The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-13
Summary of News.
Vermont.

on Saturday ana sunday.
ST. MARY's convent chapel Burlington,
was dedicated by Bishop DeGoesbriand on
last week Saturday morning.
The John f. Morrill, ball team of Boston
defeated the local team at St. Johnsbury on
last week Tuesday, seven to three.
ISAAC DEMING of Lowell, Mass, for many
years overseer in the fremont mill corpora
ton, died at Woodstock, last week Sunday.
THE fifth annual reunion of the Third
Vermont Regiment will be held at Newport,
August 81. Colonel Samuel #. Pingree will
deliver the annual address.
SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE e. ODER of
the Estey Guard of Brattleboro has re-
signed. Lieutenant Ober has begun the
practice of medicine at Bridport.
COMPANY f of the infantry regiment
at Plattsburgh, n. Y, is marching across the
state from Burlington to Bradford, to be at
the National Guard encampment.
Golden MORGAN, the stallion owned by
William S. Bailey of East Hardwick, and
having a record of 2:2S1 died of apOplexy
on Saturday. He was valued at $4,000.
THE cornerstone of the new church at
New Haven was laid on last week Wednes-
day afternoon. An historical address was
given by S. b. McCowes and a discourse
by Rev G. N. Thomas.
The post-ofce at Wilmington was en-
tered on last week Tuesday night and about
S15 in stamps and cash, two postal notes
and one money order were taken. Some
sixty letters were opened.
FIVE or six carloads of Merino sheep are
to be started from Middlebury for Texas on
Thursday, They are in two lots, one
owned by j. b. Cherbino of Weybridge and
Texas partner, and the other belonging to
j. A. Wright of Middlebury.
THE ball team of the University of YER
mont played three games with the John f.
Morrill, foam last weak TbnrGIav tho
University team won, six to one; on Friday
the Morrills won, two to one, and on Satur-
day the University won twenty to two.
FIRE destroyed the Averill Lumber Com
pany's mill, two storehouses and lumber at
Averill last week Tuesday evening. 1t
originated from a spark in the roof of the
mill. Loss on buildings, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Loss on lumber, $500; no in
surance.
JOHN TIFFANY of Bennington attempted
to murder two chamber-maids at a hotel at
North Adams on Tuesday of last week. He
was insane at the time, and imagined that
some one was trying to murder him. He was
arraigned on the next day and was held
without bail for trial
THE Ninth Vermont Veteran Association
will hold its third annual reunion at Brad
ford, August %, 1890 All members of the
regiment are requested to be present. Bust
ness meeting in G. A. Z. hall at eleven
will sell round-trip tickets at reduced rates.
THE regatta of the Lake Champlan Yacht
Club occurred on last week Tuesday. The
wind was very heavy, but the races were
considered very successful. The "Nauti-
lus " won in the first class, the " Saidee
B." in the second and the " Alpha " in the
third The fourth race was for the ladies'
cup" and was won by the Nautilus
The "Nymph won the steam yacht race.
In the evening there was brilliant ball at
the club house.
A COMPETITIVE rifle match was shot on
last week Friday between ten MEN selected
from the Estey Guard of Brattleboro and
the same number from the Frontier Guard
of Richford. The range was 200 yards.
Each man was entitled to ten shots, and
the best individual score possible was fifty.
The score of the Estey Guard was $50 and
of the Frontier Guard 1872. A match was
shot about six weeks ago which resulted in
score of $50 for the Rchford team against
$50 for the Brattleboro team.
ADDISON county prohibitionists met at
Middlebury on last week Thursday and
nominated the following ticket Senators
j. e. Crane of Middlebury, George W. Sne-
den of Bristol; assistant judges, r. l.. Kings
lane of Vergennes, f. e. Douglas of Shore
ham; states attorney, Henry S. Foot OF
Middlebury; sheriff, E. III. Thomas of Sails
bury; high baliff, Edgar Sanford of Corn.
wall; county commissioner, r. T. Bristol OF
Panton; judges of probate, New Haven dis
trict, Peter Dakin of Ferrisburgh; Addison
district, I. E. Royce of Middlebury. The
position of Congressman Stewart and Judge
Powers on the liquor question was criti-
cised by some of the speakers.
AT the sale of the Vermont Board Of Trade
at Burlington, on last week Friday, the
offerings of cheese aggregated $1,000 pounds
and those of butter II 800 pounds The l.
H. Talcott cheese factory Of Williston sold
do oh TO h.
& Co. of Boston, for seven cents pound
which was the prevailing price, although &
fine lot of 1000 pounds was sold by the
Browns river factory of Essex to G. L
Mcmahon for seven and one-fourth cents
The holders of butter did not appear in
clined to sell, there being but one sale, tina
of 1000 pounds, by f. S. Collins Brooksid,
creamery Of Colchester, to III. G.. Hathorn,
of Burlington, for eighteen and one-hal
cents pound. The following letter from
Senator Edmunds on maple sugar bount,
was read :" am afraid from what hav,
heard since / wrote you last that the com
mittee will not favor giving bounty OF
syrup of any kind. / think this is wrong
as they put all sorts of fluid sugars from
abroad on the free list 1t may be that w,
shall not take the duty off Of sugar, an,
shall not have any bounty at all. AS to til,
bounty ON dry sugar, l greatly doub
whether the standard of saccharine matte
can be lowered below what it is in the bill
There Is no trouble in making sugar up L
eighty, and the policy is, and must be, no
to pay bounty on all the sugar that is con
tanned in any sort of stuff that may be made
but a bounty for the manufacture OF goo
sugar that contains in a pound weight tina
percentage of saccharine matter to all ther
is in pound. The government can not pa
a bounty on water, but merely upon sacchf
rine matter made in such a way as to ten
to the public advantage, and to be up to
certain standard of excellence. At the rat
the appropriations have been made and ar
making | do not see how we can spare til
duty on sugar; and l very much doul
whether putting sugar on the free list viii
TO any appreciable extent, benefit the col
sumner"
WILLIAM CHAMPION, farmer, while return
ing home on Wednesday night of las
week was held up by a robber when abor
two miles from White River Junction, O
the White river road. The highwayma
called for his money or his life, and Chan
pion handed out his purse, containing lei
than 81. Champion notified Deputy sheri
Randall and Constables Wheeler and Peel
who set out unarmed to catch the maj
Randall and Wheeler were in one carriag
some distance ahead of Peck. Suddenl
the robber appeared, held up the first name