The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-18
Summary Of News.

lHE SIduB DOdTu VI dBIlCulbulo was az
Wilmington last week.
A DAM is being put across the river at
Sharon Windsor county, for manufacture
ing purposes.
r. O. PRITCHARD of Fairhaven, who died
recently, was Welsh bard of note. He
was over sixty-nine years old.
MAJOR L. o. FAY of Windsor, father of
Mayor Fay of Portsmouth, n. H, died at
his home last week, aged eighty-four years.
THE Methodist church and the Masonic
hall at Bridport were totally destroyed by
fire Saturday evening. The lodge lost all
its property.
Corps at Lyndonville, in connection with
Farnsworth post. Sixteen signed the petit
ton for a charter.
ELI b. PARKER, over eighty years of age,
was thrown from his sleigh at Middlebury
last week Thursday afternoon, and his hip
was fractured and other injuries were re-
ceived.
b. WATSON, baggagemaster on the Pas
sumpsiC railroad, fell from freight train
at Olcott on last week Wednesday and was
run over and killed. He was twenty-three
years old.
A REPUBLICAN caucus for the nomination
of candidate for mayor was held at Bur-
lington on Saturday evening. e. j. Booth
was nominated, receiving 1888 votes to 22S
for n, X. Brown.
JOHN MCGRAw of Richford, while help
ing lay track for the elevator, lost an eye by
laying torpedo on the track rail and strik-
ing it with a hammer. A piece of the tin
covering hit his eye.
The comptroller of the currency has APP
proved the National Exchange Bank of
Boston in place of the American National
Bank of Kansas City, Mo, as a reserve
agent for the National Bank of White River
Junction
THE case of Carrie p. Bridgman uS the
Dr. Corey estate, which was tried at New
port last week, was decided in favor of the
plaintiff, the jury giving a verdict for the
face of the note, $500, with interest and the
costs of the suit.
JOHN DUBUc, blacksmith at Shelburne
Farms, is supposed to be descendant of
rich family named Wood in England, to
whom the sum of $4,000, 000 deposited in
the Bank of England, belongs The true
heir to this money has never been found.
PROFESSOR w. w. COOKE states that the
experiment station at Burlington has in
hand quite number of copies of it's last an
nual report, which will be sent free to any
farmer in Vermont, who will send his name
on postal card addressed to the station
THERE has been a report at Rutland that
the e. & 7. Fairbanks company of st.
Johnsbury had purchased the plant of the
the works from Rutland but the president
of the Howe company denies it.
DIR. EDWIN HAzEN of Woodstock died on
last week Tuesday of pneumonia. He was
probably the oldest practitioner in Windsor
county. He was well-known Mason and
prominent member of the Windsor County
Agricultural Society He leaves a widow,
a daughter and two sons.
GOVERNOR RUSSELL of Massachusetts, has
received
tation from Vermont to join with that state
and New Hampshire in the Bennington
celebration next August. Massachusetts
will probably be represented by the gov
ernor and council and committees of the
legislature.
DURING the year ending February 1,
ninety eight accounts were opened at the
Marble Savings bank at Rutland under the
school savings system, and the total depos-
it's amounted TO S55741. For the five years
ending on the same day the total number
of accounts is reported as 737, and the de-
posits amounted to SO, S43 50. Every school
in the town has adopted the system, and
the results thus far have been satisfactory.
AN accident which nearly cost two lives
occurred recently in Stamford, A load of
logs was being drawn by a brook, when the
sled tipped over. Three little girls were on
the load and two of them fell into the brook
beneath the load of logs. By the aid of
levers the logs were raised and both were
rescued alive. One was entirely under the
water. The other was severely hurt, her
right leg being broken just above the knee,
and other injuries, which will disable her
for long time, if not for life, were received.
FIVE prisoners confined in the county Jail
at Newfane for stealing, two being noted
crooks from New York, escaped early Sun
day morning by saving off the bars of their
cells with a small saw made from steel
shank of a shoe. Owing to the bitter cold
and great depth of snow, they were unable
to elude their pursuers, and were recap
tured before noon. One was found at Dea-
con Wares farm near Townshend. The
Others were overtaken on the highways in
Brookline and Townshend. One of them
had frozen feet, and all suffered intensely
from cold,
COMMANDER d. L. MORGAN of the state
department of the Grand Army has issued
his first general orders. In No. | he an
nounces the following staff appointments:
Assistant djutant-general, G. q. Kinsman
of Rutland assistant quartermaster-gen
III. w. Kingsley of Rutland; department
inspector, A. O. Gates of Morrisville; judge
advocate, T 0. Seaver of Woodstock chief
mastering officer G.. r. Bagley of Mont
pelier. The second order gives the names
of the officers elected at the recent encamp-
ment, and advises that no contributions be
forwarded to Rice post of the department of
Arkansas as information from the national
headquarters states that the case is not
meritorious. That post has recently sent out
a circular.
AT the annual meeting of the Vermont
Merlno Sheep Shearing Association in Mid
dlebury on last week Wednesday, Presi-
dent e N. Bssell of Shoreham and Secre-
tary f. G. Dyer of Salisbury declined re-
election, and the following officers were
elected: President, G. p. Crane of Bird
port; vice presidents, U. V. Blackmer OF
Orwell, Byron Smith of Addison; secretary
and treasurer, Ira L. Hamblin of Cornwall
directors, e. E. Stickney of Shoreham, j
G. S. Hamilton, Bridport, E. d. Morrison
Addison, l.. e. Moore, ShoTeham, G. III
Burwel, Bridport, II. e. Sanford, Corn
wall, c. Fl. Smith, Town Line. The state
ment Of the treasurer showed small def
cheney in the treasury. 1t was voted moi
to hold a public shearing this year.
Domestic.
ABaAM WRIGHT died recently at Stock
bridge, Mass, at the age of 100 years.
ALLEN S. ALGER, the nine-y ears-old soI
of General r. A. Alger, died of typhoid
fever at Detroit, Mich, on last week Tues
day.
JAMES KEDPATH, the journalist and lee
turer, who was run down Dy a horse car il