The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-23

delegates.
The lighthouse occupied by the Skillings,
| Whitneys ~ Barnes Lumber Company and
the American Spool and Bobbin Company,
at Burlington, caught fire last week Tues
day night, and the contents We're damaged
about $4,000.
Ex-Governor A. p. STAFFORD died last
| Wednesday at Tarpan Springs, Fla, of
which town he was the founder. He was a
native of Vermont a member of the Cali
| fornia legislature, and also served eight
years as territorial governor of Arizona.
GEORGE BoNIRA, of Wiley & Bonira,
BARRIERS at the Weldon house. St. Adams,
was arrested last week, charged with vio-
| lating the Sunday law by shaving Sunday.
| The shaving was done on a guest of the
house. The suit is supposed to have been
instigated by rival barber.
MORE charges of alienation of affections,
this time at Chester. e. ID. Robbins,
printer, moved to Chester from Boston two
years ago. He took a farm, hired John
NJ. Barron to work it, and returned to
his trade in Boston. He charges now that
Barron not only worked the farm but
stormed and captured the citadel Of Mrs.
Robbins affections. Barron was arrested
and placed under $4,000 bonds He could
not furnish the money, and is now in Jail at
Woodstock.
The dedication of the Fairbanks museum
of natural science, presented to st. Johns
bury by Colonel Franklin Fairbanks, took
place last week Tuesday. Colonel Fair
banks presented the building in an eloquent
speech, and Rev. G. M. Lamson accepted in
| behalf of the people. The address was by
President M. III. Buckham of the University
of Vermont. The museum is one of the
| finest buildings in the state, and its con-
| tents the finest private collection in Amer
lea. In it are found all the New England
| flora, New England birds, beetles and
butterflies. EthnolSogy is represented by
South Sea Island, Chinese, Japanese,
Indian, Alaskan and Eskimo implements of
war and domestic utensils. Musical instru-
| ments from China, Japan, East Africa and
many from india testify to the aesthetic
| tastes of jewellers in those lands. The
| lower forms of animal life are shown in
specimens of fine coras and shells. There
is large collection of American and for
eign butterflies and beetles, the finest pri-
vate collection of birds in America, with
handsome botanical and neurological
specimens from all parts of the world.
Domestic.
| WARLIKE preparations are being carried
on at Washington, and it looks as though
Uncle Sam intended to emphasize his de.
mand that Chill apologize.
| Mrs. MAX BLOCK and her little son were
murdered at Brooklyn, N. Y, last week,
by an unknown person, supposed to be
some one familiar with the family.
EX-SENAToR WILLIAM A. WALLACE of
Pennsylvania, who failed for large amount
a few months ago. has been again intrusted
by his creditors with full control of his
| business affairs.
CHARLES NEWTON, the Maiden, Mass, lad
who claimed to have been prosecuted and
shot at by an unknown man, has confessed
that he did the shooting himself, as he
craved notoriety.
LAST week Mr.. and Mrs. James f. Nor
cross of Somerville, Mass claimed what
was left of their son, Henry ID. Norcross,
who dropped the bomb in Russell Sage's
New York office. The Identification is be.
yond the shadow of doubt
JOHN G. WHEELER, keeper of hotel at
Rindge Center, n. H., was murdered, last
Wednesday night, by John Burnell, a
Frenchman to whom he refused to sell
liquor. The murderer was arrested at