The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-20
Vermont News.

FRANK @. PARTRIDGE of Rutland has been
appointed consul general at Taneiers, Nor
rocco, at a salary Of $4,000 per year.
AN express train ran into a herd of sheen
belonging to Miles Storey OF Leicester juno
ton last Friday morning, killing forty-nine
OF the animals
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following V~ermonters. Original wild
ows, Acsah r. Putnam OF B%oltonville,
Rachel j. Roys Of Amaden; increase, Has.
kell +. Bixby; original, Amos II. Noyes Of
st. Johnsbury; reissue. John Clark OF
Gouldsville.
HENRY r. KNIGHT, a graduate Of the
academy at West Brattleboro and a former
law student at Brattleboro, has been ar
rested i~nl.Arrspahoe, Okalahoma, charged
with burning the county court house.
Knight declares his innocence and says the
charge has been brought against him as the
result Of political feeling.
The body of Arthur Tallard, a French
Canadian, was found last Saturday morning
In the railroad yard at Lyndonville. Tai
lard was seen during the night by several
residents and appeared unbalanced. He
talked with the station agent for a short
time before his death and during the con-
versation said he had relatives in Farnham,
Que, and Lowell. Mass.
ALBERT F%oURNIER of Burlington was Sc
riously wounded in the side by q charge
lTOm u bUOU gun Wullb hunting III OnU6T-
hill last Saturday. The boy who fred at
Mr.. Fourier declares he thought he was q
squirrel. He will be prosecuted. A charge
OF buck-shot went iuto Mr.. F%ournier's side
but the shot has been removed by a sur
geon and 1t is not thought his wounds will
be fatal.
Hon. WILLIAM r. RowELL, Oldest son of
the late Hon. A. j. Rowell Of North Troy,
died at Methuen, Mass, October II, aged
ffty-three years. Colonel Rowell practiced
law successfully both in Vermont and
Massachusetts,, was twice elected to the
legislature of the latter state, and served
with distinction in the war. High-minded
and honorable, he leaves an untarnished
record.
THE steam yacht Pastime I" was wrecked
last Saturday night by running into the
lighthouse at Bow and Arrow Point at the
s~outherly end Of North Hero. There were
eighteen passengers from Swanton and st.
Albans on board but they were safely land
ed. The high wind that prevailed had
blown out the light at this lighthouse, and
1t seems providential that none Of the occu-
pants Of the yacht found a watery grave,
Captain James Vail was in command.
THE second annual meeting Of the Yer.
mont Federation Of Women's Clubs, held
last week at Brandon, called together a
large number Of the prominent women Of
the state. The officers elected for the en-
suing year are: President, Mrs. l.. D.. Tenn.
pie Of Brattleboro; vice-president, Miss
Julia A. G. Jackson Of Brandon; secretary,
Mrs. e. H.. Blodgett of Lyndonville; treas
urer, Mrs. j. Henry Jackson of Barre.
The trout breeding tanks of Silas L
Griffith at Mount Tabor were poisoned
with paris green last Saturday, and scores
Of trout weighing from one to three pounds
are dead. About $500 trout, ranging in
weight from one. quarter of a pound to five
pounds, were transferred to a small pond,
whara MANY nf than hQua ainaa diaA A.
the paris green has been washed into this
pond, also. it is doubtful If any of the fish
can be saved. An overflow from the via
duct which supplies the breeding tanks
carried paris green into a small stream
which supplies water to two or three fami
lies, and some cattle and horses, and the
families were promptly notified of the dan
ger. Mr.. Griffith had the largest private
hatchery in the State. There is no clue tt
the perpetrators of the outrage.