The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-24
Summary OF News.



amount of about $4,000.
HI. VERDER, well-known citizen Of
Rutland died at his home in that town, on
Thursday last, aged forty-seven.
JOSEPH LAMoNTAaNE, twenty-six years
old, employed in the log yard OF the Fall
Mountain Paper Company at Bellows Fails,
was struck on the head by a falling log,
last week, and was instantly killed. He was
unmarried. His parents reside in quebec
A DESTRUCTIVE hail-storm occurred in the
southern part OF the state last week Wednes-
day evening. At Wilmington the damage
to windows and crops was heavy bridges
over small streams were washed away, AN anu
the highways in several places ruined: The
lightning did considerable damage IN sew
eral places.
THERE will be special sessions OF the United
States District Court, for the purposes OF
naturalization, at the following time and
places: AT Brattleboro. Monday August %,
at BPM; at Bellows Falls, Tuesday, Au-
gust 80. at II o'clock, noon; at St. Johns
bury, Wednesday, August 81, at A. NJ; at
Montpelier, August 81, at P. NJ
A FIRE started in the box shops of the
Connecticut River Lumber Comnanv at
McIndoe's, early last week Tuesday morn
ing, and the flames spread to the adjoining
lumber piles. containing from four to five
million feet OF lumber. The loss is expected
to reach 100000, and the insurance is $780,
900. The box shop will he rebuilt. It was
the worst fire in that section for many years.
A BRANCH OF hueberrv canning bust
ness has been established at Island Pond by
New Brunswick man. The duty on the
maan1u,actureu artlc,e necessl.at ., tne es
ttaoilsI, III 1l tne business on thls sue oi
line. The Island Pond Herald says: " A
man Is canning a large quantity OF blue
berries and hiring large number OF men in
tne enterprise HIS raw lnaterlal is IN gan
a ail ne can nire ms men cheaper mere re-
me auVahtages Oh uoing ms WORK there are
greater man mere buI the uuVy on MS
mIanutactnred article induces MN TO come
tlils sue the me. lh,s creates ne" ell
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If the American Reyolr flor was held at
Rurlington On last week Tuesday the 115tb
anniversary Of the battle of Bennington.
General j. G. Mccullough presided at the
business meeting in the afternoon. In the
afternoon drive was taken about the city
and the members attended tea at the
Nacht clun mouse. Early IN the evening
the following 0fhcers were elected: fresl-
dent Lew X; Fuller OF Brattleboro; wee
president, Oroan a. woodbury. OF burnng-
tuaasnror Ni;i+o, II po;na 90 w;ndsnr..
raG;stror uanrn Stilison % ponrinnton
b;stor;an' n pamnd;ot ~ Pmri;nSton
cbania;n Raw r. nj Hardy ~ RnrlinSton,
bnard 81 roanoaars n e pal w g Webh
&C NtS,1ioYt U;i,;om' II Dupo;s'
JOhn n, Hubbard, DANIEL w, ROBINSON,
Frank L. Greene Delegates to the next
national congress, S. A. R.. were elected as
follows: Delegate large. Colonel B, B.
Smallev; delegates, Hon. G. S. Page. Hon.
Fl. G. Root: altsrnates. Colonel F. s, Strapa
han, Colonel Oln Scott and Colonel F. D.
Butterteld A number of ladies were pres
ent at the banquet. Speeches were made
bv Colonel Benedict, Colonel Woodbury.,
Mayor Haselton OF Burlington, Judge Har-
mon of Bennington, General I. S. Peck and
FRANK y. GreeHe, resoIu y!l,. releTrlhg
~ 'T1 1ea p, ~ "Tne e E "eins;
81 PI ~, y S;.t Luther ~ ureehe anu
Fhelps d. ohlth was auopteu'
Domestic.
GLOUCESTER, Mass has lust celebrated the
25Oth Anniversary of its settlement
ASA POTTER. Jonas TT. French and
Thomas A. Dana. Maverick Bank officials
have again been indicted for defrauding the
hank.
Tur wbo,o front of Kostor g, p;apo r
hriIdiro az Tvnnt torrth straa. ond si,..T,
o,an,,a ~ WI. Ell w. tt aiin .
$3.50 xU -" u NJ ohI 49, cue 0oiia'' IaoO
were on a scaffoIdino "N0
Av oxon,irot;on - +ho food oo.o, h., a.,
,,;ot;r,s CO tha Sa,; o rme l0ou Ia.en ny sne
hr;nr,s o,,t .ba ca tiaty DoaoH P9;isonins
oamaed Iuv ,n a,;s lac, C,raC .te pIisInhg was
oauseu oy paris green, DuI Wnetner IL was
nnnrto;o q" WIN criminal in'on' vi noV Is
oain'
=, ArfLicAiloN mas oeeu indue du boston LOT
the appointment OF receiver for the United
ne1erVo =; UNI Associaees' an enuowtne en-,
10 20 InaI seu ciag Cn1 ollcers Vi tne
tIsI nave liieeaiiy ioaheu lunus 10
themselves
ARTICLES OF incorporation OF buckwheat
trust were filed in the office OF the secretary
OF state OF New Jersey, last week. The
company will be known as the Hecker,
Jones * Jewell Milling Company, and will
have capital OF 100000.
LOGAN MURPHY, desperate and murderer,
was hanged near Mt Sterling, KY, last
week, by an armed mob of 800 men, who
took him from the Jail by force In Sep
TENDER, 1891. Murphy killed his father be-
cause he objected to his cooking stolen
turkey in his house.
THE Mutual Banking Trust and Safe De-
posit Company of PbiladeInhia has ASSIGNED
The reason piyen Is that $40 600 Of Seposits
of the Iron Hall order has been ordered 70
he taken to Tndiananolis. The Iron Hail
has apparently gone to pieces, although the
officers claim they could have met demands
by an assessment.
REv. A. r. Coprrss and yifa bava re-
turned from Columbus Miss to Snots-
wood, N. ]. They were driven from Nav
Salem. Miss. NV kul,lnx and the Feemster