The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-02-02
SUM MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

THcMA1 vENABLE, a well-known lawyer
OF Bennington, uied last Thursday Of y-
pboid fever.
In Berkshire superior cour' held last
"Wednesday at = tisfrld, M 1885,, Judge
M ,yndrd sentenced Frank Brady oi Pow
nal to serve u tel M Of tueuty-Une years in
States prison. Brady pleaded guilty to
assault with felonious iutent uron M n.
John Ii. Hewitt. wife Of Prof Hewitt of
Williams College, December 7, 1897
Miss MARY CAMP Of Bennii < on, aged
q ty-two, was found dead last Wednesday,
by her brother, for whom she had kept
house for many years. She was at her
usual work in Rock woods mill until dinner
time and when her brother r. her shs WAS
apparently as we'll as ever. II came home
aud found the house locked but entered by
q back door He waited for two hours aud
seeing nothing of her, went 10 looking
around He found her In her room up,iaiIs.
She was sitting in chair with her head
resting on the bed. A the noon work had
been done. Physicians say heart disease
WAS the cause aud she must have been dead
four h iurs when found.
THE following associated press dispatch
was sent out from Nashville, Tenn, last
Friday: Last night the b ,dies OF Ms.
Jane Curbett AID Stephen Bennett, which
were taken by grave robbers from he
cemetery at EAglevile, 80 miles south of
this city, about two weeks ago, were
turned from burlington, VT, and will be
rendered. Detectives traced the bodies
to Vel mont aud The men in this city v no
shipped them, finding pursuit was being
Wig rouslN made, tel -graph,d to Blu lingtpn
and HE bodies v ere seut. The pIICe Origi.
nAly pal for them, Sl10 was made good.
DR.. Heimack has tn arrested and q her
arrests are eAp-ced 10 follow. Prosecu-
tons against ali concerned will be pressed "
AN insurance suit, similar in many re-
sp y to The HlmAn case in Kansas, was
b vuu last week in federal court Al Lu-
coin, Neb In 1892 George ID. Stevens,
well-knOwn banker Of Crete, Neh., left
home for Chicago alter announcing that
be would return in few days. He has
never been heard of since. Detectives
traced him to McCo\'s Hotel in @ icago
waukee but the trail was lost ~ Chicago.
III carried life insurance for $1,000 and
$4,000 in the Banker Life of ST. Paul Two
yeats aga his wife d. manded pay me (which
was refus d on the ground that p oof OF
death WAS lacking. Mr. Stevens was for
merry of St. Johusbury.
The ANIMAL meeting OF the Vermont
M inc Sheep Breeders Association was
held at the Addison House, Middl-bury,
last Wednt sday. The attendance was un-
usually large, and the general tp mon
seemed to b. hat new era If prosperity is
about TO da" u for breeders of M-rinOs. The
following fiji els were elected: President,
G K. Abel, Orwell; vice-pr-sidenis, j j
Crane, Brdport al d c. Nj Rpu-let, Mid
dleburS; secretary, Loui- A SIX If MIDDLE
bury; treasurer, f. II. F ring ON, Bran-
d"L; directors. Cyrus II. Smith, T"wnliue,
Byron Smith, All isor, La l.. II ,mbin,
Cornwall, Q. A. Chapman, FtllshutRh;
legal counselor, S e~aIt and Wild, Md
dlehur,; commit on pedigree, e. Bis
Sc EAsl Shnreham, g p. Crane, Brldpolt
and l. I lckney, Shoreham.
AT the annual meeting of the State HUI
IL loo rhnra llX in Tn
lington the following officers were ele It'd
for the year ensuing: President, George II
Waldrou o Chester; secretary md treas
pr--, A. r, Chandler Of CHESTER; vict-pres-
idsnt', II d. Hol,on of Bra'tleoorr, H. b.
Williams OF Bristol, Carroll S. P4g- Of n Nde
Park, Mrs. James Hattntss az S ring field,
II. b. Powell OF Woodstock, MI X tth-rine
Finney OF Burlington, Mis- Homer Ring
and Mrs. o pha NJ STANLEY Of Ess, K juno
ton; dir c,or-, Gs"ge L F,e'ch-r of Ches.
ter, M Adam, Rev. 6. f. Simmons of
Woodstock, =. w Clrmrnr Of Rutland and
j X. Baichelder of Bennington. Adore SEES
were delivered by V. j. II. Ne calf of
Burir gton. Rev. G. Har ris of Colchester
and George l.. File cher of Chester.
The Green Mountain State had its praises
sung IN no unct rtain measures last Thurs
day night Al Hut-l Veudolne, b, stou, by
sturdy Vtrmouters who have Ill de th ir
homes in BOs' on aud vicinity. Nrarl, 800 of
them sat at the bar qurt tables IT, ~ y the
feast OF z cd things that had been provided
for them. Previously, however, The Ulcers
for another year were chosen, among hem
being the follow ing: Pre- sdrnt, Hon A den
Spear of Boz on; chaplain, Rev. Ezra N
B>ington ID D., nf Newton; secretary and
treasurer, e mer K. Str of Boston. MAY or
Q lincy, The fist speaker. had for bis topic,
"rhe il f1ueuce which Vermont has exer-
cised in educational matters" Alanson w.
Beard -p Ike Of the early days in the Green
Mountains. Governor Grour paid a rbute
to the pioneers who made homes ont of the
mountain wildern-s-es. Senator R-dfirld
Proctor followed with a witty speech on The
subject, "Poitics are in Vrrmonter !" trans-
p -irg his announced subj CT of vermont
IN politics" President NJ II. Buckham
responded to "The New England Yankee
and esn cially the Vermonrer," and Prtsi-
id-nt S rong Of Carleton College tp Ike it,
terestingy OF the emigration Of yousg men
from the State. The banquet ended with
the adop ion of resolutions to the memory