The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-10
ABOUT TIRE STA TIE.

The body found with the skull frsc-
tured, beside the railroad track, about
one mile from North Hartland. We'd
nesday morning, has been identified
as that of Bernard j. Cassidy, an en-
ployee Of the Ottaqueohee wooden
mill of that village Cassidy had
been somewhat i'll at the residence of
his brother in law, r. j. Hear, night
policeman here, for several days,
Tuesday evening he started on foot
for North Hsrtland. to resume work
next day. 1t is presumed that on
his way he became i'll again, and
dazed by the approach of a train was
run over and killed.
william Pearl, of Windsor, thirty
three years old, and blacksmith,
was instantly killed by an extra loco
motive while crossing the Mill Brook
railroad bridge early on Thursday
night. The body was terribly
msngled. He leaves parents and
| other relatives in MoAlpin, Ont.
Four cars of south bound freight
train over the Chatham division of
| the Rutland railroad were derailed
\ about two miles south of Bennington
I Thursday forenoon, The passenger
train due here at II O'Clock was de-
layed seven hours. A wrecking train
from Rutland finally succeeded in
clearing the tracks.
John d. Salisbury, the counterfeit
err arrested several days ago for MAX
ing and passing spurious dollars,
halves and quarters at Poultney, was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner J. A. Merrill here Saturday
morning He pleaded guilty and
made detailed confession in writing,
which he gave to District Attorney
James L. Martin, in which he tells of
his life in the army and how he made
dies for spurious money. Mr.. Mar
tin said he would recommend light
sentence and when the hearing is held
soon before Judge Wheeler at Brattle-
boro probably Salisbury will be sent
to Windsor for few years
Another man was arrested in Burl-
ington Friday on the charge of being
implicated in the highway robbery
Tuesday night on the lower road dur
ing which A. D. Vincent lost S25 in
cash The man in custody is Thomas
Burns, and like Thomas Burke, the
other suspect, he is member of
Troop L. 15h cavalry. He is said to
have been the companion of Burke the
night of the robbery. Mr. Vincent
identified Burke Thursday and is con-
fident he would know the other man
if he saw him again. Burns was ar
rested at Fort Ethan Allen and
Brought to Jail in Burlington.
o. S. Rixford of East Highgate, has
given employment to about thirty five
people, and ten horses the past six
weeks, gathering, sorting, packing,
and hauling apples. Mr.. Rixford
has an orchard ON the Franklin road
which contains two thousand Fameuse
apple trees. The hard frost of Sun
day night destroyed about one thous-
{ and bushels which were not yet gath
cred. Eight thousand bushels, nine
carloads, have been shipped to Buffalo,
N. Y, where Mr.. Rixford has found
, ready market for them for some
years past. The small sized and
bruised apples will be made into fifty
barrels of cider which will be con.
verted into vinegar
W. j. Goodnough, of Brandon, who
for the past ten years has been con-
fined in the Brattleboro retreat, es.
E capped Friday He was ont on the
farm cutting underbrush with an at
tendant. The latter left him for {
short time aud when he came bach
Goodnough was gone.
r The Vermont State Association o.
: Washington has arranged to hold {
{ series of gathering of members ant
{ their friends during the coming sea
Q SON. There is large Vermont colony
{ in the city, and large membership
1 in the organization, which includes
1 in its personnel the congressional del
egation, Assistant Attorney Genera