The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-06-18
Summary OF News.

annual inspection on Monday.
A DEER was seen on the farm of Wallace
w. Watson of Lyndon last week
THE annual field day of the University Of
Vermont occurred on last week Wednesday.
THE Congregational church at Manchester
was struck by lightning on last week
Wednesday.
A WoMAN's RELIEF CoRPs was organized
at Essex junction on Wednesday evening
of last week.
THE Orleans County Educational Insti-
tute will hold its semi annual meeting in
Derby on July |.
THE annual encampment of the Vermont
division of the Sons of Veterans will be
held at st. Adams, July s, 9 and 10.
JOHN STAPLEToN, a brakeman living at
Rutland, was killed by falling from a train
at Lawrence, Mass, on last week Friday.
r. NJ. LAwRENCE's carriage and general
repair shop at Hovey's pond in Waterford,
was burned Monday afternoon of last week.
THE thrty-seventh annual meeting of the
Windham County Sunday school Associa-
ton was held at Brattleboro on last week
Wednesday.
AT the annual meeting of the Orleans
County Medical Society, at Newport, last
week, resolutions against the Vermont
Medical College at Rutland we're adopted.
ENTRIES for the first installment of the
Vermont Association of Road and Trotting
Horse breeders meeting now make total
of 1873, twenty-eight more than any previous
record.
WILLIAM WOLF and wife of Springfield
were thrown from a carriage near Walpole,
N. H., depot on Monday afternoon. He
died in about an hour and she is danger
ously injured.
LEVI p. PARKS of Lamoile Illinois. who
was in the mercantile business at Passump-
sic for many years, but went to Lamoille
some eighteen years ago, is dead. He leaves
widow and FIVE sons.
HERBERT e. THOMPSON, head waiter at
the Weldon Hotel, St. Adams, was drowned
on Sunday afternoon while out rowing
III. G.. Soule was taken from the water as
dead, but was finally restored to conscious
ness.
The village of Morrisville voted on Friday
of last week to accept an act of incorpora-
ton passed by the legislature of 1884. A
number of officers were elected, and at an
adjourned meeting, on the Goth inst, more
will be elected.
THE sixty-frst annual session of the Green
Mountain Association of Universaists
was held at Rutland on last week Wednes-
day Rev. George S. Guernsey of ROch-
ester was elected president and Rev. j. p.
Marvin of Rochester secretary.
GENERAL o. o. HOWARD commanding
the division of the Atlantic of the United
States army, has ordered Company f of
the Eleventh Infantry, stationed at Platts-
burgh, to attend the encampment of the Ma
tional Guard at Bradford. The journey
across the state will be made on foot
COLUMBUS HULING of North Bennington
sold a small dog five weeks ago to a trav-
cling man, who took it to Albany on the
cars. The dog remained in Albany four
days and then disappeared. On last week
Tuesday the dog returned to his former
master in North Bennington foot-sore and
emaciated having been on the road over
three weeks.
AT the sale day of the Vermont Board of
Trade, at Burlington, last week Friday,
there were dozen or so lots of butter Of
fered, aggregating 81 900 pounds, and about
the same number of lots of cheese, or "a 600
pounds. There were also 40,0 900 pounds of
maple sugar. Several bids of fifteen and
one-half cents per pound for butter were
received, and one of fifteen cents, but the
owners preferred to put in cold storage.
The forty-eighth annual conclave of the
grand commandery of Vermont was held in
the asylum of Burlington commandery on
last week Tuesday. The report of the
finance committee showed that there is
about $1,000 on hand. The election of
officers resulted as follows: Will F. Lewis
grand commander Kittredge Haskins,
deputy grand commander; Marsh O. Per-
kins, grand generalissimo; George w.
Squires, grand captain-general; Rev. Will
lam b. Walker, grand prelate; Robert j.
NTlRDl, BTdDu senior warden. FRANK n.
Manchester, grand junior warden: Frank
H. Bascom, grand treasurer Warren G..
Reynolds, grand recorder; Charles H.
Heaton, grand standard-bearer; j. A. n.
Williams, grand sword-bearer; Silas w.
Cummings, grand warden: o. w. Orcutt
grand captain of the guard. In the evening
the grand council of Royal and Select Mas
tiers met. After the reports of committees
had been presented the election of officers
took place, with the following result: Orrin
W. circuit, grand master; Edwin o. Hib-
bard, deputy grand master; Myron j. Hor-
ton, grand p. G. of work. Charles II. Hea-
ton, grand treasurer; Warren G.. Reynolds,
grand recorder; James E. Curran, grand c.
of g.; j. III. Jones, grand conductor. The
grand lodge of the state met on Wednesday
morning, when Grand Master Wing made
his annual address. On Thursday the lodge
elected officers, and the order of High
Priesthood met. Friday morning the most
eminent grand royal arch chapter lis
tened to the address Of Grand High Priest
f. o. Hibbard of West Randolph, and
officers were elected and installed.
THE ninety-ffth annual convention of
Congregational churches of the state was
held at Rutland last week, the session open
ing on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Henry
Fairbanks made report on the Fairbanks
educational fund, which showed that eleven
students in various academies colleges and
theological seminaries had received aid
from the fund j. III. Stevenson, treasurer
of the Fairbanks fund for the support of
ministers, reported that 81 $50 had been d.
vided among thirteen beneticiares, leaving
balance of S525 Oh in the treasury. In the
evening Rev. j. H. Rabbit preached the
convention sermon. On Wednesday morn
ing several persons were admitted TO cor
responding and honorary membership and
among the honorary members elected was
John l.. Stearns of New York. Rev. A. w.
Wild of Charlotte, corresponding secretary,
stated there We're 29S churches in the state,
two having disbanded during the year. At
West Berlin and Sandgate two had been re-
vived one at Eden and another at Center
Rutland. The latter is the first Swedish
church in the state taken into the Congre-
gational body. Forty churches have pas
tors, twenty-three have supplies and forty
three vacant pulpts. There are forty-three
churches in pairs, each pair under the
charge of one minister. During the year
eight installed pastors had been dismissed
as had five ordinates without installation.
The gain in membership the past year was
not as large as in previous years. Benevo-
lent contributions during the year amounted
TO S53,S02 in contributions and S11,75l in
lepacies, an increase of 81 4g6 over that of