The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
Summary of News.
Vermont.

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ress.
NEWELL LAWRENCE, an old resident OF
Burlington, died in the Adirondacks last
week Saturday.
MDDLEBURY voted last week Tuesday
evening to have a water system to cost not
more than $4,000.
CHARLES f.. SHERBURNE and Miss Mabel
A. Hall of Burlington were married on last
week Thursday evening.
A. II. HARvEY's store at East Alburgh
was broken into Saturday night, and the
post-ofce robbed of $50 in stamps.
PERCtvAL w. CLEMENT was nominated by
the republicans of Rutland for representa-
tive to the legislature on Monday night
THE Northern Caledonia fair will he held
at Lynd0nvile, September III and II, and
the Caledonia county fair at st. Johnsbury,
September 1918.
a CARRIAGE containing two young ladies
and a driver fell into a washout twelve feet
deep in Burlington street last week Tues
day evening. No one was hurt.
FRANK L. PARLtN, who for several years
has been principal Of the Brigham Academy
of Bakersfield, has been appointed princi-
pal of the high school at Stockbridge, Mass
A SPECIAL train, including the private car
of DIR. w. S. Webb, ran off an open switch
at Bennington on last week Monday night
No serious damage was done. How the
SNllCn came W 10 bpcu - llOb hhONu
ETHEL DELANEY, a little Burlington girl
fell twenty feet from a window ON last
week Tuesday, turning a somersault and
landing on her feet. She was blowing
feathers from the window and lost her bal
ance.
THE Vermont breeders meeting at Rut-
land began yesterday and will continue to-
day and tomorrow. Probably more than
1000 horses will be on the grounds and over
$1,000 will be given away in stake pre-
miums.
WALTER FR1sBEE of Waltham, seventeen
years of age, was arrested on last week
Thursday for breaking glass and other fix
lures of the Commercial Union Telegraph
Company at Nergennes and Middlebury.
He admits breaking twenty-four glasses.
A REUNION of Company X, Tenth YER
mont Volunteers, took place at the home of
A. II. Stoddard, in Lowell, Mass, on Thurs
day of encampment week. General w. w.
Henry was present. Mr. Stoddard was pre-
sented heavy gold ring by his comrades.
LYMAN RAYMOND of Dandy was arrested
about five miles from Warrensburgh on last
week Monday. He was accused of mutt
latng pair of horses with knife. He
had been arrested, and while out on bail of
$1,000 he left the state. He was taken to
Rutland.
THE annual encampment of Methodists
at Morrisville began last week Tues
day. The opening service was held in
the evening, when Elder O. NJ. Boutwell,
presided and preached on the words I" | will
go in the strength of the Lord God" The
rain marred the enjoyment of the meetings
considerably,
THE camp-meeting services at Spring
Grove, New Haven, last week, were quite
successful. At the business meeting of the
Association on Thursday the following Off
GERS were elected: President, Albert Fer
guson; vice-presidents, S. Huntington, G..
Q. Cady, |. w. Topper; treasurer, a. j.
Cushman; secretary, NJ. w. Allen; auditor,
j. w, LOvett; trustees, o. X. Brittell, G. G..
Cady, M. n. Baker, H. w, Tracey. Charles
Balm.
On Friday about ninety members of the
Ninth Vermont Veterans Association held
their annual meeting in Grand Army hall at
Bradford village. Officers elected for the
ensuing year are: President Colonel ID. X.
Andross, Bradford; first vice-president, j.
c. Baker, Rutland; second vce-president,
Thomas Harmon, Brattleboro; secretary
and treasurer, r. F. Parker, Newport; ex-
ecutive committee, j. G.. Stearns of Brad
ford, G. f. Branch of Newport, S. III. Kelley
of Salisbury A. G. Hubbard of Norwich, L.
w. Baird of Middebury. The next session
will be held at the next annual state muster.
WORK on the new state fair grounds at
White River Junction is progressing rap
idly. The track is finished and is in good
condition. The grand stand is TO be painted
right away. Under the stand are to be
number of rooms to be devoted to various
purposes. The judges stand and the band
stand are already in position. Near the
beginning of the track are the seven horse
Sheds each 100 by twenty-eght feet in size.
South of the grand stand are the exhibition
buildings and floral hall proper. Floral
hall is forty-four by 100 feet, and the other
four buildings thirty-four by 100 feet All
are covered and two together with floral
hall, are enclosed. Beyond these are six
sheds, twenty-five by IA feet, for cattle,
sheep and hogs, and back of all is poultry
shed, twenty-four by sixty feet. The spur
of the railroad has very steep grade, at
one point as steep as 200 feet to the mile.
The grounds are well supplied with water
by a two-inch main pipe.
Domestic.
THE thirteenth meeting of the American
Bar Association was held at Saratoga last
week.
THE Wisconsin republican convention
renominated Governor Hoard on last week
Wednesday.
THE eighth annual convention of the
American Society of Florists was held at
Boston last week
THE North Carolina democratic conven-
tion held on last week Wednesday, de-
clared for free silver coinage.
THE Grand Trunk railway tunnel under
the st. Claire river was completed on Mon
day. 1t connects Canada and the United
States
THE famous California mare, Sunol,"
made mile at Chicago, Saturday, in 2:101
in an effort to beat the four-year-old record
of 2114,
THE will of John Boyle o Reilly, executed
in 1876, gives all his property, real and per-
sonal, to his wife, Mary A. O'Reilly, and her
heirs, and appoints her executrix of the will,
with full power and without bonds or sure
ties.
A CAR became detached from the engine
and ran down a steep grade on Mount
Pennsylvania, near Reading last week Fri
day, at the rate of five miles in three min
utes There were eighteen passengers
aboard, and four were taken out dead from
the wreck.
THE brick manufacturers of the country
have voted not to supply brick to places in
which a boycott was ordered by the Board
of Walking Delegates on the brick of GER
tain manufacturers. The manufacturer
say they will stick to their position until
the boycott is raised.
A TERRIBLE tornado swept over Wiks-
barre, Penn, on last week Tuesday, killing