Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-15
Current Mention.

REV. ID. f. MILLER will preach at Wrightsville |
next Sunday afternoon at two o'clock.
REV GEORGE S. GUERNSEY will preach in Waits |
field next Sunday, November 10, forenoon and |
afternoon.
JED p q. CorTRLL of Milwaukee, Wis, for
merly of this place, has it is reported been elect
ed to tie Wisconsin senate
JOHN N Ross, train dispatcher at Island Pond,
has secured more advantageous position on the
New York and New England railway
FRANKLIN EDISON, recently elected mayor of
New York city, was born in Rockingham, where
he resided until seventeen years of age.
FOR large portion of the materials for our
obituary sketch of the late DIR. Thayer, we in
debted to the editor of the Burlington Clipper
Hon JOEL TowN of North Hero, eighty-four
years old, lies dangerously ill., and his attending
physician says there is no hope of his recovery
THE Connecticut River Mutual Fire Insurance
Company is now bringing suits against the policy
holders who refuse to pay the recent assessment
The annual meeting Of the Vermont State Ag-
ricultural Society will be held at Towns hotel,
Bellows Falls, Thursday, November 10th, at ten
o'clock A. M.
REV. c. W. THOMPSON, brother OF Edward W.
Thompson formerly of Montpelier, has rendered
his resignation as pastor of the Congregational
church of Danvile.
THRILLING item has been floating through
the state press about the freak of an insane man
in Bolton. II the affair ever happened, it did not
in Bolton, Vermont.
Hon. JEwETT ADAMS who is elected governor
of Nevada, on the democratic ticket, is a native
of South Hero, and resided there until he was
twenty-one years old
PENDING negotiations for a settlement of the
railroad litigation, the meeting OF the masters at
St. Adams in the matter of accounting is post
poned to November %.
WILLIAM NJ. KENDALL, at one time on the stat
OF the Argus and Patriot, has again turned up at
Lebanon, N H., where he is engaged in writing
the history of that town
The democrats of Montpelier endured the aflic-
ton of an apparent success at the polls with be-
coming modesty, in which they differed from
their brethren OF Rutland.
GENERAL WINTER threw out his videttes to-day
in the shape of a slight furry of snow. The ex-
ceptionally fine weather of the past week must
soon give place to cold and snow.
The usual union temperance meeting will be
held at the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon
at five o'clock, sharp. The time Of the meeting
will be devoted to short speeches.
A REGULAR communication of Aurora Lodge,
No. %, Free and Accepted Masons, will be held
at the masonic hail. on Monday evening, Novem-
Der 30, at half past seven o'clock.
ED. W. THOMPSON is now back at ST. Abans
doing duty in the passenger department of the
Central Vermont. He represented that company
at the White Mountains last summer.
THOMAS WEIGH, one of the Oldest citizens of
Randolph, was buried Thursday. He established
foundry and pow shop many years ago, which
at present is being carried on by his SON.
1.-THE Prodigars Brother" did not receive at
tention last Sunday evening, as announced be-
cause Of the Union temperance meeting, but his
will be considered next Sunday evening, al
Trinity church.
Hon f. T. WALTON has returned to town look.
ing as II he had been drinking from the fountain
OF perpetual youth, but he has simply been in
Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he won a IA
nous victory"
EDITOR ATKINS OF the Argus and Patriot hai
neat twelve-page souvenir of the session o.
1882 containing views of buildings in Montpe
lier and information about the Argus and PdtriO
store.
THE many friends of Mrs A. L. Carlton AM
her mother, Mrs. Fisk, will be panied to lear
that they failed to reach the bedside of their sui
fering brother and son until death had completed
his work The death Is recorded in our obituar
column.
A MARsHFELD correspondent says the come
still bazes in the eastern sky with but little dmn
ished spendor. On the morning of November Il
its tail made Its appearance at three O'Clock an
was plainly visible at ten minutes past six A. NJ
when daylight was " broad " enough TO read print
Hon. JOHN MEAD will sell at public auctio
at his farm in Randolph next Friday, his entir
herd OF Shorthorns, the result Of his breeding 70
the past twenty years. lie will also sell at til
same time other valuable stock, better oppor
tunity to procure blooded stock will not 500
occur.
The Burlington and Northeastern railway con
pany has been organized under the general Law
Its charter authorizes the construction of raj
way from Cambridge junction to Troy aud New
port The work of construction on the first te
miles VIII De begun NJ once-irom CamDrlui
Junction to johnson.
IT has been seven days wonder to PEI
pie in this state as to what had become OF Il
mutilated silver coin with which we were at OIL
time afflicted. 1t now appears that it has workt
its way into Canada, where it now passes at pi
but is an almost intoerabe nuisance. By al
by it will begin to work back here and the be
thing to do is for people to refuse it every time,
II SEVERANCE. the veteran compositor
this Office celebrated Saturday the sixteth a
niversary Of his printers life. Sixty years Al
he entered the office OF the Observer at Woo
stock, worked fourteen years on the RepOsitor
aud since 1871 has been employed in the WATC
MAN office. Faithfulness and industry ha
marked his long aud honorable period Of servlC
A COUNTERFEIT $40 bill reported by the ~
eminent MS ia circu alton has the following !
euliaritss; II Is printed in rather paler ink thi
the genuine bill. The words +" This Is log
tender for ten dollars" are very imperiecty 9