The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
STATE IN BRIEF.

W. w. PITKIN, well.known business
man Of Fairhaven, died last week.
THE dwelling house of George b. Spald-
ing at st. Johnsbury was burned last week
Wednesday. Loss $4,000; insurance 81, 75O
S. n. MANCHESTER, well-known drug
gist of Brandon, died last Saturday. He
was prominent Mason of Rutland county.
Mrs. KATE MULcAHEY of Middlebury
committed suicide by hanging last Saturday.
Mental arrangement is supposed to have
been the cause.
DURING the high wind last Thursday
night the large barn of Mrs. Dan Purdy of
Manchester was blown down. Seven valu-
able COWS and one horse were killed.
HENRY G.. IDE has given St. Johnsbury
Academy 81 900 to found the Mary NJ. Ide
scholarship, in memory of his late wife, a
former teacher at the institution
ALFRED e. WATSON of Hartford attended
the fifth annual meeting of the railroad
commissioners of the several states, held
last week at Washington, ID. @.
JUDGE ALFRED ROBINSON Of Bennington
died of apoplexy last Thursday night. The
attack was brought on by chimney falling
in his house during the severe storm of that
evening
The dwelling-house of Peter Austin of
Vergennes was burned, with its contents,
last week. Mr.. Austin was alone in the
house at the time and narrowly escaped
asphyxiation.
FRANK b. MCNULTY, a freight conductor
on the Passumpsic railroad, was instantly
killed at Lyndonville, last Thursday, by
falling between moving cars. He was
twenty-five years old, married, and living
at Lyndonville.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Original, George
Coulter, Milton Crossman; increase, George
A. Wales; reissue George Fischer, Will
liam w. Huff, Orange Kingsley, Orrin Will
lis; original, widows, ETC.. Mary A. Coul-
ter. minor of Harrison Clapper.
c. S. CoLBURN of Pittsford one of the
best-known lawyers of Rutland county, died
last week Wednesday. Mr.. Colburn was a
graduate of Middlebury College, had hello
many town and county offices, and was a
senator from Rutland county several years
ago.
BENNINGTON was visited by a tornado last
week Thursday, which did considerable
damage. Fences, chimneys and trees were
blown down and car standing on side
track in the railroad yard was unroofed.
The wind was accompanied with rain and
snow and the thermometer was below freez-
ing point all day.
THE residence of Clement Eddy and the
large stone store at Alburgh were burned
last week. Mr.. Eddy succeeded in saving
only very small proportion of his stock of
goods in the store and little of the furni-
ture in the house. The loss, it is believed,
will reach nearly $4,000, and the insurance
on the entire property aggregated 5000.
THE storm of wind and sleet, last week
Thursday night did great damage in many
parts of Vermont. Many barns, houses and
small buildings were blown down in all
towns from Swanton to Bennington, live
stock killed and valuable trees uprooted.
The damage cannot yet be estiQated ac-
curately, but will amount to tbofSands of
dollars. The wind was especially severe
with towns next to the Green Mountains.
COLONEL l.. G. KING of Bellows Falls
died in New York city last Friday night of
Brghts disease. Colonel King was in the
regular army before and throughout the
war, being returned as colonel of the
Twelfth United States Infantry. About
1868, he purchased a summer residence at
Bellows Falls, spending his winters in New
York, Washington and Paris. For the past
two years he remained here but went to
New York for treatment six weeks ago. He
was a graduate of Columbia College, with
which his father was connected for many
years. He leaves wife, three sons and
two daughters.