The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
Current Mention.

THE New York Union Square Company will
present Pecks Bad Boy at Barre July Sth, and
at Montpelier July 9th
THE Central Vermont receivership ended
Monday, and the inventory required by the
order of the court has bsen fled
MR. WRIGHT is to preach next Sunday in the
Morse school-house, East Montpelier, at fifteen
minutes past two O. clock p. NJ Subject" Uni
tartan Belief"
THE democrats will make no canvass in Yer
mont this year. The result of such a canvass
as that of 1880 was not sufficiently encourag-
ing to warrant its repetition.
CHANGE of time went into effect on the
Central Vermont and Montpelier Wells
River railroads on Monday, and the corrected
timetables will be found on our eighth page.
ABOUT fifty in this state have already ar
ranged to attend the National Teachers Asso-
citation at Madison, Wis. Tickets, to 60 any
time until July 18th and return before Sep
tember 1st are $50 for the round trip.
THE Vermont delegates to the democratic
convention at Chicago have elected John c.
Burke as chairman. and designated B. B.
Smalley as the Vermont member Of the ma
tional committee for the ensuing four years
WE learn that suspicious character, giving
the name of Clinton D. Bemis and his residence
as Plainfeld was arrested at Cornwall, this
state last Saturday. He had valuable horse,
which had been driven hard, and box of
jewelry. 1t is supposed that he stole the team
and jewelry, and was making for New York
state.
THE steam saw-mill in Roxbury owned by
William Bruce & Sons was burned at about three
o'clock Tuesday morning. together with about
sixty thousand feet of sawed boards. The fire
is supposed to have caught from sparks in the
sawdust. A mill on the same site and owned
by the same parties was burned about five
years ago.
The annual meetings of the Central Vermont
railroad and the Consolidated Railroads of Ver-
mont were held at st. Albans on Friday of last
week. Some routine business was transacted,
and the old board of directors in both COM
panies were elected, as follows j. Gregory
Smith, B. P. Cheney, j. R. Langdon, Joseph
Hickson, w. H. H. Bingham, E. II Baker and
E. c. Smith.
THE Mortified Ne,os brings forward D. T.
Averil, Esq, of that village as a candidate for
side Judge for this county, and we have heard
the names of II. W. Lyford of Warren and z.
S. Stanton Of Roxbury mentioned in the same
connection. 1t would be very graceful thing,
in view Of his qualifications and faithful SER
vice, to renominate Hon. j. II. Hastings as his
own successor, which will, oflcourse, be done in
the case Of Judge Fisher.
Hon. GEO. NICHOLS declines to serve longer
as chairman of the republican state committee
This action does not grow out of any persona
disappointment or lack Of sympathy with the
national ticket, but is the result of deter
mination formed four years ago He feels thai
he has borne his share of the burden and de
sires that some one else should now assume it
From our knowledge of the facts, we regart
his course in the matter as entirely creditabl,
to himself.
THE trial of Mrs Marian Catlin of Goshen
charged with poisoning her husband, has been
adjourned until the December term of court
on motion Of counsel for the state, who baset
the application on the ground that Professo
Prudhomme Of the New York College of Physi
clans and Surgeons now had for examination
portion of the viscera Of the deceased. Mrs
Catln's counsel, who claimed her HUSBAND
died from typhoid fever, opposed the ad
journment
WHO 80 cruel as to wiring the withers Of tn
CALLED jade on Main street this whiting weather
Last week she broke out with screech tina
showed that somebody had had the twisteI
on. AS usual, she was bawling at The WATcf
MAN. She has got afoul of the circulatio
question again. 1t is a sure sign of distret
when she strikes that matter. We are nj
printing her paper now, but, judging from lai
winters incidents, we conclude she has som,
how got black eye as we'll as injured wither
COMMENCEMENT at the Vermont ConferenC
Seminary, in this village, has progressed thu
far in a satisfactory manner The examini
tions were entirely creditable and the receptio
was an enjoyable affair The annual sermo
Sunday morning, by Rev. j. A. M. Chapman
ID, was listened to by full house and con
manded close attention. Monday evening o
CURED the piano recital by the graduates
the musical department, assisted by Mrs. c.
Cleveland. The large chapel was filed and Il
audience showed their appreciation by fr
quent applause. The programme howeve
was too long, as is very apt to be the case
such occasions. Yesterday the old grad uat