The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-06
Summary OF News.

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THE house of Michael Kaleger in st. AL
bans was totally destroyed by fire last week
Thursday night.
EDDIE, the twelve.year-o ld son of Joseph
Ammel of Northfeld, had one foot crushed
by the cars last week
THOMAS GooDHUE of Winooslxi has gone
to the house of correction for two months
for stealing wood.
FRANK PRESTON of Waltham was recently
terribly injured by flying pieces of dis
rupted circular saw.
REV. j. w. PERRY is to open his summer
camp and school on Grand Island, in Lake
Champlain, on June 81.
JOE ST.. JOHN of st. Adams has been sent
to the house of correction for three months
from Vergennes for petit larceny.
MRS DAVIS of Bolton was very seriously
injured, last week, by being thrown from
carriage while driving in Underhill.
JUDGE ELIAS B. BURTON, born in Rupert
in 1916, and since 1913 prominent lawyer
in Manchester, died last week Thursday.
GEORGE L. S1LLIMAN of Rutland is one of
the newly-elected vice-presdents of the
United States Commercial Travellers Assoc-
alton.
THE Central Vermont has leased, and is to
operate the new Adirondack railroad in
New York recently built by DR.. W. Seward
Webb.
JOHN j. SIMoNDs. prominent attorney at
White River Junction, was found dead in
his office, last week Tuesday, from apo
plexy
THOMAS BAKER of Essex Junction has
gone to the state prison for two years for
perjury in connection with a liquor prose-
cution
COPPER ore assaying fifteen per cent has
been discovered in what are believed to be
fha far,, oft A nil
in Westford
THE interest on the Huntington school
fund the past year was S12667 SO, and the
various towns have been forwarded their
respective shares.
Mrs. HARRIET TAYLOR, widow, was
found dead, with her neck broken, in her
barn at Middletown Springs last week She
had apparently fallen and had been dead
some twenty-four hours
THE Morning Call Publishing Company
of Rutland now consists solely OF L. +.
Martin, he having purchased the interest of
II. G. Sweeney, his partner.
In the case of Hoskinson v. Central Yer
mont railroad, tried in Rutland county
court, plaintiff was awarded S3,26S. Sparks
from locomotive burned his farm build
ings near Summit station.
BAXTER BROTHERS, corn Gamers, from
Maine, have arranged to start their business
at Westminster, and propose to put up 250,-
600 cans of corn each season.
Hon. GEORGE n. DALE of Island Pond
says in an open letter that he is not, and has
never thought of being, an aspirant for the
place of Congressman circuit
JOHN HURLEY and an unknown German,
employees in the wooden mill at Benning-
ton, were fatally injured, one day last week,
at the elevator shaft in the mill.
REV. ID. SAGE MACKAY, Congregational
pastor at st. Adams, has, with his family,
gone to Scotland, his native country, in
tending to be absent three months.
Two freight trains on the Canadian Pacific
railway INDUCED in a rear-end collision,
Thursday night, at Richford, wrecking
locomotive and several cars. The fireman
was the only person hurt, aud his injuries
were not serious.
COMMANDER HENRY of the Vermont
Grand Army of the Republic has been Of
fered by Senator Proctor the use of his resi-
dence in Washington for himself and staff
during the coming national encampment in
Washington.
ELLEN MADoN was last week arrested ON
charge of swindling merchants in st.
Johnsbury During the past year she has
succeeded in getting goods of more or less
value from nearly all the merchants in
Swanton. Her husband furnished bail
in $500.
Domestic.
NEW ORLEANS lad $3.50, 900 fire last Sun.
day morning
THE first floor of Clarks hotel in Boston
was burned out last Wednesday morning.
E. w. Perry, guest, was probably fatally
hurt.
MEETINGS of colored citizens to denounce
the lynching outrages that have lately oc-
Cured in the South are reported from va
rious parts of the country.
A PECULIAR death was that which over
took Herman Largeman in Jersey City last
week. Pleased at funny story which
friend was relating, he laughed himself to
DEATH
THE United States Rubber Company was
organized at New Brunswick, n. j., last
week, with capital of S5O,OOO,O00. 1t will
be the biggest company of its kind in the
world.
-FOUR men held up train on the Georgia
Pacific near Admission last Wednesday
night. The New York registered mail W as
taken, but the passengers were not dis
turbed
THE greatest spring floods in ten years
have been prevailing in eastern Montana
and northern Dakota. Bridges have been
washed away and trains blocked In every
direction.
A HORRIBLE affair took place at Meredith,
n. H., last Monday afternoon, when George
e. Wiggn murdered his wife with knife
at the railroad station, in the presence of a
number of people.
JOSEPH LYLE of Findlay, Ohio, last
week Wednesday attacked his divorced
wife and two daughters with Ratchet and
butcher-knfe, and inflicted dangerous in
jures, doubtless fatal. That night he was
taken from the Jail and hanged by mob of
about 1000 men, said TO have comprised
some of the best citizens. Lytle died
"game."
THE new grand jury at New York has
brought in a presentment which is a vindi-
cation of Dr. Parkhurst's charges as to the
corrupt inefficiency of the Tammany-ruled
police. DIR. Parkhurst has done New York
big service by his courageous assaults on
the tiger, and he is materially assisted by
the present grand jury, which is not easily
frightened.
JAMES G. TAYLOR of Taylorsville, Cal, is
in Jail in New York city, charged with being
the unhappy possessor of sixty-one wives.
He maintains cheerful ,pirit, and re-
marked, after being interviewed by a
newspaper man: eff any more of them
wives come to town, send 'em around I'll
be glad to see EN-" Taylor has only one
arm, but he makes up the deficiency in
heroism.