The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-30
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Vermont.

Henry, son of G. u. Percheron of Ferris
burg, was drowned in Otter river re-
Gently while skating.
The residence of Dr.. A, Provost of St.
Johns bury, was partially destroyed by fire |
last sunday morning. Los, 50 500; lnsur'
auce, "a 000
BENNIN uroN county cour has adjourned |
for Two weeks because Of the illuess Of |
Judge Thompson, who ia threatened with |
pneumonia
Mrs LAURA MEAD widow OF the late |
Col John Mead Of Randolph was strick |
EN- wthparaiysis last Saturday week and has |
since remained in critical condition. Col. !
II. J. KimbAll of Brooklyn, N Y, her
brother, Is with her.
Mrs MARY II. BELMONT was found dead |
last week in the TaS lor House. al Aver, |
Mass. She was from Ryegate Center, aud |
had been selling books in and around Aver
since last July. Death was caused by an
overdose Of choral.
ALFRED III. PIPER Of Ludlow, a laborer,
was Instantly killed at North Walpjle, n
H., last Wednesday, by falling over an EN-
bankmeut while in an intoxicated condition
His neck was broken. The body was taken
to Ludlow for burial.
THE village of Townshend was visited by
disastrous fire last week, the third in two
years. The village has no organized fire
department, and its Progress was checked
by tearing down buildings in its path The
fire was OF incendiary origin ana the prop
erty loss will exceed $4,000 Eight iAmi-
lies were rendered homeless.
Miss MARTHA Il Ross. daughter Of Chief
Justice Ross Of ST. Johnsbury, and John W.
! TitComb, superintendent Of the u tied
Sta es Fish Ila cherry, were married .ast
week at the home of The bride. Miss ROSS
was, for many years, drawing instructor AT
81. Johnsbury Academy.
FELIX LIBERTY Of Middlehury, an en-
llOyee at AT the shops IT tue Su..A &
Brainerd Marble Company, atttm Il sui-
eide last Thursday evening by drowning
He was fshed out Of the wafer aud c44td
for. Dependency was the cause OF the rash
act.
JOHN HALL, aged seventy-t1u Years, a
member of Company I, Sixteenth Vermont
Regiment, died last Thursday week st the
| Soldiers Home at Bennington. He was adj
mitted only two weeks before his DEATH
| The burial was at his former home in Har-
land
AN infant, about three weeks old, was
found last week in the ladies' toilet room of
| the railroad station at White River juno
| ton. When found the child was nursing a
bottle and was scautily clothed Who the
guilty parties are is mystery, but it is
thought TO be some one on board the Chi
cago express.
brakeman was found dead in the yard at
White River junction last week Tuesday.
He started out on a freight, and it is
thought he fell from the train and was run
over. The wheels passed over his chest
horribly mangling the body. He was an
unmarried man, about twenty-four years old
and leaves mother in st. Adams
WILLIAM B. HosKINs Of Mount Holly,
| who died last week, was somewhat of a
noted character in political and business
circles He is remembered in politics as
| the man, who defeated Levi X Fuller in
| the ppmip atjuO finu the frat me
his name was presented for the lieutenant
gOvernorship by making a speech in his
favor and scoring the old soldier, minging
considerable abuse in his philippe.
In Bennington county court last week
Judge Thompson sentenced one William
Thayer, who pleaded guilty to one offense
of keeping liquor with intent to sell, to six
months imprisonment in the workhouse at
Rutland, to pay fine of 5000, and to stand
committed until costs are paid. The sem
tence Is the most severe of any ever given in
that county for such an oifense.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters Original, Peter
Gravelin of Peterboro; restoration and re-
issue, special December s. George Husband,
deceased, of East Highgate; additional Ira
E. Morse Of Orwell; Increase, Edward Mo-
Richford, John G. Barber of Sheffield. Ven
ice Rebtaw of Cuttingsville, Jacob Tatro Of
Franklin, Joseph Harris OF St. Adams Ly-
man B. Leech OF st. Adams Increase,
Isaac X Davis of Barre, Millin j. Allen of
Bethel, Livingston Derrick of st. Adams,
Asa L. Fuller of Springfield; reissue and
increase, Charles l.. Stacy of Bratteboro.
THE following commissioners have been
appointed by Governor Grout under the
resolution adopted by the recent legi sla-
ture, recognizing the Tennessee centennial
exposition: Lieut.-Gov. N. w. Fisk of Isle
La Motto, Hiram n. Turner Of st. Johns
bury, James w. Brock of Montpelier, A. b.
Valentine of Bennington, NJ. r. Allen Of
Ferrisburgh, n. l.. Boyden OF Randolph, N.
G. Williams of Bellows Falls, John n.
Woodin of Rutland, Fred H. Wells Of Bur
lington, Charles q. Warren of Waterbury
The object OF these commissioners is to have
Vermonps interests properly represented at
the exposition to be held at Nashville from
May to December next.
EX-CoNGRRssMAN ROSWELL G. HoRR who
died recently at Plainfeld, N. j., was
born in Waitsfeld in 1880. Mr.. Horr was
elected to The forty sixth congress from
Michigan. Later he removed to New York
city, becoming member of the editorial
staff of the New York Tribune, in which
capacity his signed articles on the tariff and
the currency made him an authority on
these topics to republicans throughout the
country. Mr.. Horr was an eloquent orator
and very popular campaign speaker. He
had travelled thousands of miles and de-
| livered hundreds of speeches in behalf of
republican principles anu III MS utdtH MS
party and his country lose an able and hon
orable man.
SENATOR PROCTOR seems to have been
, strangely misunderstood by reporters who
interviewed him last week in Washington as
| to the Cameron resolution the day 1t was
adopted by the committee on foreign rela-
tons. Before leaving Washington for the
holiday vacation Senator Proctor said that
he had not intended TO be interviewed on
the subject at any time, and that he had not
expressed himself in favor of the Cameron
resolution, but had reserved his decision
upon it, and that he did not think it could
pass, and 80 had not said 80. Nor did he
express himself as favoring Intervention in
order that Cuba might obtain her independ-
ence, nor that our Intervention was neces-
sary to that end. Senator Proctor received
several kilograms of inquiry from friends as
to the statements attributed to him by the
interviewers, and replied that they did not
represent his sentiments, and that he had
not committed himself on the subject.