The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-15
Summary OF News.
Vermont.

w niue hlNtl OuuOblOh'
G. w. 0sGooD & Son will build ma
chine shop and foundry at Bellows Falls.
NEARLY 1000 immigrants are reported to
have passed through Newport in the last
two weeks
The store of A. w. Huntley at Essex
Center, and its contents, were consumed by
fire Sunday night.
EMPRESS lodge, No. Is, OF the order of
Daughters of Rebekah was instituted at st.
Adams on last week Thursday evening
The spring and hair mattress factory of
N r. Switzer of St. Johnsbury was com
pletely Quilted on last week Wednesday.
j. f. DARRow, proprietor of the Claren-
don hotel at Baltimore, Md, who was ma
tive of North Hero, died on Sunday.
A DwELLINGHoUsE at Highgate, owned by
the Mrs. S. e. Keyes estate was burned to
the ground on last week Tuesday. The loss
was 81 200
CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD S. DEWEY, former
resident of Burlington, died on the 10th in
slant at Ann Arbor Mich, where he had
lived for the past year.
"AUNT CHLOE DEXTER of West Brat
tleboro died on last week Tuesday. Had
she lived until June 8, she would have been
enc hundred years old
The body of man supposed to be L. Car
yer of Bennington was found hanging from
a tree in Manchond grove at Hoosick June
ton, N. Y, last Thursday morning.
GOVERNOR PAGE has granted pardon to
W. NJ. Buckley of Ludlow, who was con-
victed of forgery at Ludlow, and received
sentence of seven years, four of which he
has served.
l.. j. LAFLEURs grocery store at st. AL
bans was burned on last week Thursday
evening, causing a loss of $1,000. The
kitchen of the American house also was
damaged.
THE notorious Robert Fitton of Cavendish
is again in jail, this time on warrant issued
by Judge Rowell for contempt of court in
mortgaging his property while divorce pro-
oeedngs instituted by his wife were pend
ing.
AT meeting of the Rutland county bar,
held on Saturday. Hon. John Howe of Cas-
tleton, at present assistant judge of the
court, was recommended to the court for
the appointment of county clerk, vice Henry
II. Smith resigned
Mas. L. ID. Brown, of Lyndonvlle, in
stepping from train at White River juno
ton at midnight last week Tuesday, was
thrown under the cars as the train began to
back up and had both feet crushed, one of
them so badly that it had to be amputated.
CHARLES CLARK, alias Charles Herrick,
was arrested at North Adams, Mass, on
Monday, charged with burglary and as
saulting John C. Stevens of Bennington,
with intent to kill, last June. He was ar
rested on a requisition from Governor Page.
The post-office at White River junction,
which has for many years been located in or
near the depot, isolated from the village by
railroad tracks and almost continually NOV
ing trains, is about to be transferred to fine
and accessible quarters, in Miss Gates new
block
ALBERT e. CUTTING, was arrested at st.
Adams on last week Thursday, charged
with burglarizing the jewelry store of
Frerch & Quimby at White River juno
ton on March II. About $500 worth was
taken. Part of the property was found in
his possession.
Domestic.
THE grip is now quite prevalent in New
York and Brooklyn.
THE municipal election in Minnesota
show that the farmers alliance is not losing
strength.
A CoPPERwARE trust, which is expected
to control the output in the United States,
was formed at Philadelphia on last week
Thursday.
GOVERNOR DANIEL w. FowLE of North
Carolina died suddenly of apoplexy on last
week Tuesday.
THE Italian emigrants who survived the
wreck of the Utopia, at Gibraltar, arrived
at New York on Sunday.
Two ocean steamers, to cost $1,000 900
each, are to be built at Philadelphia at
once, and more will be built later on.
GENERAL FRANCIS B. SPINoLA, who was
member of the last congress from New
York, died at Washington on Monday.
Ex.REPREsENTATIvE CRoUNz of Nebraska
has accepted the Office of assistant secretary
of the treasury, rendered him by Secretary
Foster.
REV. EDWARD ID. G. PRIME, DID,, for
more than thirty-two years one of the edit
ors of the Nep York Observer, died on last
week Tuesday.
COUNT LEwENHAUPT, who recently married
Miss Ellen Bayard, daughter of ex-Secretary
Of State Bayard, died suddenly at Whining
ton, Del, on Monday.
REV. DIR. FUNK, the senior member OF
Funk Wagnalls, publishers, has insti'
tuted a libel suit for 100000 against the
Neto York EUening Post.
WILLIAM BATES, who murdered police
man at Kenton, o., was taken from Jail last
week Friday morning and hung by we'll
organized mob of about fifty men.
JOHN CARROLL, coal miner at Usage
City, Kan, placed dynamite cartridge in
his mouth Sunday, and lit the fuse with q
match. The explosion blew off his head.
DR.. EBEN ToURJEE, the founder and fol-
many years the director of the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music in Boston
died Sunday morning after long illness.
O'MALLEy, the detective who is charged
with bribing the New Orleans jury, was ar
not guilty and was released ON $1,000 bail.
HENRY M. STANLEY wants a special SEES
sion of the senate called to ratify the act o
the Brussels conference held last year il
respect to the slave trade in the Congo
state.
Two white men were killed by Indians
near Blackfoot, Idaho, recently. The dis
covery was made on Monday, and the set
tiers are in arms. An Indian uprising i
feared.
MRS. MCKEE of Rome, Ga, was found no
gailty of poisoning Mrs. Wimpee, although
the fact was proved and no defence wa
made. Her smiles turned the heads of tn
jurymen.
The jury in the case of Kincaid, the news
paper correspondent charged with the muir
der of ex-Congressman Taulbee of Ken
lucky at Washington, brought in verde
Of not guilty.
The president has issued the usual proc
lamation warning all persons against on
tering American waters in Behring sea 70
the purpose OF catching seals or other ful
bearing animals.