The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-29
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

THE officers school will be held at St.
Johnsbury Tuesday and Wednesday, jan
uary IL and IL next.
THE name OF Frank @. Partridge OF YER
mont to be consul general at Tangiers,
Morocco, was sent to the Senate last Friday.
Two burglars broke into the store of G. f.
Bigelow of Newport early last Thursday
motuing, and cluobed Fred Ball, the
wstchm, n, into insensibil!ty. A dog fright.
ened the robbers away before they secured
any plumber. There il no clue to the per-
prtrators of the deed.
THE old boarding house OF the New
Hampton Institute al Fairfax was damaged
by fire last Wednesday evening. The fire
did considerable damage in tn interior Of
the building but was extinguished after a
hard fight The loss is estimated at about
$780, The building was insured The
cause OF the fee il unknown, although some
of the ciliz ns suspect that II may have
been OF incendiary origin. The building
will probably be repaired and again used
for school purposes.
MRS. STANIsLAUs LAMELIER, a young
Frenchwoman of Burlington, met with q
shocking death early last Thursday morn
ing. She left her bed at one o'clock to at
tend to the vans OF baby in her arms, the
lamp she was using exploded, and the
burning oil dropp-d on her night clothes,
burning her fl sn TO cinder. she died in
the most horrible agony a few hours later.
Her husbands hands were terribly burned
in his attempts to extinguish the flames,
and he was taken to hospital.
HENRY N. SIMoNDs of Vernon, aged
| twenty eight, was instantly killed las' week.
He was EN- 10y ed on the farm of Eugene
Arkley aud had driven into the field with a
| team. The horses came running to the
! house in a short time. Smonds was found
tangled up in the wagon unconscious from
a fracture of the skull at the base OF the
/ hHnt In Had In oh inn -
thought that the horses started suddenly
| and that wheel crushed his head. He
leaves a wife aud one child.
A HEARING in the case of two Cinnamon
who had been in Jail in burlington for two
weeks was held last Wednesday and both
were ordered deported. They will be
taken at once to Port Townsend by the
United s ates marshal and started for
| China One came into st. Adams in a rail-
road car closet and the other drove over
the line. In direct reversal OF the usual
C Use, two Cinnamon from S.. Adams APP
psared and testified against their fellow
countrymen.
THE residence of Jerry Bugbee situated
about mile from Bennington village. was
burnt 70 the ground early last Thursday
morning together with all the contents ex-
cept a piano, three barrels Of cider and a
! barrel OF pork. When discovered, the up
per part of the house was in flames, and
was not much help to be had. Among the
articles lost was gold watch that had
been in the family for over fifty years. The
house was one OF the oldest in town. The
total loss will be about 1000 above iDsur
ance.
MARTIN CRoNIN, who lately skipped from
POultney for malireatment OF his family, re
turned last week. He went to the place
where the family was and ordered them t(
join him, threatening to kill them with s
large knife which he drew out OF his pocket
If they refused. Mrs. Cronin escaped
through the back door with her children
to a neighbours house, and several men SCI
out to catch him. He was overpowered at
ter a struggle and the knife taken from him
He was taken later to the House OF Correc
ton at Rutland to await trial in January
He is over sixty years old. He never hal
supported his family and has hard name
THE twenty eighth annual meeting OF thu
Vermont Dairy mems Association anu SIKH
annual meeting Of the Vermont Sugar Max
ers' Association will be held join ly at ST
Adams Tuesday, Wednesday. Thurs az
and Friday. January As, and 7. The pro
gramme for the four days is packed full o
good things. G. f. Smith of Morrisville
and G.. w. Pierce OF Randolph, Presi
dent and secretary OF the former, and Hon
G. j. Bell of Walden, president, and A. j
Croft of Enosburg, secretary, OF the latter
are devoting much time and labor in thei
efforts to make these meetings success
and it is hoped thai the farmer, not only o
Franklin county, but throughout the entlr'
state, will be present in large numbers.
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