The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 23, 1889 State Notes 8/23/1889 Miss Louise RAWSON of Brattleboro is wrestling with her third attack of measles, within 18 months. The Vermont-bred stallion Gillig won the 4-year-old race at Rochester, N. Y., the 15th inst.; best time, 2:22.5. The Commissioner of Pensions has appointed as pension examining surgeons Drs. D. G. KEMP and C. N. HUNT at Montpelier. Truman KENERSON was killed on the track at Barre, Wednesday, by the same engine that killed SORTWELL at Montpelier the day before. Clark WEBB, a well-to-do Sunderland farmer, was thrown from a wagon, Thursday of last week, and injured so that he died Saturday evening. He was about 40 years old, and leaves a widow. The case of the United States vs. S. J. AINSWORTH of Wallingford, charged with violating the revenue laws by selling liquor without a license, has been settled by AINSWORTH paying $800 and costs. R. A. BUSS, gardener for TOWN's hotel, in Bellows Falls, has a cotton plant two and one-half feet high in blossom, which is supposed to be the only cotton plant in Vermont ever grown out of doors. Frank PIERCE of Salt Lake City has been elected on the Gentile ticket to the territorial legislature of Utah. Mr. PIERCE is a Londonderry boy, and son of A. W. PIERCE of that town. He went to Salt Lake City about six years ago; and has since become a first-class lawyer. At Burlington, last Saturday, Mrs. Mary SHATTUCK was fined $21.19 for furnishing her son liquor secreted in egg shells, while he was languishing in the lockup. David LOMBARD was fined $12.01 for excessive indulgence in alcohol which he claimed his two brothers brought from Rutland. As Mrs. STANER was driving at Bennington, last Saturday afternoon, her horse was run into by Barney COLE, who was driving fast, he being intoxicated. The thill of COLE's carriage ran into her horse's breast and injured the horse so badly that he died. COLE was taken before Judge DARLING for trial. The Claremont Junction camp-meeting opened Tuesday, with a temperance conference. A large number of people have been on the grounds for the last two weeks camping out. Several new houses have been erected, and many improvements made in clearing up the grounds and fitting them for occupancy. Charles R. SORTWELL of Montpelier while standing on the track, Tuesday afternoon, was struck by a backing engine and instantly killed. The body was horribly mangled. Mr. SORTWELL was deaf, and was evidently watching a train on the track near by, and probably had not the slightest warning of his fate. He was about 55 years of age, and unmarried. Hon. J. C. BAKER of Rutland, as solicitor of Dr. B. J. KENDALL, has brought suit in equity against the other members of the Dr. B. J. KENDALL Company of Enosburgh Falls, and has enjoined said company from leasing the business of the Dr. F. S. HUTCHINSON Company. The suit is an important one and considerable interest is taken in the proceedings. Mrs. Marcia Conant BEACH of Montpelier is supposed to have committed suicide, last Friday night. At about 11 o'clock she made an excuse to her sister, who was caring for her, to leave the chamber where they were together, and ran down stairs, out of doors and disappeared. She was found next morning, at the foot of a retaining-wall, in 18 inches of water, where she may have jumped. Congressman GROUT is putting his plan for settling the postmaster question to the test in his own town. The selection of a candidate for postmaster at Barton Landing has been referred by him to a vote of the Republican voters who receive their mail at that office. There are two candidates for the position. Both have mutually selected a committee to take charge of the election and the committee have posted their notices for the caucus which is to decide the question. Highgate has found that there is a valuable granite quarry there. This is being developed now and the place manifests many signs of being a competitor or rival of Barre. It seems not to be in any respect inferior to the best for building purposes in the state. The location of the quarry is much more favorable than that at Barre for shipping by water, and equally favorable for transportation by railroad. Highgate and Swanton call for stone-cutters more loudly and can promise them satisfactory wages and more continuous than the state can pay to a colony of Swedes. The south bound passenger train on the Butler branch of the Western Pennsylvania railroad jumped the track at Sarver's station, last Friday afternoon. The entire train, consisting of two passenger coaches, and a combination smoking and baggage car, went over an embankment and was totally wrecked. Three persons were killed outright and 25 others injured, most of whom will die. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails on a small bridge. A new industry has been started in North Hero, which bids fair to prove successful. This is the growing of seeds by farmers on contract for Boston market, from whence they are shipped to all parts of the country. One bushel of seed is given the farmer who agrees to cultivate one acre of beans, peas, corn or onions, and return one bushel of seed gratis to the firm, who agree to take the balance of seed at market price. A gold mine is apt to be the next boom near Montpelier. Good specimens of gold, silver and iron have been dug from the farm of Mrs. Robert CLARK in the Jones Brook neighborhood. Mr. WHITTIER, a former California miner, and later a Montpelier butcher, used to dig and was gold by hand from the Dog river and brooks in that vicinity, several years ago, earning two or three dollars per day thereby during the summer seasons when other business was dull. The following aides-de-camp on the staff of Col. E. T. GRISWOLD, commanding the Division of Vermont, S. of V., with the rank of second lieutenant, have just been appointed: Senior aide, Henry BARROWS of Brandon, Charles W. BONNETT of St. Johnsbury, Charles E. RAND of Burlington, W. A. CLARK of Barre, L. P. KINSMAN of Rochester, E. R. HOUGHTON of Woodstock, T. L. DRURY of Rutland, C. W. WALLACE of Barnet and F. C. DWYER of Barton. Three camps in the division failed to report for the quarter and were suspended. There are 36 camps in the division and the adjutant's report for the quarter is as follows: In good standing, last report, 847; gained by muster in, 147; gained by transfer, 6; by reinstatement, 30. During the quarter 88 were suspended, 6 transferred, 3 discharged, and two died, leaving the number in good standing 931. The Vermont National Guard went into camp at West Randolph, Tuesday, for the week. Gov. DILLINGHAM visited the camp yesterday, and other visitors and Secretary of War PROCTOR, Gen. SCHOFIELD, senators EDMUNDS and MORRILL, congressmen STEWART and GROUT, etc. Camp will be broken up Saturday morning. Eben S. ALLEN of New York, defaulting ex-president of the Forty-second and Grand street railroad company, pleaded guilty to two indictments of the over-issue of over $100,000 worth of stock, and was sentenced by Judge GUILDERSLEEVE to seven years imprisonment at hard labor for each indictment-- the maximum penalty for the offense. ALLEN turned sickly pale when his sentence was pronounced. He looked around the court room to see if any of his old friends were present, but his brother was the only one there; even his wife, whose extravagance is said to have caused his ruin, was absent. Michael LILLIS, one of J. L. RAY's coupe drivers, had a rather severe experience with the electric fluid at Brattleboro, the night of the 14th inst., as a result of which one arm was for a time almost entirely helpless and without feeling from elbow to wrist, so that a pin could be driven into the flesh without discomfort. During the evening the electric lights went out, and George NILES, who has charge of the lights, got LILLIS to carry him out to Elliot street to find out what ailed the dynamos. As they were returning they stopped at the Elliot street lamp to start it up, and as it was lowered and hanging across the street, another coupe drove up. In order that they might pass, LILLIS took hold of the lamp or wire to draw it to one side, not knowing that the current had been turned on, and received the full force of a heavy shock, which stunned him for quite a time. Had his hold been half an inch higher up he would have been instantly killed. David C. HICKS of Clarendon has filed a petition in bankruptcy. 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