The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-10
Summary OF News.


NJ the Soldiers Home, bennington, on oaJ-
urday.
j. E. PREsBy, a st. Johnsbury farmer,
died on Wednesday OF last week from sp-
nal injuries received from falling from
load of hay on July %.
WILLIAM G. THAyER, a prominent citizen
Of Chicago, dropped dead of apoplexy in
New York, last week. He was born in Rut-
land and went to Chicago twenty years
ago.
THE town hall at Westminster was
struck by lightning, last week Thursday
afternoon. Slate was torn Off and windows
were broken, but the building was not set
on fire.
AN Italian was killed at the Pittsford
station by freight train, last week Friday
morning. The man was evidently asleep
under some flat cars on side track, using
the rail for pillow. His head was cut off,
and there were great number of injuries
to various parts OF his body.
THE following Vermonters have been
granted pensions: Original, Clark w. Bates,
Charles o. Thompson, Adorno s. Hoskins,
Oscar n. Powers, Sanford Gray, Samuel s.
Estabrook, Kimball Marshall; additional,
Marshall w. Rogers original widows, etc,
Joseph Willis Qather), Mary A. Moore.
A SPECIAL dispatch to Boston from
Brighton, this state, says; The oldest man
in New England lives in this town. His
name is John Francis Lemaistre, and he is
los years old. He was born on the Isle of
Jersey, April T. 1875 and educated at q
French military school When fifteen years
old he settled in St. Verness, Que, and
eleven years ago moved to this town to live
with his daughter. He reads without
glasses and has good hearing. When 100
years old he could lay swath in a hay field
with any man. and until three years ago he
sawed wood. He has clear memory, and
tells fascinating stories about Napoleon,
Josephine and contemporary history"
Domestic.
JOSEPH WooD, who murdered his father
in.law in May, $780, was electrocuted at
Clinton prison, Dannemora, n. Y, on FRI
day of last week.
A DOVER, N H., farmer named George
Gage gave a couple of men $1,000 for
"gold brick ~ last week. The brick proved
to be gold only on the outside.
THE thirteenth annual meeting of the
American Canoe Association began at Wills
boro Point Lake Champlain. on last week
Thursday. Some 800 canoests have been
in attendance.
A STATUE of John p Hale New Hamp-
shire's great anti-slavery senator, was I'M
yelled at Concord, on Wednesday of last
week. 1t was presented to the state by
Senator William e. Chandler.
A FEMALE anarchist set out to blow up
the residence of Charles d. Irwin, wealthy
Chicago citizen, last week Thursday night
She evidently became frightened by passers
by and ran off, leaving a can containing ten
pounds of giant powder behind her.
THE examination of food furnished at the
Gable house. Salisbury beach, Mass. by
Professor Hill Of the Harvard Medical
School, revealed the fact that there was
arsenic in it. 1t was this, probably. that
caused the death of several guests of the
house.
A SHOCKING murder, and one that is at
tracing widespread attention, was COM
mtted at Fall River, Mass. on last week
Thursday, Andrew j. Borden and wife,
aged people being the victims. They were
murdered in their own home with sharp
instrument, and no good clew to the muir
derer has been found as yet.
PATRICK FARRELL; aged fifty-two, OF
Swampscott, Mass, died of hydrophobia on
last week Thursday. He was bitten on the
chin by a rabd dog May 13. The symptoms
developed last week, but beyond slight
throat srasms and an aversion to water, the
victim did not manifest the usual hydro
phobia characteristics. His death was not
violent. Fifteen persons were bitten by the
same dog that attacked Farrell. His is the
second death.
THE will of the late Cyrus w. Field was
presented for probate at White Plains, n.
Y, last week. All the paintings relative to
the laying the Atlantic cable are begueathed
to the New York Historical Society. The
medals presented to the testator by govern
ments, states, or chambers Of commerce,
are to be divided equally between the testa-
tors children, the insane ones being barred
from the division. The remainder of the
estate is to be divided among three of the
daughters and the two sons. The estate,
including insurance, is worth 100000.
ONE Of the bodest train-robberies on
record was committed between Rollindale
and Pratton, Col, late last week Wednes-
day night. The amount Of money secured
from the Wells, Fargo & Co. safe was be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Two robbers
boarded the engine, and at their command
a DYNAMITE cartridge was lighted by cigar
and the piston-rod Of the engine was blown
off. The doors of the express car were
blown open by dynamite, and the messen.
ger was compelled to open the safe. The
two men, who, it is thought, had accom-
plices, then made good their escape, but
were afterwards captured after hard
chase.
THE infant child of Peter Shaw, who
lives near Detroit, Mich, was carried off by
an enormous eagle one day last week. Mr.
Shaw quickly rode to where he knew there
was an eagles nest in the cliffs on the shore
of lake. He arrived in time to witness a
terrible sight. Two eagles, lowering above
the rocks. were battling for the possession
oil the cnllu, tnat lay on Une CHI. before
the father reached the summit one of the
birds had fallen to the ground dead, while
the other had again taken up the baby fol
another flight. Shaw fired and the eagle
and child fell into the water The father
recovered the body of the child, but life was
extinct,
THE New York Herald has announced {
novel plan for the present presidential
campaign. To the person who most nearly
predicts the plurality of either Cleveland
or Harrison, it will give a free trip around
the world, paying all expenses; to the per
son making the second best prediction g
trip to London and Paris and return
and the third best prediction will be re
warded by trip to London and return
Competition is open to residents of all parts
OF the United States. the only condition!
being that the prediction must be made on
a ballot which is printed in the HeralC
every morning. Any one can make al
many predictions as he has ballots.
The strikers have filed information
against Mr.. Prick and the other officers o
the Homestead company, the two Pinker
tons and five Pinkerton detectives, for TIN
murder of five workmen. These mel
waived hearings and were released on bail
On Thursday Of last week mob of Home
stead men attacked party of sixty non