The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-18
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

WILLIAM l.. PEARL, one of the leading
cltizens Of st. Johusbury, died last week
aged hfty-eight years.
WALLACE JENKINS colored porter on
a Pullman sleeper, died suddenly last week
OF heart disease AT Bellows Falls.
TdE pupils. past and present Of the
Island Pond High School, are to hold re-
union in the opera hall at Island Pond on
Thursday, December 26.
PENSIONS have recently been granted 70
the following Vermonters: Original wild
ows, etc, Betsey Carey of South SALISBURY
and LORNA Hoyt of East Peacham
JOSEPH 7. CELLEY of Berlin was killed
last Thursday by a falling tree His head
was badly maugled He was a me nber of
Company F, n G. ", and was prosper
Gus, industrious farmer.
BESJAMIN MAxHAM of Sherburne died
suddenly last week while sitting in his
chair For many years he kept the hotel in
that village that was celebrated far and
wide TOR its trout dinners
JAMES G. HOWARD, prominent farmer
OF BrattleborO, was instantly killed, last
week while at work in the woods. His
neck was broken when the body was found.
Mr.. How lrd was A veteran OF the late
war.
WALTER ROBINSON of White Creek, N Y,
was arrested at Toy, New York, last
week, for stealing a horse and carriage
from j. a. Slavery of Bennington four
months ago He sold the outfit at North
Adams, Mass. Officers have taken him to
Bennington for trial.
Hon. JOHN e. ROBERTS of Vergennes
dropped dead last Friday. He was stricken
with apoplexy while in the store of d. r.
Young. Judge Roberts was one of the
prominent business men of that city, and
has been justice of the peace there for
ffty-three consecutive years.
MOSES BoUTELL of Burlington, who re-
turned last week Thursday from a stay of
two hundred and seventy days in the House
OF Correction for Hing Intoxicating liquor,
was, after one days liberty, sent back to
that institution for one hundred lorty-two
days for a similar old offense.
f. B. THOMAS was arrested at Mortified
last week, charged with selling cloaks
without license. Mr. Thomas claims that
he has not violated any state law, as the
goods are owned by the parties in whose
stores they are sold. He has been selling
these goods in Mortified, Randolph Wat
erbury and other towns.
j. P. CLIFFORD of East Randolph and
John O'Donnell of Stanford, two medical
students at Dartmouth College, have been
arrested during the past week. charged with
robbing the grave of Joseph Murdoch at
Norwich. Both deny their guilt and have
given bonds to appear before the grand jury
of Windsor county at its next session.
LOYAL II. BRADFORD of North Ferris
burgh has been elected a Fellow of the
Royal Astronomical Society of England.
The total membership OF this society is $50,
of which only twenty-five reside in America
Mr.. 81 affords writings upon astronomical
subjects have attracted wide attention dur
ing the last few years among scientists and
scholars throughout the world.
THE famous suit of Murray against Matti-
son for damages by being elected from a
house, which has been tried by jury four
times in RenninptOn an1a1
last week by the jury bringing in a verdict
for the plaintiff, Twice in this case the
jury have disagreed, and ,nce gave YER
dict for plaintiff, which reversed by the
Supreme Court and ne, Al ordered.
THE case against C. h. .-idy & Co. of
Brattleboro, to decide whether the So
called hop beer seized from this firm was
Intoxicating, was heard last week before
Justice Adams of Marlboro. Expert testi-
mony was introduced as TO the analysis of
the beer The court held that, notwith-
standing the fact that the beer had been
shown TO be Misunderstanding, it contained
malt. He declared it contraband and Or
dered it spilled. From this decision an sp-
peal was taken to the county court.
HoTEL-KEEPERs all over the state are re-
ceiving circular letter signed by hotel
proprietor in the eastern part of the state,
urging a joining of forces in opposition to
the prohibitory law Of Vermont, calling
loudly for the blissful condition when land
lords may serve liquors to their guests with
out the work house staring them in the face,
all Of which it is claimed in the letter will
give a strength and dignity to the hotel
business that 1t does not now possess" 1t
is also stated in this circular letter that
meeting will soon be called to take united
action in the matter,
The papers in the libsl suit of Governor
Woodbury. against the Rutland Herald were
filed last week with tn clerk OF Chittenden
County Court The HerHIH in ita
cites the names OF 115 prominent citizens OF
Burlington who were guests at the CONNER.
cal Travellers banquet, held at the Van
Ness House on December %, 1894, when it
is alleged liquor was dispensed in violation
of law. Among these citizens named are
e. S. Adsit, Henry Ballard, M. G. Berry,
E. j. Booth, orge Briggs, n. X. Brown,
L. G Burnham, Ii. K. Oonger, A. s. Drew,
w. e. Hall, Rev. DR.. Edward Halves. +. @.
Harrington, Horatio Hickok, e. E Knott,
Captain s. s. Leach Horatio LOOMS, Elias
Lyman, G. P. Smith, E. B. Taft, Rev. j. II.
Metcalf and U. A. Woodbury.. 1t is as
serted on good authority that the case will
surely be tried at the March term Of Chit
tenden County Court.
The twenty-fourth annual session of the
Vermont State Grange was held at Bratte-
boro last Wednesday and Thursday About
in attendance and the visitors swelled the
number TO 400. A public meeting was held
Tuesday evening, at which Hon G. j. Bell,
j. o Sanford, Alpha Messer, NJ, S. Stone
and Mrs. Ware OF Brattleboro spoke. The
report of ID. ID. Howe of Burlington, state
secretary. showed fifty four oranges in good
standing, with a membership of $500. AL
pha Messer, lecturer OF the National Grange,
introduced resolution asking that the
next legi- lature make provision for reduc-
ing the public expenditures as the exigencies
of The times demand 1t also asked that
the salaries Of state officers be reduced so
as not to exceed the sum paid for such sal
aries during the year 1880, The legislative
committee Of the grange was instructed TO
bring these resolutions before the next leg.
islature and urge the enactment of laws in
conformity thereto. The next annual meet
ing will be held in Burlington in December,
1896.
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