Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-23
Current Mention.

FoREPAUGH's circus will exhibit in this village
July 9th.
THERE were heavy frosts in various sections Of
the state last week
THE listers were not obliged to assess or double
q single list in Rutland.
CLIPPER; "Who ever saw horse fy?' Tie
same man who saw COW slip.
IT is reported that the lists OF fifty persons were
doubled in St. Adams this year.
THE Windsor county court convened yesterday.
1t will probably be short term
WE are indebted to Lieutenant H. s. Foster for
copies Of late southern and western papers.
EsTEY & Co. with their families pay between
one-fifth and one-sixth Of Brattleboro's taxes
TICKETS twenty-five cents, thirty-fve cents and
fifty cents, at the Quadrupantheon, Saturday
night.
A GOSPEL temperance institute for Caledonia
county will be held at Hsrdwick, May 81 and
June l.
THE st. Johnsbury Inde1 understands that the
grand list Of that town has increased about $780,
600 over last year.
INN nuib VI tho DialioJ COMPANY
against DIR. Cutting has been postponed at the in
stance OF the company.
lF the subscriber from Greensboro who sent us
one dollar last Thursday will give us his name,
we will give him proper credit.
THE death oi..Judge Tilden renders 1t necessary
for Governor Barstow to appoint some one at
once to fill the vacancy thus caused
THE Womans Christian Temperance Union are
holding two days institute in the winooski
avenue Congregational church at Burlington.
EDITOR CHASE OF the Union gives as a reason
for dunning his subscribers that his l" girl baby
wants new calico frock.'' Who could resist
such an appeal?
ST. JoHSsBURY Is considerably stirred up over
the finding OF the dead body Of an infant child u
well from which several families use water. An
inquest will be held,
CONGRESSMAN TYLER has been appointed mas
ter to take testimony in the litigation between
Judge Redfed and c. J. Gleason of this village,
growing out OF the settlement OF their partnership
matters.
THE Caledonian had an editorial article last
week on withdrawing Corruption" It was
St. Johnsbury, as some might have expected from
the title.
THE fish law is receiving some attention in Or
snge county. William NJ. Hunt Of Post Mills and
Stephen Nucum of Washington were recently ar
rested for violating the law by spearlng fish on
Fairlee Lake.
AT Rutland, Thursday, the blackmai charge
against II. W. Love was mol. pros'd, on account
OF an informality in the warrant. Love was i'm
mediately rearrested on a charge of blackmail,
and Charles Selden became his bail.
THERE will be social dance at the Plainfeld
Springs house Friday evening, May 25 Music
will be furnished by Gibson and Cushman, and a
good time Is expected Return checks will be
given over the Wells River railroad.
IT turns out, the Woodstock Standard says, tina
the story Of the ill-treatment OF the Irish emil
grant family by the South Barnard farmer is un-
true and was made up by the emigrants to cover
their own shiftlessness. They were literally and
generously cared for, but shamefully treated their
employer.
The stockholders Of the Central Vermont rail-
road company held their annual meeting in st.
Adams on the 10th inst, but on account Of pend
ing negotiations and the meeting Of the new Con-
solidated railroad company called for May 30.
the meeting was adjourned to June 20, for the
election Of directors.
THE directors OF the Montreal and Vermont
Junction railroad company held a meeting at St.
Adams wednesday, and elected the following
officers; President, j. S. Brigham; vice. president
J. Gregory Smith; secretary and treasurer, A. IL
mi N apin q
and Jed Clark; auditor, 10 d. Hatch.
The statement last week that the White Mouu-
tain train from Saratoga would run by the way
OF Rutland, Burlington. and the Montpelier e.
Wells River railroad, was somewhat premature
although 1t may prove to be correct. The mat
ter will be laid before commissioners, In ac-
cordance with law passed by the last legisla-
ture, at Irasburgh next Tuesday and their de-
clson will be final.
MATTERS are growing quite lively over at Rut-
land. Love having been arrested five times has
apparently set back fire by instigating the Ar
rest Of Grand Juror Spellman on the charge OF
drunkenness The particulars OF Spellman's AL
legged debauch are set forth with big head lines
in Loves paper and with evident enjoyment, and
various editorial comments are added. Loves
paper is made up principally OF defence Of him
self and attacks on the Herald.
SOME OF the unregenerate up at Newport hung
a straw man In the hall OF the school building
with the following inscription upon it: Here
hangs the body Of D. Al. C., political dead beat
and darn scamp" The Palladium in speaking Of
the affair says: THE bad boy had with 6end-
ish cunning produced marvellously correct like
ness There was the porkly form, the lm-a-g good.
man look, the dignity OF office the far away
dazed half and half expression OF sympathy for
city folks with parehed tongue the patient, in
jured shade OF the good-man-abused was on his
massive brow, In his hands he clasped one OF