The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-06-20

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Sunday morning of blood poison, at his son
Lyman's. His age was about seventy-fve
| years.
BrookfieId.
w. S. ALLIs, formerly of this place. but
now at Norwich, Conn, expects to spend
| the summer in Europe.
Chelsea.
THERE has been a great deal of excite
ment the past week over the French for
gerry case The facts are briefly these
| Some time since Charles H. French pre-
sented to the commissioners on l.. G.. Hinck-
ley's estate two notes, for $500 and $50
respectively, purporting to be signed by
Mr.. Hinckley in Frenchs favor. These
notes were allowed without question and
| paid by the administrator Recently these
notes, with other papers, fell under the eye
of members of Mr.. Hinckley's family. They
doubted their genuineness and had them
examined by an expert, who declared them
| forgeries. Mr. Charles Hinckley at once
came here and French was arrested. He
acknowledged his guilt and was committed
to Jail. The officers made a search of his
effects and found various stolen articles
and also another forged note against Ira
Hood. He was then brought before the
county court and received sentence of
three years and six months in the state
| prison, with a fine of 500. French had
"a
is a worthy and highly-respected citizen,
and has the deep sympathy of all his towns
men. 60 Mabel +. and Lizzie NJ. Bacon
have gone to the Fabyan House to work for
the summer. 60 j. A. Il. and DR., NJ. II,
Corwin attended the prohibition state con-
vention at Montpelier last week. = Rev.
and Mrs. Il. Il. Herrick and j. NJ. Com
stock attended the General Convention of
Congregational Ministers and Churches at
Barre last week. - Cadets Ben II.
Adams and Harry O. Woodruff home
from Norwich University. - Whitney
& Martin have brought mp another lot of
horses from Boston. - John g. Rogers
and Charles |. Hood of Lowell are at w. f.
Hoods. - Miss A. A. Clement is now
acting as matron of the North End Mission
in Boston, a mission home for incorporate
women. In consequence of her prolonged
and possibly permanent absence from town
she has resigned her position as town SUI
perintendent. - Delmer A. Beckwith
has gone to the Brattleboro asylum ais at
tendant. - ID. j. Foster of Burlington
was at E. r. Hydes over Sunday. -
Charles Blaisdell recently dislocated his
knee while planning - Il. ID. Parkhurst
has been chosen leader of the band. 80
The engine company came out in good
style to celebrate the result of the fire dis
trict suit. - Following is the programme
for July Fourth: G. S. Emery, DR.. S. n.
Goss and c. p. Dickinson will serve as
marshals. There will be cannonading at
sunrise and at different times through the
day. AT eight A. N. there will be process
sion of antiques and horribles, with prize of
So for the most horrible horrible. AT nine
A. NJ athletic sports, as follows: Foot race,
prizes So and 81; wheelbarrow race, prizes
So and 81; climbing creased pole, prize S3;
sack race, prizes So and 81. Entries for
wheelbarrow and sack races must be made
before June 80. In the afternoon, an adj
dress by Hon. G.. II. Heath of Montpelier,
followed by baseball and other sports
Fireworks in the evening.
Orange.
MEMORIAL services of the death of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Fletcher's son will be held
at the church next Sunday in place
of the usual morning service. - Mrs.
Ella Gale Houghton and Frank A. Gale
and wife are in town, having been called
here by the death of their father, G. r.
Gale - The republicans of Orange will
have caucus at Town Hall next Saturday
evening to choose delegates for the state,
district and county conventions, to be held
in the near future
Tunbridge.
Mr.. AND Mrs. II. r.. HAYWARD returned
from Northtield Saturday. Their son Fred
was the salutatoran of the graduating class
at Norwich University. - Charles Farm
ham, who has been in Illinois for some years
, is now visiting in this vicinity. - Fred
Adams lost horse last Saturday. -
The membership of the republican club is
said to be about one hundred. meeting
was held Saturday evening. - straw
berry festival is to be held at the Unor
church at the North Village next Saturday
evening
Williamstown.
Ex-Governor SMITH telegraphed the di
rectors of the Montpelier & White Rive
railroad Gncluding Messrs. Milton Martir
= and John Lynde of this place. to meet hin
= without fail in ST. Adams yesterday. 81
fn,.
news probably. &c. NJ. Howard o
' West Randolph has bought the David Burn
4 ham place of his brother Henry, a son-in
e law Of the late Mr.. David Burnham, and il
: hoping that granite may be found on ii
- The building of our railroad brough
e to this section from another state a Mr.. j
0 Hubbard, whose lifelong work has beef
h | the turning of stone into bread Afte
getting out granite for railroad uses in Barr
: for time he came to this place for simila
e purpose. In the spring he had an attack o
: pneumonia at Charles Erskine's, where h
o has been staying since. Though previousl.
1 a very rugged man, this sickness left hin
( with health so broken that he has decided
. to try our mountain air this summer
. and meantime do what he can in gettin,
e out granite. He has bought of j. NJ
4 Bass the privilege of cutting from tn
/ powders on his farm all he chooses, t.
: pay ten cents per cubic foot for all that will
= serve for monumental purposes. Mr.. Hub
bdIu ttliS US TIC tAItctS w Hhu uhousdhuS u
{. feet of such granite there and some of i
o of very superior quality. His wife is abou
= to come on from New York city to remain
o here with him. - Granite powders ar
r being worked this season on Charles Frs
d kine's place, and also, we believe, on Yves
e ley Demeritt's (the Edison Martin farm
d - George w Abbott was reckOned t.
:, be in luck when he sold his farm in tn
j quarry neighborhood for the high price h
8 did year or so ago. But we hear, on wha
,. should be authority, that the purchaser
/. have already been offered $1,000 more thar
v they gave for it. - Miss Anna NJ. Bene
n diet NOW of Oakland, CALI is about to visi
a Yosemite Valley with the family of Alph
70 Weber formerly known hereabouts), il
- which she is stopping. Mr.. Weber offer
Y Wilbur #. Adams the management of hi
IF ranch in California at figures that wou
Il seem large to young farmer here, thong
Is we believe he has not yet accepted the pc
sition. - Rev. and Mrs. William SchC
field, now of Irasburgh, were in town las
week. Their only daughter, Anna, was IT
Gently married and has gone to Boston I
% live. Their younger son, Will, is at HON
" and ailing with a partial paralysis OF tn
: face. Their older son. JOSeDh, is in Barre