The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Personal.

w. S. MANUEL, graduate of the medical
college in the class of 'S5, has settled for
practice at st. Adams.
EDWARD DANA has been appointed town
clerk of Rutland, in place of Miss Isabella
Brown, who did not qualify.
SENATOR MORRILL, has accepted an invi-
tation to attend General Grants funeral as
one of committee to represent the United
States senate.
DR.. G. d. BLANCHARD, for many years the
leading dentist in West Randolph, died at
his residence on Randolph avenue Monday
night, July 9th.
Mr.. 7. w. GREENsLITT, formerly of the st.
Johnsbury Cdledonian, has become one of
the proprietors of the Herald, published at
Tavares, Florida.
PAUL VANDERvooRT of Omaha, past
commander-in-chief,w will deliver the Grafton
at the coming Grand Army celebration in
Bennington, August 10TH
STANLEY HUNTLEY, the well-known New
York journalist and author of the famous
Spoopendyke Papers," died last week
Thursday night, aged forty years.
REV. SANFORD WAsHBURN of the Troy
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church died last week at Mechanicsville,
n. Y. He had held pastorates in Vermont.
JOHN PIcKARD, graduate of Dartmouth,
principal of Black River Academy in Lud-
low, will resign, to accept the principalship
of the Portsmouth IN. H. school at 81 300 a
year.
Mr.. SAMUEL c. UPHAM, who died in Phila-
delphla June %, was native of Montpelier
and a nephew of the late Senator Upham.
He was a man of considerable literary
ability.
MILTON BLAKE, mail agent between Bos-
ton and Essex junction by way of the Rut-
land division of the Central, has been re-
moved and the place given to a Mr.. Button
of Keene, n. II.
PROFESSOR A. II. SABIN of the University
of Vermont has recently met with a Sc we're
attiiction in the death of his two children
daughter, aged two and half years, and a
son, aged one year and four months.
AUNT DOLLY WHITE of Newbury cele-
brated her one hundred second birthday
July %. She has recently lost her eyesght
but her mind is still clear and her memory
very fresh. She repeats poetry and Scrip.
ture with the same precision and dignity as
she was wont to twenty-five years ago.
EDWARD NORTON, seventy, died suddenly
at Bennington, Monday, of rheumatism o.
the heart. Mr.. Norton was prominent in
business circles and known throughout tn,
country as senior of the firm making Ben
nington stoneware. He was for more than
forty years leading man in Bennington.
PROFESSOR CHARLES X. ADAMS, who ha,
been elected president of Cornell Univer
sity, formerly lived in Derby, and his fathe
was deacon of the Congregational church a
that place. Young Adams got his earl,
training in the academy at Derby and is re
membered as a good scholar. The family
went West over thirty years ago.
AMONG the Oldest living members of tn,
general assembly of Vermont are the follow
ing II. Blossom of Pittsford and Richar,
Estabrooks of Sherburne, who served il
1928; John A. Conant of Brandon, 1880
Merritt Clark of Middletown, 1892; How
ard Harris of WallipUfnrI vla NVaS ~
over of Castleton, Enoch Smith of Claren
don and Capen Leonard of Chittenden
1887; G. S. Rumsey of Hubbardton, 1889
Hiram Coleman of West Haven, 1S40 Ashe
Moon of Sudbury, 1871; ID. b. Bogue q
Chittenden, Caleb b. Harrington of Middle
town and John Barden of Wells, 1872; job
Crowley of Mount Holly, 1S43 and Williai
Gilmore of Rutland Benjamin Markham {
Sherburne and Harvey Button of Walling
ford 1Si4.-F'ree Press.