The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-03
VERMONT NEWS.
Trims Coilide-Thrse Persons Killed.

cuTl III tne nlStOry OF tne TaSSump-
sic nilroad division of the Boston and
Maine happened just above st.
Johisbury Center at $3.50 o'clock
Molday afternoon when two through
freIhts collided at a culvert. Fred
| Clak, engineer of the up train,
Chs'les- West, an engineer who was
ridig on the same engine, and Fred
j gLe.-4- sseman on the down train,
were Killed. VIM. Bowling, brake
man, was hurt about the head, but
not seriously. Engineer Napoleon
Bedad of the down train saved his
life b jumping. None of the other
train ands were hurt. Fred Clark
was awe when first found, but died
beforehe could be extricated from
the rims.
TIE cause of the accident was the
forgetting of orders. Conductor
Drewhad orders to wait in st. Johns
bury, but left there after the air line
train lad came down. The damage
to rolling stock will be large. The
two engines are locked together just
over tie culvert, and about 20 cars
in all ae smashed, while those that
tumblel over into the culvert are
completely demolished. The baled
hay cal be saved all right. The cars
ut the lear of the down train were
not badly injured. 1t was many
hours before the track was cleared.
Conduc.or Drew has fed to parts un-
known. When met by Superinten-
dend Folsom he was running down
the track towards st. Johnsbury
Centre, crazy with fear and excite
ment.
One II. W. Love of malodorous
reputation, who for several years has
been trying to obtain admission to
the Vermont bar, and has been stead
| ily refused on account of his charac-
ter, succeeded last week in reaching
the coveted goal through the supreme
court then in session at Woodstock.
Love went direct from the latter
place to Rutland where he was met
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stealing money from clients in New
York city, and took him to that place.
The St. Johnsbury Republican
says:
1t would be interesting to know on
what grounds the Supreme court f.
nally admitted him-and what the
members of the Vermont bar think
of their new associate and brother.
Gov. Fuller has nominated the fol-
lowing as the board of worlds fair
commissioners, under the act of No
vember, 1892: W. Seward Webb
of Shelburne, j. C. Mccullough of
Bennington, Franklin Fairbanks of
st. Johnsbury, John A. Mead of
Rutland, Adnah Brown of Spring
field, Chas. A. Forbes of of st. AL
bans, Oscar C. Miller of Newport,
G. S. Wainwright of Middlebury, S.
G. Shurtleff of Montpelier and Hen
~ D. Holton of Brattleboro. The
commission is to attend the exposi-
tion and report such things as shall
appear to be of interest to the state.
The members are to serve without
compensation.
The governor has appointed state
highway commission, us provided
by joint resolution of the late leg
islature, made up as follows: Geo.
W. Hooker of Brattleboro, j. w.
Votey of Burlington and Oscar L.
Hines OF Highgate.
The Green Mountain kennels at
Fair Haven, owned by j. L.
Winchell, captured all the prizes in
the mastiff and bloodhound classes at
the bench show of the Westminster
Kennel club in New York last week.
A Washington press dispatch says
President Harrison has agreed to ac-
cept Senator Leland Stanford's offer
and deliver series of law lectures
each year at Stamford university. |
The bargain has been closed.
The plan is to have President
Harrison go to California and remain |
there three months every year, deliv-
ering the lectures within that time.
1t is understood that his annual sala-
ry will be $4,000.
Senator Stanford has been for
some time endeavoring to secure the
presidents consent to take this place,
but the latter, it is understood, did |
not want 10 20 TO the Pacific slope to
reside, and SO the arrangement for
the three months Stay annually was
made, to lhe satisfaction of all par
ties