The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24
Summary OF News.

SENATOR EDMUHDs is at Burlington
Mr.. AND Mrs. /. b. GoRHAM of st. Johns
bury celebrated their golden wedding on
last week Monday.
THE annual convention of Vermont Bap-
lists will be held at Rutland on Wednesday
and Thursday of this week.
THE new hotel enterprise at Woodstock
is a success the required amount OF stock,
$4,000, having been secured.
CAPTAIN CYRIL CARPENTER of Rutland
died at Ellenbury, wy, week ago Satur-
day. He was native of Ira.
JOHN CosGRovE, a deserter from the
United States mau-of-war Chicago" was
arrested at Burlington last week Tuesday
Two heifers belonging to j. NJ. Tabor of
West Swanton were badly bitten recently
by wild animal, supposed to be a panther
j. S. BENHAM's drugstore at Milton was
burglarized last week Wednesday night
and articles of considerable value were
taken.
SEVERAL barns and sheds belonging to b.
j. Brown of Swanton were burned on
Thursday evening of last week. Loss
$4,000
ST. PAuL's Swedish Lutheran church at
Proctor is so far completed that the pastor,
G. A. Martin held the first service in it on
Sunday.
No sales were made at the rooms of the
Vermont Board of Trade on last week Fri
day, although there were large offerings of
butter and cheese.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER is the guest
of Secretary Proctor and Judge G. G. Hines
at Proctor. Mr.. Miller was once law
partner of Judge Hines.
T. b. SMITH, proprietor of the CONNER
cial house, at Nicholville, n. Y, died re-
Gently at the age of sixty-nine years He
was a native of Williston, this state.
Mrs. EZRA BEERS of Springfield COM
mitted suicide by drowning week ago
Sunday. She had been respondent for sew
eral months, and was insane at times.
ALPHoNsE LEPINE of Burlington was run
over by train at Colchester last week
Tuesday morning, and was instantly killed.
He was forty-tve years OF age, and was sub
ject TO fits OF insanity
AT the election held by the Bennington
Rifles, last week Friday evening, First-lieu-
tenant Henry ID. Fillmore was elected cap
tain and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Grin w.
Davis was elected tirst-lieutenant
THE village schools at Cavendish had
a fag-raising Saturday. Appropriate ex-
ercises We're observed. The flag was pre-
sented by Captain D. ID. Wheeler of the
United States army, formerly of Cayendish.
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER of the census
department has written the Rutland Herald
that the figures given by the census office
September comprised only the village of
Rutland, and that the official count of the
town is 11,757.
LIEUTENANT DUANE HoLToN of the Second
United States Cavalry died at his home in
Bennington, last week Thursday, of Bright's
disease He had just arrived home on a
four months furlough. He graduated at
West Point in 1880.
VAN b. SLEEPER, ex-city treasurer Of
Lowell, Mass, is dead. He was born in
Chelsea in 1889. He was elected city treas
urer of Lowell in 1888, and held the office
fai1i haa LODI hipnt 70 fira
about three months since
DAVID DUNG of Lyndon, eighty years
old, got up in the night one night last week
and fell down the cellar stairs, breaking his
skull and putting out one eye He got back
up stairs into bed, where he was found I'M
conscious and remained so until his death.
MAJOR Henry C. BAXTER, son of Hon.
Portus Baxter who was long member of
congress from Vermont, died at Seattle,
Wash, September ii, of Bright's disease
He was brother of DIR. Jed IL. Baxter, re-
Gently appointed surgeon-general of the
United States army.
On last week Friday afternoon resolu-
tons on the death of Major Charles o.
Brigham of Derby Line and Hon. II. G.
Wilson of North Troy were offered in the
Orleans county court in session at Newport.
Remarks were made by f. w. Baldwin,
Hon. l.. Fl. Thompson, j. f. Dickerman
and Judge Powers.
HE DOuN VI hdlt SOllluSi NDlCu was
stolen from the grave at Burlington, re-
Gently, was recovered on Friday evening of
last week. 1t was found buried in the
woods near Winooski, with pile of brush
over the grave. The discovery was made
through correspondence with DIR. Pate
naude, who is in Canada. He will be
prosecuted.
Domestic.
The labor party in Massachusetts has
nominated state ticket.
THE freshman class at Amherst College
numbers eighty members.
E. p. SARGENT has been elected grand
master of the Locomotive Engineers Union
DION BoUCICAULT, the play-writer and
actor, died at New York last week Thurs.
day evening.
THE stockholders of the Cheshire railroad
voted ON last week Thursday to consolidate
with the Fitchburg road.
AN excursion train on the Chicago, Bur.
lington x Quincy railroad was telescoped
Saturday evening, and five persons were
killed.
THE strike on the New York Central rail.
road has been formally declared off. Vice
president Webb says none of the strikers
will be taken back.
The strike of gold-beaters in Boston
Philadelphia, New York and Chicago has
been settled in favor of the men, they hav
ing obtained their demand, which enables
them to earn from S13 to S2j per week.
NEW HAMPSHIRE republicans met at Con
cord on last week Wednesday and nom
mated Hiram A. futile of Plttsied for gov
ernor, and Congressman o. G. Moore OF
Nashua was renominated in the second dis
trict.
AT the termination of revival meeting
near Colraine, Dallas county, Ala, a week
ago Sunday, about 100 negroes were poi
soned from eating barbecued pork in which
arsenic had been placed. Eight persons
have died from poisoning.
A STATUE of Horace Greeley in front o
the Tribune building, New York city, wa
unveiled with simple and impressive cere
monies on Saturday afternoon Prayer wa
offered by Bishop Potter, an address wa
made by Colonel John Hay, and the ora
ton was by Chauncey NJ. Depew.
A CHINAMAN named Charley King, o
Pittsburg, is under arrest for advertising il
Chinese paper offering $500 cash to TIN
man who would bring him the head of "
Lang, Christian Chinaman of Pittsburg
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