News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-20
STATE ITEMS.
Mrs. Hannah Holland of Townsend

STATE ITEMS.
Mrs. Hannah Holland of Townsend
was 1O1 years old July 31st.
The Vermont Universalists held a
very interesting grove meeting at
Queen City Park last week.
The Rutland Congregational church
has called Rev. DR.. Seaver, who was
pastor of the church previous to 1869.
The State fair will be held at Bur-
lington, Sept. 8. 9, 10, and IL. The
Vermont State Agricultural Society
and the Champlain Valley Assoc ALTON
unite.
Mt. Mansfield has a cobble-stone
monument in memory of Gen. Grant,
built by party who recently visited
the summit. All visitors are invited
to add one stone to the pile.
Rutland has been sued for $4,000
damages by two citizens, for keeping
defective sewer near their houses,
causing, they claim, the deaths of two
children of one and one of the other.
The Burlington College of Languages
finished ten years of its existence last
Wednesday, and DR.. Sauveur of the
school was given a fine bronze bust of
Moliere, Ex-Gov. Chamberlain of
South Carolina making the presenta-
ton speech.
The members of the Washington
county bar have requested Judge Red
field TO sit for his portrait, to be hung
in the court house at Montpelier,
above the bench. The Judge has con-
sented, and Thomas w. Wood, the
celebrated artist, will begin work i'm
mediately.
Winooski claims TO be the worst
governed town in the State. The
hoodnms burn and rob as they please
in spite of the efforts of law and Or
der league. Two houses belonging to
members Of the league have been
burned recently, and also mill where
many members worked.
The following are among the post
masters appointed the past week -
Waitsfeld, L. r. Joslyn Essex juno
ton, G.. R. Beach; So. Albany, w.
L. Dow; Marshfield, Geo. Wooster;
Enosburg Falls, D. c. Isham Barton,
G. H. Dwinell /; Barton Landing, H. S.
Webster; St. Johnsbury Centre, C. B.
Wright; Glover, J. P. Ellis; Bakers
field, 1. n. Randall.
Five hundred Windsor county vet
Grams held their annual reunion at
Windsor last week Wednesday, and
1000 people saw the parade. Col.
Geo. w. Hooker was toast-master, land
addresses were made by Marsh o.
Perkins, Gov. Pingree, Coils. Childs
and Seaver, Capt. Fay and Rev. H.
A. Vandalism. A campfire was held
at night.
The Vermont Bar Association has
IA members, four having died in the
last year. They were admitted to the
Bar in the various counties of the
State. as follows: From Addison 6,
Bennington 3, Caledonia 9, Chitten-
den 10, Essex 2, Franklin %, La
noble II, Orange 10, Orleans 8, Rut-
land II, Washington %, Windham
10, Windsor Is.
Francis L. Stone, a recent graduate
Of Canton, N. Y, theological school,
and now a successful teacher at Island
Pond, was ordained at the Rochester
Universalist church Friday, the 7th.
The clergymen taking the several parts
were: S. A. Parker of Bethel, Prof.
G. M. Harmon of College Hill, Mass,
B. G. Russell and Geo. S. Guernsey
of Rochester, and B. M. Tillotson of
Woodstock.
The Orleans County Court will be
held at Irasburg, beginning Sept. I'd.
Hon. Jonathan Ross, of st. Johns
bury, presiding judge, with A. 2. Dut-
ton of Craftsbury, and j. G. Oliver of
Charleston, as associates. The docket
shows "a lawyers in the county. The
number of jury cases is 112, chancery
cases II, and 9 divorce cases also a
number of liquor cases. AS this is
the grand jury term, more business
will be done than at the spring term.
Hon. L. P. Poland has begun send
ing out his public documents, ere
ports of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture." So far there have been 2I69
pounds, 615 pounds of which 90 over
the Vermont division of the Boston &
Lowell. 275 pounds over the Vermont
Central, 84S pounds over the Pas
sumpsic and 95 pounds over Montpel-
Ter & Wells River railroad. This will
make big difference in favor of the
railroad companies, as the mails are
being weighed on these roads this
month and all this will of course come
in and be averaged in with the rest, so
that the railroad companies will get
paid for "a tons more than they really
carry.
The Supreme Court has rendered
decision in the defunct St. Adams
trust company test case of Croun agst.
Lawrence Brainerd and other directors
of the company, to recover losses sus-
tanned by the failure of the institution.
The court concurred in the opinion of
Judge Royce of the Franklin County
Court sustaining the Defendants de-
murrer on the ground that no actual