The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-11
VERMONT IN BRIEF.

ERNEST SKEELs of Swanton was struck
by lightning last Friday evening and in
stantly killed.
A. NJ. GROW of Springfield was drowned
last Thursday in the Connecticut river
while bathing.
FRED SIGNER of Belden's Falls was run
over by train near Rutland last week and
Instantly killed. He was attempting to
steal a ride.
The A. p. A. showed its hand and was
victorious in St. Johnsbury politics last
Monday evening. AT the republican caucus
there, to elect delegates to the county con-
vention, the A. P. A. delegates ticket re-
ceived 14S votes to 70 for the other
PEARL, son of Daniel w. Smith Of Rip
ton, was instantly killed July 4 by the
bursting of a cannon. Nearly all of young
Smiths head was blown off by piece Of
iron that struck him seventy-two feet from
the exploding cannon. He was sixteen
years old.
For senators from Orange county Horace
W Bailey of Newbury and j. X. Darling
of Chelsea have been nominated. Charles
f. Smith of Topsham, the efficient sheriff,
was again nominated for that position at
the republican county convention held last
week at Chelsea
HARRY NJ. SYKES of Manchester Depot
was found dead in his room at the Crandall
House, Binghamton, n. Y, last Friday.
1t was evidently case of suicide. The gas
was turned on and death resulted from
asphyxiation. A loaded revolver lay be-
side the dead man.
The fire at Proctor, brief mention of
which was made last week, destroyed hun
dreds of tons of marble in the rough and
much valuable machinery. About three
hundred men are temporarily thrown out
employment. The loss is estimated at
100000, fully insured in the Vermont Mu-
tual and several other companies.
PORTER H. DALE of Brighton was NOM
| mated for senator from Essex county at the
recent republican convention, but it was
afterwards found that Mr.. Dale is ineligible,
as he is not thirty years of age. At a called
meeting, held last Friday at Guildhall, the
nomination of Hon. George n. Dale, father
of Porter H, for senator was unanimously
made.
SOLOMON JAMES and Etfie Spaulding have
been found guilty, in Windsor county
court of attempted murder by administer
ing arsenic to Wilbur Spaulding, husband of
the latter. This guilty pair desired to live
together, and concocted a scheme to do
away with Spaulding and get his life insur-
| ance. They have been sent TO state prison
| for term of years.
| PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Original-Hor-
| ace K. Roberts of Putney, Henry A. Eggles-
| ton of CRANKY; additional-George w.
| George OF Woodstock; reissue-Edwin NJ.
| Carlisle of Chester; increase-Clement G.
Moody Of Moscow, Francis Putney of Rut-
land; original, widows, etc.,-Catharine
Casey of Bennington. minor of George w.
| Allen of Coventry, Irene A. Thomas of
Hartford, Isabel NJ. Somers of West Barnet.
THE New York World of last Sunday con-
tanned sensational account of the methods
now in vogue of smuggling Cinnamon
through the district of Vermont, and Incl
dentally attacked the character of Collector
| Smalley. The collector asserts that he has
taken every precaution possible in examin-
ing Cinnamon, all of which has the approval
Of the treasury department. While he does
not believe any of his deputies are guilty of
irregularities, he is satisfied that gross
frauds have been perpetrated, and he has
| gone to Washington to confer with the
treasury department officials on the subject
Meantime he has given orders that will eff
fectually put stop to the admission of all
| Cinnamon.