The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-09
Summary OF News.
Vermont.

City Park closed Sunday evening.
The sixth annual reunion of the Third
Vermont Regiment is to be held at st.
Johnsbury to-day.
THE twenty. fifth annual convention of the
State Young Mems Christian Association
will be held at Rutland, November %, %,
"a and %.
Association of Baptists was held at st.
Adams on Wednesday and Thursday of
last week.
The twenty-second annual convention of
the State Sunday-school Association is to
be held at Newport on the 18th, 10th and
18th instant.
THE fall term of st. Johnsbury academy
opened on last week Tuesday, with nearly
300 pupils, the largest attendance in the
history of the school.
The residents of Springfield, this state,
and Charlestown, n. H., have organized an
historical society, for the purpose of tracing
the old Crown Point military road.
EDWARD SPAULD1NG was struck by the
early morning train from the south, at
Bethel, on Monday, and was instantly
killed He was walking on the track.
FRED BERR1E, employed by the Boston
& Maine railroad at Wells River, was ar
rested Saturday, charged with stealing
trunks. He was sent to the county Jail at
Chelsea.
DR.. HORACE HATCH, who was born at
Norwich in 1922, and was physician in
Philadelphia and Washington for many
years. died at New Haven, Conn, recently,
of paralysis.
HON. LEVI X FULLER of Brattleboro has
bought a flock of imported Shropshire sheep
for the farm connected with the Vermont
Academy at Saxton's River. The sheep were
purchased at the state fair.
Miss JESSIE JOHNSON of Shrewsbury who
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Ludlow, committed suicide by hanging last
week Thursday afternoon at Ludlow. The
act is attributed to hereditary insanity.
IT is proposed to erect at Burlington, as
a memorial of the late Rev. l.. G. Ware, a
building Tor the use of the Fletcher Free
Library. Contributions from the friends of
Mr.. Ware are solicited. 1t is estimated that
the building will cost about $4,000.
CHARLES SEKoNDINE, fireman at the
Campbell knitting mill, Bennington, at
tempted to kill his wife last week Monday
night, and stabbed himself four times after
ward. Mrs Sekondine defended herself
vigorously and succeeded in escaping from
the house before her husband inflicted any
serious injuries upon her. The weapon
used was pocket-knife. Jealousy prompted
the act.
JUDGE II. H. WHEELER, in the United
States district court at Brattleboro, on Mon
day, ordered that the two Cinnamon be re-
turned 10 Cauaua, VINO were recently ar
rested by United States officers at Windsor,
under the exclusion act, and ordered re-
turned to China by United States Commits
sioner Johnson, but from whose order coun-
sci for the Cinnamon appealed ON the
ground that they held permits from the Do
minion government to return to that coun-
try. The decision is regarded as very i'm
portant.
DARLING EASTMAN, the moonshiner who
escaped from the officers at his preliminary
trial at Corinth Center in May last, was
captured Saturday at Manchester, N H.,
and has been taken to Burlington. East
man, his father and brother-in-law were
captured while they We're working their
still. At the time of the escape the
prisoner was about to enter a carriage
when he broke away from his guard and
ran. Not shot was fired until he was out
of range. He will be tried in October.
Two men have been hard at work cutting
the Lords prayer in letters an inch
deep and six inches high ON the face of a
big rock on the Bristol road near Rut-
land. They are hired by DR.. Green of
Buffalo, who pays them S4j for the Job.
The rock is as big as a house and stands
at a bend in the road, which there takes
sharp turn and goes up a steep hill. 1t
is about the hardest place in Vermont for
team, and is considered most appropriate
! place for the inscription, as teamsters are
prone to use profanity, while urging their
! horses on,
| CAPTAIN HoYr of the Eleventh United
States infantry has made report of his in
! spectiOn of the Vermont National Guard at
! the Bennington encampment. He says sew
/ eral companies were fairly well drilled and
showed interest and enthusiasm Others
were sadly deficient. None of the armories
are what they should be. The force could
be concentrated at any point in the state
| within twenty -four hours. The officers had
] ~ asif fort hair hnt apl ynn a "
perienCe. The rank and file were young
men, large proportion being minors. They
were not well set up and some few appeared
to be physically disqualified. The light bat
terry drill was excellent, and the manual
was excellent. Captain Hoyt complains
that the guard is too small
A MEETING of the Vermont citizens alli-
ance was held at the Berwick house. Rut-
land, on last week Thursday. There were
forty-tive delegates present, representing
various farmers leagues, local citizens alli-
ances, trades unions and knights of Labor
of the state. The question of local and
state reforms provoked the most extended
discussion of the meeting, and one-man
power and corporation control i'll politics
were vigorously denounced. 1t was re-
| ported that twenty-One towns in Rutland
| county were about to establish alliances
The platform contained the following de.
mands: That state and county revenues
be limited to the necessary expenses Of
economical government; that corporations
shall pay taxes on all property held in the
state and that the assessment of taxes
against corporations be made in the same
manner as against other Enterprises that
a separate state agricultural college be es-
tablished; that all public institutions be
conducted more economically and that sup
plies be purchased through sealed propo-
sails and of the lowest bidder that sheriffs
shall not hold Office for more than two
terms in succession; that weekly payments
be made to employees by corporations; that
the expenses of the state militia be reduced
one-half, believing that as an organiza-
ton it is not Of value to the state" that the
railroad commission should be abolished
that the salaries and expenses of all state
officers be reduced
Domestic.
ONETHIRD of the city Of Dalles, Ore, has
been burned, with a loss of 100000.
THE census returns give the actual pop.
ulation Of the United States as 81, 500 $50.
The prohibtionsts of New York nomi-
mated ticket and adopted platform last
week.
GEORGE W. TREFERN mayor of Broker
Row, Neb., has absconded, with a shortage
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