The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-30
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

RICHARD PHmIPoTT of Bennington, who
| has been suffering from heart disease for
the past year, dropped dead last Monday
THE ferry boat at Alburgh Springs was
| swamped by the high wind last Monday
afternoon No one was aboard except the
| ferryman, who swan ashore.
GEORGE G.. Cook, lad eighteen years
old, was fatally shot at Wells River last
Friday by the accidental discharge Of a gun
he was holding in the post.otlice. He lived
only thirty minutes.
THE Houghton deer park in Halifax has
proved so much Of success that it is prOba.
BILE company will be formed in that town
| to purchase Ballou Mountain and convert it
into another deer park
THE large ice house between White River
junction and Hartford, owned by the Cen.
trail Vermont railroad, was damaged by fire
last Sunday morning to the extent of 81 600.
The fire was set by tramps.
THE dwelling-house of A. +. Taylor, near
Lyndonville was burned last Monday. The
cellar contained 600 bushels of potatoes. A
| tool house valued at $500 was also de-
| stroyed. The total loss is 81, 800.
CONDUCTOR CHARLES KNIGHTS of Wind
| sor, who is employed by the Boston q
Maine railroad, lost his right arm and was
seriously injured internally while coupling
cars last Monday. 1t is thought his injuries
| will prove fatal
The water in Otter Greek is 80 low that
many large mills along its banks have shut
down, and the electric-light plants that de-
pend upon water for power are badly
crippled. This stream has not been as To-
as it now is in twenty years.
CAPTAIN STEPHEN g. WHIPPLE, a retired
army officer, died last week at Eureka, Cal.
He was native of Vermont and served in
| the Civil War with the Second California
Infantry. In 1866 he was brevetted colonel
for gallant conduct under fire.
THE following fourth. class postmasters
have recently been appointed in Vermont:
G. A. Mcclellan at Monkton Ridge, Addi-
son county, vice Charles MoH, resigned
Thomas Henley at Richmond, Chittenden
county, vice A. e. Ellis, resigned.
HAMMOND g. BUCK dealers in general
merchandise at Troy, Vt, have been petit
toned into insolvency by Boston creditors
and their store is in the possession of Sheriff
Miles Of Newport. The amount Of their in
debtedness is said to be about $50, 900.
THE family of Mary Howe Levin in Brat
| teboro received cablegram last week
from Berlin announcing the fact that the
| Vermont singer received an ovation at her
first appearance in grand opera in that city
She sang the title role in Lucia de Lam
mermoor," and is already engaged to sing
leading parts in other operas this coming
! winter.
AT the annual meeting Of the directors OF
the Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain rail
road, held at st. Adams last Saturday, d
d. lRanlett was elected a director, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of James
r. Langdon. The following officers were
elected: Bradley B. Smalley of Burling.
ton, president; ID. d. Ranlett, vice-presi-
dent; George T. Childs, secretary.
The stockholders Of the Vermont &
Canada railroad held their annual meeting
at St. Adams last Saturday. The following
directors were elected: E. c. Smith, d. d
Ranlett #. Stewart Stranahan, j. w
Hobart, F. W. Baldwin, George T. Chlds
and j. M, Foss. The directors organized
by electing E. @. Smith, president; D. d
Ranlett, vice-president; George T. Childs
| clerk and treasurer.
CARLOS WHITE, who mysteriously disap
peared from Waits River several years ago
and who, it has since been thought, was
dead, is now supposed to be very much
alive. He carried on printing business in
San Francisco, and, later, went to Eng
land, where he has recently been heard
from. His wife, thinking him dead, has
married the second time. Mr.. White was
native of Topsham. He married his wife
in Oakland, Cal.