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

locked up at Keene.
Four men were killed and about forty
injured in a railroad accident near Lima,
Ohio, last Wednesday, The Columbia
west-bound express was running at a rapid
rate, when a rail broke and part Of the
train was thrown against freight train
standing on siding.
MAYOR MATTHEWS was elected at Bos-
ton, last week Tuesday, by about $1,000
plurality, the largest ever cast for demo-
crat in the city. f. A. Harrington (rep.)
was was elected mayor of Worcester for a
third term, +. b. Hayes (rep.) at Lynn and
o. j. Quincy Gep.) at Newburyport
RUSSELL SAGE, JR., nephew and heir of
Russell Sage, has been sick nearly unto
death, owing to the nervous shock and eX-
element attending the dynamite affair." In
his delirium he has seen dynamiters on all
sides trying to throw bombs at him. At
last accounts the heir of the Sage millions
was sinking rapidly.
DEPUTY SHERIFF WILLIAM L. BLOOD of
South Paris, Maine, has been arrested,
charged with ordering liquors from Boston
wholesalers under fictitious names in order
that he might seize and spill them under
the Maine law, which allows a fee to the
officer making the seizure. Blood vigor-
ously denies the charge.
JOHN l.. FERGUSON, book-keeper in the
National Bank of Kansas City, Mo-, was ar
rested, last Thursday for embezzling S20,-
000 His method was peculiar He opened
fictitious account and raised the figures
on the receiving tellers blotter so as to
show deposits accordingly. Then he credited
the account with the false deposits and
drew checks in the fictitious name in order
to keep up with the deposits
EDWARD NJ. FIELD was indicted by the
grand jury at New York, last week, on
charge of misappropriating fifty bonds of
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf railway
utN oil nft ln, .a1t Of ~ anh In
was arragned and bailed, and scarcely
had left the courtroom when he was again
arrested upon an order in civil suit
brought by II. II. Dietz, who charges Field
with hypothecating securities deposited
with the latter's firm for a loan of Sl25, 900.
Field was taken to the Ludlow street jail
EX-SPEAKER REEDS picture has been
painted and hung in the speakers lobby
among the portraits of the distinguished
occupants of the chair of the national house
of representatives. The picture is the OBJ
ject of some criticism, and Mr.. Reed is not
himself an admirer of the artists work.
Joining group of good-natured comment
ers, the eX-speaker remarked, with his
usual drawl: "The artist has done me a
great kindness in making such a poor pic.
ture. 1t may soften the wrath of some of
nv enemies / was informed by number
of European artists that it is difficult to get
much expression into bald head"
THE trial of DIR. Thatcher Graves, begun at
Denver, Col, December s, is still in prog
ress. DR.. Graves is charged with causing
the death of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, a
wealthy widow of Providence Mrs. Bar
naby went to Denver last April. While
there she received bottle labeled " Fine
old whiskey from your friends in the woods"
She drank some of it, and died soon after
from arsenical poisoning which has been
proved beyond doubt DR.. Graves was
Mrs. Barnaby's physician; he was in her
confidence; she had given him considerable
money, and he would profit largely by her
death, AS Mrs. Barnaby died in Denver,
the Colorado courts took jurisdiction. The
case is still ON trial, and is destined to be
cause celebre
HODGES DRAYToN, who is charged with
indecently assaulting nine-year-oid child
at Fall River, Mass, has remarkable his
tory. He was born in the almshouse at