The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-04
Summary OF News.

THE sum of 81 200 has been raised for the
creamery at Sharon.
D1PHrHERIA has reduced one school dis
trict in Ferrisburgh to two scholars
THE golden wedding of Charles Clines of
Fair Haven was celebrated January 26.
THE creamery at Springfield was broken
into last week and 1874 pounds of butter
stolen
A CONTRACT for a new cheese factory and
creamery at PlttStoru, 10 cOSJ 1l,OUV, mas
been signed.
THE centennial of the Jericho Congrega-
tional church is to be celebrated on the 18th
Of next June.
B. Goss, station agent at East Barnet, on
the Passumpsic road, died on January %, of
typhoid fever.
II is reported that a pckerel weighing
fifteen and quarter pounds was recently
caught at Poultney.
The date Of the fair of the Caledonia
county Agricultural Society will be Sep
TENDER 10, IL and II.
s. N. CANT, former resident of Brandon
and Fairfax, died at his home in Somer-
Vile, Mass, last week.
THE ice recently carried away the high
wa bridge half mile north of Cuttings
Vile, known az the Waterman bridge.
THE encampment Of the state department
Of the Grand Army began at Burlington
Yesterday anu Will COublnuo bhlOuBh NO-uoJ
REV. u MAYNARD of Castleton died on
last week Thursday night, at the age of
ninety-two years. He was the Oldest man
in town.
GEORGE STEWART, an aged farmer of
Westford, took dose of carbolic acid by
mistake on last week Friday and died in
twenty minutes.
THOMAS S. MILLER, for more than twenty
years express agent at ST. Adams, and a
Mason HipH Sunday at the
age Of ifty-three years
CASTS at the Bennington foundry are now
being made every day, instead of every
other day, and the knitting mills are run
ming to their full capacity.
IT is stated that there is hardly a town in
Rutland and Addison counties in which the
dog tax collected is sufficient to meet the
damages awarded for sheep killing.
A REUNION of the Seventh Vermont
Regiment will be held at Rutland on March
10, which is the twenty ninth anniversary of
the departure of the regiment for the war.
THE teachers of Orleans county had a
meeting at North Troy on Saturday. Sew
eral interesting discussions took place.
Supervisor Stone made farewell address.
WILLIAM CUMMINGS, alias f. w. Winfield,
who broke Jail at Northampton, Mass. last
August, was arrested at Weston last week
and taken to Northampton on a requisition.
The cheese factory at Bloomington re-
ceived during the season from May to
November /, 1890, 732,O57 pounds of milk
from which were made 75,769 pounds OF
cheese
DIR. DAVID WRIGHT BLANCHARD of New
port died recently. He was the oldest mem
Der of the Orleans County Medical Society,
and represented Coventry in the legislature
of 1854 and 1855.
LOYAL HUNTINGTON, postmaster at Wey-
bridge died on last week Wednesday at the
age of siXty-eight years. He was in the
legislature in 1868 and 1869, and had held
many town offices.
ONE of the largest distributing points for
poultry in the country is North Willis
ton. Recently there were stored some 70O
tons of the different varieties. This supply
comes principally from Iowa.
The commissioned officers of the Matte nal
Guard will meet for instruction and drill at
Brattleboro on the 18th and Goth instants-
The school will be in charge of General w.
i. Greenleaf, and General w. III. Gilmore
will furnish transportation and pay.
Hon. NJ. o. HEATH of Sparta, Mich, died
on the 23d ut. Mr.. Heath was resident
Of Johnson, this state, until about six years
ago, and had been Judge of probate for
Lamoille county. He was once "A candidate
for governor on the greenback ticket.
THE night through freight train on the
Passumpsc road was derailed at st. Johns
bury Center last week Thursday morning,
and twelve cars and part of the engine
left the track. The track was badly torn
up, and trains were delayed several hours.
THE passenger train from Rutland to
Burlington, due at the latter place at eleven
o'clock in the morning, was derailed at
Proctor on last week Thursday by the
breaking of wheel on the tender. Two
cars and the engine left the track, and the
passengers were well shaken up
MEETING has been called by the stock
holders of the Windsor National Bank, to be
held on Tuesday, February "a for the pur-
pose of placing the bank in voluntary
liquidation and to appoint an agent to close
up its affairs. The bank was organized
about seven years ago with a capital OF
100000.
DIR. A. II. CHEssMoRE president of the
state board of health, died at his home in
Huntington last week Tuesday morning OF
pneumonia. He was about fifty years OF
age and had been prominent in town and
county affairs. He was member of both
branches Of the legislature, being in the
senate in 1874.
In the superior court at Boston on last
week Thursday, in the case of DR.. James
r. Nelson of st. Johnsbury against the
Boston and Maine railroad company, the
jury gave the plaintiff a verdict of $4,000
The doctor sued for $4,000 for personal in
juries sustained in "A collision at PassumpsiC
in January, 1882
IHE united states DOdru Oh ReutTdl dp
praisers at New York has rendered de-
cision upon test case as to the proper class
tication of goat hair under the new tariff
act. The decision sustains the collector al
St. Adams, who levied "a duty of twelve
cents pound under paragraph 377 of SEIZED
ule X of the new act.
ROBERT FIrToN, alias G. D. Hull, was ar
rested DIT Troy last week, ON requistion Of
Gov. Page charged with stealing $2S aud d
silver watch from William Riley in Ben
nington hotel some time ago. From letter
found in his possession, it was learned thai
he had had domestic troubles and was prob
ably of an unsound mind.
A SERIOUS coasting accident occurred a
WinOosh on last week Friday evening
when a traverse sled having a load OF
eighteen persons became unmanageable and
ran into building. Albert Alex had his
hip disocdted, a son Of Joseph Maurice had
his shoulder broken and collar bone dslo
Gated, and two sons of David Gavin suf-
fered sprains in the leg and wrist Severa
others were more or less hurt.
The Vermont Beekeepers' Association
elected these officers at Middlebury on las
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