Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-08-05
Personal.

There arc well-groundcd reasons for be
lieving that President Grant will be present a
she Soldiers Reunion at Burlington, the last o
thismonth.
Preston Powers son Of Hiram Powers
will mako the statue Of Jacob Collamer, 10 b
placed at Washington, for which his athei
was commissioned by the General Assembly.
Judge Smaleys condition is not consid
cred at all critical. The stroke affects only The
nerves of motion Of the left side, from
the shoulder down, the nerves of sensa
ton being as acute as ever. His mind is as
clear as ever, and his speech unaffected.
The Moulton so much talked about in con-
nection with the Beecher-Tilton case, is mem.
Der Of the mercantile firm Of Woodruff, Robin
son & Co., Of New York city. lie is described
az 'not given to sentimcntality, and has never
been suspected Of having any religion to hurt
him. lie seems to be q square, plucky, upright
and downright man Of the world, given to good
bargains, and not averse to one good dinner a
day"
The inventory of the estate Of l.. j. Nc
Indoe, late editor and proprietor Of the Vermont
Journal and Chronicle, at Windsor, Just re-
turned to the Probate Office at proctorsyillo,
amounts to 500, 2i5s7, most Of which is in
government, State, and paying railroad bonds,
and the best Of railroad stocks, deposits in
savings banks, and $4,000 cash on hand. It
believed not many debts are outstanding
against the estate. Mr. McIndoe was one Of
the hardest working men in the profession.
Col T. NJ Brown, in writing from Da-
kota, says that the nomination Of Judge Jelier-
ferson p Kidder, as delegate to Congress from
that territory, gives universal satisfaction that
it heals all breaches in the Republican party in
chat territory, and that he will surely be
elected lie adds that " the only regret that
will be felt about the matter is that it will take
him from the bench, rs lie is by Ear the most
popular judge in the territory
One of the saddest cases Of deialcaiion
which we have had to record, i that Of Iarri-
son Prindle, who was general agent in New
York city Of several insurance companies and
vice president and treasurer Of another On
Wednesday Of last week he decampod with
sum Of money belonging 10 these Companies,
estimated at $4,000 Prindle was an Ar
lington boy, was in Mddlebury college for a
year or two; was adjutant Of the li,h Yer
mont Regiment, and is son-in-law Of Hon. \.
ance agent in Rutland, and afterwards in New
York, as member Of the firm Of Prindle q
Mangam, which came to grief Since then he
has been in business for himself lie is not
dissipated man; but we have heard that he
lived extensively. His numerous friends in
this state will keenly feel his disgrace.
We find the following in the Montpelier
correspondence Of the Boston Journal q" Hon.
Daniel Baldwin, now eighty.two years Of age,
has just made a tour Of the White Mountains,
Quebec, the Saguenay and Montreal. Leaving
home in company with his two daughters on
the morning Of July 90, be went as far as the
Profile House. The next day, which was his
SGD birth day, he and his party proceeded to
Mt. Washington. The morning following he
was up at four o'clock and ready at six to pro-
coed via Gorham and the Grand Trunk railway
to Quebec. On Thursday bis party did Que
bee and it, enyirons faithfully Friday morn
ing they started up the Saguenay and went as
far as Chicoutimi. Returning they reached
Quebec Sunday morning, arrived at Montreal
Tuesday morning, spent six or eight hours 10
sight seeing and left athali.past three for home,
where they arrived at half-past ten -