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

ABOUT 200 boats passed through Water
ford, going SOUTH in the Chanplain canal
during July.
DIR. j. G. JOHNSON has sold his marble
quarry in Clarendon to the Vermont Mar
BILE Company.
In the tennis tournament at Rutland, last
week. j. A. Merrill of that place won the
state championship.
IT is proposed to have reunion of men,
bers of the legislature of 1915 some time
during the next session.
DIR. SAuvEUR's school of modern languages
at Burlington closed on the 18th. He gave
his last reception last week Friday evening
A SERIOUS forest fire occurred at Char
lotte, along the line of the railroad, last
week. great quantity of fence was
burned.
THREE Swedes, straight from Sweden, ar
rived at Weston recently. 1t is thought
that five more have joined the colony at
Wilmington.
THE twelfth annual festival of parish
chors will be held with st. Paul's church,
Burlington, October .. S. b. Whitney of
Boston is conductor
JOHN DENsoN, a native of Woodstock,
where he had lived until about three years
ago. committed suicide by hanging at Chill
tonville, Mass, Sunday.
FIRE at Norton on last week Thursday
destroyed over one million feet of prepared
lumber, twelve houses, the playhouse and
barns. The property is owned by A. NJ.
Stetson of Boston.
The Boston journal says that w. L.
Greeley of Burlington had his pocket picked
on Powe's wharf on last week Thursday.
He lost morocco pocket-book SIG in
money and ticket from Boston to Burling-
ton.
JERARD BLANCHARD of Holland was ar
rested at Newport, last week Friday
for arson. 1t is charged that he burned
a barn and contents in Holland, valued
at about $500. He is insane. In default of
bail he was committed to jail.
A WOMAN was arraigned at Burlington,
last week Wednesday, on complaint
charging her with violating the city ordi-
nance by picking flowers from graves in
the Lake View cemetery. Upon trial she
was convicted and fined S4 and costs-$12
in all
o. X. SUTHERLAND of Shushan, n. Y, lost
fifty sheep recently. They were poisoned
by eating pin-cherries on the farm of Ezra
Hamilton at Sandgate, VT, where they
were pasturing. Isaac Shields lost four or
five by the same cause and at the same
time and place.
JOHN TIFFANY of Bennington, who, dur
ing fit of insanity, stabbed two domestics
employed at the Mansion house, North
Adams, Mass, has been attached by his
victims, each suing for $4,000 damages Tiff
fanny is now in Jail awaiting his trial, which
takes place the 25th.
Hon. H. C. WILSON, for forty-three years
an attorney at North Troy, died of heart
disease on last week Wednesday night. He
had been states attorney, state senator,
representative and presidential elector, and
Orleans lnnnpr
than any other attorney
THE Stern Brothers of Johnson, Vt, and
Lebanon, n. H., have decided to locate a
butter-tub factory at Lyndonville, if the
town will exempt them from taxation for
five years. town meeting for the purpose
will be called at once. This factory will
employ from twenty to thirty hands.
Mrs. MARIA SHERRY of st. Johnsbury,
who was in attendance at the meeting of
the Woman's Relief Corps, was stricken
with paralysis at Boston on last week
Thursday morning and died. She was a
member of the New Hampshire Relief
Corps, and her body was taken to Littleton
for burial.
THE ball-team of the University of ver-
mont played three games last week. On
Tuesday it defeated the Mutuals of Green
witch, N. Y, eight to nothing, and on
Wednesday it also won, eight to two. On
Saturday the team played at Lebanon, N.
H., winning an exciting game by score of
eight to seven.
LAST year, according to the report of Sa-
pervsor Hull, there were 226 schools in
Windham county, with 5,097 scholars be-
tween five and eighteen years, which repre-
scented all but Go of the whole number in
the county within those ages. The average
number of weeks in all the schools was
twenty-seven, while the total income for
school purposes was S69,960.
OIL.
regarding the death of Mrs. George Brown,
a week ago Saturday A few weeks ago
she found the body of Henry Lawrence,
who had been murdered under mysterious
circumstances. Afterwards some one at
Rutland had charged her with the murder.
This is thought to have driven her to take
poison, but her brother thinks she died of a
broken heart and trouble.
DANIEL DUNN of New Haven was found,
poorly clad, in tumble-down attic, few
days ago, and was at once arrested for va
grancy. He bore every indication of being
a confirmed tramp, until he was examined
and was found to be miserable miser
There were two bank-books on his person,
and they showed deposits amounting to al
most 5000. He also had about 5000 in
ready cash in his pockets. He was COM
mitted to Jail on the charge and appealed,
giving bail.
The firm of G. & c. Merriam & Co., pub
fishers, of Springfield, Mass, has COM
menced an important lawsuit in the United
States circuit court against III. e. Parker,
editor and publisher of the Bradford Opinion.
G. & G. Merriam & Co. are at the present
time proprietors and publishers of Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary. The firm alleges
that Mr.. Parker is publishing a dictionary
which will infringe on patent rights held
by it. An injunction to restrain Mr..
Parker from publishing the dictionary is
asked. Similar suits will be brought against
other publishers.
The republican convention for Grand
Isle county was held at North Hero on
Saturday. Two sets of delegates having
been elected from North Hero, the com
mittee reported in favor of those elected at
the caucus called by the town committee,
and the convention sustained the report.
The following ticket was put in nomina-
ton: Senator, II. l.. Reynolds of Alburgh;
assistant judges, T. L. Kinney of South
Hero, S. G.. Macomber of Grand Isle judge
of probate, o. p. Knight of North Hero;
states attorney, Jed p. Ladd, Jr, of AL
burgh sheriff II. w. Marvin of Alburgh.
A BOY named Frank Brigham, aged about
fourteen years, had hearing at Underhill
upon novel charge. 1t appeared that his
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