the state prison for opening mail
boxes in Lewiston in July.
JOSEPH f. WEIGH foreman of the section
gang at Quincy, Mass, has been indicted
for manslaughter in causing the death of
Mary K. Fenley, one of the victims of the
wantonly negligent.
A PARTY of moonshiners in Kentucky
last week, surprised a squad of United
States soldiers while they were marching
through pass in search of the outlaws. Sew
eral of the soldiers were wounded, and one
of the moonshiners was killed.
THE town of Westport, n. Y, is excited
over another murder. The body of widow
named Taylor, about seventy years of age,
was found in her house, with marks of a
hard struggle upon it. A man named
Charles Wright has been arrested on sus-
picion.
The premature explosion of a blast in the
Northern Pacific railroad yards at Spokane
Falls, Wash, Saturday evening, caused
over twenty deaths, and many other work
men were injured. The man in charge of
the blast and three assistants were blown
topieces.
S. j. DICKSON walked across Niagara s
gorge last Saturday afternoon At half
past three o'clock he commenced his peril
Gus walk and landed at the American side
in twelve and one-fourth minutes from the
start. On his way across he stood on one
leg at the quarter and three-quarter dis