The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25
NTfTE IN HRIEE.

WAUGH's new operahouse at St. Adams
che of the finest in the state, is TO be opened
aext Friday evening.
JAMES HOEY OF Londonderry took dose
of corrosive Sublimate last week, thinking
1t was cough remedy. Prompt medical
aid saved his life
Rev. HARVEY p. GREEN of the Fairhaven
Congregational church at New Bedford
Mass, has accepted a call from the Congre.
gatiOnal church at Hartford.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
she following Vermonters: Original Charles
III. Sawyer, Calvin X. Lilley; additional,
huty Steady; original widow, Annie Grit
fths.
SENATOR PROCTOR gave notice in the
senate last Thursday of an amendment to
the sundry civil bill apprOpriatipg sos 600
for the completion of the federal building at
st. Adams.
HoRACR ROBINSON prominent citizen of
EiiIon, dropped dead OF heart disease last
Friday morning. aged sixty-one years. He
had been in his usual health up TO the mo-
1eDt Of his death.
A PORTION OF the Central Vermont round
house at Rutland was burned last Sunday
morning. Three locomotives, valued at
10000, owned by the Delaware and Hudson
road, were destroyed.
PRESIDENT HARRISON sent TO the senate
last Monday, the name OF Frank G.. Par
fridge of Middlebury to be envoy extraor-
binary and minister penipotentiary of the
United States to Venezuela.
REV. ALFRED STEVENS, ID, Familiarity
known as Father Stevens" died suddenly
last Friday at his home in Westminster. He
was seveniy-three years of age, and for
hify-nlne years had been pastor of the West
minister Congregational church, the longest
continuous pastorate ever held in Vermont.
The commission appointed by Governor
Fuller under an act of the last legislature
entitled " An act to establish boundary line
monuments between Vermont and Massa-
ehusetts is composed of Kittridge Has
klns OF BrattlebOrO, Lavant NJ. Read of
Bellows Falls and James X. Batchelder of
Arlington.
MISS ETA WILSON, daughter of Nelson
wilson. respected citizen of Bellows Falls,
eioped last week with dissolute tea drum.
mer, named Montieth from Fitchburg,
Mass. Two years ago Montieth kept tea
store in Bellows Falls, and Miss Wilson
was his clerk. The whereabouts of the
couple are unknown.
The night express south over the Central
vermont railroad ran into a south-bound
freight at West Randolph last Thursday
night, wrecking the engine and several
cars. The accident was due to the negli-
gence OF the engineer of the freight train
No one was injured and the wreck was
cleared up in few hours.
IHE Central vermont has added six
monster freight engines to its equipment
curing the past week The pressure of the
freight traffic on this line has never been
eqnaIed at this season of the year, and the
motive power has been Inadequate to handle
the business. -Four of these moguls were
purchased, and two were hired from the
Adirondack road
THE annual meeting and BANQUET Of the
New York alumni society of the University
fof Vermont was held last Thursday even
ing at the Windsor hotel. President M. III.
University Presidents; G. G. Benedict for
" The Trustees" DIR, Taylor for "The Med.
ical Department" and Hon. Dorman Is.
Eaton for Z" The University and Public
Life"
MRS. ANNA HANSON DUBOIS died sud
denly last Saturday at the home of Hon.
W. III. Dubois, her son, at West Randolph,
with whom she has lived for the past
twenty years. Her parents were the earli-
est settlers in the town of Randolph. Mrs,
Dubois WAS in her ninetieth year and
within two days Of her death she was busily
engaged in making fancy articles TO be sent
to the WOriu's Fair Her funeral was held
on Tuesday from the home of Senator Du-
Bots.
A SYNDICATE composed OF business men
Of Troy and Albany, N. y, has purchased
controlling interest in the Winooski and
Burlington horse railroad Joseph Powers
OF Lansingburg, N. Y, who represents the
synulcate, mas been elected ce-president
'eI the corporation 1t NJ the intention of
the present owners 10 extend the road to
Scarf addition on tl1 south and TO the
grounds OF the new military post beyond
WinOoski on the north, and the trolley
system OF electric power will take the place
'of horses.