The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
ABOUT VERMONT.

DTeb w, DlllHuO OF hutlduu WAS uSs"
troyed by fire last week. Wednesday.
The loss is 81, 500. The fire is thought
to have been of incendiary origin.
This mill was recently completed to
take the place of one on the same site
burned by an incendiary last fall.
The members of the Methodist
church in Bethel are taking active
steps towards the erection of church
on the building lot on North Main
street purchased by them of Miss
Eunice Lincoln about two years ago
and have already fund of about 5000
set aside for this purpose.
j, Albert Gingras, of Burlington,
has been appoionted supreme deputy
of Union st. Jean Baptiste d'Ameri
que, which is situated at Woonsock
ct, r. j., for the State of Vermont.
He has under, his supervision the
courts at Burlington, Newport, st.
Johnsbury, Rutland and Winooski.
He also has under his supervision the
women's branch of the union through
out the State. Union society is the
largest French lodge in America.
Harvey Farrar, of st. Adams, has
brought suit through his attorneys A.
H. George and Hiram P. Dee, against
the New England Telephone q Tele-
graph Go. to recover damages in the
amount of $500 for alleged discrimi-
nation against him to the detriment
of his business. Mr.. Farrar claims
that May 3, prominent business man
of New Boston. N. H., f. A. Read of
the firm of Read e. Sons. attempted to
communicate with him through the
medium of the telephone company's
lines and that the company refused to
notify him.
Rev. X. S. Sidelinger, of st. Johns
bury is in trouble in Brattleboro. A
couple of checks which were lost by
a party there turned up with his en-
dorsement. He claimed to have
played poker with stranger whom
he invited to his room and when they
were through with the game he &C
cepted a check from the stranger in
payment for what was due him; he
also claims to have cashed the other
check for the same party. Sidelinger
now fingers outside the lookup, hav
ing been able to furnish bail.
O. H. Preble, of Lincoln, the noted
bear hunter, killed his 102d bear last
on Friday, May 8, in the town of War
rem. He followed the animal from
Potato Hill mountain in Lincoln dur
ing Thursday night, carrying lantern
in one hand and his rifle in the other.
The animal weighed about 300 pounds.
PIeble brought the bear to Bristol
village and, after having a picture
taken, cut up the beast. sending por-
ton of the meat to a Boston firm.
The opening of the granite quarry
in Kirby is still being much talked OF
and it looks as if the enterprise was
really a 60 Monied men are getting
interested and it is reported the bust
ness is going 70 be pushed. The
Leader Granite company of Yves!
Concord is now working on a big
stone taken from this quarry, to be
used for the front end of a vault in 8
Pennsylvania cemetery. This COM
pany is having all it can do and the
men are working over time. They
have had chances to bid ON big build
ing contracts but are handicapped in
this kind of work on account of hav
ing to have the rough stone shipped
from a distance to their sheds. The
opening up of the Kirby quarry will,
remove this handicap and place then
in position to compete with Hard
wick and Barre companies. 1t is said
that about $40, 900 will be required tt
get things ready for business at the
quarry and the venture promises Sc
well that it looks as if all the none J
needed would be coming.
Minnie, the ten-year- old daughter o.
Mrs Henry Taylor of Rutland wa
fatally burned on May II, while light
ing fire in the kitchen stove. Tit
flesh all over her body was roasted tt
crisp. She lived only a few hours
The girls parents were away and sh'
was trying to build fire to get break
fast for her little brother She hat
gathered a quantity of chips into he
apron and was dumping them into thu
stove when her apron caught fire ant
she was Immediately enveloped il
flames. The child ran out of the hous
screaming and nobody was near. Tw'
men happened along little later ant
went to her assistance but it was to
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