The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-05-28
Summary Of News.
Vermont.

LENA RUSSELL, eleven years OF age, was
drowned in a cstern at Middlebury, last
week Wednesday, while playing.
THE General Convention of Congregational
Ministers and Churches of Vermont will be
held at Rutland on June 10, II and II.
S. b. HALL has been appointed treasurer
of the Bennington Il Rutland Railway
Company, in place of G.. Il. Houghton, de-
ceased.
MRS CARRIE l.. MoFARLAN, wife of Rev.
f. G. McFaran, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Burlington, died at Burlington on
last week Tuesday.
THE field day sports of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Burlington, last
week Thursday afternoon were quite sue
cessful, but were not largely attended.
THE Central Vermont Convention of Uni
versalists will hold its annual session in
the Universalst church at Marshheld on
Wednesday and Thursday, June and ..
Mrs. MARY E. FISHER, aged eighty-three,
Oldest sister of the late Dea. Jacob Es-
tey, died of pneumonia at her Brattleboro
home week ago Sunday. She leaves one
daughter.
b. E. CRAPo of Chittenden shot an eagle
recently, that measured nearly seven feet
from tip to tip of wings. The shot only
broke one wing, and the eagle was captured
after hard tussle.
CAvENDIsH recently held town meeting
to see whether the vote in March in favor of
free textbooks should be rescinded or not.
BY vote of two to one it was decided to
purchase the books.
JOHN w. WILLIAMS, well-known boot
and shoe dealer of Bennington, is laboring
under financial embarrassment, an Albany
party having placed the establishment under
5000 attachment.
MRS. AsHAEL HATCH died at the home of
her brother-in-law, in Grand Isle, week ago
Saturday. She recently hurt her finger in a
IL IaNa nlNA hn1 fnlr at NurltnV
blood poison set in and resulted in death.
MASTER WORKMAN PowDERLy of the
Knights of Labor addressed a meeting of
workingmen at Rutland on last week Fri
day evening. A procession of thousand
men paraded the streets previous to the
lecture.
THE Vermont State Association held
social meeting at the parlors of Wizards
Hotel, Washington, on Monday evening
Hon. w. G. Veazey gave an address ON
" Vermont at Gettysburg" in which he
described the part that Vermont troops
took in the battle in very interesting
manner
lington's leading citizens and business men,
occurred on Friday of last week. He was
born in Woodstock in 1896 and at the age
of twenty-five he went to Burlington. He
was engaged in the dry goods business, and
had been president of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank.
IT has been decided to hold the annual
muster of the Vermont National Guard one
week earlier than at first decided upon, so
that it will not conflict with the Horse
breeders Association meeting. The regi-
ment will probably be in camp from August
20 to &C. The breeders meeting will be held
on August q, % and 20.
THE engagement is announced of Miss
Helen L. Smith, youngest daughter of ex-
Governor j. Gregory Smith, and Rev. Don
aid 5. Mckay, pastor of the First church at
st. Adams, who came from Edinburgh, Scot
land, last winter. The marriage will prob
ably take place in August or September,
and the couple will pass a month or two in
Scotland and England.
The appraisal of property recently pur-
chased from the Shepard g. Morse Lumber
Company of Burlington by the Central YER
mont railroad was reduced from $50 800 to
500, 800 by the board of civil authority of
Burlington on last week Friday. 1t APP
peared that portion of the property was
retained by the lumber company, which
will be assessed on that portion.
G. H. PAUL, long known as one of the
ablest democratic leaders in Wisconsin,
died at Kansas City week ago Sunday.
He was born in Vermont in 1896 and gradu-
ated at the University of Vermont in 1Si7.
He was editor of the burlington Sentinel for
a time, with John G. SAKE, the poet, as as
sistant editor. Under President Cleveland
he was postmaster of Milwaukee.
The Vermont Board of Trade at its meet
ing in Burlington last week, passed resolu-
tons calling upon the Vermont delegation in
congress to work for bounty of two cents
per pound on maple sugar, and fifteen cents
per gallon on maple syrup of density of
thirty-fve cents at a temperature of seventy
degrees Fahrenheit A copy of the resolu-
tons will be sent to the Vermont senators
and congressman.
SHERIFF MILES, who has been investigat-
ing the mortgage Indebtedness in Orleans
county for the census bureau, finds that
during the past ten years there have been
5,711 mortgages recorded Taking into ac-
count the population and grand list, the av-
erage in the different towns has not varied
greatly. Though no exact showing can be
made of the mortgages paid during the ten
years, he is inclined to think fully one-half
have been Cancelled.
Domestic.
THE secretary of the navy has accepted
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius."
A TRUST was formed by western New
York salt men on last week Saturday.
THE town of Dracut, Mass has voted not
to return the $4,000 paid to it for a liquor
license.
FLETCHER HARPER, a member OF the
well-known publishing firm, died on last
week Thursday
EIGHT persons were drowned by the over
turning Vi DOaJ Ill pOnu AT ran RIVER
Mass, on Sunday.
THE United States supreme court on last
week Friday denied the writ of error in
the case of Kemmler, the murderer.
THE roofs of eight houses in a row at
Baltimore were blown away during a storm
last week, and the rooms were deluged.
A DISASTROUS fire set by tramps has de-
strOyed every house in Collidge, n. M, eX-
cept the railway clearinghouse and the depot
building.
The largest of the New York Central rail-
roads three freight houses at Albany was
burned on last week Thursday night, at a
loss of 100000.
MAJOR POND says he has made a con-
tract with Stanley to lecture in America
after he has finished his tour of forty-six
lectures in England,
BoTH houses of the New Jersey legislature
have passed the Marsh ballot reform bill.
1t allows the distribution of ballots outside
of the polling-places.
REV. MARTIN L. FRICK of the Reformed