The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-08
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

W. Fl. ALEXANDER, a young lawyer of
Burlington, il under arrest, charged with
embeZzling money collec ed by him for his
clients.
THE burn Of the Commercial House at
Bristol and the house and shops OF #.
Greenough were burned last Monday night
Eight horses and one COW were burned.
Loss, $40 600.
MRS. JOSEPH SEYMOUR OF Randolph is
missing, and the most diligent search for the
past week has failed to find any trace OF h r.
II il thought she wandered away while tenn
porarily insane.
DR.. r. A. RICH OF Burlington examined
the farcv herd of Jerseys owned by Con
gressmen Grout last week Out OF forty six
cows thirty six were found diseased with
tuberculosis and we're slaughtered.
#. r. SMITH, station agent at Ludlow for
the Central Vermont railroad, has alb
seconded, taking with him a large sum be-
longing to the company. Fast company is
said to be the cause of his downfall.
THE financial results of the Bratteboro
electric road, which has been in operation
six months, are more satisfactory than its
most sanguin" advocates had hoped, and
the success of the enterprise is assured.
Miss ETHEL DALTON of Brattleboro sails
for Genoa Italy, to-day, accompanied by
two Boston ladies' They are to spend the
winter in the south of France, and will
make the journey from Genoa to France on
bicycles,
THE Gill Odd Fellows Home at Ludlow
will be dedicated next May, the day follow.
ing the last days session OF the grand lodge.
Sixty one lodges and encampmeuts in the
State have each agreed to furnish one or
more rooms in the building.
THE Rutland board of trade adopted res
olutions, last week, sympathzing with the
re youtionists in Cuba and recommending
80, tla nt.fi
in congress to make an effort to induce this
country to recognize the rebels as bellig.
erents.
ORvILLE HUTCHINs OF Morrisvile, accident
ally killed Frank LaSoir last Sunday night.
Hutchins was explaining to the young
Frenchman the working OF a double action
revolver, when the weapon was discharged.
The ball struck LaSoir in the right breast,
killing him almost instantly.
ALoNzo RAND OF Pownal, seventy four
years of age, and Mrs. Caroline Bibbins,
aged sixty. nine. were married last week at
North Adams, Mass The groom lived for
many years at Bennington Center. This is
his sixth wife, and it is the brides second
attempt to solve the problem whether m Ar.
riage is failure
SECRETARY MORTON is said to he favor
ably disposed toward opening at Richford
a new port of entry for the transportation
of Canadian cattle. An argument in sup
port OF the application was made in Wash
ington last Monday by Sigourney Butler of
Boston in behalf of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce, and Collector b. b. Smalley of
the port of Burlington. Collector Smalley
was acc )mpanied by Senator Proctor and
Assistant Secretary Hamlin, No provision is
now made for shipping Canadian cattle into
England except from Portland. There had
been an objection to this proposition from
the Bureau of Animal Industry, owing to
the declaration of Great Bri ain that con.
tagious pleuro-pneumonia exists among
Canadian cattle, but Mr.. Butler declared
that diigent search had failed to reveal the
existence of pleuro pneumonia.