The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-24
Summary OF News.
Vermont.

held its annual session at Burlington on
last week Wednesday.
I'D. WILSON of Greensboro found black
bear in his pasture few days since. No
effort was made to capture him.
THIRTY-Two young women and twenty
four young men graduated from st. Johns
bury Academy on last week Friday.
THE covered bridge at Swanton, with the
Prouty mill and dry kiln, was burned on last
week Thursday, at loss of nearly $4,000.
w. II. II. KENFIELD of Hyde Park, re-
Gently appointed Judge of probate, died on
last week Wednesday of neuralgia of the
heart.
The annual encampment of the Vermont
division of the Sons of Veterans is being
held at st. Johnsbury this week. beginning
last evening.
VIRGIL LANE, a carpenter employed on
the new opera-house building at st. Johns
bury. fell thirty feet last week Tuesday
afternoon, and broke his neck.
WAKEF1ELD's store at North Danville was
burglarized last week, presumably by
tramps, who stole about 81 in cash, goodly
number of knives, half barrel OF crackers
and other articles.
In the Windsor county court at Wood
stock, on last week Tuesday, Helen NJ.
Ftton, wife of the notorious Robert Fitton,
was given an absolute divorce, with the
GOVERNOR PAGE has appointed General
w. L. Greenleaf as chief marshal of the
Bennington procession in August and all
organizations which intend to participate
in the parade are ordered to report to him.
HENRY II. SMITH, who recently resigned
as clerk Of Rutland county, died from a
shock of paralysis at Rutland on Saturday.
His wife some time since petitioned for a
divorce His only son, Kirby W. Smith is
professor in Johns Hopkins University.
COMMENCEMENT exercises at the Univer-
sity of Vermont began with the baccalau-
reate sermon of President Buckham on Sun
day morning. In the evening Rev, DR.. p.
f. Leavens of Passaic, n. j., gave the adj
dress before the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation.
THE ball team of the University of Ver-
mont played three games on its trip of last
week, and was defeated in each instance.
On Monday the score with Harvard was
thirteen to one on Tuesday, with Yale, it
was five to three and on Wednesday, with
Williams, it was fifteen to seven.
BUT one short-time benefit company has
applied for license to do business in this
state, and that is the Peoples Five Year
Benefit Order, in which many persons in
Washington county have invested. The in
surance commissioners have refused to Ii.
cense it because they believe it can not meet
its Obligations
OWEN FARRELLY, a prominent citizen Of
Salem, is under arrest, charged with prob
ably fatal assault on his wife, who was
found in her house with a leg, rib and the
jawbone broken and her body covered with
bruises. Farrelly has been merchant in
Salem for many years, and is well known
about Rutland.
THE statue of General Stannard over his
grave in Lake View cemetery, Burlington,
was unveiled on Saturday. A procession
consisting of the Burlington cadets, Sons of
Veterans and Stannard post, with Governor
Page and many other prominent citizens,
marched to the cemetery, where General
w w. Henry presented the statue to Mrs
Stannard and her daughters. Colonel G. G .
Benedict, who was an aide-de-camp on Gen
eral STANDARDS staff accepted it in behalf
of the family.
THE sensational case of the State as. Ly-
man G.. Clark, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Miriam Marston, his mother-in-law
at White River Junction, which had been
on trial in the county court at Woodstock
for a week, was closed with the acquittal of
the prisoner on Saturday morning. The case
at the outset looked black for the respond
ent, but as it progressed the testimony failed
to connect Clark directly with the crime.
The Jury was out an hour, and at the end of
that time a verdict of not guilty was re-
turned. The announcement was received
with much applause.
KILBoURN j. Brown of Maiden, Mass, a
conductor on the Can idian Pacific railway
between Montreal and Boston via Richford,
was arrested last week in Boston by a
special treasury agent for smuggling
Brown had been conductor ON the road
for the past fifteen years. E. III. Twohey,
the United States deputy collector for the
district of Vermontin charge at Montreal, in
an interview said that the case was very
serious one, and that before it was finished
the officials would prove that the United
States revenue had been defrauded to the
extent of 100000. Browns mOduS operdndi
was to smuggle goods purchased by Ameri-
can visitors in Montreal, these goods being
secreted in the bottom of the sleeping-car
berths
THE one hundred first annual convention
of the diocese of Vermont began at Rut-
land last week Tuesday evening. The an
nual Sc mon was given by Rev. Thomas
Bell Of Middlebury. AT the session of
Wednesday Joseph d. Denison was chosen
the trustee of the diocese. The matter Of
holding the annual convention earlier in
June was referred to the bishop. The re-
port of the investment of the various church
funds shows that the amount of the Episco-
pal fund is over $50, 800 for 1891. The diocese
has received from this fund over 81, 100. The
report of the trust fund was made and the
diocese received from that fund during the
past year Sl,044. Rev George III. Bailey
preached the convention sermon. The
standing committee as finally constituted
is composed of the following members: Rev.
DR.. Bliss, Rev. A. b. Flanders, Rev. Francis
w. Smith, Cyrus A. Booth, Jabez w. Ellis
and Henry Wells. The committee held
a meeting and reported to the conven-
ton, but did not mention the matter of the
confirmation of DIR. Phillips Brooks. The
question was brought up in the meeting, but
was dropped without action. This is re-
garded generally as equivalent to refusing
assent TO his election,
Domestic.
EX-SENATOR MCDONALD of Indiana died
Sunday night.
THE extensive coal fields in northern
Iowa are said to be rapidly giving out.
THE jury in the Walla Walla, Wash.
lynching case returned verdict of not
guilty, acquitting the six soldiers concerned
PoLITIsAL excitement at Bridgeport
Conn, runs high, the police who are all
democrats, refusing to obey republican
mayor
The Nelo England Farmers annual can
vass of the hay crop of New England esti
mates it at about one-third less than that Of
last year and the year previous.
REV. FRANK d. LEE, residing in Fairfax
county, Va, in a moment of temporary