The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-15
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SCIlpOiou COhIdlHluS uuoSe idOoo'
IT is reported on good authority that
George l.. Spear is to receive the appoint
ment to the Office of collector of internal
revenue for the district of Vermont, and
that Mr.. A. j. Sibley the present manager
of the Pavilion Hotel at Montpelier, is to
be his deputy The collectorship for the
port of Burlington will undoubtedly be ten
dered to Mr.. Smalley.
WASHINGTON county court met yester
terday afternoon, according to adjournment,
to consider court cases. The docket was
called and witness cases will begin to-day.
At meeting of the bar Messrs. G. II, Heath,
j. N. johnson and Hiram Carleton were ap-
pointed committee to draw up appropriate
resolutions on the death of Colonel f. V.
Randall, and E. F. Palmer was requested to
prepare biographical sketch of the de-
ceased which will be presented at another
meeting.
AT meeting of the directors of the st.
Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad
Company, held in Boston, five of the old
board resigned and new directors, repre-
senting the Boston & Lowell, were elected
The board, as now constituted, is as follows.
Horace Fairbanks, Franklin Fairbanks, A.
B. Jewett and Bradley Barlow Of the old
board Edwin Morey, William Power Ma
son, Frederick E. Clarke, c. S. Mellen and
William A. Stowell of the Boston & Lowell.
Hon. G.. w. Hendee, receiver of the Yer
mont National Bank of St. Albans, was
elected to the position of secretary and
treasurer
VERMONT democrats who supposed that
in the event of Clevelands election Messrs.
Atkins and Smalley would at once "turn
| the rascals out" of the federal offices and
distribute the places among the faithful do
not seem to be SO enthusiastic as was to be
expected. Among the few appointments
already made are the following recently
announced: Milo c. Huling, to be postmas-
ter at North Bennington; William M. Pike,
to be postmaster at Derby Line; Fred r.
Woodward, to be railway postal clerk on
the st. Albans and Boston route. Henry
l.. Kenyon, whose appointment as postmas-
ter at Northfield was not acted upon by the
senate, has been reappointed to that Office
by President Cleveland.
IN an interview with a representative of
the st. Johnsbury Republican, Judge Poland
expressed the opinion that the removal of re-
publican offce-holders will soon begin, and
that Mr.. Cleveland will make a clean sweep
or at least measurably clean sweep. The
only thing that stands in the way of the
democrats is the tenure Of office act, which
dates back to Andy Johnsons time. The
democrats claim that the act is unconstitu-
tional, but the point has never been passed
upon by the supreme court One thing is
certain, and that is if office-holders are re-
moved, except for cause, there will be an
excessively lively time in the senate, for
the republican senators will certainly OBJ
ject strenuously to such removals.
The following is summary of the busi-
ness done in this state by foreign fire, life
and accident insurance companies for the
year ending December 81 1884: Nineteen
life and accident companies have issued
three thousand six hundred thirty-six poll
cies and certificates, amounting to $780,
940 They have received premiums amount
ing to $392, ,570S9, and have paid losses
amounting to $213,630.61. Thirty-six fire
companies have written risks amounting to
$25, 1884, 1913, have received $340,735.15 in
premiums, and have paid S242, ,7O9.43 for
losses. The balance of premiums over losses
of fire companies is S98,025,72 During
the previous year foreign fire insurance
companies paid over S11 900 more for losses
than they received in premiums.
OSCAR A. BURTON of Burlington, one of
the directors of the defunct First National
Rank Of lbap loa l.,
Friday by Deputy United States Marshal
Fiske on the charge Of perjury in connec-
tion with the management of that institu-
ton. The government charges Burton with
swearing that he was the bona fde owner
of ten shares Of bank stock, when in fact he
had never paid for the stock standing in his
name on the books of the bank, the same
being transferred to him by e. A. Sowles
without any consideration in order that he
might be made director. Burton was
taken to st. Albans, where hearing was
begun before United States Commissioners
A. p. Cross. After several hours spent in
taking testimony, the hearing was continued
, to May 18th.
THE seventh annual meeting of the Yer
mont Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor, was
held last week Tuesday at Windsor. The
reports show the order to be in prosper
| GUS condition. The following officers were
elected: Past dictator, George o. Boyce OF
, Barre; grand dictator, George r. Crosby OF
, st. Johnsbury; grand vice-dictator, George
W. Hooker of Brattleboro; grand assistant
dictator, A. N. Bailey of Rutand grand
chaplain, G. l.. Piper of Rutland; treasurer
Allen L. Pease of Hartford reporter, w. A
Briggs of Montpelier; guide j. H. Heald O.
Bellows Falls; guardian, c. A. Wheaton O
Barre; sentinel, II. III. Taylor of Brattle
boro; representatives to supreme lodge, A
, l.. Pease of Hartford and o. b Boyce OF
Barre. The NEXT session will be held a
Brattleb eboro.
CHARLES b. THOMPSON of Bridgewater
Conn, was arrested in Winooski, Tuesda,
night of last week, by United States Marsha
, Henry, assisted by Special Deputy Marsha
, Il. b. Chapman of Hartford, Conn, an,
. Sheriff Barton of Burlington, on the charg
OF violating the United States postal law
by using the mails for fraudulent purposes
y Thompson, who has also operated unde
the aliases, Edward Cannon and W. L
= Welles, is the leader of a gang Of three o
= four, two of whom are lying in Jail in Hart