Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Current Mention.

WE SDhll De pleAseu 10 receive from scnOO SUI
perntendents copies Of their reports
SENATOR morrill, and Sergeant-at- Arms
Hooker have our hearty thanks for valuable
public documents.
THE ladies' social circle OF East Montpelier
will meet with Mrs. N. Davis Tuesday evening,
March 9Th. All are invited.
The whole debt OF the town OF Brantree is
S3,i03 30, and the assets are 81, 139 81, which
leaves a net Indebtedness of so, 263 4S.
The third annual celebration of the Sons OF
Vermont OF Des Moines, Iowa. was held at Lotus
hall in that city on the evening of Tuesday, Feb
ruary 90
OUR correspondents are requested to send us
lists OF town officers elected at the March meet
ing and such reports of the proce edings as will be
OF interest
Mrs ABBIE W. CRossETT OF Duxbury will lee
ture at Union vestry hall in North Montpelier,
Sunday, March 4, at eleven o'clock A. NJ and
one o'clock p NJ,
THE sale OF seats for the Gigantean Ministries
will begin Saturday morning. The company is
composed Of forty performers-the largest which
ever visited Montpelier.
A PLEASANT company Of about seventy-five
gathered at the Congregational parsonage in
Waitsfeld, Thursday evening, February %, and
left with the pastor the sum of S33
CLIPPER: "No man in the state has done more
to stop the illegal fishing in the waters of Lake
Champlain than Mr.. Atkins OF Montpelier, and
we learn that he is on the war path and an eff
cient man has been selected to zee to 1t that the
law is strictly enforced"
REV. II. F. Hill held service at German Flats
in Fayston last Sunday. as previously announced
There was communion service in the forenoon
and In the afternoon, evening prayer, sermon and
baptism, Although the weather was decidedly
unfsvorabe the schoo-house was full at each
service.
THE firm OF d. NJ. Camp & Co.. who run a
store and print the Express and Standard at New
port dissolve April and have offered their mer.
chandise for sale. One Of the partners, Holt,
goes west. Associate Editor c. +. Ranney goes
to Worcester to work for the Neio England Home
Journal D. NJ. Camp becoming sole manager OF
the Standard
THE Albany On. ~ EUenng Journal says
the performance given in the opera house in
that city by Leavitts Gigantean Ministries, was
one OF the best of its kind ever witnessed in that
city. Every piece came in for an encore, and the
laughter and applause were unbounded The
audience was large and highly respectable. These
Ministries are booked for Capital Hall, March 7,
THERE was an accident on the branch road last
Friday morning which came very resulting
fatally. Nathan Parsons, who ia visiting in town,
attempted to board the train at Shepard's cross
Ing but missed his footing and was struck bv
the car The result WAS fracture Of the
skull and serious bruises. Medical aid was al
once summoned and everything was done for the
injured man that could in any way relieve him
1t Is now believed that he will recover His parents
live at Point au Roche, New York, and are in
comfortable circumstances. His father arrived
here Monday last and is caring for him at MIR.
Browns near whose house the accident happened.
THE young people Of Bethany church will wei.
come the general public at the Pavilion Friday
evening, March ID. sociable of a unique and
entertaining character will be given on that occa-
sion. The main feature in the entertainment will
be the performance Of Howell's clever farce "The
Sleeping Car" veritable sleeping car will be
represented, supposed to be speeding along the
Boston Albany railway, and original scenery
will be provided by the owler Brothers The fol-
lowing is the cast; Abram Sawyer, 1.-THE Cali
fornian," A. W. Ferrin; Mr.. Roberts, S. W.
Page; William Campbell, F. Hodgman porter,
G. Rolfe; conductor, Z. Blakely; Mrs. Roberts.
Miss II. L. Fisher; Miss Campbell, Aunt
Mary" Mrs. George Morse, Admission fifteen
cents; coffee and sandwiches, twenty cents, In
Guiding cup and saucer-a good deal Of merri-
ment, entertainment and crockery for the money
THERE is very serious trouble at Dartmouth
College, which will probably result in breaking
up the sophomore class. On the evening OF the
18th instant some members Of the class horned
Professor ]. X. Lord, broke down his fence and
committed other outrages. After this the whole
class pledged themselves not to answer any ques-
tons in regard to the affair and all efforts OF the
faculty to make them recede from their position
have been fruitless. As a result, the whole class
has been indefinitely suspended A large num-
Der remained in town, and early Sunday morning
the village was aroused by tremendous explo-
sion Some hurried to the bank, but found every
thing right there. An explanation was furnished
when daylight came A large cannon which the
students had drawn from West Lebanon, dis
lance OF four miles, during the night, was stand
ing near Reed hall. On Sunday evening 1t was
taken home by the authorities. but before morn.
ing found its way back again and on to the chapel
stage. The end Of this outbreak will be awaited
with interest.
WE are credibly informed that the reports
which have been made 10 us from time TO time and
which have appeared in this paper respecting the
financial condition OF the Ely mines and the state
Of affairs there that a receiver had been APP
pointed and the mines were in operation under
an order from the court Of chancery, the starva-
uon OF the woTkmen, and the assault upon the
store for provisions the non-payment OF wages for
two months-are entirely false. We had no in
terest In incorporating the state Of affairs at
these mines We published what was furnished
by trustworthy correspondent merely AZ an
Item OF intelligence regarding 1t as public
matter and confding in the reliability OF our cor
respondent having no personal knowledge of the
facts. We are now Informed that business ia
going forward successfully at the mines and that
there Is no interruption OF the harmonious and
satisfactory relations which have uniformly ex.
listed between the employers and the employed
We regret to have In appearance even done any
injustice t0ths company-if such has been the
result OF what has appeared in our columns
FROM the forthcoming report OF the town off,
GERS It will appear that the selectmen have drawn
orders for town expenses the past year, to the
amount Of Sl1, 800 W, As the street commission
ers' and the overseers accounts are always mat
tiers OF special interest, we make the following
comparative showing; Expenses incurred by the
street commissioners, rs reported February %
1882, 1854 SO; expenses incurred by same COM
mi. sioners and paid subsequent TO above report,
S3l55i; total expense for 1882, 50, $50 10. Ex-
penses incurred by street commissioners, as re-
ported February %, 1888, S3,Al23; e.tmated
outstanding bills, $50; total expense for 1923,
So 391 20 Excess OF expense for 1872 over the
year just closed, s2,29s.67. The overseer OF the
poor reports; Care OF the poor, as reported Febru-
AIRY %, 1882, 50, 463 2S; additional expenses paid
since above report, S60T; total expense for