The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-20

lookup, opened it, and, to his surprise,
found the prisoner asleep.
THERE was small attendance at the
boiling republican convention held at New
fame on Monday. f. p. Ball of Rocking
ham and j. g. Newton of Dummerston
were nominated for associate judges. u.
II. Albee of Rockingham was nominated
for states attorney. The rest OF the regu-
lar republican ticket was endorsed. The
resolutions adopted deprecate the increase
in state expenses, call for a reduction in the
number of judges OF the supreme court to
five, favor state control of the railroads and
a reduction of local fares to two and one
eighth cents a mile, and call for the repeal
or amendment of the present school law.
The Vermont railroad commissioners
have made their report in relation to the
fatal accident to James Fuller on the Cana
dian Pacific railroad at Newport last April.
While he was repairing car in the yard
freight train was backed against it so that
Fuller had one leg cut off, and sustained
other injuries, from which he died about
midnight the same night. The board finds
that the primary cause of this accident was
the absence of proper danger signal or
watchman to warn trainmen at work in the
vicinity that the car which Mr. Fuller was
repairing should not be moved while under
going repairs, and that the railway company
Is at fault for not having made and enforced
a rule to such end. Since this accident
ton against recurrence of it.
THE quarterly convention of the White
River Christian Endeavor Union was held
at Bethel on last week Wednesday. Dele
gates were present from West Randolph,
Randolph, Sharon, West Hartford, Hart
ford, Hartland, Pomfret Norwich, Windsor,
West Lebanon and Brookfeld. -Four new
societies were reported as having been or
ganized since the last meeting. The No
vember meeting will be held at Hartland
and the February meeting at West Ran
dolph The exercises opened with greet
ing by Mrs Guy Wilson of Bethel, followed
by devotional service led by Horace Pease
of Hartford, business and oral reports of
societies, papers by Eunice Colburn of
North Pomfret and Grace l.. Conant of Ran
dolph, address by Edward Il. Towner of
Montpelier, recitation by Annie Miller of
Bethel and address by Rev. p. Macmillan
of Woodstock. The attendance was fair.
THE second annual meeting of the Yer
mont Society of the Sons of the Revolution
was held at Bennington on last week Fri
day and Saturday. On Friday afternoon
the visiting members drove to the monu-
ment and other points of historic interest.
In the evening a dinner was given the soci-
ETY. by General j. G.. Mccullough at the
Putnam house. Speeches were made by
Hon. G. q. Benedict, president of the soci-
ETY., Rev. L. NJ. Hardy of Burlington, E.
W. Thompson of Boston, Arthur j. Dewey,
Major A. b. Valentine, Judge G.. w. Har-
mon and Judge John V. Carney of Ben
nington. The business meeting of the So
ciety was held on Saturday morning. A
committee, consisting of Colonel Benedict
Secretary c. S. Forbes and Rev. l.. NJ
Hardy, was appointed to revise the consti-
tuition and bylaws and to procure an
act of incorporation for the society.
A large number of new members were
admitted. The following officers were
tad I
Redheld Proctor of Proctor; vice-president,
John b. Mccullough of North Bennington /;
secretary, Charles S. Forbes of st. Adams (;
treasurer, Milton X. Paine of Windsor
registrar, H. L. Stillson of Bennington /;
historian, G. G. Benedict of Burlington /;
board of managers, Edward A. Chittenden
OF ST. Adams, Theodore S. Peck of Burling-
ton, a. b. Valentine of Bennington r. NJ.
Colburn of Springfield, b. b. Smalley of
Burlington, Levi X. Fuller of Brattleboro,
L. q. Leavens of Berkshire; delegates, r. l..
Kimball of West Randolph and Edward w
Thompson, formerly of Montpelier. The So
clety voted to reduce the initiation fee to
81 and the annual dues to 81 1t is pro-
posed to hold the next annual meeting at
Bennington on August Is, 1891, when it is
expected the battle monument will be dedi-
Gated.
Domestic.
JAMES A. JAMESON, of the firm of Jane
son, Smith & Co., bankers and brokers of
New York, committed suicide last week, in
fit of temporary insanity.
Two trains on the St. Louis, Alton &
Springfield railroad collided near Clifton
Terrace, ILL.,, on last week Friday evening.
Three persons were killed and large num-
Der injured.
The limited Kansas City express on the
Missouri Pacific was held by seven high
waymen at Otterville, Mo-, early last Sun
rnhhe1 Of nf
press matter.
THE switchmen on the Wabash railroad
struck, last week Friday, because they were
informed that they would not get their pay
until Monday instead of Friday. They re-
sumed work on Saturday.
Two engineers and a tramp were killed
by the derailment of train on the Balti-
more q Ohio railroad near Pittsburgh, last
week Thursday night. DISTINCTIONS had
been Intentionally placed on the track.
THE funeral of John Boyle O'Reilly oc-
Cured at St. Mary's church, Charlestown,
Mass, last week Wednesday forenoon. An
immense number of persons viewed the re-
mains, which We're inferred at Mount CAL
vary cemetery.
AN explosion of escaping coal gas oc-
Cured at the soap factory Of the Kendall
Manufacturing Company, Providence, r.. l.,
last week Thursday morning. Two en-
ten others less seriously.
The national convention of the retail
shoe-dealers was held at Boston on last
week Wednesday. These officers were
elected President, James G.. Kline of Fort
Edward, n. Y; secretary, w. II. Gleazen
of Binghamton, n. Y; treasurer, 1. B. Ar
mold of Findlay, Ohio.
The White Star steamship "Teutonic "
arrived in New York, last week Wednes-
day, in five days, nineteen hours and five
minutes, beating the best previous west
ward passage of the Getty of Paris" last
August, which was made in five days nine
teen hours and eighteen minutes.
THE National Letter-carriers' Association
at Boston, last week. voted unanimously
that it was the sense of the association that
all legislation affecting the pay of letter
carriers should be upon the basis of 5000 for
the first year, $500 the second year, 81 900
the third year and 81 200 the fourth year in
frst-class cities. In cities of the second
class, 5000 the first year, $3.50 the second
year and 81 900 thereafter.
THE strike on the New York Central still
continues. A conference between Grand
Master Powderly and the railroad officials is
being held. On Monday Vice-president