The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-15
Summary Of News.

THE ministerial association of the st.
Johnsbury district held a meeting at West
field last week
DIR. ORR1N A. GEE of Brandon has been
appointed surgeon-general on the staff of
the commander-in-chief of the Sons of
Veterans.
THE following fourth-class postmasters
have been appointed: S. A. Richardson,
Chester Depot j. f. Davis, Perkinsville;
II. E. Robinson, Westmore.
Two Swedes were arrested last Friday
for stealing two suits of clothes and other
articles from q clearinghouse on the farm
of DIR. w. S. Webb at Shelburne.
THE twenty-ffth annual festival of the
Vermont Church Choir Guild will be held at
st. Paul's church, Burlington, November
and g. Professor S. b. Whitney of Boston
will be conductor.
EDMUND TLsoN, an old man, was killed
last week at Fords crossing, West
Randolph, by hog train. He was very
deaf and did not hear the repeated whistles.
His horse was killed and his wagon smashed.
Mrs. HORACE FAIRBANKS of st. Johns
bury sent $1,000 to Phillips Andover
Academy on the Sd instant that being the
birthday of her brother, the late DR.. Sam
uel II. Taylor, to found the ." James and
Perss Taylor Scholarship" in memory of
their parents
AT the annual inspection and parade of
the Bellows Falls fire department last
week, it was found in better condition than
| ever before and as efficient as any depart
| ment of its size in New England. Many
visiting firemen were present from neighbor-
ing cities and villages.
PHILIP BEDARD, Charles Blow and Frank
| A, wilkins were arrested at Burlington last
week for an assault on Nelson Gonyeon
and Mary Platt, the latter being criminally
assaulted. They were arraigned on a charge
of rape, but the hearing was postponed.
Intense feeling about the case has been
aroused at Burlington.
SERGEANT b. G. CHAPMAN, a member of
| Company b, First Vermont Cavalry, died
at the soldiers home Tuesday, at the age
of fifty-nine years. from liberation of the
stomach. He served three years and had
a splendid war record. Hewas admitted to
the home June 20, 1889. He will be buried
| at Enosburgh. This Is the twelfth death
at the home up to date
THE report of the state board of cattle
commissioners shows that eight diseased
horses have been killed by order of the
board during its term of service. An article
appended TO the report, and written by DR..
f. II. Miller of Burlington, the veterinary
surgeon of the board, urges better means of
| protecting consumers from diseased meat.
He recommends the constant employment
of state veterinary surgeon.
THE annual reunion of the Lamoille val
| ley veterans at Morrisville broke camp last
week, after a successful and well-attended
| encampment, in spite of the rainy weather.
The carp was named in honor of Com
mander Veazey and was largely attended.
| The new officers of the association arc:
Commander Jonas Stevens of Eden; adj
jutant d. Holmes of Johnson quarter
master, p. Scribner of Wolcott.
In the United States court, at Rutland,
last week, the case of the United States Us,
A. II. Porter, indicted for frauduently
assuming and pretending to be United
States post-ofce inspector, and while pre-
tending to act in that capacity demanding
and receiving money from person in
Granville, was called. The respondent en-
tered a plea of guilty and was thereupon
| sentenced to be confined in the house of
| correction for the term OF six months.
In the matter of the petition of o. w.
| circuit and nineteen others, citizens of st.
Johnsbury, setting forth that the highway
grade crossing over the Connecticut u Pas
| sumpsic Rivers railroad in the village of
st. Johnsbury, known as the mill crossing,
| is dangerous and bad crossing, and asking
that the same be investigated and an over
head crossing be constructed, the board of
railroad commissioners does not recommend
any change, on account of the expense.
THE Manchester, n. H., Mirror says: ga
large portion of the farmers along the YER
mont frontier engage largely in the raising
of turkeys and geese for the American
markets, and when they realized that with
the new tariff regulations it would be ip
possible for them to dispose of them at a
profit, they lost no time in driving their
fiocks over bodily in many instances. One
flock OF geese numbering 2,0OO crossed Ine
dividing line near Rouses Point few hours
before the new regulations wentinto effect"
THE session of the Grand Lodge of Knights
of Pythias was held at Rutland last week On
the first day l.. L. Braley of Rutland and n.
p. Bowman of st. Johnsbury, representa-
tives to the supreme lodge made reports of
the recent meeting at Milwaukee. The fol-
lowing officers were elected Past grand
chancellor, n. G. Hyde, st. Adams; grand
chancellor, G. f. o. Tinker, st. Johnsbury;
al, oil NAth ANIL Law
Rutland; grand prelate, G. III. Hale, st.
Adams; grand master of eXchequer, G. l..
Duncan, McIndoe's Falls; grand keeper of
records and seals, w. H. Gilchrist McIn-
does Falls; grand master at arms Ill. w.
Buchanan, Barton Landing; supreme repre-
sentatives, Nathan =. Bowman, st. Johns
bury, and Samuel I. Braley, Rutland. The
next session will be held at St. Adams, the
second Wednesday in October, 1891. There
are seven lodges in the state-at Rutland,
ST. Johnsbury, st. Adams, McIndoes Falls,
Barton Landing, Burlington and Newport,
the latter two having been organized since
May.
ALABAMA's notorious outlaw, RUDE Bar
rows, is finally in prison.
TAMAIANY HALL has renominated Mayor
Hugh j. Grant for mayor of New York.
Mrs. LYDIA FERRIN, probably the Oldest
woman in Boston, died yesterday, aged 100
years.
DAVID SANBORN OF Fremont, n. H., has
been fined $40 and costs for refusing to an
swer the questions of a census enumerator.
JUSTICE MILLER, Of the United States
supreme court, died Monday night without
struggle. He will be buried at Keokuk,
Iowa.
1T is reported that an attempt has been
made to assassinate G. II. Breckenridge,
who is conducting his campaign in Ar
kansas.
A SOCIETY with the name of The Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution has been
formed in Washington, with Mrs Harrison
as president.
THE corner-stones of the new city hall and