The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-28

stock, not exceeding $4,000 in the aggre- |
gate, with the proceeds of which to repair |
damages and then to go on In this connec-
ton, II we may be allowed to inquire, we
would like to know when we may expect
that report of the late Vermont Accident
Association, which was promised to the
public as soon as it could be prepared. We
do not remember to have seen it.
THE contract for printing the compilations
of the election laws and the liquor laws,
ordered by the last Legislature to be published
and distributed, was awarded Monday to
The Tuttle Company OF Rutland. Hiram At
kins was the only other bidder for the work.
The books are to be distributed by the sec
retary of state next month, so that the
election laws may be in the hands of the
town officials before the March meetings
A CORRESPONDENT of the Rutland Herald,
writing from New Orleans, says; The five
thousand dollars appropriated by the state
is entirely exhausted, and unless raise is
made from the financial department Of the
exhibition here, there will be no probability
of completing the show of Vermont. was
informed by one of the assistants of the
commissioner that they had been promised
aid from funds of the exposition to enable
them to complete their work. The founda-
tion for small arch of variegated stone is
laid ready to receive the upper work, and
the typical hut that is to represent the
beautiful homes OF Vermont is partially
completed. In Vermont it would not cost
five hundred dollars for lumber and labor to
I'm n1ipatp hoth the of KillinUtpp
This may perhaps give you a clue to the
cause of the remarkable delay in the com
pletion of the great exhibition itself, which
began with two millions and was bank
rupted before the gates were opened. do
not believe a dollar has been wilfully mis-
appropriated in either case, but in both
cases greater results certainly were possible
within the limits of the sums placed at
their disposal"
FORBES writes to the Boston Journal from
st. Albans as follows: q" tits nearly eighteen
months since the failure of the st. Albans
Trust Company and up to the present time
the unfortunate depositors have received
one dividend of twenty per cent. This leaves
some S450,0O0 due depositors, with the
chances against the realization by them of
over S15O,000 in the future--or additional
dividends amounting to thirty per cent.
Meanwhile legal and receivership expenses
are going on, and seemingly interminable
litigation surrounds the settlement of the
affairs of the concern. The status of the
various Trust Company cases heard by the
supreme court this week and pending be-
fore the chancellor and in the county court
may be briefly summarized: The petition
of Receiver Rich for an order for the assess
ment of the capital stock, $100, 900, was dis
missed by the supreme court on the ground
that the provisions of the charter and the
general law authorized an assessment on
stock only when necessary to repair losses
for the purpose of continuing business, and
not under the circumstances in which that
company finds itself. The petition of GER
tain preferred creditors to have the Trust
Company declared insolvent under the
statute so that they can secure full payment
of their claims came up in the form of quo
warranto proceeding before the supreme
court. This case was dismissed. A similar
petition has been filed on behalf of certain
other depositors claiming to be preferred,
and it will probably be heard by Chancellor
Royce early in March. The suits of indi-
vidual depositors against certain directors,
based on the ground of personal liability for
loss Of funds deposited, were heard at this
term and the cases are with the court
A CoMMUNIcATIoN 10 the Messenger con-
tanned the following facts in regard to the
annual meeting OF the Good Templars at
st. Albans, last week: The Grand Lodge OF
Vermont. 1. o. of G. T., met in the vestry
of the Methodist Episcopal church for a two
days session. This was the twenty second
annual meeting of this body. The attend
ance at the opening session was fatteringly
large. The following Grand Lodge officers
were present. G. w. C. T. Frank Plumley
Northfield G. w. C. George I'll. Smalley
Lyndonvile; G. w. V. T. Mrs. f. Folsom
Newport; G. w. S. M. H. Chandler, Wood.
field: G. w. T. Joseph Barton, Burlington
G. w. A. o. d. Edgerton, Northield; G. s.
j. Il. Mrs. l.. G. Grandey, Newport; G. w
M. j. M. Stafford, Cambridge; G.. W. ID. M
Mrs. r. j. Hyde, West Berkshire; G. w
Sentinel L. b. Flint, st. Johnsbury. Geo
A. Bailey of Manchester, N. H., grand
worthy chief templar Of New Hampshire
was in attendance. A public meeting was
held Thursday evening, at which MI Bailey
Frank Plumley, grand worthy chief temp
lar, and others, made addresses. The re-
port Of the secretary shows total mem
bership of 3,041, against 2,673 last year
making net gain of 36S; and seventy-nnt
lodges against seventy last year. The ban
ner lodge of the state is situated at Wood
stock, and has a membership of 229. The
lodges at st. Johnsbury, Norwich and
Lyndonville are large and influential 1t il
not generally known that there are 400, ,OO(
Good Tempars in the world. The largest
grand lodge connected with the order il
that OF Sweden, numbering 5000 members
The grand lodge OF New York has mem
bership of 25,500, Maine 20,7O0 and Calfor
mia 1900. New grand lodges were insti
tuted last year in Australia and Denmark
and dual grand lodge in Kentucky. Ar
rangements have been made to introduce
the order into Russia and Germany, and al
present no English-spealGng people on the
face OF the globe are without Good Temp
lar organization.
Personal.
REV. w. c. DAWSON, late of Burlington