The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-27

full fare over the Central vermont ana
Montpelier & Wells River railroads.
A MEETING of the library building COM
mittee was held in Boston, last week. for the
purpose of perfecting the plans. Some mi
nor changes were made, the chief of which
was the locating of the building somewhat
further west than was originally proposed,
so that there might be less interference with
the admission of light to representatives
hall on that side. Perfected plans for final
adoption will be ready at a meeting of the
committee at Montpelier next Tuesday even
ing. Specifications will then be drawn and
the work put under contract.
THE Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch gives the
following as " El Mahdi's Farewell to wolse-
ley:
Ta Ia, General Woseey, merry ia, tai
Come again, Woseey, and see me, ha hal
But bring umbrella, an ice chest and fan
The next time you visit the sandy Soudan.
Wen welcome you, Wolseley, by river sea,
And wen open arms to receive you with glee;
But the arms will be muskets, and don't you forget
That the Prophet though false is true fighter yet.
Then reroir, wolseley, for Prophet you came
And to add to the glory of Engand's great name.
But both Prophet and profit you've left in Soudan;
So come again. wolseley but bring ice chest and fan.
THE next regular reunion of the Eighth
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, will be held
at Montpelier on Thursday, June IS, after
noon and evening. The meeting is called
to make arrangements for the excursion to
the Shenandoah Valley, and to organize
rifle team which shall accompany the ex-
curson and compete for the prizes. Cap
t,;,, x,,;l o;, n
Captains S. e. Howard and Mcfarland and
Colonel H. e. Hill will read papers relating
to the history of the regiment 1t will be
an important and interesting meeting, and a
full attendance is desired.
The annual June drill and inspection of
the several organizations of the National
Guard of Vermont will be held as follows:
Company A, Rutland, June 10th; Company
! b, St. Albans, June 10Th; Company c,
Brandon, June 10th; CompanyD, st. Johns
bury, June 18th; Company E, Burlington,
June 18th; Company F, Northfield, June
10Th; Company G., Bradford, June 18th j.;
Company II, Montpelier, June 10Th; Com
pany l, Brattleboro, June 18TH Company
X, Bennington, June 11th; First Separate
Company, Newport, June 10Th; Light Bat
terry, Brattleboro, June 18TH Section Bat
terry, Northfield, June 9th.
THE Vermont colony, which was to locate
in Dakota is likely to prove almost fizzle.
Western men charge the originator of the
scheme with unfair play, and claim that he
is employed by western railroad. A re-
port of an interview with the locating COM
mittee has been circulated, and as the re-
port states that the committee found the
soil in northern Dakota much better than
that in the southern part, the settlers
thriftier, as also the towns, the question,
Why did the committee locate the lands for
the colony in southern Dakota?i is now asked.
Quite number of the original colonists are
likely to go to California.
PHGNIx: cit is within our personal
knowledge that, before the adjournment,
the republican senators agreed, to a man. to
follow the lead of Senator Edmunds in de-
manding the reasons for any removals made
during the recess, or at any other time,
precisely as would be done if republican
administration were in power. If, there
fore, removals are made or attempted for
partisan reasons, it will be so much the
worse for the spoismen and their candi-
dates Our advice to Mr.. Atkins is to re-
member, while he so confidently assures his
followers that they are going to have the
earth that there is still republican party
and that some of its leading members
haven't yet lost all control of the country's
AFFAIRS
The grand jury at the May term of the
United States district and circuit courts
held at Windsor last week, reported indict
ments against President Edward A. Sowles
of the defunct First National Bank of ST. AL
bans for making false representations tC
the bank examiner in regard to the condi
tion of the st. Albans National Bank
Oscar A. Burton was also indicted for per
jury in making oath on the several occasions
when he was elected a director that he was
the owner, in good faith and in his OWL
right of the number of shares of stock stand
ing in his name on the books of the Firs
National Bank, whereas it was claimed tina
he held those shares merely in trust fol
Edward A. Sowles, who always received
the dividends. The cases against botl
Burton and Sowles were continued till til,
October term, which will be held at Rut
land. The case of the United States agains
Cashier Albert Sowles and the suits in
stituted by Receiver Roberts against thu
various officers and the directors of tn,
, broken bank were also continued.
: NEW YORK SUN: "A cable dispatch from
London communicates the interesting in
telligence that Minister Phelps of Vernon
was in court during the delivery of tn,
judges charge in the case of the ALLEGED
dynamters, Burton and Cunningham. HI
was dressed in a morning suit and listene,
intently' The author of the dispatch i
evidently sore astonished by this. He seem
TO have supposed that Mr.. Phelps woul'
appear in evening dress, or at least in
swallow-tail coat-perhaps blue swallow
tail, with brass buttons, such as has adorned
for ages that other antique Green Noun
taineer, the Hon. Luke r. Poland. Or di,
the English people suppose that Mr.. Phelp
would appear in public clad like some oil,
| mugwump of the Npmucks or Hassanamis
setts, in loin cloth and coat of paint
3 And did they expect he would go to slee
Y instead of listening intently'? Not mucl
is known about Mr.. Phelps in this country
5 to be sure, and so perhaps Englshmen ar
= not to be blamed for studying him carefully
; but it's unnecessary for them to be SUI
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