St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18
VERMONT NEWS.
Brainerd's InsoIvent Estate Settled

Brainerd's InsOlvent Estate Settled.
The iusolvent estate of Lawrence
Brainerd, the absent president of the
St. Adams trust company, was wound
up at st. Adams last week, the second
and last dividend amounting to q
cents on 81. The claim of the trust
company against the Brainerd estate
amounted to little more than $780,,
600 and their share of the last dividend
amounted to $1,000, making nearly
$22 900 in all that the trust company
gets from that source.
st. AIbans' New Rank.
st. Adams has u new national bank,
styled the Weldon national. 1t has a
capital stock of 100000, all subscrib-
ed, and the stock held by Vermont and
Boston men of solid financial reputa-
ton. The board of directors is us fol-
lows J. Gregory Smith of st. Adams,
president; E. c.. Smith of st. Adams,
vice president; Henry l.. Mills of
Boston, j. w. Hobart of st. Adams,
F. o. Squire of Boston and j. NJ. FOss
of ST. Albans; F. Stewart Stranahan
of ST. Adams, cashier.
Baptist Institute.
The Vermont Baptist Theological
1nSGlJuCtf VIII Do nelu at burlington
March %, 30, 81, and April /. The
speakers for the occasion will be Rev.
G.. d. B. Pepper, d. D., president of
Colby university, Waterville, Me. !;
Rev. Alvah HOvey, ID. D., president of
Newton theological seminary, Newton
Centre, Mass. Rev. E. G.. Robinson,
d. D.. president of Brown university,
Providence, r. l.; Rev. r. S. Near
thur, ID. d., pastor of Calvary Baptist
church, New York city; Rev. H. G..
Weston, d. D., president of Grocer
Theological seminary, Chester, Pa.
The Baptists of the state are respond
ing to the call in such IA way as to
make it evident that they intend to
carry the matter through to success.
A large delegation is expected to be in
attendance and feast of intellectual
and theological thought is being pre-
pared. Entertainment will be pro-
vided for all delegates attending the
institute, and it is expected that return
checks on the railroads will be given.
A delegation of some 80 people left
the vicinity of st. Adams the other
day to join the Vermont colony of
LOyaltOn, Oak. Letters from that
place tell of increasing prosperity. One
birth is thus far recorded in town, a
girl, who will hear the name of Icy
allie,
Noah b. Stafford, postmaster at White
River Junction, and treasurer of the
Vermont agricultural society, died sud >
denly Wednesday night, aged 67.
The Rutland Herald association has
purchased the three story brick and
iron building in Merchants Row, oppO-
site the passenger station, which was
formerly occupied by the National bank
of Rutland. The building had cost the
bank, as shown by its books, about
S35, 900 and the Herald has obtained
it for $4,000.
Col. Jacob Kent died of paralysis
last Friday. He was born in Newbury
April %, 1900, and for 20 years was
proprietor of the COOsack House, Wells
River, but has lived on his farm for the
last 30 years. He took the census of
Orange county in 1880, 1910 and 1850,
was sheriff from I84l to 1874 and was
United States marshal for Vermont
during the administration of President
Polk. He joined the Masonic order in
1926 and was a life long democrat.