The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-21
MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

Thu recent storm caused a new slide on
Mansfield Mountain which is said to be
larger than either OF the others.
Hon. II. S. PECK Of Burlington was elect !
ed one of the vice-presidents from the New
England states to the National Republican
league, at its annual convention held last
week in Detroit.
GENERAL w. w. HENRY OF Burlington
has been nominated by President McKin-
ley for United States Counsel at Quebec,
and Dslmar j. Vail Of Orwell for counsel at
Charlottetown, 2 E. /.
THE third annual lawn tennis tournament
for the Smith Trophy Cup under the au-
spices OF the St. Aibans Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION, will be held at St. Adams Thurs
day and Friday, July 20 and 30.
MRS. LAURA HAzEN KIDDER, widow OF
Rev. Moses Kidder, died last week at
Woodstock, aged seventy-ive years. For
fifty years her husband was pastor OF the
Christian church at Woodstock. She was
widely known and universally beloved.
FRANK SCOTT and Frank Hyer were
drowned at Enosburgh Falls last Wednes-
day. Mr.. Scott was attempting to rescue a
family from chamber window when his raft
was upset, and the bridge on which Mr..
Hyer was standing was carried away by the
flood. Both bodies were recovered.
w. W. LAPoINT, the newly-appointed d.
vision commander of the Vermont Division
Sons OF Veterans, has appointed Elmer e.
: Perry OF Barre AuJutant, ana IL. N, Gau-
thier OF Barre quartermaster on his staff.
Commander Lapoint has also appointed as
press committee H.. o. Bixby Of Chelsea, #.
w. Sault Of Randolph, Earl Marsh Of Man
chester, George Fisher Of ~Lyndonville, c..
j. Smith OF Huntington.
, BEFORE leaving for Europe DR.. w. Sew
; ard Webb gave, through Trinity church at
Shelburne, the sum Of $1,000 to be devoted
to the missionary interests OF the Episcopal
Diocese of Vermont. This gift of DR.. Webb
nearly provides for the deficiency of $500
for last year and the $3.50 decreaee in the
amount appropriated by the board Of land
agents, and will allow the continuance OF
the diocesan work with the usual appropri-
ations to parishes and missions.
, THE Vermont delegation in Congress,
which has been for several weeks divided
regarding the prominent federal offices in
Vermont, have finally arranged their differ
ences and have endorsed u M. Mansur OF
Island Pond as Collector for the district OF
Memphremagog; Olin Merrill OF j nosburgh
Falls, as Collector for the district Of Yer.
mont; James /. Martin Of Brattleboro for
United States District Attorney, and f. A
Field of Rutland for United States Marshal.
The salaries OF the two collectors will be
$4,000 per year each, with certain per-
qiisites which are known only to the init
ated. The salary OF the United States Dis
trict Attorney is S.. 400 per year, and that OF
. the Marshal, 81 800.
o. q. JENNINGS, a we'll known citizen OF
Bolton, was drowned last week in the high
water in Honey Hollow. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jennings, both old people, went down to q
brook near their house to move back a large
kettle. Both had hold Of the utensil when
they heard a noise from above. Looking
up they saw a large tree coming down the
brook, and befor, they could move it had
swept them in and was hurrying them
down. Both held to the tree for a time.
Finally Mr.. Jennings said: II have got to
90, look out for yourself" With these
xrnrdu ha lot no and tha uQuaa O1naad nuar
his head. Mrs. Jennings had one leg broken
and was otherwise terribly injured.
- L. p. THAYER and his associates have
formed a stock company for tue purpose OF
publishing newspapers, and a new block
: will be built at Essex Junction for this pur.
pose. The capital stock of the company = is
49, 900 and the controlling interest is owned
at Essex Junction. Tit company is known
as the Essex Junction Publishing Company
and its present directors are DR.. G. M. Fer.
rim, Hon. NJ. A. Bingham, j. III. Burke and
r. 81. Place OF Essex Junction and l.. P,
Thayer of Burlington. The entire plant Of
the Burlington Clipper office has been pur'
chased by the Essex Publishing Company
nal, Milton Rays. Jericho Reporter, Yer
mont Sun, Shelburne Reviev, Hinesburgh
Recorder, Essex Eagle and the ESSEX
Record will be published at Essex Junction
as soon as the new building is completed.
THE worst flood in the history of Vermont
OCCuTItu labp We6h. VnohuOWb WtTo ldlu lUWi
crops ruined, highways and railroads badly
washed and several lives were lost. TIT
Lamoille Valley suffered terribly, all the
bridges across the river were washed away
= and grass and crops were ten feet under
water. The st. Johnsbury and al Cham
) plain, and Burlington & Lamoille railroads
! were tied up for two days. The damages t.
5 bridges and highways in the town Of John
: son alone was S12, 600. st. Adams suffered
a loss of $4,000 with an additional loss o.
3 $25, 900 to crops in Franklin county. Jones
Vile reports that the own las not seer
Z such a flood for forty years. The Otter
Creek was higher than it had been in fifty
years and the hay crops along nearly its en-
s tire length was practically ruined. 1t il
I said there is not a bridge left on the New
5 Haven river. The story Of the damage tt
& Mad River Valley is told in another column
The damage was not confined to Vernon
& but in New Hampshire and Massachusett
. the same story is told. The midsummer
food OF 1887 will 60 into history as one o
the most remarkable as well as destructiv,
: ever known.
THOUSANDS OF people are subject to bowe
= trouble in some OF Its various forms. DR.
= Fowler's Extract OF Wild Strawberry is al
unfailing remedy in all such cases.