Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-03-21
Current Mention.

1HF next NATIONAL Uutru muster Will prODaDly
be held at St. Johnsbury.
MR. WRIGHT is to preach in the Morse school
house next Sunday afternoon.
REV. d. +. MILLER will preach Mt Wright's
Mills next Sunday, at two o'clock p. M
GEORGE A. PUTNAM OF Fargo, Dakota, sends us
a copy OF the Ddily Real Estate Record, entirely
devoted to the land business OF that section.
MUSICAL people and the general public are re
ferred to the notice of NJ. D. Fuller's rehearsals
and grand concert under the head Of Waterbury
Items
THE Bennett & Moulton Opera Company will,
at Capital Hall, Montpelier, on Thursday after
noon, April 10, give Pinafore as matinee
and In the evening the opera Olivette.
SOLDIERS entitled to the benefits Of the new
leg and arm pension act should know that the
law is Intentionally drawn that they can secure
their claims without the intervention OF an at
torney.
WESTERN sugar buyers dare to say that Yer
mont doesn't know how to make good sugar
They claim that the vermonter doesn't cook the
sap enough and that in consequence 1t sours in
summer and loses the maple flavor
Mrs MEAKER, whose execution will take place
next week Friday, at the state prison, has quieted
down considerably during the last few weeks.
Superintendent Rice has detailed special officer
to guard her during the remainder OF her incar-
ceration
ABOUT sixty OF the friends Of Mr. aud Mrs. Mar
tin W. Wheelock enjoyed the celebration Of their
wooden wedding at their residence in Berlin last
Friday evening The party thoroughly enjoyed
themselves and made many presents to the bride
and groom.
MONTPELIER Union school district should fol-
low the lead of Vergepnes. One article Of the
warning for city meeting there lately was as
follows: :" To see II the city will vote to put up
outside stairs with proper railing at the school
house building for fire escape"
SOME state papers find local news distressingly
scarce in winter, and one OF them helps out it,
column OF home gossip with the following: "Alva
Ball has had very sick hen, but with careful
swathing and plentiful applications of kerosene
oil 1t Is in fair way OF recovery"
The result OF the trial of the case OF Brown Us
Cronan in the Burlington city court was YER
dict for the defendant This was the ceebra ed
stovegriddle case in which officer Cronan ar
rested and imprisoned Brown on the charge OF
stealing hydrant cover. Brown sued for false
imprisonment.
THE St. Adams Messenger says in reference to
the late capture OF Frost As we understand it
Brown did render material SCI vice to Sheriff Hal.
bert in connection with Deputy Sheriff Rogers Of
Cabot 1t was a neat catch all around and cred.
table to every one concerned in It," Frost has
been taken to Canada.
ONE article OF the Bellows Falls village school
warrant calls for votes on nstruc,ing the pruden
tial committee to hang all the school room doors
80 that they will open outward. The doors of al
public buildings ought TO be hung in that way t.
facilitate egress In case of fire or accident, ant
some states are passing laws compelling 1t t
be done.
In regard to the case of the man poisoned al
Troy by drinking whiskey from bottle which
had contained corrosive sublimate, it appears ths
the landlord had been in the habit OF buying ole
bottles 1t does not appear that he knew th
bottle had ever contained poison. We do no
learn that any prosecution has been commenced
The coroner's jury brought in verdict OF acct
dental poisoning.
AT the annual meeting If East Montpelier Uni
versalist society, March 18th, the following reso
,u"on was suop'ou' HeSo'.eu' iha' we nav
noa'u WIN s,nuo'o ,'s'e' VI Tue uea'n oi our iau
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e'a'o'ui remembrance nis EARNEST enueaVors 10
our welfare, and his long and faithful service a
nuhllc advocate of rslIoion. and ,ho, NO ,onaa
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business at huntington one ~hich VIII pe peneh
oiai oo.n 70 the ttaVeiing PUBIC anu 10 ths mana
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piew VIII nave ms headquarters at the van Ness
mr. bowman " 'he van Ness mas accepted IN
position oi manager al the hemphremagog Hous