The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-03
Summary OF News.

ter " Lewis, al Jay, last week frluay MORN
ing, destroyed $4,000 worth of lumber.
The barns and outbuldings owned by
William Blair in Jay were struck by light
ming Sunday afternoon and were burned,
with their contents.
THE thirteenth annual fair of the White
River Agricultural Society will be held at
Bethel on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs.
day, the 10th, 18th and 18th instants.
THE family of the late Major A. b. Childs
held reunion at Wilmington last week
Friday The surviving children were pres
ent for the first time in thirty-three years.
CITIZENS of Westminster complain that
the BrattlebOro detachment of the National
Guard, on its way home from Bradford,
robbed orchards and broke window glass in
that town.
THE county court at Alburgh adjourned
on last week Wednesday to the 22d instant.
1t is expected that the Mott suit against the
Central Vermont Railroad Company will be
tried at the adjourned term.
Mrs. ID. DUNN was burned to death at
New Milford last week Friday afternoon
while siugeng a chicken. Her clothes took
fire while alone in the house The neigh
bors extingushed the flames.
GEORGE f. BREED of Brandon, manager
of the Corona Marble Company, was
killed last week Thursday afternoon by
being thrown from his carriage, about
mile and a half south of the village, while
en- route to the breeders meeting at Rut-
land
E. W. KMBALL, a commercial traveller
employed by NJ A. Torrey & Co., wholesale
grocers of Boston, committed suicide at the
Fall Mountain house, Bellows Falls, last
week Wednesday evening, by hanging.
He leaves a wife and one child at Manches-
ter, n. II. He had been affected with soft
ening of the brain.
COMMODORE THOMAS CHUBB, harbor mas
ter at Galveston, Texas, died suddenly of
heart disease, at his summer home in Post
Mills, on last week Tuesday. He was
eighty-four years old and widely known in
naval circles. A widow and three sons sur
vive him. One of the latter is Thomas II.
Chubb of Post Mills.
AT special village meeting at st. Johns
bury, last week Friday night Summervlle
was taken into st. Johnsbury village, by a
vote of 147 to IA. Summerville has popu-
lation of about 1000, and had previously
voted to come into the village The next
legislature will probably pass an enabling
act, after which the two villages will be one.
Hon. JOHN PRoUT, after a weeks illness,
died at Rutland, last week Thursday. The
deceased was well known, having repre-
sented the town of Rutland in the state
legislature and having served as senator
for Rutland county. He served two years
as Judge of the supreme court, and volun-
tarily retired from the bench on account of
his extensive law practice.
LhE Purillgtoll oall team me, met Two ue-
I ISiVS aV DIa'Ui6 tS, laso WEEK uesuay anu
eight to two and in the second ten to four.
On Friday game was played at Burling-
ton with the Pastimes, a team from New
LII sea'e a., Pu,rnSoun VOL SevenCeen 10
1oSnius; ~ p odd!!uluay Sne i-epan1Hs were
ueIo"'ei az Duiiihs'ol' louI W hoVhlng'
THE nth reunion OF the Third Regiment,
nl ha11 Of 81
Head week before last, seventy-five survv-
ors being present. The next annual meet
ing will be held at st. Johnsbury. The
following officers were chosen: President,
colonel L. y. Seaver OF woodstock; vice.
president, Daniel Skinner OF Barton Land
ing; secretary and treasurer, Colonel S. K.
Plngree OF Hartford; executive committee,
George w. Bonett, Marshall Montgomery of
ot' Johnspury ana l. D. Hastings OF Glover.
BESIDES the colonies of Swedes that came
to Vermont last spring. unite a number are
now settled in the state In a recent can
vass by the Vermont Bible Society nine
families, numbering thirty-nine persons,
were iouhu IN west Rutland, ana hfty-four
IallIes' numbering TWO nuhureu slXVy.nVe
he aro oo,ino, 49, az , New ial,i-
these towns T6ev ara snolyay1 of ns l,ood
citizens and trusty and desirable workmen.
Services in the Swedish language are held
every Sunday at Proctor, and service once
IN two weeks IS held at West Rutland.
Miss LOUISE SMITH Of Plainfield n. H.,
was arrested for breaking and entering the
station at North Hartland at midnight, Au-
eusS ~ a att; eng seVeLai express PACK
ases an anu sot'I WI IRE W Cne ouiiulng' She
was Vi Tu az Wnite m,VeI ouncIloL on last
IN the comfy CONT in fhe sum Of GO Zoo II
seems that she had ordered a onantitv ~
goods from New York and Bosfon Which
came C. o. d. When most of the goods
came she crossed the river in her boat by
night, broke into the station just after the
last midnight train had passed as she sun
posed, got out with the express packages and
SET nre TO the station But the last train was
followed by an extra. Inc tralnmen on the
extra stopped ana eXtinguished the lire.
VOC orreStad Of Tonnnrd TIT mis SON slith
" rennisition on tha o,-a az, Gnu ~ LLi JUN .e
hrondbt 70 Ver,nont ST. - at Suo mas
years old and Is danobtar Of Froni, ,oif
of North Hartland, and has been in a SINH.
lar difficulty before
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