The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-25
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dlsarranged and one was loose in the gut
ter. The tree where it rested on the live
wire was considerably burned.
Mrs. w. f. DUNwooDIE and Mr. and Mrs.
Eikins Perkins were out driving, last
Friday evening. Opposite the Opera-house
Mr. Perkins got out of the team, and went
down street, cautioning the ladies about
turning. The caution was needed, for in
turning around the carriage was capsized,
and the occupants thrown out. Mrs. Per-
kins was not injured, but Mrs. Dunwoodie
had several ribs broken. She was carried
| TO DIR. Chandler's office, and later to her
home on Clay hill.
SoLLY" PIERCE died, last Saturday, at
Hardwick, after lingering illness with
! typhoid fever. The funeral was at his
home in Richmond, yesterday afternoon.
Among those from Montpelier who attended
were George Wheeler, Martin Henley, Les
ter IL. Greene and II. K. PitkiD. The local
| lodge of Red Men, OF which Mr.. Pierce was
member, and the employees at the Mont
pe!ier house contributed beautiful floral
tributes. For three years Mr.. Pierce was
clerk at the Montpelier house, and during
that time won host of friends. About a
year ago he assumed the management of
| the Centennial house at Hardwick and was
at his death upon the threshold of a pros
porous business career. He leaves wife
and one child.
SOME mortuary jay has been quite indus
| trious of late, starting reports of deaths in
Montpelier, generally selecting some we'll
| known lady or gentlem IN as the victim
The air was full, last Saturday, of the sad
tidings of the death of Mrs. Cornelius
Chandler and Mrs. Stephen IL. Colby, and
startled and anxious friends were making
inquiries on every hand. Both ladies were
decidedly alive at the time, with no pros
poets of immediate dissolution. An equally
absurd report two weeks ago heralded the
startling tidings Of the death of Daniel f.
Long About every one in town " knew
tnat NJ Long was dead, except Mr.. Long
himself, who was quietly smoking his after
breakfast cigar, and perusing the obituary
columns of the Boston Journal.
A SHOCKING DEATH was that of Fred e.
Butterfly, last Wednesday afternoon, about
five o'clock. He had been at his accus-
toned work in the marble shop of Weston &
Smith that day, and seemed in better health
and spirits than usual. He reached for his
pipe, and his lips framed jocular remark
to his associates Suddenly torrent of
blood gushed from his mouth He never
spoke again. Charles A. Smith and Charles
III. Lull supported him while the crimson
tide bore away his life. Drs. Kemp and
Chandler were called, but all the doctors
in the world could not have saved him. He
died in his chair. The funeral was held
Friday morning, from st. Augustine's
church. Among the attendants were his
fellow workmen-Charles H. Lull, Henry
Lull j. NJ. Smith, his brother Frank But
terhy-and Messrs. Weston & Smith. Mr.
butterfly was quiet man, Well-l1keu, a
faithful employe upon whom dependence
could be placed. A wife and two small
children are left behind, and to them uni
versal sympathy goes out.
Hon. WILLIAM CHAPIN of Middlesex, in
addition to his other holdings, bought some
time since 200 acres of timber land in that
town, paying $500. Some people thought he
had paid high price for the property, hut
he has recently sold eleven acres for $500.
He has also sold from other lots of wild
land fifty acres for $500 and thirty nine
acres for $500. Six young men and one of
middle age are the buyers. These sales have
significance. They indicate a tendency
among the young men to invest their money
at home, to remain here and improve local
opportunities for enterprise. The price also
at which these lands were sold is evidence
of a hopeful improvement, though indus
trial enterprise in any part of Washington
, county has not been in languishing condi-
ton. MiddleseX has a water power of I'M
rivaled excellence on the Winooski close by
the Central railway. 1t is practically un-
used. Could the wand of Enterprise be laid
upon the waters flowing idly to the lake,
and shops and mills rise on the empty
banks, Middlesex village might be among
foremost industrial communities of central
Vermont. And upon the utilizing of this
splendid power the building of a railway up
the Mad River valley to Rutland has very
important bearing. Middlesex should be
deeply interested in any project that prom
ises the development of facilities for busi-
ness that do not exist at any other point
between the capital and Champlain.
A MILD sensation was created in town,
last Thursday, by the arrival of two mystic
rious-appearing strangers. 1t was alleged
that one was a Pinkerton detective and the
other the much-wanted Oliver Curtis Perry,
alias half a score of other appellations who
on September 80 last held up an express
messenger on the New York Central & Hud-
son River railroad, and robbed the Amer-
can Express Company of $1,000 in currency,
also watches, diamonds and jewelry. 1t
was reported from Barre that the man had
been arrested in Washington, at the resi-
dence of NJ. B. Hartman, and had been
traced to the vicinity through his possessing
watch taken from the express car. The
pair came to Montpelier on the afternoon
train from Barre, and registered at the Ex-
change as f. II. Hinde and C. f. Heaton,
the latter being the supposed bandit
Heaton applied to George e. White leader
of the Montpelier orchestra, for chance to
blow trombone. An opportunity to get rid
of his supertluous wind was offered him for
the following evening, but he did not accept
Hinde promptly denied that his name was
Hinde, and refused to talk with the local
newspaper men. The WATCHMAN scribe
had complete description of the express
robber, which tailed exactly with Heaton's
appearance. The couple left for New York
on the evening train. M. b. Hartman of
Washington, who was in town on Saturday,
announced that he was the uncle of Heaton;
that that was his name, and that he WAS all
right. Heatou had recently come from
Potsdam, n. Y, to visit him. He tele-
graphed to Potsdam, but received word
that Heaton had not arrived home. Per-
haps Hinde can explain why. A thousand
dollars was offered for the capture of the
robber.
The most disastrous fire in the history of
Middlebury occurred last Sunday night