Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-24

town hall last saturday nl9hts TO
listen to the very interesting and
instructive lecture upon the '.Life Of st.
Patrick, " by Rev. NJ. p. banner, OF the
Catholic Church OF this place.
We notice that the Juniors of Dart
mouth College have chosen Charles d.
Smith, from this town, as one of the
Cwelyc speakers for the rhetorical cxhioi-
tion before the Trustees commencement
week.
Miss Carylll, the elocutionist, will be
absent from town for two weeks at the
expiration of which time she will return
again, and conduct class in elocution.
We learn that all OF her former scholars
are to continue under her instruction.
Now, then, if our local correspondents
will send us all the items of interest that
they can conveniently collect, from week
to week, we'll endeavor to find room for
them in the HERALD. 1t is not necessary
that items should always be written out
in full. Give us the facts, and we will
prepare them for the compositor.
The annual meeting of the Lancaster
Public Library will be held at the Office
of J. l. Williams, on Saturday, oath inst,
at . o'clock P. VI. Aside from the usual
business, the matter of providing a place
for keeping the library is to come before
the association. A full attendance of the
shareholders is desired.
The new board of Sclectmen have made
the following appointments:
OUerSecr Of the POOr-Barton G. Towne.
TOlcn TrcaSurer-Samuel II. Legro.
I'0lice-Georgc 1. Hayes, James M.
Rowell, Frank d. Peabody, Matthew
Monahan, Frank B. Smith, John II.
Spaulding, Henry o. Jackson.
At the Stated annual Convocation of
North Star Chapter, No. l6, r. A. NJ, the
following officers were elected and install
ed: f. H. P.-Charles A. cleveland;
E. K.-Thomas S. Ellis; L. S.-Henry j..
Cummings; C. H.-Richard B. Whitcomb ;
P. S.-Arthur H. Carpenter; r. A. c.
John II. Smith; M. Sd V.-Frank II.
Twitchell; M. I'd V.-LouiS B. Landon /;
NJ. LIST V.-Nelson Sparks; Treas
Erastus V. Cobleigh; Sec. - Edmund
Brown; Finance Commiltee-Edward r.
Kent, Charles l.. Griswold. The follow
ing officers were appointed by the Z. H.
P: haplain-Benja Webster; Sen
ior Steward-Henry G. Forbush; Junior
Steward-Charles E. McIntire; Tyler
Frank d. Peabody.
Charles E. Allen, Prudential Committee
for Union School district No. l., has is
sued his warrant for the annual school
meeting, to be holden at the school house
in said district, Wednesday evening, 28th
inst, to act upon the following subject,
aside from choosing the regular officers
Of the district:
To choose any auditors that may be
deemed necessary.
To hear the reports of Committees or
agents heretofore chosen, and pass any
vote relating thereto.
To see what amount of money the dis
trict will vote to apply on the indebted
ness Of the district.
To see what amount of money the dis
trict will raise for the support Of schools
in addition to what the law allows.
To see what action the district will
take in relation to making any repairs on
the school house, and to raise money and
appoint committees for the same, and to
transact any other business that may be
deemed necessary.
A recent issue of the Paris (Me.) Demo.
cTut, contains an account of the escape
from the jail of that place of T. r. Bald.
win, whom many Of our readers will re.
collect as figuring quite extensively here
q few years since, as fast horse man
| 1t seems that Baldwin was committed fol-
breaking and entering a harness shop a
Bethel, in the nighttime, and stealing
therefrom property valued at $400. Wher
NOlAliilAUbNb nv Ntto PltANSNl III CllN
secure cell in the Jail, and one from
which it was supposed to be impossible
to escape, but he behaved so well, and APP
peared SO honest that it seems he made
the jailor more than half believe that h
would not escape if he had an opportun
ity, and he was consequently renewed t.
another and less secure cell, from whicl
he effected his escape, by lodging cut ant
locking the jailOr in, when the latter wa
: dispensing rationS to the inmates. II
, was tracked to the woods but escaped un
der cover of the night, and it is supposed
has made his way to Canada.
The Committee appointed at the re
cent town meeting to nominate the mino
town officers reported as follows:
Highway Surveyors. No. l.
w. S. Ladd, Richard Fletcher, Charlie
Smith, Ezra Mitchell, j. l. williams Nc
2-J. H. Woodward, Moses Hubbard; Nc
Geo. II. Stalbird, E. d. Stockwcll
No. George Farnham, C. P. Hartford
No. sc. G. Burley, Jas. F. Wesson
No. 6-Francis Kellum, Geo. W. Gun
mings; No. T. w. r. Stockwell, job
B. Cram; No. s = Proctor Jacob.
Thomas Mcnamara, William Clough, B. I
Derby; No. SIS. S. Wentworth, w. I
Sedgell; No. l0-John Clark, Joseph
Johnson; No. 11-Joseph d. Howe
Joseph G. Marshall; No. I'D. N. Hodg
= don, Michael O'Donnell; No. 15-Wn
: lam Sheridan, r. j. Farnham.
Sealer Of Weights and Measures
n Charles Howe.