The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-16

last week at Rutland that he was guilty Of
crimiBal negligence, and recommended the
prisoner to the mercy of the court. He was
released on bail to allow the legal points in
the case to be heard before the next session
of the supreme court. The only witness in
troduoed for the defense was the engineer
himself, who testified that he was very sick
on his locomotive, which was s. strange one,
on road over which he had never run a
mile, and was assigned to this special train
in the night time on wild duty against
his own vigorous protest.
THE directors of the Central Vermont
Railroad Company met last Wednesday
morning, and elected Bradley b. Smaley
of Burlington to fill the vacancy in the
board caused by the death of ,ex. Governor
Smith. Colonel Edward G. Smith, second
vice. president, was then chosen president,
vice Governor Smith, deceased. The same
action was taken at a subsequent meeting
of the directors of the Consolidated Rail-
road Company of Vermont AT the adj
iourned annual meeting OF the stockholders
of the Central Vermont Railroad Company
the following board of directors was elected I:
f.. G. Smith of st. Adams; James Il. Lang
don o. Berlin; LII. Sergeant of Montreal (;
b. p. Cheney of Boston; w. I'll. III. Bing-
ham OF Stowe; Robert Wright OF Montreal
b. b. Smalley OF Burlington. The con-
soidated Railroad Company Of Vermont
elected these directors; e. g, Smith, James
X. Langdon, l.. j. Sergeant Ii. Z. Cheney,
w. LII. Bingham, John Bell and b. b.
Smaley. The above two roads, the YER
mont g. Canada, and the Montpelier q
White River road were consolidated, and
the New London Northern leased for term
OF ninety nine years.
AT the annual meeting of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society, at White River
Junction, last week, the following board of
direc .ors was elected Henry G.. Root,
Bennington; William r. Sanford, Orwell
Il Ion
don; John w Cramton, Rutland q. Hor-
ace Hubbard, Springfield; James A. Shedd,
Burlington; Lemuel S. Drew, Burlington; ;
Crosby Mailer Pomfret; Henry g. Cleve-
land, Coventry; George Davis, East Mont
peler Joseph G. Parker, Quechee; Charles
James Bell East Hardwick; George w.
Hooker, Brattleboro; Edward q. Smith, st.
Adams; Henry H. Mcintyre, West Ran
dolph; Char.es NJ. WiRslow, Brandon;
George x. Russell, Bellows Falls; Josiah
Grout, Derby; e. N. Bissell Shoreham:
Gilman Moulton, Randolph Thaddeus NJ.
Chapman, Middlebury. The board of di-
reotors elected SIS officers: President John
w. Cranlton, Rutland; vice-pEesidents Jo-
seph 9. Parker, 9uechee, III. @. Cleveland,
Coventry, III. II. Mcintyre, West Randolph,
Charles James Bell East Hardwick; sec
rotary Henry Clark, Rutland; treasurer
Joseph G. Parker, tQuechee; finance com
mittee, Crosby Miller, Henry C.. Root
Henry II. Mcintyre.
Domestic.
KIT CARSON, JR.. sou of the famous scout,
last Thursday killed his wife's father and
mother at La Junta, Col.
JOSEPH MCKAY, in Jail at Ukiah, Cal,
charged with stage robbery, is found TO be
the son of Joaquin Miller, the Poet Of the
Sierras."
THE town of Pinos Altos, n. NJ, was
harmed over, last Thursday morning, only
two buildings being saved. No water was
accessible.
JOHN LYDoN of Gorham, N. H., had been
married two weeks last Wednesday. That
morning he YVES crushed to death while
Stacking cars.
DARWIN j. MEsERoLE was last Wednes-
day acquitted at Brooklyn n. y, OF the
murder of Theodore Larbig, Jealous rival.
The trial was very sensational.
ITALIAN dislike of negro laborers has
caused trouble on DR.. Webb's Adirondack
railroad and over 100 persons have been
placed under arrest at Taper lake.
ROBERT e. DIETS claims to have been de.
frauded out of 1925 900 by Field, Lindley &
Wiechers, the firm wrecked by the miser-
able son of Cyrus w. Field, and has brought
an action
ACTOR PUGILIsT JOHN L. SULLIVAN is at
the Kelley institute at Dwight, ILL.,, being
treated for drunkenness, If DR.. Kelley
succeeds with him the reputation of Dwight
is established.
GEORGE LANpIK of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
one of the latest in the assortment of dyna-
mite cranks. He threatened to blow up
Edwin Sanders, New York banker, and
was put in Jail.
The crank who attempted the life of Rus
sell Sage has beer denti fed as Henry l..
Norcross of Somerville, Mass, pieces of the
dead lunatic's clothing having been denti-
fed by his mother.
AN explosion and fire in the fireworks
of Masten & Wells, SWEET
street, Boston, last Wednesday, destroyed
three-fourths of the shops, and killed An
drew Schatz, an employee
A FREIGHT-TRAIN broke in two at the top
of heavy grade, near Marquette, Mich,
and the rear section Numbered down upon
the city. Several of the cars jumped the
track and crashed through the house, the
wreck taking fire. The inmates barely es-
capped with their lives.
The Bamberger, Strong & Co. building at
Louisville KY, took fire from an explosion,
last Wednesday. Four tiremen were killed
by falling walls and four others badly hurt.
A second fire burned the candy house Of f.
A. Mem & Co. Six girls were burned to
DEATH and number of others suffered seri- |
GUS injury.
ISAAC SAwTELL will be hanged, as the SUI
court Vi new Has utDltu
him a new trial. The prisoners latest yarn
Is considered improbable. Hiram was killed
in New Hampshire, and Isaac carried the
body to a lonely spot in Maine, secreted it
and removed the head so that no evidence
Of his guilt could be discovered.
THERE seems to be an epidemic of muir
lerous lunatics throughout the land. One
Of them last week attacked Edward Muir
ply, Jr., the well-known democratic poiti-
clan, at Troy, n Y. His weapon was a
Ratchet, but as he used it awkwardly Muir
ply escaped with trifling injury. Daniel
Murphy, the lunatic was locked up.
A DELIBERATE attempt to murder Charles
Newton of Maiden was made by an I'M
known assaiaut, who is apparently insane
The young man had been pestered by the
stranger for three weeks, and last Friday
the man bounced upon him, revolver in
hand. A struggle ensued and Newton es-
capped with bullet in his arm. His assail-
ant escaped.
SOME 800 Austrian and Italian miners at
Denver, Col, struck about two weeks ago,
and since they went out have been very
ugly. Last Friday a sheriff and twenty-five
men arrived to guard the miners, and were
attacked by about 200 armed strikers. The
ghariff'S nOQQa took pnaaaQSion of IA ninaa