The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-14
Summary OF News.



ton Landing Spool and Bobbin Companys
mill. They expect to employ from thirty
to fifty men in the mill.
JOHN J. WARDEN, secretary of the Yer
mont Veteran association of Boston and vi
cnity, has written letter to Governor
Page, thanking him in behalf Of the asso-
citation for courtesies shown the association
at the Bennington celebration.
JOHN CONE, an old stage driver, died at
his home in Woodstock on Thursday of last
week. He was sixty-fve years old and un-
married. He began as stage driver when
seventeen years old and later became pro-
prieter of the stage line between Hartford
and Woodstock, which business he contin-
ued upward of forty years.
ADJUTANT GENERAL PECK makes the fol-
lowing request of Vermont veterans: " All
Vermonters holding commissions in the
regular army and navy, also in the United
States colored troops and regiments or bat
teries of other states are requested to send
their names, rank, organizations in which
they served, with a short sketch of their
service, to the adjutant generals Office at
Montpelier, at their earliest opportunity, in
order that they may be included in the new
roster of Vermont in the war of the rebel
lion, now being compiled"
DR.. w. SEWARD WEBB of Shelburn farms
recently wrote to Hon. John w. Stewart
proposing to give the town of Middebury
an imported French coach or an English
hackney stallion on condition that it be
kept for the use of the citizens of the town
at a nominal fee, sufficient only to cover
the cost of the animals keeping The
proposition was communicated by Mr..
Stewart to the selectmen, who promptly
accepted the offer and chose the English
hackney. The animal arrived on Wednes-
day of last week. He is fine one, and cost
DR.. Webb $4,000 in England. A similar
gift has been made to the town of Rutland.
II.
Thursday OF last week, j. Warren Eastman
and Darling Eastman, the Corinth moon
sinners, pleaded guilty to indictments for
distilling liquor and being retail liquor
dealers. Warren was sentenced to be i'm
prisoned in the house of correction at Rut-
land for three months and to pay fine of
500, and Darling was sentenced upon the
indictment for selling to be imprisoned in
the house of correction for four months and
to pay fine of 800, and upon the indict-
ment for dstilling for the term of three
months from the expiration of sentence in
the other case and to pay a fine of 800.
The three other cases pending against them
were mol pressed on motion OF the district
attorney.
The following union officers who served
in Vermont regiments have been awarded
by the war department medals of honor
for gallantry in action during the re-
bellion: Ex-Governor Samuel i. Pingree,
for personal gallantry in action at Lees
Mills, Va, April 16, 1862; Brevet Major
general William Wells, U. S. ", while
major First Vermont Cavalry, for dis
tinguished gallantry in action at Round
Top, Gettysburg, Penn, July 3, 1868; Gen
eral Wheelock q. Veazey, while colonel
commanding Sixteenth Vermont Volun-
teers, for gallanty in action and tactical
ability in the humiliation of Pickett's Con-
federate Division at Gettysburg July 3, 1868;
Acknowledgment Theodore S. Peck, while
first lieutenant Ninth Vermont Volunteers,
for personal galantry in action at Newport
Barracks, n. c., February 2, 1864; Colonel
George w. Hooker, acknowledgement U. S.
", while first lieutenant Fourth Vermont
Volunteers, for personal CALAMITY in action
at South Mountain, Md, September IA,
1862. These medals are awarded under an
act of congress passed in 1868, and are the
first to be issued to Vermont Veterans.
SECRETARY OF STATE BRowNELL has
completed the grand list of the state and
sent it to Treasurer Field. The list is di-
vided among the counties as follows: Rut.
land county, S26S, SS4 Chittenden county,
S2O7,6o7; Windsor county, $iS2.SS7; Wash
S155,0j0 Franklin county, $3.50, 1885, Addi-
son county, $130,136; Caledonia county,
S121,5 Orange county, $9S,051; Orleans
county, S94 or; Bennington county 500 ,643;
Lamoille county, SOL, 100; Essex county,
SZo,OiO; pTdilu lSle county, cores
and unorganiZed towns, 1926. The total
acreage of the state is 1924 ,554, while it is
appraised at 10S,3S7 ,42l. There is S4S.-
935, 415, worth of personal property, after de.
ducting all outstanding debts. The total
grand list of the state amounts to S1,733,-
7O6,35 which sum is to be apportioned flor
the state tax. The grand lists of the larger
towns of the state are as follows: Burling-
ton, S106,716 Rutland, SSS64l; Brattleboro,
10000; st. Johnsbury, S42 O91; st. Adams,
$3S,49l; Rockingham, S37 500; Montpelier,
1860; Bennington, 32,071; Woodst ock, o.
629; West Rutland, % $50; Brandon, q ,795;
Middlebury, 1897; Randolph, 1885; Col
chester, 1876: Newport. 1864 Water
bury - 1885; Proctor. 1914; Bristol, 10 $50;
Windsor, 1884. Bellows Falls is in Rock
ingham.
THE following Vermont veterans have
been granted pensions: Original-Harri-
| son Packard, Fred H. Hobson, Benjamin III
HAYES, John Baird, Benja +. SQuires
George Jabbert, George II. Wright, Charles
b. Edgerton, Christopher, Lemay, Noah
Lathrop, Bostwick Green, Lemon A
Wilder, John w. Willard, Franklin Horton,
William o Reilly, Henry Clark, William d
Aiken, Michael Riley, James w. Johnson
| Charles K. Cook, Rolln Knight, Henry G.
Leslie, Melvin Wilkinson, James Oakman,
James c. Richardson, Albert Wheelock,
| Willard Perry. George w. Davis, Harvey
r. Blanchard. Additional-Aaron A
Rhoades, Horace Kelly, Frederick A
Fuller, Samuel p. Webster, Charles b
Remrill, George NJ. Felt, James S. Miller,
Solomon Langley: Increase-Leroy Shelly,
Isaiah b. Church, John r. Wilson, John
Roberts, Henry a. Currier, Leo Mussey
Samuel c. Chaplin, George Gill; Edwin
| Holbrook, Channcey E. Harris. Renewal
William Newell. Reissue-Henry NJ. Park
deceased, Horace lE Howe Fri S. Gunni.
son, Abel Chase, Roswell Reed Henry G
Bruce, Victor Plant, George o. Boyce
Francis Dwyer. Reissue and increase
Lucen White, Herman Osgood, Edward
O'Neil, Allen Spalding, Joshua Labare
Original, widows, etc.-Helen Wilson, Saral
NJ Madden, Ellen NJ. Dutton, Maria S,
Piper John Blake, Catharine Gilluley
Betsey Morft, Hannah NJ, Baird (mother)
Philip ID. Griswold, (ather) Lucia A
Graves, Izanna Fowler, Eta Howard
Lucy A. Root (mother)
| Domestic.
THE athletic sports of Dartmouth College
occurred on Friday and Saturday of las
week
THE Searles-Hopkins will case has beer
postpon until the 10Th inst, and it i.
thought that there will be settlement.
THE first snow of the season in Minnesota
| the Dakotas and the country as far south as