The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-02
TERMONT IN BRIEF.

AN incendiary fire in the Burgess livery
stable, at Bennington, last Thursday, de-
stroyed property valued at $1,000, including
a mare and four-months-old colt valued at
$500.
j. NJ. CURRIER, well-known architect
of Springfield, Mass, died in that city last
week. He was native of South Troy, VT,
and was at one time architect for the Bos-
ton and Albany railroad,
H. H. PITKIN of Fair Haven is under ar
rest charged with being an accessory to the
crime which caused the death of Eva Shaw
of that place at Rutland last Sunday. The
case will be given hearing next week
Friday.
THE Vermont knights of Labor held their
semiannual convention in Rutland last week
Thursday. The attendance was fair. The
convention opposed single gold monetary
standard and condemned the proposed state
and income taxes
HENRY DAVIS, Milton lad, stole 500
from his mother, last Friday, and went to
ST. Adams, where he was arrested and taken
back to Milton. His mother had saved the
money to pay the expenses of herself and
family to Kansas City.
ELI TIFFANY x Sons of Bennington
shipped, last week, to Buenos Ayres, South
America, eight complete sets of their ribbed
knitting-machines for knit goods. This is
the first shipment of the kind ever made to
f. THAYER, formerly station agent for
the Central Vermont railroad at Highgate
Springs, was discharged last week for in
toxication. In checking up the accounts of
the station the travelling auditor of the COM
pany discovered shortage in Thayer's ac-
counts, and he was arrested on complaint
OF the Employees Guarantee Company,
which protects the railroad from losses of
this kind. He was taken to Jail at st. AL
bans
GEORGE B. FOSTER of st. Adams was ia
tally wounded, last week Thursday, by ball
from revolver, while trying to kill cat
There was but one cartridge in the cylinder
and Mr.. Foster was turning it with his
fingers to get the bullet opposite the barrel,
when, in some uneXplainabe manner, the
cartridge was exploded, the bullet taking
effect in the right side of Mr.. Fosters head,
Just forward of the ear and entering the
BRAIN passed entirely through, coming out
on the left side. He died the next day
without regaining consciousness.
THE annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Vermont and Boston Telegraph
Company was held at White River junction
last week Wednesday. The following direc-
tors were elected: Thomas T. Eckert, John
Van Horne, Charles A. Tinker. Roswell II.
Rochester of New York, Thomas Roche,
Henry G. Sherman of Boston, Robert j.
Kimball of West Randolph and Henry E.
Tinker and George w. Smith of White
River junction, VT. The directors elected
Thomas L. Eckert president, John Van
Horne and Charles A. Tinker executive
committee, and Roswell H. Roch ester sec.
rotary and treasurer.
HENRY Cora, Charles Gotta and Edward
Tredo, three Burlington lads, are under ar
rest in that city, charged with attempting to
wreck train on the Central Vermont be-
tween Burlington and Winooski by piling
ties on the track The obstruction was dis
covered in time to prevent a disaster
Trainmen made inquiries in the neighbor-
hood, and succeeded in experimenting the
boys. They did not understand the enor-
nifty of their crime and probably did it in
fun. This was the second recent occurrence
of the kind, and General Superintendent
Baldwin of the Central Vermont decided to
prosecute the lads. They failed to furnish
$1,000 bail each and are in Jail