The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-17
Summary OF News.



ELISHA ALLEN, a prominent citizen OF
Winooski, died on last week Friday.
THE Middlebury College commencement
will take place in the week beginning
June %.
FoRTY-Two students graduated from
Lyndon Institute, Lyndonvlle, on last week
Thursday.
PROBABLY the rarest stamp in existence
has Just been sold in London for f250. 1t
is an American five-cent stamp, issued at
Brattleboro in 1910.
A. CARPENTER of Lockport, N. Y, a native
of Vermont died on the 9TH instant, at the
age of nearly one hundred four years.
ST. ALBANs, Island Pond and Newport
are the only points in Vermont at which
cattle can be imported into the United
States.
THE eighty-frst annual session of the
Danvlle Baptist Association was held at
st. Johnsbury on Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week.
JAMES BEDELL, while hunting for bears
at MCIndOe's on last week Thursday, was
almost instantly killed by the accidental
discharge of his own gun.
THE house, barn and other buildings of
William Freeman at Richmond were burned
early last week Thursday morning, caus-
ing total loss of over $4,000.
The second annual summer meeting Of
the Central Vermont Association of Road
and Trotting Horse Breeders was held at
Sharon last week, beginning on Tuesday
CONGRESSMAN POWERS is investigating a
scandal at Castleton in which the post
master is interested. Several applications
for the appointment have been made to him.
THE second annual Universalist grove
meeting, under the management of Rev.
Frederick Millar, will be held at Wlloughby
Lake, commencing June ODD, and continu-
ing through Sunday, the 18th.
HAMPTON STEWART, one of the most
prominent citizens of Pownal, was killed
last week by kicks from vicious mule. As
he was passing the stall, the animal kicked
him in the head and chest and death re-
suited soon after.
THE first annual convention of the grand
division of the Independent Order of Rail-
way Conductors of America vas held at st.
Adams on last week Tuesday. The next
convention will be held at New Haven,
Conn., on the first Tuesday in February.
THOMAS II. CHUBB, the widely-known
fishng-rod manufacturer at Post Mills, has
sold his business to the Montague City
Fishing-rod Company of Montague, Mass,
the transfer to be made July /. The new
owners will rebuild on the site of the fac
tory recently burned
THE committee chosen at the last corpora
ton meeting of Bellows Falls to investi-
gate and arrange for new system of fire
alarm has closed contract and the system
will be in working order by the LIST of July.
| The contract is for six boxes in different
parts of the village, one tower-striker and
one steam-whistle attachment.
THE trial of Lyman G. Clark of Hartford
for the murder of Mrs Miriam Marston, his
mother-in-law, on November 80 1890, was
begun at Woodstock on Monday afternoon.
Clark entered plea of not guilty on Fri
day. The trial will probably consume the
entire week, if not more, and much interest
is taken in it on account of the brutal nature
of the crime.
f. d. THAYER, president of the Brandon
National Bank, lost $4,000 in notes and
mortgages while he was on a Rock Island,
ILL.,, sleeping-car, last week. When nearing
Chicago he went into the dining-car leaving
a satchel containing the valuables on the
seat. When he returned the money was
gone The police have been informed If the
robbery, but have little hope of recovering
the property.
EDWARD SMITH of Pittsfeld, representa-
tive to the last legislature, who mysteriously
disappeared April %, returned home on
last week Tuesday. He had been wander
ing in the South and was out of bis mind.
He is unable to tell where he went, but
thinks he was as far south as Florida. He
had $500 when he disappeared, and re.
turned with $3.50. He regained his reason
inVirginia, and came straight home, worn
OUT DOully, DuU all rlgnJ mentally.
COMMENCEMENT exercises at Vermont
Academy, at Saxton's River, begin on the
10Th instant, with the examinations, which
continue through the following day. On
Sunday evening Rev Edwin A. Herring of
Brandon will give the sermon before the
graduating class. On Tuesday the cass-day
exercises will be held and on Wednesday
morning the cornerstone of the new library
will be laid, and addresses will be made by
Rev. f. j. Parry, Rev. w. r. Baldwin,
Colonel l.. X. Fuller and others. Com
mencement is Thursday morning at nine
o'clock
A WOMAN in Bethel has historic anGes-
try-Mrs. Ruth Carter Rowell-a great-great-
granddaughter of the famous Hannah Dus-
tin, who was captured by the Indians in
1861 at her home in Haverhill, Mass, and
who, after weary march of several days.
encamped near Concord, n. H., arose in the
night and, with the aid of two companions
killed all the Indians and returned to her
home. Mrs. Rowell has in her possession
the original cloth in which her brave ances-
tor placed the bloody scalps of the ten In
dams and conveyed them to the govern
ment officials, for which she received a large
sum of money.