The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-21
Summary OF News.


Mrs. MARY BELLAMY, the mother of Ed
ward Belamy, OF Looking Backward
fame, died at her home in Chicopee, Mass,
last week.
JAMES MERRY of Gloucester, Mass, while
picking berries on Sunday, was gOred TO
death by bull. The dead man leaves
wife and family.
HUGH O'DoNNELL, the leader of the
Homestead strike, who is charged WIN
murder, gave himself up at Pittsburg on
last week Friday.
FREDERICK L. CRANE of East Boston has
been arrested in connection with $4,000
hreach-of-promise suit brought by Ada r.
Whitney of Providence.
REV. JUDAH DANA, rector of Grace Epis-
copa church of West Rutland, VT, dled on
Thursday of last week Of paralysis. lie
was born in Pomfret in 1917,
THE election of town representative in
Victory is to be contested, IT IS sald, on tne
ground that the man who was elected dld
not have his name on the checklist.
IT is reported that the election of j. w.
Iavigne as representative from Colchester
is to he contested on the ground of illegality
in the registration of voters, and Of fraud in
assisting illiterate voters to mark ballots.
CHARLIE five-year-old son of George w.
Armstrong of West Danville, W.T. was play
ing upon a pile OF boards with several
burying him beneath. He was unconscious
when taken out and died in few hours.
AT a recent meeting of the Massachusetts
Homeopathic Medical Society discussion
arose on the disposal of bodies in the event
of a cholera epidemic at Boston. AS re-
suit it was decided that crematory would
he the only effectual means of destroying
the germs.
RILEY MEDIUM broke the worlds pacing
record over half mile track at Topeka,
Kan, last Saturday, pacing three heats. the
first in 2: 175. the second in 2: 10, and the
third in .: II 3 3. The stallion is owned by
II. c. Campbell of Ottawa, Kan. In the last
heat a running mate accompanied Riley
Medium.
A TEAM containing Mrs. Ella Eastman
and her driver was struck last week We'd
nesday afternoon by the bound express
on the Montpelier and Wells River railroad,
near Groton, VT, instantly killing Mrs.
Eastman and the horse. and completely de-
molishing the wagon. The driver was not
seriously injured.
A STATE convention of Vermont members
of the order of the Iron Hall was held at
Winooski on Monday, and o. W. Peck OF
Winoosk was elected delegate TO the ma
tional convention, TO be held at Baltimore
on the ODD inst. The delegate was instructed
to oppose the reelection of any of the pres
ent board of supreme officers.
LIZZIE PEAK was murdered at Mount
Holly, N. j., by Wesley Warner, with
whom she had been living, on Sunday The
two went from Brooklyn to visit the girls
parents at Mount Holly. Lizzie had been
in town with her sisters and was going
home with three young men, when Warner
sprang from hedge and stabbed her.
The Choctaw Indians in Indian Territory
became involved in bloody dispute last
week over the election in the nation. A
number of murders were committed. Fin
ally a conference was held, and the two
parties agreed to disarm and to surrender
the murderers. A good deal of feeling still
exists, however, and troops are on the
scene.
CHARLES F. PECK, commissioner of labor
statistics in New York, and his stenog
rapher, Ebert Rodgers, were arrested or
Friday of last week, charged with misde
meanor in burning the circulars received
from manufacturers regarding wages. The
two were in court on Saturday, when the
case was adjourned until Thursday, Sep
TENDER 90 Mr.. Peck and Mr.. Rodgers eacl
furnished 81 900 bail. Mr.. Peck is reticen'
on the subject, but says he will fight to thu
bitter end.
JOHN F. NELSON, aged sixty-fve, prom
inent citizen of Ryegate, Vt, was fatal,
gored by bull recently. When he entered
the field the bull charged upon him. Mr.
Nelson set his pitchfork upon the ground
tines upward, and the bull struck it will
such force that the handle was driven int
the ground several inches, the tines bain!
buried in its body. The bull then renewe,
the attack and tossed Mr.. Nelson all over tn
field. Mr.. Nelson died soon after the bul
retired and a neighbor came to his asss
lance.