The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-17
Current Mention.

The MONTPELIER DAILY JOURNAL will make
its first appearance for the session OF 1884 Tues
day evening, September 80. 1t will be en-
larged and improved in form, type, and matter,
and will be second to no daily paper in the
state in its general character, while in its
specially, the publication of state and legisla-
tive news, it will be far superior to any other.
For terms see notice above. Every post-office
in the state should have its club of five, ten or
more. Inducements offered to getters up Of
clubs. Apply for terms.
A GENERAL term Of the supreme court is Or
dered to be held at Montpelier on the 28th day
Of October next.
L. WILEY, the demented man whose disap-
pearance we chronicled last week. WAS found
in Georgia. He was ptiable object.
MEssRs E. T. SAKE g. Co., the new St. AL
bans bankers, began business Monday morning
at the rooms of the Vermont National Bank.
THE St. Adams Messenger reports that sew
eral people Of that village had their pockets
picked at the state fair. One man lost $40
another $12, another $3.50, and so on.
THE Central Vermont now controls one hun
dred and ninety miles of road, all well equipped,
not including the Ogdensburgh & Lake Cham
plain from Ogdensburg to Rouses Point.
THE live stock taken to the state fair by rail
filled eighy-six cars, and the merchandise and
general exhibits filled twenty five more. The
display of stock was beyond question the finest
ever exhibited in the state.
If the party who made remittance of two
dollars for THE WATcHMAN, from Barre, on
Saturday last, and neglected to affix his sigma
ture, will send us his name, he will receive
proper credit for the amount.
CHORAL UNIONS have been organized in a
large number of towns in this state as a result
of the interest awakened by conventions which
have been held under the direction of the
Leslie Concert Company of Chicago.
THE official recount of the vote in ward three,
Burlington, showed that the democratic state
than it was entitled to. This reduces the DEM
ocratic majority in the city to sixty-six.
NEITHER President Arthur nor Secretary
Lincoln was present at the state fair The
former was prevented by the death Of Secre-
tary Folger, and the latter by that Of his
mother-in-law There was no address this year
M. j. MALoNEY OF the Richford Gazette ap-
peared in the Orleans county court on the 10th
and gave bail in 81, 900 to answer an indict.
ment charging him with libelling Judge Royce
At Maloney's request the case was set for trial
September 23.
THE comptroller Of the currency has ordered
an assessment on the stock OF the First Ma
tonal Bank OF st. Adams OF one hundred pei
cent, payable one-half in thirty days and one
half in sixty days from September 10, for pay.
ment OF the creditors OF the bank
AMONG the indictments brought by the
grand jury in session at st. Albans this
week were one against Oscar Meyer for the
murder of Hermann Krause on Lake Cham
plain, last winter, and one against Edmund
Ellis for wrecking train on the Missisq uo
road, last spring.
A MEETING Of persons interested in reviving
the project OF the New York and Boston Inland
railroad was held in Boston last week Thurs
day. A letter was read from J. W. Hobart, gen
eral manager Of the Central Vermont railroad
stating that the project of shortening the rur
between Boston and New York to three anc
one-haf hours was Of great Importance, snt