The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

The corn-canning factory at Mortified
season just closed.
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IT is probable that the United States
weather bureau will establish signal sta
ton on Bald Mountain in Bennington, 3d.
200 feet above the level of the sea- A gov
eminent officer was detailed last July to
find suitable place for a station in south
ern Vermont, and he strongly recommended
Bald Mountain.
The Goddard Seminary football eleven
beat the st. Johnsbury Academy eleven at
ST. Johnsbury on Monday by a score of
three to four. Both sides put up closely
fought and gentlemanly game. The God
dards got both touchdowns in the first half
and the st. Johnsburys scored near the
close of the last half.
MRS. A, e. NILES of Rutland was terribly
burned about the face, arms and shoulders
last week while attempting to light fire
by using wood alcohol. Mrs. Niles thought
the fire was out in the stove and, mistaking
wood alcohol for kerosene, poured little
on the wood. The alcohol ignited and
the flames reached the can, which ex-
ploded.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Original, Joseph
K Darling of Chelsea, Joseph Wilson of
Marshfeld; additional, Marquis Lafayette
Gibbs of Brandon; increase, David X.
Hamblin of Bristol; reissue, John Bssett
of North Ferrisburgh Edmund Utton of
Worcester; original, widow, Lucinda Keller
of Morrisville.
The state board OF agriculture has made
its report to Governor Woodbury. regarding
its fight against tuberculosis among the cat
tie OF the state. The total number of cattle
tested in the biennial period just closed was
IA, 1876; number killed, 9A; percentage
found diseased, 4.53. The total cost to the
state was S20935, of which S13,647 went to
the owners of the cattle killed and the rest
went for expenses. The board took 81 ,4S3
for services and 1,346 for expenses, or a
total of $3.50; The veterinaries received
$4,210. In other words, salaries and ex-
penses aggregated 81 o39. or fifty per cent
of the value of the slaughtered cattle.
SIXTEEN cars of a south-bound freight
train were derailed three miles from Rox-
bury last Friday morning No lives were
lost. A broken wheel was the cause of the
accident The cars, which were broken in
spin tiers, were mostly filed with hay and
with coal. Two cars were loaded with but
ter boxes and these were badly broken. A
car on which were several crates of cigar
cites billed for Copenhagen, Denmark, was
completely demolished, but its contents es-
capped unnjured. One car filled with medi-
cines from Wells Richardson & Co.. Bur-
lington, was also badly broken, but most of
the cases with which it was filled were
saved. Several crates of Office furnishings,
books, etc, were badly broken and water
soaked. Passengers, mail and baggage on
the night trains, on the morning mail
south and the morning local north were
transferred around the wreck
THE following changes have been made in
the Vermont Soldiers Home since the re-
port dated June 30, 1896: Admitted, 8; re-
turned from furlough, Z; discharged, 4;
died, 4; present membership, 80. The new
addition is completed so that the members
who have been sleeping in the chapel the
past three months will be moved the pres
emit week to their former quarters in the
main building. There are enough appli-
cants waiting for admission to make the
membership 100. Nineteen of the twenty
six beds in the hospital are occupied. This
is the smallest number that have been
cared for in the hospital for over year.
The new addition will add 30 more beds
and there will be a larger dining room,
reading room and smoking room 40x30 feet.
All the buildings have been painted light
yellow or straw color, which, with the new
Mansard roof, adds greatly to the appearance
of the Home. Rooms are being furnished
by the Grand Army posts of Morrisville and
Bellows Falls and Mrs. Eva d. Greenwood
Of Putney.
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