The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
V ermOnt News.

last Thursday, by the accidental discharge
OF a shotgun.
BISHOP BIssELL of the diocese of Vermont
is reported as seriously i'll at Burlington,
with recovery doubtful.
CHARLES e PUTNAM's mill at Jackson
willie was burned on Monday. Loss. 5000;
insurance, $1,000, in Vermont Mutual.
HENRY MCKINNEY, yardmaster for the
Canadian Pacific railway at Richford, fell
under the cars, last Friday and lost leg.
THERE are an unusual number Of cases
OF typhoid fever in st. Johnsbury, and the
local health officers are investigating the
cause.
JAMES NRAuLr of Sutton, p. O., near the
Vermont line, was struck and killed by a
train while crossing the railroad tracks last
Thursday.
A. T. EDMuNDs of Brattleboro had foot
crushed and was otherwise injured by
being run over by a freight-wagon last
Wednesday.
Hon. ERsKINE WARDEN, former resident
Of St. Johnsbury, was elected mayor OF
Waltham Mass, last week Tuesday, by
large majority.
II. T. Curtis and J. w. Henley have
been chosen vice-presidents from Vermont
Of the New England Trotting Horse Breed
ers' Association.
DR.. JOHN NJ CLARKE OF Burlington has
heen appointed the representative of the
Grand Lodge, f. and A M, OF Montana,
near the Grand Lodge of Vermont.
GOVERNOR FULLER has appointed Elisha
MAY of ST. JOhnshurv a director OF the
state prison and house of correction vice
Seneca Haselton Of Burlington. resigned.
A SETTLEMENT Of the libel cases of l.. p.
Norton V. !. IT Livingston and A. p.
Childs, set for trial at the December term
of the Bennington county conrt, has been
made out of court Mr.. Livingston paid
5000 and costs, and the case against Mr..
Childs was discontinued on payment Of
costs.
STRENGTHENING and Christianity appear
TO 60 hand in hand, to judge from an adj
vertisempnt in the Woodstock Standard:
81 have 30 NJ good single for sale, made
nv A. ID. Barrows, the only Christian shin
gle maker that I know of in this state. AL
fred Sargent, Bridgewater Corners, VT,
Nov. 90 1892.
THE divorce case of Snively v. Snively
has been withdrawn from Bennington
county court for want of jurisdiction. The
suit was brought by the wife of Rev. Thad-
deus A. Snivelv. for wears rector of St.
Johns church, Troy, n, Y, and charged
intolerable severity. The family has had a
summer residence at Remington.
HERBERT ID. ALLARD Of Enoshurgh Falls
has gotten into trouble at Bridgeport,
Conn. where he worked in the Foster,
BESSIE & Co. store. II was discovered some
DAYS ago that he had robbed the firm of
about 81 900, the populations extending
over several months. The firm refused to
prosecute him, and he left for his home in
Vermont
A SPECIAL meeting of the voters of the
CITY of Rutland was held on December 10
for the purpose of raising a sufficient tax TO
enable the city trustees TO perform their du-
ties until the March meeting. According
70 the report made at the last meeting there
is Int little more money in the treasury,
and for that reason the trustees have come
10 a standstill.
THE will case of the late Mrs. Almira
Tmson OF Williamsville was heard at Brat
tleboro, last week. an attempt being made
hy some OF the heirs TO have the will set
aside, claiming mental incapacity and I'M
due influence on the part of. Mrs Timson' g
husband, Clark Timson. The court held
that she had sufficient mental capacity to
make the will.
In view of the prevalence of hog cholera
at Taftsville and Springfield, Governor Full
Ter has appointed from the members of the
Board of Agriculture Charles NJ Wnslow
Of Brandon. Homer w. Vail of Pomfret and
Joseph L. Hills of Burlington 10 act as cat
tie commissioners until the lat Of February.
1893. when the law abolishing the Office of
cattle commissioners and transferring their
duties TO the Board of Agriculture goes
into effect.
Two wears ago the postmaster-general adj
vertised for models OF letter boxes. Some
1900 specimens were submitted. or this
number five were recommended favor
ably. The one adopted is the invention of
Alfred d. Cushing a nephew of Mrs. G. w.
Spencer of St. Johnsbury. The box is in
accordance with the "household delivery
and collection service" recently adopted
ny the post-office department, extending
house collections TO all free delivery cities.
The box is made in several sizes and de-
signs.
julius J. EsTEY, brigade commander of
the First Brigade. has made the following
staff appointments: ]. A. Hills, lieutenant
colonel and assistant acknowledgements; T.
j. Harmon, Northumberland and assistant
quartermaster. general J. N. JENNIE, lieuten-
ant-colonel and brigade surgeon r. j.
Coffey, major and provost marshal: G. f.
Nelson, major and INSPECTOR of rifle prac-
tice: F. R. Wells. captain and aid-de-camp;
r. f. Lewis, captain and aid-de-camp; r.
l.. Buss, provost sergeant; Fl. b. Chamber
lin, brigade quartermaster sergeant.
A CASE which is heing bitterly contested
in Addison county, court is that of the War
dens of the First Episcopal Society Of Addi-
son County V. Isaac l.. Eels ct al. The
case involves the provisions Of destroyed
will, nv which the plaintiffs allege that the
late Mrs. lydia e. Cours of Middleburv
gave tnt CHURCH Ol bild' IOWn HI
her real estate and the use of $1,000. The
will was subsequently burned, and Mrs
Cours decided the property 10 Isaac T. Eels
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fl. Sperry of Corn
wall The church people claim that Eels
got the will from the probate Office and de-
stroyed it when Mrs. Cours was not in hei
right mind.
A BROKEN tire on the Wagner sleeper
"Alva " on the New York and Montreal ex
press bound north over the Central Yer
mont road threw two cars into the ditch al
4: 30 o'clock, last week Wednesday morning
twenty miles south of Burlington. OF the
ten passengers in the two coaches sever
were injured. but none killed. Nat Men
dolwitz of Worcester, Mass, was severely
bruised and was taken to the hospital. The
colored porter on the sleeper, named Lee
was taken to the hospital, but will soon bt
out. N. Prensky of Brooklyn received {
severe cut under the chin, on the RICH
temple and on the left foot. NJ. Colbert
clothing manufacturer, of New York, had
scalp wound and his left cheek and hant
hurt. Mrs. Lavina Mulqueen OF New Yorl
had her right eve badly injured, and he
head, body and legs badly bruised. JOIN
Sanger Of Montreal was slightly injured
but continued his journey The sleeping
car A" Alva" lay on its side thirty feet he
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