The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-11
VERMONT NEWS IN BRIEF.

Miss GRACE RYAN of Rutland suffered the
fracture of her right leg while coasting, last
Friday.
THE post-ofiice st Saxtons River has been
raised to the presidential class, because Of
Increased receipts.
HIRAM r. NoyEs. a lumber dealer Of Rut-
land, broke both bones of his left leg, last
Wednesday,, by slipping while leaving his
Office.
DANIEL BUXTON, one OF the oldest and
best known residents of Londonderry,
died last week while visiting in Leominster,
Mass.
Mas. L. T. PARM of Chester committed
suicide by hanging, last Friday. Desp6nd-
ency caused by protracted illness was the
cause.
CONGRESSMAN II. II. POWERS is to be one
of the speakers at the annual banquet Of
the Sons of Vermont in Brooklyn, to be
held January II.
THE engagement is announced of George
M. Powers, secretary of the senate, and
Miss Gertrude, youngest daughter OF Colonel
U. A. Woodbury. Of Burlington.
GEORGE TIDp an agent for liquor firm
in Boston, was arrested. last week. at Bel
lows Falls, charged with selling liquor in
Vermont, and was fined 800 and costs.
A NEW opera-house at Enosburg Falls,
with seating capacity OF 600, will be COM
peted Ivy February l. Senator DIN Mer-
rili and General Carmi l.. Marsh are the
projectors OF the enterprise.
Hon. GEORGE f. EDMUNDs, with his wife
and invalid daughter, is qnartered at the
Hotel Terracine, Redands, Cal. II is their
intention to go TO The South 10 remain dur
ing the remainder of the winter.
GOVERNOR FULLER has appointed G. w.
| Osgood of Bellows Falls. Gen. John e..
Srearns OF Bradford aud Myron Parker of
| Washington delegates nt large from Yer
| mont to The national ship canal convention
to be held Thursday at Washington. ID. q.
JAMES b. MORGAN, who died last week
at Bellows Falls, aged eight y-seven. was the
| Oldest resident of that village. He was of
| revolutionary stock, and for many years
was hotel keeper at Bellows Falls. He
celebrated his golden wedding nine years
| ago.
ST. JoHNsBURy held its annual village
meeting last Wednesday. with the smallest
vote ever cast, there being only 14l voters
present. Hiram N. Turner was elected
| president; Arthur F. Stone, clerk Elijah
| ID. BlOdgett, treasurer, and Avery ID. Pike,
| collector OF taxes.
THK West Randolph Herald and Ne,os last
| week contained u well-written six column
| article on the improvements that have been
made in that town during the past year.
| The aggregate amount is very nearly $50,
| 900, AID few villages in the state the size
| of West Randolph can make as good a
shown e.
WILLIAM G. LADD, one of the heaviest cap
| italists on the Pacific coast, died last FIJI
day al Portland. Ore. He was born in hol-
| lanu, VT, in 1896 and Went to Oregon in
1851, where he has since been engsg ID in
mercantile pursuits and banking. He left
an estate valued at over 10000, 600.
THE annual meeting Of the Connecticut
River Valley Association was held last
week at White River junction, when a
J board of directors aud the following execu-
| tive officers were elected: President, George
w. Smith; treasurer, John L. Bacon; Sec
rotary, e. j. Wallace of White River juno.
| ton; executive committee, G. w. Hooker,
j. G. Parker, Ii. Ii. McIntyre, G. w. Smith
and John l.. Bacon. From the receipts of
| the joint fair held last september the aSso-
| citation received 81 ,822.84.
| THR Slayton insanity case is causing no
| end of talk in the quiet village of WOlcOtt.
II appears that Sayton's parents had decided
| him the home farm, and that the father af-
forwards, wishing to get the deed into his
| possession, induced two physicians TO
declare the young man insane, and he was
| taken to the state asylum at Waterbury.
The physici ms there pronounced him per
| fectly sane and would not receive him, and
| it is said the two physicians who signed the
| certificate of insanity are TO be arrested in
behalf OF the state for uttering false papers
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
Verinonters as follows: Original, James f.
Kinball, Alexander Crowell. Charles K
Briggs, William f. Whitney, David Dufur
additional, Charles p. Morton, Edgar bul.
| lard, Albert p. Boutwell, William Il. Liver
more, John l.. Shelton, Hartley b. Gates
Henry A. Stephens, Asa q. Cortiss, John
q. Page, George A. Flfield, Charles Clap
per; supplemental, Alanson I. Moody; in.
crease, Amos A. Whiting, j. Newton Cul.
yer, Fri S. Gunnison, William o. Wlber
Abram Rowell; reissue, Henry e. Morse,
George H. Brooks.
w. A. BRowN of Chicago, who was
jailed at Mddlebury two weeks ago for
passing forged check on Middebury
bank has been unable 10 secure hail and il
sill in custody A lively controversy i,
going on over tile $500 that was taken from
him when he was arrested. A hank at AL
bany that cashed $500 check for him aut
the cousin at North Adams, Mass, who ais,
endorsed check just to accommodate
Brown, have both put in claim for tn,
money. Deputy Sheriff Cobb has deposited
il, and the courts will have to decide who i,
entitled to it.