News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-28
STATE NEWS,
Bears are killing sheep in Middle
sex.
A camp of Sons of Veterans has

A camp OF Sons OF Veterans has
been organized at Waterbury.
Col. Albert Clarke of Boston will
deliver the Memorial day address
at Royalton.
S. R. Fletcher of Holland had three
colts severely injured Oh a barbed
wire fence the other day.
The date of the joint exhibition
at White River Junction has been
changed to the first week in Septem-
Der.
Ezekiel Nye of East Montpelier,
who invented an organ before the
Estey organs came out, died the other
day.
Mai. Josiah Grout of Derby has
used a horn-killing preparation on
his calves which promises to be
successful.
Patrick Desmond, one of the strik-
ing Barre quarrymen, assaulted an
other striker the other day and was
fined $25.
A. J. Merrill, who recently died in
Colchester, was in his younger days
one of the best known horsemen in
| the state.
Rev. A. j. Hough of Montpelier
will read a poem to the Vermont
Press association when they take
their excursion in July.
A Montgomery man was fined $500
and costs the other day for executing
a second chattel mortgage OnpeTson-
al property contrary to statute.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
paper for May prints a sketch, with
portrait, of Henry c. Ide, United
| States land commissioner at Samoa.
Senator Edmunds has sent STAN
nard post of Burlington a check
for $40 for Memorial day expenses.
He has done this for many years.
The house of Charles Butler of
Highgate was burned Thursday. 1t
was the scene of the murder of Mrs.
Butler by E. Tatro several years ago.
Over $500 has been raised by sub
scription for the family of Angus Nc
Donald of Barre, who was killed the
other day at one of the polishing
mills.
Gov. Page has appointed DR.. G. W.
Sherwin of Woodstock a member of
the state board of health to succeed
DR.. Chesemore of Huntington, who
is dead.
The state insurance commissioners
are preparing a list ofinsurance COM
panies and their agents who are
authorized to do business in the
state, including brokers.
While Sheriff Miles was examining
Newport Jail the other day, he found
where several prisoners had tried
to escape by boring holes through
the walls with hot iron.
In allotting the money at the war
department for arming ami equip
ping the militia of the states, Yer
mont has been awarded $63S5, the
sum being available July 1.
The National Horse Nail company
of Vermont is probably the first |
party in the state to use American
tin for roofing. 1t is from the Ameri- |
can tin mandatory of Pittsburg,
Pa.
1t is stated that Capt. Hoyt of the
18th United States infantry will be
detailed to visit the state militia
while in camp at Bennington next
and make an inspection of
the troops.
With next month Prof. E. A. Bish-
OPP, principal of the Vermont Method
list seminary at Montpelier, will COM
plete 10 years of labor with that
He improves the occa-
sion to invite the 10 classes that
have graduated under his admins
tratiOn to a reception at the close of
the coming commencement exercises.
A special meeting of the Vermont
Farmers league is to be held at Mont
pelier, on Friday, June5. The execu-
tive committee will meet at the Mont
Delier House the evening before, to
consider important business. Hon.
leo. T. Powell, president of the Ma
jional Farmers league, will be pres
mt and address the league at both
morning and afternoon sessions. Spe-
ial rates given by the different rail
'oads in the State.
According to VermOnt's school re-
)ort, the average rent on grammar
school land in tine state is about II
ents an acre, but it varies from less
han cents to Is cents. In Hunt
ngton, Chittenden county, grammar
chool land has a rent of less than s
ents an acre. In Londonderry col
eye and grammar school lands have
rent Is cents an acre, and q minis
erial land of Londonderry has a
ent of about s cents.
Clinton Smith of Middlebury has
accepted the position of supervisor
# buildings erected by the war de-
'artment. 1t seems that the cree
ion of structures of one sort and
mother for the use of the army
as been supervised by an army
fticer stationed at the place where
he building was goingup Secretary
'roctor saw the need of general
upervisor in his department and so
1ggested the creation of the office !
hich Mr.. Smith has been chosen
D fill.
There is a woman in Bethel with an
istoric ancestry. Her name is Mrs g
nth Carter Rowell and she is a
Observation-Disclosures of the ia 8
lous Hannah Dustin, who was cap 9
1red by the Indians in 1897 at
er home in Haverhill, Mass, and ?
no after a weary march of many y
avs encamped with her captors,
0 in number, near Concord, N. h
l., and arose in the night and '
18th the aid of two companions kill II
l all the Indians and returned to =
er home. Mrs. Rowell has in her
OssessiOn the original cloth in which s
er brave ancestor placed the bloody
ALPS of the 10 Indians and convey
them to the government officials, o,
II which she received a large sum II
money. pl
Farmers and others interested in 70
e sugar bounty should remember 81
lat it is necessary to file their bonds T[
Id get licenses before July 1 next in ev
der to secure The bounty on next
'ars product. Application for IL 81
nse should be made to Deputy Col te
;tor C. S. Forbes, st. Adams. There ne
no bounty on syrup, or on sugar ii
sting less than so degrees of pure
gar; above 80 and less than 90. l. -
4 cts. per pound; above 60, 2cents; -
bounty will be paid on any amount
IS than 500 pounds. The bond to
executed bV the DrOducer nuSt