The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Summary OF News.
Vermont,

5000 monument to be placed over Christie
Warden's grave.
THE Lyndonville Creamery Association
has raised its stock OF 900 and will erect
buildings this fall.
Mrs. DIGHToN II. FAIRBRoTHER of West
minister weighs about four hundred pounds
and is steadily gaining flesh.
MRS. JACOB STUBBrNs has presented a
bell to the Congregational church at West
field. 1t is the first bell the town has had.
o. o. WARES store at Wilmington was
burglarized last week Thursday night. The
safe was drilled and 800 in cash and several
valuable papers were taken.
In the United States court at Rutland,
Saturday, Miss Thirza A. Carney of Middle
bury was found guilty Of mailing obscene
postal cards, aud was fined $3.50 and costs.
ID. e. HALL of Pittsford has Jersey COW
that had a calf September q, and seven
days later had another calf. Both are doing
well. They are attracting the attention of
many people,
CHARLES BIssELL and Fred Blake were
arrested at Bellows Falls on Wednesday of
last week for robbing William Smith of
Athens of $50 in restaurant. All we're
drunk at the time.
EZRA GIBSON, resident of Barnet, and
seventy-three years of age, was found dead
in a brook last week. He had placed rope
attached to an iron weight about his neck
for the purpose of making his attempt at
suicide successful.
THE publishers of Self Help and Home Study
have awarded the prize of $500 offered for
the largest list of words made from the
name of the publication to Francis A.
Stuart of Brooklyn, n. Y, whose list in
cluded 8,751 words.
REPORTS of the inspection of county post
offices have been received at Washington
from the postmaster at st. Adams and Ben
nington. Both say that the offices are in
} good condition, but that much good will
come from the inspections.
LAURA L. MORGAN, a school teacher of
Pownal, was married recently to William
II. Young of Bismarck, N. d., who adver-
tised in Vermont paper for a wife. She
answered the advertisement, pictures and
letters were exchanged, and now the happy
couple are at their home in Bismarck.
The agitation of the Black River rail-
road question has developed the fact that a
better route than the one proposed is from
Springfield to Bellows Falls on the west
bank of the Connecticut river. This gives a
8 route seventeen miles shorter to Fitchburg
and Boston and thirty-four miles shorter to
New York.
GEORGE, the sixteen-year- old son of War
rem Caswell of West Glover, attempted to
q step from wagon to the pole between the
q horses, when he missed his footing and fell
His feet were entangled in the harness and
the horses started to run, with the boys
+ head dragging under the wagon. The ami.
y mails ran some distance, and when stopped
it was found that the boys back was broken
and he died at once.
WHILE Edward Kilburn and Miss Minnie
Smith of Poultney were driving to Race
vile, three miles distant, recently to at
i, tend a revival meeting, the horse SHE'D at 6
e lantern by the roadside, overturning the
| vehicle and throwing both parties down
a ten-foot embankment. Miss Smith wa!
q fatally injured and died Saturday from con
1 cussion of the brain. Kilburn lies very il
It with brain fever, and recovery is uncertain
d THE annual meeting of the Vermont Stat,
|, Medical Society was held at Burlington OIL
: Thursday and Friday of last week. 1t wa
s the most successful in many ways that tn,
b society ever held. A committee consisting
J, of j. H. Hamilton of Richford, j. N. Jenn
d of st. Adams and j. G. Rutherford of Bur
a linton, was appointed to confer with TIN
k other medical societies of the state an,
Q more stringent measures controlling tn
70 licensing of physicians.
70 THE Vermont Woman's Suffrage Asso
:, citation has accepted an invitation to " TAX
! a table at the fair to be held in Bosto
., early in December. The proceeds of tn
+. woman's acknowledgements. That the Vel
x mont table may compare favorably with tn
u tables of other states, all friends of equs
\; rights in Vermont are respectfully urged t
u make contributions of useful or fancy al
~ ticles. For particulars address the secrt
'sS tary of the Vermont Woman's Suffrag
~ Association, Miss Laura Moore, Barne
% VT, the local committees of towns, or gen
10 eral officers Of the association.
n THE following Vermopte-s have receive
W pensions: Original-John p. Ripley, Charlie
tv Allen, Francis H. Aldrich, Harvey William
At son, William H. Blake ID, Daniel ,
n. Foster, Dostie Faneuf, Jr., Joseph Near
IN Patrick Woods, Francis j. Boyd, Almero
o. D. Bickford, Hiram Martin. Additional
al w. Coolidge, William Myers. Increase
az Dorr Blood, William IL. Ward, Henry I
"a. Thomas, Oliver c. Ramard, Luther
b. Goodno, Francis F. Young, Michael Naylo
no Reissue-Patrick Downs, Charles G. Sal
al den, oseph w. Harris, Harrison Bingham
n James b. Fuller, Amos j. Chase, Thoms
on r. Gib,on. Restoration and increase
or Isaac G. Vaughan. Original, widows, etc.
he Mary l.. Hyde, Joseph SIENNA Qather.)
DIS The twenty-rinth annual session of IL
Id grand lodge of Good Templars was held
* Rutland on last week Wednesday an
N Thursday. A reception was given by Marb
on City lodge Tuesday evening. The graz
in lodge degree was conferred on fifty cand
IN dates, twenty-sx Of whom were honora
be members. The report of the grand Chi
of templar showed that fifteen new lodg
ed and seven juvenile temples had been ins
been revived, one charter surrendered al
two forfeited. The report of the graz
secretary states that the present membe
~ ship is 3,402, gain of SIS members. Thur
no day morning the following officers we
De- elected: Grand chief templar, c. H. Ha
Sc, den, Essex; grand counsellor A. l.. A
I'm drich, West Burke grand vice, Mrs. S.
81 Case. Rutland; grand superintendent juv
IRE nile templar, Mrs. S. V. Avery, Burlingto
PEI grand secretary, G. d. Edgerton, Mortified
'n- grand treasurer, r.. A. Hatch, Straifor
IN. grand auditor, A. A. Nil $, Morrisvil
MS The following are the appointed Officer
uy Grand chaplain, Rev. o. d. Clapp Woo
81. stock; grand marshal, II. H. Stilson, Pro
us tor; grand guard, Mary 1. Slack, Nor
an Tunbridge; grand sentinel, G. W. Graf
va Lowell; grand assistant secretary, Dr.
a. a. w. Staples, Lyndonville; grand depu
10 marshal, Lizzie A. Buttertield, Roxbur
grand messenger f. n. Forsyth, Samso
vile. All the officers were installed.
er, THE seventy-ninth annual meeting of
He Vermont Bible Society was held at EN-
vas burgh Falls on Wednesday OF last wet
he when the following officers We're electt
ted President, Hon. William =. Dillingha