Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-04
Personal.


elected United States Senator from Kansas, L
succeed Caldwell, resigned. lie is republi
can farmer, and had nearly twenty competitors
for the position.
Hon. John l.. Mason entered upon the
duties Of bis office, Monday, as Collector Of
Internal Revenue for the First District Of Yer
mont. lie has appointed as his general deputy,
Mr.. + b. Taft, young lawyer Of Burlington.
Il. l.. Butcher, Esq Of st. Adams, has
prepared an exceedingly graphic and interest.
ing paper on I" Life in the Primitive Log
Cabins Of Vermont, which will be read before
the next meeting of the Vermont Historical
Society.
We notice that Captain Eden j llarts.
horn, formerly Of this State, but now a member
Of the Iowa Legislature, has been assigned po.
sitons upon the following important commit
tees Judiciary, Constitutional Amendments
Agricultural College and judicial Districts
MIR. Hiram $. Hart, formerly business
manager Of the Burlington Free Press, but
more recently Of the st. Adams Messenger,
ST. Adams Advertiser Mr. Hart is a compe
tent newspaper manager, and we congratulate
the Advertiser upon securing his services
Judge Poland, on Monday introduced into
the House Of Representative, resolution from
the State Teachers Association Of Vermont
stating that in their opinion the proceeds OF
the sales Of public lands should be devoted to
educational purposes, and asking their Send.
tors and Representatives 10 act accordingly
Professor l. +. Ilolton, graduate of Mid.
dlebury College, and for some years Professor
Of Chemistry and Botany in that institution,
died at his residence 10 Everett, Mass on
Friday, lie had been for a number of years
connected with the Boston press, and was uni
lormly esteemed as a gentleman of honor and
ability.
Prof Truman II Stafford, Of the Dearborn
Observatory, Chicago, native Of Royalton,
has become associated with the Office Of explor
ations and surveys west Of the one hundredth
meridian, Of which Lieut. George NJ. Wheeler,
is in charge. Prof Sinord is one Of the prom
inent astronomers Of the country, having both
a national and foreign reputation.
The Woodstock Standard says We are
happy to announce that the Hon. Frederick
Billings, who has been for some time suffering
from the effects Of a serious attack Of conges-
ton Of the brain, is slowly but steadily i'm
proving His physicians encourage his family
to hope for an ultimate recovery but it will
be many days before he can, with the best sue
cess, be able to be about. At present it is ne
cessary for him to maintain the most absolute
quiet, and to refrain from the ordinary inter
course with his friends.
An adjourned meeting Of the Sons and
Daughters Of Vermont residing in Worcester,
Mass. was held in the National History Hall,
on Thursday evening of last week Ex.Mayor
Clark Jillson presided, and Mayor S. V. Stone
was Secretary. Deputy Sheriff r. NJ Gould,
on behalf uf the executive committee, made a
report in regard to a social entertainment or
supper to come, commenting the getting up Of
an old fashioned Vermont supper, which will
be furnished by Mr. Geo. l.. Bliss, in about
three weeks II is thought that about three
hundred gentlemen and ladies Of Worcester,
natives Of Vermont, will be present, some two
hundred having already signed the roll of mem
bership Of the organization formed and large
numbers Of others being expected to join
Hon. Carlos Baxter, one of the prominent
aud Oldest citizens Of Burlington, died on We'd
nesday evening last, from fourth stroke of APP
oplexy, aged sixty five years. Mr.. Baxter was
son Of Hon. VIM. Baxter, Of Bloomington, and
brother Of the late Hon. Portus Baxter, NJ.
G. lie graduated at Union College, in 1880.
Having an ample competency, he gave little at
tenticn to the practice of his profession, but
became largely engaged in manufacturing in
terests in Burlington and Winooski. lie
represented his town in 1910 and 1917. lie
was the first collector Of internal revenue for
the Third Congressional District, which Office
he acceptably filed from 1862 to 1867 lie was
man Of studious habits and retiring manners,
but of a sympathetic nature and ever ready to
contribute pecuniary aid to a good cause and
dispensed charity with liberal hand lie
was in many respects eccentric, which might
lead a stranger to misjudge him, but he was
priced by his friends and thoroughly respected
by bis fellow citizens generally. lie is survived
by three daughters, Rev Mrs Isham Bliss, of
Bennington, Mrs. B. B. Smalley and Miss
Frances A. Baxter, of Burlington