The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-07
Summary OF News.


" the cars at Middlebury last Monday |
evening.
AT the medical convention at the City of |
Mexico, DR.. II. ID. Holton of Brattleboro |
vas chosen treasurer.
REV. A. r.. MERRIAM Of Brattleboro has
been called to the chair of practical theology
n the Hartford Comm Theological Sem
nary
WHITE CAPS" have reappeared at Ran
lolph s. Kinney is the object of their dis
pleasure, and he has been ordered out OF
own.
The stores of James Whitney and an
italian grocery store at Bennington were
entered by burglars, last Thursday night,
and a quantity of goods stolen.
THE contract for the construction of a
public building at Worcester, Mass. has
been awarded to the Vermont Marble Com
pany of Proctor, at its bid of S130,602
JOSIAH E. DEWEY, who represented Mid
dlebury in the late legislature, died last
Friday. the result of an attack of apoplexy
just after his return from Montpelier.
A FOREIGNER wanted to get from st. Al
bans TO Burlington, last Friday, and tried to
raise the wind by bulldozing several ladies'.
He got out of town before Sheriff Kelley
- lit " on him.
The next encampment of the Department
of Vermont G. A. r., will be called by De-
partment Commander Henry to meet in
Rutland some time between the 1st and 10Th
of February next.
Mrs. ALBERT CHAPMAN of Middlebury
fell from the piazza of her residence, last
Friday, and died a few hours later. One
arm was broken, the spine badly injured,
and her head crushed
SAMUEL CURRIE, the notorious colored
st. Adams burglar, has been sentenced to
three years in state prison. Although only
twenty-six years old, Currie has had twenty
nine sentences pronounced upon him.
GOVERNOR FULLER has commissioned
Captain II. w. Childs of Brattleboro who
recently resigned the captaincy of the
Estey guard alter sixteen years active ser.
vice, major by brevet. AS the commission
states, the honor is " for long and faithful
service"
THE twenty first annual session of YER
mont state grange will be held at Brattle-
boro, December 10, IA and To- Special
round trip tickets will be sold at all sta
tions to accommodate those attending the
meeting, by all the roads. Special tickets
for the state grange meeting should be
called for.
PENSIONS have been granted to these
Vermonters: Original, Charles A. Kennon,
James W. Whitney, Henry T. johnson,
Armand M. Pantield, William ID. Munson,
John Kannan, Edward Wheeler, Harriet [.
Shepard; additional, Charles X. Panfeld
Horace 2. Emerson; reissue, Edmund f.
Perkins.
PROFESSOR j. r. WHEELER sailed for
Athens, Greece, Saturday to take the chair
of Greek literature in the American school
of classical studies. He has been professor
of Greek in the University of Vermont for
the past three years and is numbered among
the best Greek scholars in the United States.
He attended the school To which he goes in
1SS2-S3, and graduated from the University
of Vermont i'll 1880.
THE Champlain Valley Association met
at Burlington, last Saturday, and elected
the following officers; President, U. A.
Woodbury., with numerous vice-presidents
secretary, +. w. j. Hawkins of Burlington
treasurer, +. Il. Burgess of Burlington ex.
ecutive COMMITTEES, g. NJ. Spaulding, II. G.
Root l.. II. Talcott, Il. &. Smith, g. w
Brownell and f. II. Wells; superintendent
K. G.. Mower of Burlington; auditors, G. NJ
Spaulding and L. II, Talcott. A director
from each county was chosen.
THE State Board of Agriculture has or.
ganized by the election of G. NJ. Winslow
of Brandon, general secretary, and Hon
Victor |. Spear of Braintree, clerk. 1t has
been decided to collect statistics of the
abandoned farms" the manufacturing
mining and agricultural resources of the
state, which will be compiled for a report tc
be published chiefly for distribution at the
| Worlds Fair to advertise the attractions Of
Vermont. The board desires that the towns
wishing to have the Board hold meetings
with them should make application at once
1t is expected that the winters programme
of meetings will be made out by January
and it is therefore desirable that such town,
notify the secretary, G. NJ. Winslow, Bran
don, as soon as possible.
Domestic
CHICAGO is having an epidemic of crime
and masked highwaymen are carrying
things with high hand
THE skeleton of a man, probably tramp
has been found in the ruins of the farm
buildings of Mrs. j. G. Brown, at Nortl
Haverhlll, n. III.
REV. DIR. JOHN WITHERsPooN SCOTT
President Harrison's aged father-in-law
died at the White House last week Tues
day. The funeral was held Thursday, ant
the remains were taken to Washington, Pa
SIX safes belonging to as many differen
firms in the big office building, corner o
Washington anu Dearborn streets, Chicago
were blown open and rifed last Thursda.
night. The building is within one squar
of the city hall and police headquarters.
AT Taunton Mass, last Friday, the gran,
jury indicted Lizzie Borden for the murde
of ner mother and father, at Fall River
August L. A third indictment is kept Sc
cret, as the party indicted is not in custody
1t is surmised, however, that the party /
reporter Henry G.. Trickey of the Boston
Globe, and that the charge is tamperinI
with government witnesses
RICHARD MAGEE and man named Cal
; michael, both white, were lynched at BeI
ton La, last Wednesday, for the murder c
Mrs Ellie Lingle. Magee, who marie
Mrs Lngle's daughter, managed the plants
ton for his mother-in-law, but things did nc
run smoothly. After quarrel Saturday h
} got Carmichael to decoy Mrs. Lingle out {
} the house, when he shot her in the throat
killing her Instantly.
JOSEPH KANE murdered his wife at Erie
n. Y, last week, Kane then ran to th
, tracks of the Philadelphia and Erie raj
road, and, climbing on to car which stoo
on grade, uncoupled it. Releasing th
! brakes, he started it down the hill. Whe
sufficient speed had been obtained, h
jumped from the car and, fiinging himse
I across the rail, ended his life by having hi
head cut off.
, HENRY G.. TRIcKEY, the Boston Glol
: reporter who wrote the sensational stor
about the Lizzie Borden murder case an
, was under indictment, met with trag
} death at Hamilton, Ont, Saturday. In a.
tempting to catch moving train at til
r Grand Trunk station, he slipped and wa
= swung under the cars and his life ws
crushed out. At the time it was though