The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
ABOUT THE Sta TIE.

OrmSDee Briggs, insurance agents,
Of Brandon, have heard from num-
Der of the large companies which they
represent and although all of them
are heavy losers in the great Balti.
more con6agration, the financial
strength of none of them was in the
least disturbed. The Aetna, Of Hart
ford, telegrsphs that after paying
losses in full their surplus will re-
main largely over 81, 10000. The
Northern Assurance Company, of
London, loses $3.50, 600 and takes only
II per cent of their surplus. The
Phoenix, OF Hartford, issue statements
showing that their losses are only
about 1895, 900 and that their business
will be in no way disturbed. The
London Assurance corporation, OF
New York, is called upon for 5000, 600
only, to make good their losses, which
will be paid promptly from current
balance at bank and their surplus will
remain unaffected.
Thomas Miller, a veteran horse.
man, widely known in southern Ver-
mont, was attacked in a stall at his
stable in Brattleboro on Wednesday.
The horse seized his hand and free
himself Miller was forced to climb
into the manger and choke the ami
NAL. He then fell backward through
q window and was found unconscious
in the snow outside. Miller's wrist
was disjointed, the bones protruding
from the flesh and his hand and wrist
badly crushed. 1t probably will be
necessary to amputate it.
The house of St. Francis, Swanton,
was burned to the ground on Wednes.
day night. By good work ON the
part OF the two fire companies, the
| fire was confined to the one building,
although there were buildings on each
side within 25 feet. The men were
under the orders of E. M. Prouty,
The family was away at the time the
fire was discovered and the alarm was
given by neighbor who happened to
be passing at the time. Mr.. st.
Francis is insured for $500.
Morris Brown and Edward Langlois
were arrested on Wednesday by Sher-
if Horton on charges OF burglarizing
the warehouse of the Strong Hard
ware Company on Main street in
Burlington and stealing about 800
worth of building material. Brown
was in court Wednesday afternoon and
furnished bail in the sum of 81, 900 foe
his appearance at a future hearing.
f. G. Webster and S. FL. Miller be-
came his bondsman. Langlois has not
yet been able to furnish bail.
Bethel's industries have been great
sufferers from the delay in getting
freight through The tannery has
been out of coal for about ten days
and has been obliged to burn green
four-foot wood. f. B. Ellis has not
been able to get granite from Bethel tc
Northfield, and in consequence his
men at Mortified have been out OF
work. At the Woodbury. Company
shed the supply gave out last week
and the prospect of getting stone
through from Hardwick was so remote
that many of the cutters have lef
town and work has been PRACTICAL.
abandoned for the present at the shed
I The grain merchants have beer
obliged to curtail sales and man,
other branches CT industry have beel
more or less crippled.
: Capt Edward H. Prouty of Bur
, lington at a meeting Wednesday even
ing of Company M, First Inf, V. N
J g., resigned as captain of the com
pany, aud the same was accepted,
meeting will be held next Tuesday t
= fill the vacancy Captain Prouty
8 charter member of the company
s joining ten years ago He went
d Chickamauga as first lieutenant an
was made captain when Capt, O. N
z Brownell went to the Philippines fiy