The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-04
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

WILLIAM CHADWICK of Sheldon was badly
injured last Thursday by getting caught un-
der falling building
HENRY w. Downs died last week at the
Soldiers Home, Bennington. He was a
member of Company A, Second Vermont
regiment, and was admitted to the Home
March % last He was buried in the Home
cemetery. His was the fifty-eighth death
since the Home was opened. There are
now one hundred and eight inmates.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Original, Will
lam Pelkey OF Pttifeld, S6 increase, Den
mis- s Dow of West Enosburg, SIS to SI7i
reissue, John A. Russell of Bridport, 81;
original, widow, Margaret II. Crane OF
st. IAlbans, IS a month. Increase, Will
liam A. Macomber OF East Craftsbury, $40
to S14; reissue and increase, Samuel @.
Coon of Northfeld 50 to $17; original
widow, special, April 10. ,Lutheria Melon:
aid of Bondville, IS; Mary e. Fisher of
Rutland S12.
THE steam laundry at Enosburg Falls,
owned by Henry Domino, was burned last
Wednesday. Mr.. Domine's loss will reach
81 800 on the plant and the weeks laundry
from Enosburg Falls and surrounding viii
lagos. He occupied a tenement in the rear
OF the laundry and his household goods
were damaged by fire and water. The
Catholic Order OF Foresters, the Independ-
emit Order of Foresters and the Good Tenn
DlHTB OCCuDlbu II nhll over b0b lduuuTy anu
sustained some damage. Harvey Domino,
brother OF the proprietor, had to jump
through window TO escape from the build
ing He was cut and burned, but not
seriously There was high wind at the
time and a disastrous confiagration was
narrowly averted.
WILLIAM SEXTON, the we'll known bill
HARDEST, died suddenly last week in New
York. He was native of Burlington, and
was born in 1854. He was the youngest ex-
cept one OF the old time championship stars.
His first recorded match was played in St.
Albaus against s. B. Watson Later Wat
son played him in New York. In 1876
when but twenty-five, he was selected to
represent America in the international
match with Maurice Vignaux, the greatest
OF French players, for the championship of
the world. This match took place at the
Grand Hotel, Paris, in March, 1876, 600
points up, at the three-ball game, for so, 900.
Sexton lost by 459 to 800, his best run being
1919. His last public appearance was in
Washington in 1887, when Maurice DAILY
defeated him at cushion caroms.
AT the annual meeting OF the grand lodge
OF the New England Order of Protection,
held last week in Burlington, the following
officers were elected for the year ensuing:
Grand warden, K. e. Sargent of st. Johns
bury; grand vice-warden, 9. Blakely of
Montpelier; grand secretary, II. e. Byron
OF st. Johnsbury grand treasurer, Fl. H.
Davis of Burlington; grand chaplain, Mrs.
F. G. Rowland of Barre; grand guide, Miss
Linnie Stevens of Barre; grand guardian,
Miss Addie NJ Carr Of Barnett grand SEN
tinel, Arthur Norton of Vergennes; grand
trustees, Frank E. Smith of Montpelier, II.
X. Bush of Barre and f. E. Newell of Bel
lows Falls; grand representatives to SUI
preme lodge, j. d. Whiteside of Vergennes
and II. X. Bush of Barre; alternates, Frank
e. Smith of Montpelier and Mrs. G. W.
Birch Of Bennington. The lodge voted to
hold the next animal maatinp Ranniuu-
ton on the fourth Tuesday Of April, 1899;
Scratch scratch scratch; unable to at
tend to business during the day, or sleep
during the night. Itching piles, horrible
plague. Doans Ointment cures. Never
fails. At any drug store, fifty cents.