The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-17
VERMONT NEWS.


IN A beating room of the paper
nils at Bellows Falls, was killed
Sunday night by being struck by
crnkshaft. He was 40 years old and
whit there from Manchester, N. H.,
ear ago. He leaves wife and
tv children living in North Walpole.
\ compilation of figures from the
,dance report of the insurance COM
nj sioners of Vermont for 1892, just
| ssed, shows the number of fire in
jspahe companies licensed is so, and
,fthde reports have been received
as yetfrom only 46. These received
premiums amounting to 1868, 1857,
payinelosses of $50l ,252; ratio of
losses laid in the state to premiums
II pereent., which with an average
expenS ratio of 80 shows loss to the
compaies. The company doing the
argestbusiness, the Vermont Mutu.
al, received $3.50, ,S47, Or 23 per cent
of ALL The l3 casualty companies
authorized, took premiums of S92,-
59S, pBiug losses of SOL 1904. Fire
insurarte matters throughout the
state ae receiving considerable at
tentionl
The contract for furnishing all the
labor hd materials required for the
excavation, foundations, stone and
brick york, floor and roof construction,
roof cyering, ETC., for the new customs
house ind postoffice building at ST. AL
'bans hs been awarded to d. and j.
Belts Of Rutland.
Department Commander G. w.
Doty of Vermont Grand Army has
made the following staff appointments:
Assistant adjutant general, A. A.
Niles, Morrisville; assistant quarter
master general, Frank Kenfeld, Nor
'risville; department inspector, j. A.
Benedict, Poultney; judge advocate, R.
O. Sturtevant, Swanton; chief muster
ing officer, M. J. Sargent, So. Roy
alton.
Railroad bridge No. 6 on the Cen
trail Vermont railroad about two miles
south Of Montpelier, took fire Monday
evening from spark from a passing
loce n,ntiuA and -ulas- -hnrnaa
John Lavelle substantial business
man of Burlington, Frank E. Briggs,
a prominent citizen of Brandon and
Miss Helen 0. Rogers of Bennington,
one of the best known teachers in Ben
nington county, died on Monday.
Mrs. Bell, who has become known
as the active worker in establishing
Vermont Home for Wayward Women,
has been at Rutland some days solicit
ing subscriptions and consulting about
the enterprise. She has now about
$4,000 subscribed and the board of
managers wants to determine the loca-
tion with view to soon beginning op-
erations. The choice apparently lies
between Rutland and Burlington. A
considerable sum has been subscribed
with the necessary land for the home.
A slugging match was witnessed at
Bennington Tuesday evening by over
100 sports, between Henry Normandy
and Thomas Delude. Seven. rounds
were fought with six ounce gloves and
Normandy was laid out in the eighth
round, being badly punished. Apurse
of SO was made up by the crowd and
awarded TO the victor. This match oc-
cured in livery barn in the heart of
the village, and is the second match
ever fought in Vermont the first one
being in Castleton a tewweeks ago. No
arrests havesbeen made. Normandy is
barber and Delude a marketman.
Both are French.
Mrs. Susan Collins died at Barton
Landing Tuesday, aged SO years 5
months. She was born in Corinth, and
spent her life in Corinth, Craftsbnry
and Barton Landing. Her mind was
clear to the last.
A north-bound freight train was
wrecked about 1:30 O'Clock Wednesday
morning about half a mile south of
L ltlSlOIu. Ht lOCOiliOilNc anu ~ VI
II cars left the track, but no one was
hurt
The cost of the new iron bridge over
the canal at Bellows Falls was S6, 200.
Through the exertions of Senator
Proctor. the S25. 900 additional appro-
priation for the federal building at St.
Albans was carried in the closing hours
of Congress.
0. J. Hanson, a New York and
New England brakeman, slipped and
fell from a car in Vernon Wednesday
and received injuries from which he
died. He leaves wife. His parents
live in Wells River, VT.
Mrs. H. E. Curtis of Rutland, who
was injured in the railroad wreck on
the Bennington road seven weeks ago
is reported as not likely to live but a
short time.