The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-28
Summary Of News.
Vermont.


president OF Rutland village, died last Sun
day.
T.. RI. SMITHS meat market on Church
street, Burlington, was damaged by fire last
Friday,
ALBERT II. W1LBuR, living near Brattle-
boro, hanged himself last Wednesday. He
was probably insane,
The famous assault and battery case of
Wiley V. Carpenter has been on trial in
Orange county court.
REBECCA ALLEN of Chester, eighty.four
years old, has coz1 pleted bedquilt contain
ing nearly 1000 pieces.
REV. HENRY FAIRB ANKs has given S25,-
600 to ST. Johushury Academy, to found the
Albert 7. Fairbanks scholarship.
PATRICK OCALLAGHAN, brakeman on the
Central Vermont railroad, was run over in
the St. Adams yard, last Wednesday, and
died the next morning.
JOIN PAe1NEAU, conductor on IA special
freight from Malone, N. Y, to St. Adams,
was killed last Wednesday at Rouses Point.
His home was in St. Adams.
THE Powell hotel barn at West Pawlet
was burned last Thursday night, and seven
horses were roasted, The hotel and two
other buildings were destroyed.
ADHESION county court last week, was
full of divorce cases. and r dozen unhappy
women were torn asunder from their cruel,
perfdious, and incompatible liege lords.
CHARLES Ellis, Charles Borgin and M.
Miller section men, while riding on a hand
car were struck by an engine running wild,
near West Hartford, last Wednesday night,
Borgiu and Miller were killed instantly,
and Ellis probably fatally injured
WATSON S. FRENCH has been running a
neat joint on the road between Brattleboro
and Hinsdale, n. II. 1t turns ont that the
dive is rum-hole of the vilest kind, a
house of prostitution, the resort of gang of
thieves and den where visitors are drugged
hoa hanu u1iy p11 ~ i'm
dozen recent misdemeanors, and is under
arrest.
JOHN WHITE pleaded guilty in Addison
county court to stealing horse from CO.
lumbus Smith of Salisbury, and stealing a
wagon and harness from James fully. He
also pleaded guilty to mutilating wagon
owned by John Hanlon. White was sent
to the state prison for nine years 1t is said
White drove a horse 1l6 miles in ten hours,
without giving the animal food or water.
OF the numerous important and long
standing cases on the docket of the supreme
court for Rutland county are two cases of
state v John 0'Neil. One, in which O'Neil
is held guilty Of 307 offences for selling
liquor, went to the United States supreme
court and was remanded with a mandate
December 9. The other case alleges a sec
ond offence OF keeping liquor with intent to
sell The fines amount to several thousand
dollars.
THE djutant-general's Office has received
nOt1Ce tnaJ tne secretary OK war mas awarded
medal of honor to Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral William w. Henry, late colonel Tenth
Vermont Volunteers, for distinguished gal
lantry in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va,
October 10, 1864, in accordance with an act
of congress providing for the presentation
of medals of honor to such officers, non.
commissioned officers and privates as have
most distinguished themselves in action.
E. p. WRIGHT of West Newport has re-
Gently bought half interest in the gold
mine which he discovered on the farm of
Ira Woodcock in Troy, and is opening up
the mine AS fast as possible. He recently
sent a second lot of the ore to Providence,
X. l., and had it assayed. Each ton of ore
yielded S20.6o in gold and S1l.T6 in silver,
making S32.3j per ton of two thousand
pounds of ore. T. j. Beadle of Newport
Center, an old California miner, has looked
the mine over carefully, and gives it as his
opinion that it is rich one.
THE Vermont State Agricultural Society
met at White River Junction, last Friday,
and elected the following officers: Pres-
dent, j. w. Cramton; Independents,
Joseph G. Parker, II. C. Cleveland. II. II.
Mcintyre, G. j. Bell; secretary, Henry
Clark; treasurer, j. G Parker; finance COM
mittee, Closby Miller III G. Root, H. IL.
Mcintyre. A director in each county was
chosen. The auditors reported surplus
of about 81 800 from the last fair, held at
White River Function. II. III. Mcintyre
was appointed agent of the state society.
bOVEHNOR FULLER as briefly nOtlCeQ last
week, has appointed Hon. w. Fl. Dubois of
West Randolph to be state inspector of
finance, vice Il. G.. Field of Springfield.
Mr.. Dubois was appointed inspector of
finance by Governor Horace Fairbanks in
1876 and held the office for six years under
Governors Proctor and FarHhain. aud until
he was elected state treasurer in 1882, which
office he held by successive ,lectons for
eight years. He has been president of the
Randolph National Pank ever since it was
zp1 N hp nf ba in
spector was raised to 81 600 by she late legs-
lature.
RUTLAND had special village meeting,
last Thursday night, called to raise money
to pay expenses until the city charter takes
effect, next March. All attempts to raise
money were voted dowu and the meeting
adjourned Immediately following the
nesting the trustees held private meeting
and drew up resolutions TO shut off the eeC
trio lights If arrangements can be made
with the company, TO order the street com
missoners to stop all work on TIE Streets
and providing that the committee on police
do away with at least a portion of the police
force, or with the entire force if they con-
slider it expedSent
VERMoNTERs who have sately received
pensions are: Original John $. Stanley
W. III. Palmer, Emma Thompson (mother),
Josh Cleveland, Oscar A. Pierce, Charles
Clark, Margaret Holm (mOther), k1ssel
Bevit kfather) Perrin j. Chase dtatheI), viii.
Howes, Thomas v Mse9mber, Wallace w
Sargent, Ellen Kingsley; increase, Frank
l.. Holmes; additional, Harvey Brown, AL
bert A. Parker, Aivah G. Ring, Lawrence
Kingsley; renewal and increase, Lewis
WhittemOre; reissue, Alpheus II. Taylor,
Edwin N. Reseng; additional increase, p.
Whitney, Seneca w. handle
CHAIRMAN CALDWELL of Chicago OF the
Western passenger association has received
replies from the Boston & Maine and Cen
trail Vermont roads in regard TO their issue
OF tickets which have been disturbing rates
west of Chicago. The Central Vermont
people explain that the split tickets of
which complaint was made have been taken
of sale and a new form substituted, contain
ing none OF the Objectionable features of
ohe Others. They also declare their inteu-
ton OF paying the Western roads their full
proportions on all tickets gold over their
lines, allowing divisions ON the basis OF the
advanced rates from Chicago and ST. LOUIS
to Missouri river points,
w. A Brown was arrested at Vergennes