The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Vermont.

The following pensions nave recently
been granted to Vermonters Increase, Asa
s. Sanders of Randolph; reissue, Frank Il.
Marsh of East Calais reissue and increase,
George A. Edwards of Richmond.
THE Ninth Vermont Veteran Association
will hold their ninth annual reunion at
Burlington on August 90. Business meet
ing at /: 80 p. M. at the tent of General L. 8,
Peck on the muster ground OF the vermont
National Guard,
JACOB PAGE Of Rutland died last Monday
at the Soldiers Home in Bennington, aged
seventy-two years. He was a member of
Company b, Second Vermont regiment, and
was admitted to the Home in 1894. This is
the sixty.eighth death at that institution.
MARSHALL WAY was found guilty of MUIR
der in the second degree in Caledonia
county court last Friday, and was sen.
fenced by Judge Ross to the State Prison for
life. Way, who is fifty years old, murdered
his wife in their home in Wheelock on
May 20.
DOMESTIC troubles led Mrs. Buno Riley
of South Burlington to attempt suicide last
Sunday evening She was seen standing
on Winooski bridge waiting for freight
train to run over her. An aarmlwas given,
and as she saw the approach of the officer
she jumped sixty feet into the river She
was rescued and taken to the Mary Fletcher
Hospital
THE Vermont delegates to the national
populist convention at st. Louis organized
by electing as chairman s. W. Ward of
Shoreham; secretary, George 70. Holden OF
Montpelier; credentials, A. j. Beebe of
Swanton; resolutions, Niles K. Baker of
Burlington; vce-president, A. J.. Beebe of
Swanton; rules, George e. Holden of Mont
peier organization, s. w. Ward of Shore
ham.
THE second annual lawn tennis tourna-
ment for the Smith Trophy Cup" pre-
scented by Colonel e. G. Smith, will be
p1aypd at A1hana Wa6paaday
Thursday and Friday, August II, 10 and IA.
Entries will be received up to 8: 80 P. M,
August II, and il players from distance
will make application to the secretary eff
forts will be made to obtain reduced rail
road rates, but this must be done before
August l.
JOHN MINIHAN of West Dummerston,
aged seventeen, was arrested in Boston last
Friday, charged with being fugitive from
Justice. The arrest was made as the result
of a dispatch received from the sheriff at
Brattleboro stating that Minihan was
wanted there for breaking and entering the
house of S. W. Estes in West Dummerston,
the night of July %, and the larceny of
watch and SAG in money belonging to Mr..
Estes. When Minihan was taken into Gus
tody he admitted his guilt and Estes prop
erty was found in his possession. He was
held to await the arrival of Vermont Off
Ger.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL MCCARTY Of
New York arrived at Bennington last Sat
urday and delivered to United States Mar
shall Harris the post-office robber, James
Atwood When arrested Atwood had $500
worth of postage stamps in his possession
Atwood has been out of prison about six
months after serving ten-years' sentence
for post-office robberies. About three
months ago the post-office at White River
rested for that offence. He was given a
hearing on Monday before United States
Commissioners E. l.. Bates and bound over
to the next term Of United States court.
The postmaster at New Haven, Conn,
was notified last Friday that Sidney j. Ben
ham, wealthy and eccentric old man of
that city, had been victimized by pair of
sharpers near Randolph, Vt. The old gen.
tleman has considerableproperty and is pos
sessed with the idea that fortune of more
than one hundred millions awaits him in
England. 1t is believed that the sharpers
enticed him away on the pretext that they
could aid him in securing the English prop
erty. 1t is known that he secured nearly a
thousand dollars on a mortgage week ago.
The advices received by the postmaster say
that Benham is without money and is walk
ingto New Haven.
THE trustees of the Soldiers Home at
Bennington held their annual meeting at
the Home last Wednesday. The report of
the treasurer showed the total receipts
during the year, including $500 on hand at
the beginning, to be $20,2S515. OF this
S6,10957 was from the United States and
50 S24 26 from pensions. The total disburse-
ments during the year were S18 149 During
the year ending June 80 there were thirty
seven admissions, thirty-eight were dis
charged, eight died, thirty-one were fur
loughed and thirty-six returned from fur
Tough. The present membership is seventy
four. Five have been admitted since July l.
The board found the Home in the best of
condition. The addition to the east end is
being rapidly pushed The Home, chapel
and hospital have been newly painted. The
old board of officers was reelected Hugh
Henry is chairman of the committee on adj
missions and finance and G. G. Kinsman of
the auditing committee for the ensuing
year.
The State Board of Health has issued a
circular to the local boards OF health and
health officers throughout the state, calling
attention to the Importance OF adopting all
possible precautions against the spread of
consumption. Among other things this
circular says: "Our state through its cattle
commissioners is doing efficient work in
checking the disease among the lower ami
mails, and it is hoped thus to at least par
TALLY limit the disease in the human family
Among the other precautions which are
now known to very materially aid in this
work are careful supervision of the dis
ease and timely instruction wherever it ex-
lists on the subject Of prevention. Such in
struction is known to be beneficial to the
sick as we'll as those who are we'll. Health
authorities will not be expected to use COM
pulsory measures in the prevention of this
disease, since public sentiment does not as
yet admit Of it. Our efforts in this direction
must necessarily be chiefly advisory and
educational. To this end the State Board Of
Health would suggest that consumption
should be included in the list of "infec
tious or contagious ", diseases, which sec
ton 1854, revised laws, requires should be
reported to the health officer. Every healtl
officer will therefore notify each physician
practcng within his jurisdiction to repor
these cases, and will, so far as possible
through local newspapers aud otherwise, &c
advise all heads of families. Upon receip
of notice of case the health officer will
place in the hands of the family where thu
case is, circular giving instruction as t.
the nature of the disease and the precau
tions which should be adopted against it,"
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