The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-26
Summary of News.
Vermont.

day, censured the Central Vermont railroad
for the wreck near New London, Octo-
Der ID.
LEWIS DoNNELLY of Rutland nineteen
years old, a fireman on the Central YER
mont railroad while oilng his engine at
Chester was caught in the machinery and
horribly mangled
THE following Vermonters have recently
received pensions; Original Frederick r.
Yatter, Wright Hazelton. Additional
Avery w. Edwards, William Il. Murphy,
Amos w. Babbitt.
MARCUS RICE, the engineer of the freight
train preceding the wrecked passenger train
at Richmond, August 30, was last week &C
quilted of manslaughter by a jury in Chit
tenden county court
FRIDAY was one of the biggest days for
Burlington that the Queen City has seen
in long time. There were over 5000 peo-
pie in the grand parade. The city was
deliberately decorated.
THE shoe factory in South Rovalton was
opened last week under the direction of III.
w Shugg and Henry E. Holden of Boston,
trustees. They will run out the stock on
hand in settlement of the affairs of c. II.
Abbott.
THE funeral Of the late A. C. Bean, road
master of the Central Vermont railroad,
was largely attended at Enfield, N. H., last
Thursday. President Smith and other
prominent officials of the Central Vermont
were present.
Thaddeus Snivelv. late rector of st. Johns
church, Troy, N Y, has commenced an &C.
ton in the county court at Bennington for
bill of divorce. The Snivelys made their
summer home at Bennington.
A HoG-TRAIN ran into the rear of a special
freight train at Pittsford, Monday morning,
smashing the cahoose and a fiat hottom car
ha ,ff hoo troi,,
and car loaded with hogs was damaged
Travel was delayed several hours.
Mrs. ELIZA M. SN1vELY of Bennington
Vt, formerly of Troy, n. Y, has applied for
divorce and permanent custody of her chill
dren from her husband, Rev. Thaddeus A.
Snively of Paris, France, in Bennington,
Vt, county court. The grounds of the COM
plant were intoerable severity toward her
THE state Sabbath-school convention
closed an interesting and profitable two
days session at Brattleboro last Thursday.
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Rev. l., O. Sherburne of Enosburgh
Falls; treasurer L. w. Hawlev of Brattle-
boro; general secretary, Rev. j, III. Babbitt
OF West Brattleboro.
SATURDAY night a man demanded add
mttance at the house of Moody Walker, at
Hartford, and being refused threatened to
murder the inmates. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker
fled, sent word by passing freight to Sher-
if Peck, who went to the rescue and ar
rested the villain, who attempted to draw a
revolver on the officer.
THE Vermont Christian Endeavor Union
began its seventh annual convention at
Bennington, Monday evening. The open
ing services were held in the Baptist
church The editice was crowded. Rev.
Thomas Rodgers read praise service, fol-
lowed by an address by Rev. DR.. Farrar on
The Age of Work"
The chapel recently completed at the
Vermont Soldiers Home in Bennington was
dedicated last Thursday. Ex-Governor
Dillingham; had been selected to make the
presentation speech. but he could not at
tend, and James X. Batchelder of Airing
ton took his place. Hugh Henry of Chester
accepted the chapel with pleasant word.
The chapel is the only one in the United
States built by voluntary contributions and
without any expense to the state.
GEORGE L.. MUssEY has brought suit
against A. G. Bates and S. p. Curtis in the
county court at Rutland, to recover 100000
damages. The case has been pending for
several years and is now celebrated in Rut-
land county. The property out of which
Mussey claims to have been defrauded is
situated near Rutland village and was
formerly the property of his father, who
died leaving ten heirs, of whom MuSsey
was one. He claims to have bought the
remainder OF the estate nine years ago for
$12,685, the figures being fixed by court.
Bates and Curtis, who were last owners OF
the property, he claims, would not allow
him to take possession and have since then
forbidden him to even visit the premises.
The case has been tried half a dozen times
IN nearly as many courts, decisions at
times having been rendered for both parties
without settlement. The property has
been greatly increased in value since the
law suit was begun by the building of man
ufacturing enterprises and is now valued at
ten times what it was once. Mussey claims
that he should receive the benefit of the in
creased value. There is a great interest in
the case and the decision will be an impor-
tant one.
A TELEPHONE circuit has been opened be-
tween New York and Chicago, and Mayors
Grant and Washburn exchanged Hellos
last week.
SEVEN children were killed at Los
Angeles, Cal, Columbus day by the pre-
mature explosion of piece of gaspipe
loaded with powder.
OLIVER CURTIS PERRY, the train-robber,
escaped from his cell at Auburn, n. Y, on
Saturday, but was found hiding in the
marble shop. He was recaptured after
fierce struggle.
The Shamokin express on the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad collided, Monday,
with a train of empty coal cars near West
Manayunk tunnel, near Philadelphia. Seven
persons were killed outright, and nineteen
were injured.
THE Presbyterian synod of New York.
which comprises the presbyteries in the
state and the presbytery of Boston, which
extends all over the New England states,
has begun its eleventh annual meeting at
Albany, N. Y, and the celebrated DIR.
Briggs heresy case is again before it.
CHARLES EMMoNs, an armorer and a re-
ligious fanatic, occupied the pulpit of Olivet
church Saturday night and Sunday morning
drove away the janitor with revolver and
defied the police till three o'clock in the
afternoon When arrested he had in the
pulpit two pistols, two night lamps, bag
of crackers, two pounds of gunpowder, a
supply of red fire and roman candles, bot
tie of alcohol, pail of water Emmons has
been known as religious crank for long
time.
CAROLINE SCoTr HARRISON, the wife of
President Harrison, passed away early
Tuesday morning. The day witnessed
succession of sinking spells and rallies by
the sufferer, whose vitality was remarkable.
Mrs. Harrison contracted the grip during
the winter of 1S90-1891, and while at Cape
May in the summer of 1891 was taken with
severe cold. In January, 1892, the cough,
which had never left her. commenced to
trouble her again, and the following March