The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-11
VERMONT IN BRIEF.

The next semi-annual convention of the
New England Typographical Union will be
held at Rutland.
r. NJ. HARvEY's steam mill at West
Topsham was burned last week. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000
POSTMASTER IsHAM of Enosburgh Falls
died last week from the effects of a stroke
of apopleXy, from which he never regained
consciousness.
MORE than one hundred cases of typhoid
fever are reported at Windsor, caused by
drinking polluted water. The fatalities
thus far are few.
EFFIE WHALEN and Mrs Rose Fournier
are under arrest at Burlington, charged
with murder in the first degree by poisoning
the husband of the latter.
HOUSES in Franklin owned by Thomas
Blanchard and j. r., Anderson were burned
last week Thursday morning. The fire
originated in the barn of Mr.. Blanchard and
spread to the adjoining. buildings, all par
TALLY insured.
j. w. HOBART was elected president at
the recent village meeting at st. Adams, but
the claim is now made that he was not
eligible to the Office, as he is not a trustee of
the village, as the charter provides the
president must be. 1t is possible that the
entire action of the meeting will be thus in
validated.
LUTHER r. GRAVES of Bennington,
W6ll-knOWn HudHCler, uleu recently OF KID
ney trouble, aged eighty-two years. In 1862
Mr.. Graves established the First National
Bank of Bennington and has been its presi-
dent since that time. This was the first
national bank established in Vermont and
the one hundred thirtieth in the United
States.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Original, Will
liam K. Caswell, Bennington; increase, Lu-
man G. Rumrill, Chester Depot; Franklin
ID. Griffith, Moretown; reissue, Charles w
Boardman, MorrstOwn; original, widows,
etc, Harriet L. D9quesne, Quebec. In
crease, Horace S. Briggs, Northfield John
y. Palmer, Danville; original, widows, etc,
Eliza A. Hill, Bristol
LEsTER SCOTT of Brattleboro, clerk in
the national bank there, and a young man
prominent in the church and social circles,
was arrested in Nashua, N. H, last week
charged with obtaining money on forged
checks He obtained 500 from the Second
National Bank of that city by means of one
of these checks. While in the custody of
the officers he made desperate effort to es-
cape, but was recaptured. He admits his
guilt and claims that he made the attempt
to raise the money on account of financial
troubles caused by speculation in New
Hampshire Trust Company stock, where he
lost heavily. He is fine penman and it
was his intention to have worked the same
game in Lowell had he not been detected in
Nashua.
METEOROLOGICAL notes taken at the
Mortified station for the month of March
Mean barometer, 80 056; highest, 30 46S, on
the 4th; lowest, 29.5l8, on the 14th; mean
temperature, $40; highest, &c. on the 10Th
lowest, 30, ON the 9th greatest daily range
800, on the LIST; least daily range, 70, on the
22d mean temperature for the month in
1887, 30; 1888, 2io; 1885, 800; 1890, 25o; 1891
25o; 1892, $50; 1893, 24o 1894, $40; mean TEN
perature for the month in eight years, 25o
prevailing direction of the wind south
total movement of wind, SIT miles; max
imum velocity of wind, 80 miles, north, on
the 10th; total precipitation, 1.06 inches
total precipitation for the month in 1887, In
1891, 2 6S; 1892 is; 1888, ri; 1884 1.08
average precipitation for the month fol
eight years, Col; clear days, Il partly
cloudy days, IL, cloudy days, r.