Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-12-15
VERMONT NEWS.
CONVENTION OF CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

CONVENTION OF CHRISTIAN woRKrns
"A convention of Christian workers was
held at st. Johnsbury last week CLOSING on
Sunday, 18th inst. OF the work of the CON
yention and the last days proceedings, the
following is said Tho work of the Chris.
tian Workers on the fourth and last day of
the conference, Sunday, was done At several
of the churches. Winslow and Moore were
assigned to the North church, Remington and
Saytord to the South church, Franklin and
Sade to the Free Baptist, and Shaw to the
Methodist, and union services were held in the
North church at $3.50 p. NJ, and in the Soutb
church at p. NJ. The services were in The
main earnest appeals for souls to come TO
Christ, and all the persuasive powers of the
speakers were exerted to that end. The un.
ion meeting at the North church was address
ed by Littletield, and at the close about one
hundred rose for prayers, all of whom retired
to another room, where a special prayer meet
ing was held for them. The evening meet
ing was also addressed by Littlefed, and was
n very enthusiastic one. About fifty rose for
prayers in addition to those in the afternoon
Many requests for prayer were read A re-
vival is fairly inaugurated The aggregate
attendance on these meetings will probably
reach 10000, which is the best indication Of
the interest of the citizens that can be given
Mr.. and Mrs. O. p. Hill of Isle LaMotte
were IeCehtly thtoWh from their carriage by
a runaway horse, the former receiving brot-
en- jaw and the latter broken wrist.
Bridget Kennedy of Rutland. whose con-
viction on 295 charges of selling liquor is
noted elsewhere, could not get bail in $4,000.
and has gone to the house of correction for
something like so years.
Geo. @. Powers of Vergennes has three
broken ribs, owing to fall into a cistern
q. Nj. Gowing of Chester is rebuilding
the grist-mill burned on North street last
spring.
William w. Young, a stone mason, was
killed Friday morning by the breaking of q
chain used in moving heavy stones to the
marble mill at Center Rutland.
E. b. Oaks, a Bristol grocer, and w. w.
Needham cothier, have failed. Oaks's goods
have been sold by the sheriff, but Needham.
who owes Boston men $500, will probably
pay 63 cents on the dollar and continue bust
ness.
The MARBLE savings bank, chartered by
the Legislature in 1880, and the Rutland
trust company" chartered in 1882, arr now
organizing. If these two institutions 90 into
operation there will be in Rutland village two
savings banks, two trust companies and three
national banks.
Hon. Henry Ballard of Burlington is in
poor health. lie started Saturday for Den.
yer, Col, and will spend the winter there.
Some Middlebury men talk of lighting
the town by electricity, getting generating
power from water.
William Clark and wife of Woodstock
have just celebrated their golden wedding.
The old folks at Morrisville will show the
young people next week how they used to i'm
prove each shining moment in days gone by
The entertainment is gotten up by the old
people exclusively, and will consist of swing
ling, hetcheling and spinning fax, carding
and spinning wool, etc.
-Almon Meaker, the child murderer whose
sentence has been committed, is said to be
working industriously at Windsor trimming
soles for shoes. His mother, who is to hang
on the last Friday of next March, still feins
madness, is quiet and extremely violent by
turns and begs piteously at intervals that her
life may be spared. She will be the first wo-
man hanged in the state Almou seems to
care little about her fate.
John Fitzsimmons, respected cjtiz II Of
Underhill, was instantly killed by falling
tree, the 9Th inst.
The new University building Mt Burling-
ton is practically completed, with the except
ion of the chapel, though considerable work
remains to be done in the way Of putting in
heating apparatus, etc.
"A council of physicians was held at Mont
pelier on Tuesday, when it was decided that
the leg of Charles Nc Allister, the Pullman
car conductor, hurt in the collision fort
night ago, must be amputated The leg had
made no progress toward healing
Rev. Henry A. Rogers of Montpelier has
accepted a call to become pastor of the Main
street. Baptist church, Worcester, Mass, and
will begin his duties the first Sunday in Jan
uary.
"A very particular job" as reported by
the Troy Times "While Robert Hastings
of South SALISBURY was working at a saw
bench in the Eagle Square shop, at North
Bennington, the other day, portion of one
of his thumbs was sawed off. After Hastings
had finished his work. which he says was a
very particular job, he picked up his thumb
and went home"
-Four thousand dollars are to be expended
in repairs on the Congregational church at st.
Adams.
"A step-son of Oliver Frank OF Lincoln
fell and was fatally hurt last week.
1t is understood that the Middlebury
Register has been bought by Ex-Governor
John w. Stewart, Col. L. E. Knapp, Col. JOS.
Battell and Mr.. David Smith of Fergisburgh.
For several days after Representative
Noah return home from the Legislature, to
Sheffield, he wore his Montpelier clothes dur
ing the forsnoons and was an object of con
siderable attraction to old associates in home
spun. His store was generally well filed with
neighbOrs anxious to hear yarns from abroad,
note the improvement in manners, SOC the
members store clothes, and smell of his
breath. His visitors included liberal sprink-
ling of both parties. -LyRd0R Union.