The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
Summary Of News.


home in winning, edneSuay OF laSt week,
of cancer of the liver,
A. f. LlvERMoRE & Sons steam chair
factory at South Londonderry was burned
on Saturday night. Loss $4,000,
PHILLIBERr CREPEAU of Winooski, nine
teen years of age, was drowned on Tuesday
evening of last week while bathing.
A LARGE number of prizes have been Of
fered to be competed for at the hremen's
tournament at Burlington on August 8.
JAMES II. Cross was drowned at Burling-
ton. last week Tuesday, 10y the capsizing of
"A boat His nephew, Eddie Bernard, was
rescued.
PALESTINE CoMMANDERY, knights Temp
lar, of st. Johnsbury, made an excursion to
Portland, Maine, on last week Thursday
aud Friday.
COMMENCEMENT exercises at Middlebury
College are occurring this week President
Brainard preached the baccalaureate SER
mon on Sunday.
COMMENCEMENT exercises at Burr and
Burton Seminary, Manchester, were held
on last week Thursday. There was a large
attendance of visitors
FIRE in the mill of the Burlington Manu-
featuring Company on Saturday afternoon
caused loss of $4,000 to 5000. The mill
will be shut down for time.
CHANDLER BALDWIN of Shelburne, seventy
years of age, died suddenly of heart failure
at Burlington on last week Wednesday
night. He was very skillful machnist.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL RoLLIN ANS
DEN of Windsor has appointed these depu-
ties n S. Stearns of Rutland, S. n. Sprague
of Brattleboro, Thomas Failey of Burlington.
Miss LAURA WRIGHT, daughter of L. E.
Wright of Bridport, was accidentally burned
to death last week. She was in bed, when
a kerosene lamp exploded, setting the bed
on fire.
WILLIAM DoRR, aged thirty-two years,
was drowned at Shelburne on Sunday at
about noon by the capsizing of boat. He
and another man tried to pass each other
and Dorr fell into the water.
The horse Grand Isle" bred by w. 4.
Allen of Winooski, and owned by w. Ii.
Phelps of South Hero, won the .: 80 class
race at Montreal last week in straight heats,
getting mark of 2: "a, and was sold for
about $3.50.
CAPTAIN GILBERT MORTON of Essex died
on Thursday of last week, aged about
seventy-one years. Captain Morton was
for forty years sea captain, and during the
civil war he commanded gunboat in the
Mississippi squadron.
MoRRIsTowNs centennial celebration was
opened on Sunday by Rev. DIR. Homer of
New York, native of the town. Many
"reminiscences of the early history of the
church were referred to. Following the
d D.
a double quartette.
Two loaded freight trains on the Passump-
sic division of the Boston & Maine railroad
collided on a curve near Olcott's Falls on
last week Wednesday morning. The en-
gineers and fremen saved their lives by
jumping. The engines and several cars
were completely wrecked.
AT an election of Company G, First Regi-
ment, National Guard held in Bradford on
ia M w W. ON-ar
by Major John II. Watson, Second Lieu
tenant Herbert p. Warren was promoted to
be first lieutenant and Frank r. johnson
was promoted to be second lieutenant
The new hall of st. Pauls lodge of
Masons, at Brandon, was dedicated on
Tuesday evening of last week by the grand
lodge. After the dedicatory exercises,
Rev. Edwin Wheelock, chaplain of the
lodge, gave an eloquent address on Prog
ress," following which a banquet was
served.
THE president has approved the following
allotments made by Secretary Proctor for
the distribution of the 100000 appropri-
ated by congress for arming and equip
ping the militia - for the coming fiscal year
Massachusetts, 13,154; New York, 1913 1927
Vermont, S3,758-a total of 1855, 1893 among
the states and the balance among the terri
tories.
The toll-bridge across the Connecticut
river at North Stratford collapsed on last
week Thursday night and fell into the
river, distance of twenty feet, carrying
with it four-horse team and three men,
only one, however, being seriously hurt.
The bridge was erected by a corporation
about forty years ago, but is row owned by
Joseph Doussault.
FRANK BEAN, young man about twenty
five years of age, a son of Alexander Bean
of Pittsford, at work for the Delaware *
Nfnft,r nffyht hra foil
from the cars last week Monday as the
train was passing over the trestle bridge at
the basin near Whitehall, n. Y. The body
was found Thursday morning and taken to
Pittsford for burial.
THE salary and allowance division of the
post-office department has finished a re-
vision of the salaries of third-olass postmas-
tiers for the next fiscal year. The changes
in Vermont are: Increase, at Bradford
$1,000 to 81, 300; Fair Haven, 81 800 to 81 ,600
Vergennes, $1,000 to 81 600. Decrease
Derby Line 81, 100 to fourth-class; Ludlow,
81 200 to 81 900; Poultney, 81 800 to 81 400;
Winooski, 81, 100 to $1,000.
MAJOR CHARLES o. BRIGHAM died at his
home at Derby Line on last week Tuesday,
at the age of fifty-two years. He was stu
dent at Wesleyan University, and at the
breaking out OF the rebellion he enlisted in
the Fourth Connecticut Regiment. He was
commissioned as major in the Firs Regiment
of Heavy Artillery, which position he held
at the close of the war. After the war he
went TO Derby Line and practiced law.
AT the opening of the semi-annual meet
ing of the Vermont Medical Society at Rut-
land, last week Thursday, the following
new members were elected: DR.. j. B.
Woodruff of South Salisbury DR.. Carrofl
b. Ross of West Rutland, DIR. j. II. Reilly
Of Rutland, Dr. A. f. Moody of Isle La
Motto, DR.. William f. Hazelton of Spring
field and DR.. b. G. Senton of Rutland. Dr.
j. II. Jackson of Barre was elected as
delegate to the British Medical Association
A number Of interesting papers were read
and in the evening banquet was served at
the Bardwell house,
A CLASS of twenty-six graduated from the
University of Vermont on last week
Wednesday. Among those present at the
exercises were A. A. Parker, aged ninety
nine, the oldest living graduate, and Rev.
Josiah 7. HAYES of Litchfeld, Maine,
father of Rev. DIR. Halves of Burlington,
aged ninety-two. The corporation dinner
was served at the Van Ness house, at which
speeches Were made by President Buck
ham, Governor Dillingham;, Mr.. Parker,
Joseph T. Dodge of Duluth and Hon III n.
Hibbard of Chicago. In the evening a bril-