News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-07-13
STATE ITEMS.

| STA r IL Emos
Ex-senator Edmunds and family are al
, Northeast Bay Me-, where they will remain
until Sept. l.
The Vermont Granite company is setting
up an immense new boiler at the new quarry
at Graniteville.
H. E. Folsom, of Lyndonvie, is one o.
the directors of the recently defunct National
bank Of Albuquerque, N. NJ.
The monument to be placed over the grave
| of the historian George Bancroft, at Worces-
ter, Mass, will be of Ryegate granite.
j. E. Stiles of Minneapolis, Mimi, formerly
| of Newport, has been elected president of the
Minnesota State Pharma ceutical association.
The twelfth annual assembly of the Queen
City Spirituaist Camp Meeting Association
begins at the Queen City Park Sunday, July
30.
| = 1t is proposed to hold aTeunion of the 10Th
regiment Vermont volunteers, at Lyndon
vile some time during September, probably
| at Fair time.
The Ryegate Granite company has just eX-
tracted from the quarry at South Ryegate a
| large stone for the roof of vault to be built
| in Chicago.
At the annual meeting of the society of the
Cincinnati in Connecticut, Rev. A. N. Lewis
| of Montpelier, Vt, was elected chaplain and
also historian and keeper of records.
Ralph Stewart, the famous catcher of the
| u. v M. baseball nine, a Sfauuube Vi Jhe
| University of Vermont and Goddard Semi
| nary, enters the Yale law school this fall.
The Montgomery Spool and Bobbin com
pany has purchased the Combs mill privilege
at Montgomery, and will it for storage
purposes, as well as for the additional water
| power.
Samuel Waldo, a young son of ). W.
| Waldo, fell from the loft of one OF the big
| barns in the old Pierce tavern farm at
| RnV1ltnn and
His skull was broken.
| Pond and Kinsella, the former battery of
| the u. V. M. base ball pine, have signed with
| the Northamptons, while l.. Allen, Naylor,
| Cook, Richmond and Hill are to play the
| season in Brattleboro.
H. L. Ward, of Burlington, has been elect
| ed treasurer of the Episcopal fund of the do
cese of Vermont, in place of George Briggs,
of Brandon, resigned. Mr.. Ward is treasur
err of the Burlington Trust Company.
Albert Palmer, West Pawlet farmer, re-
Gently married Louisa Madden, who had
been boarding in the village. 1t is now
known that the woman has two former hus-
bands living, and she has fed to avoid arrest.
The Windsor county institute for teachers
and summer school of methods will be held in
Windsor, beginning Monday, August IA, and
continuing two weeks, under the direction OF
Nj. ). Stone, State superintendent OF schools
Capt Herbert s. Foster, goth Unfit, U. S. A.,
is about to leave Burlington, his term of SER
vice as military instructor at the University
of Vermont having expired. He will soon
rejoin his regiment, now stationed at fort
BufOrd, n. d.
W. u. Bennett, Phi. D., director and profess
sor of chemistry of the University of WoOs
ter, o., with his wife and sister, is camping
at Porter's Bay on Lake Champlain. Prof.
Bennett is a native of Montpelier and grad
uate of Harvard.
Rev DR.. William Byron Forbush, formerly
of Springfield, has been elected by the cOFpo-
ration of Brown University Lecturer in the
science of comparative religion. He contin-
ues his work as pastor of the Riverside church
East Providence, r. |.
The residence of Clarence f, II. Jenness, on
Oak Street in BrattlebOro was badly Quilted
by fire about noon last Sunday. Most of
the furniture was saved The fire started
from a kerosene stove. Loss about $4,000;
fully covered by insurance.
These patents have been granted to Yer
monters; Geo, W. Ainsworth of Montpelier,
for clothes FOUNDER; Frank NJ. Stevens of
White River Junction, for an electric locomo-
tive; Nathan g. Williams of Bellows Falls,
for centrifugal milk tester.
The 10th annual course of lectures at the
Medical College Burlington, closed Friday.
There are 80 candidates for degrees. The
commencement exercises will be held Monday |
evening, July IT, Hon. James l.. Gordon, of
Virginia delivering the GRAFTON.
The annual meeting of the trustees of
Middlebury college found the financial cOndi- |
ton better than ever before. The gift of |
100000 last year by Charles Starr of New |
York has enabled the college to add a new |
professorship, and Prof. Walter j. Howard |
has been elected to fill it. There is prospect |
OF a large freshman class, making the number
of students one hundred or more.
The following Aids-de-Camp are appointed |
h., -. r l.. n.
G. A. R.:-H. r. Hayward, Tunbridge; Jason
Z. Jones, Chester; Harvey Bishop, Castleton;
l.. W. Wilson, Woodstock l.. 5. Axtell, |
Windham; L. J. Ingalls,, Lowell Thomas |
A. Scott, Montreal. A. d. Florence, of Han
cock Post, Montreal has been promoted |
from Department Staff to staff of Command
er-in-Chief
At the annual session of the Central Yer
mont Association of Universalists, held in
Barre, July 6 and z, these officers were elected /
for the ensusing year:-President, Rev G. S.
Nickerson of Barre; Secretary ana Treasurer
Rev. Charles Dole of Mortified; delegate to
State convention, Prof. O. X. HQllester of
Barre; preacher of occasional sermon, Rev.
C. s. Nickerson. The Association will meet
next year in Montpelier.
Herman Sedermann, o passenger of the
steamship Columbia, was arrested at the
pier in Hohoken, N. j., last Thursday, just
before the vessel started for Hamburg. Sled
ermann, who says he came from Manchester,
Vt, took his luggage to his state-room, he
threw overheard most of his clothes, tore up
When snnEen to he NIL on 80 taiI;',;tIo
,arI, ifTho,, no tn;od - -, oe.i'IsaI
NJ iii ha hai5 nandinI ~ ;J "a w
-; 80 'io'N P'N's "N i" S"'ion iiiOo
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Mrs. Harriet Il. Sherman of Poultney, Pres
ident of the Vermont Division Ladies' Aid |
Societies, Sons OF Veterans, y. 5. A, has an
nounced the following staff appointments =
Chlel OF otaH' MRS. l.ottle BROOKS, Bristol;
Shup,hili Mrs; June n"tTiA 81. JohhsDury; I
,TeoleVa'S' MISE tend Il; Snerhhdi' iou'they
treasurer, MrS' 1eh1ie W l,soI' foulthey IN
spec'or, MISS HTace Lan9uon brandoL' MUS
f esr1g oheer, MISS Lillian EDWARDS, spring
Luz WI o =, ILLS ~ llo'iSy miuueoury
81 uuHe hu'o'"'o' H. i'"iiS"o'u' DehhihSUon'
A reunion of groduotes of tho state normal
school ot RnndoInh wns held On the WorId's
Fa;I Grounds JnIv 4 Twentv.ona ranreeent-
otivas of tbe school inclndin1 four of tbe MD
teochers-Mr RocbeIien and Misses Smith
Rorker and Ciuernsev-met Mt tho Vermont
manle sngor honse which is in charge of q
u WLitmon n grodnote of the school Rolls
douphnuts' coffee and hot supnr served TO
bring back bypones and to prepare the wav
for the experience meeting that followed.
Illinois, Iowa, New York, Minnesota and
Vermont were represented.
Mrs. Nancy wheeler Boynton celebrated
bar centanninI birthday in Uoosick Falls last
sunday She was horn in FitchhurU Mav0
1To9 Hor father Cant Aaron Wheeler
served in the Revoiutionorv War She was |
m q rriad to paul Rovnton in 1914 and had |
n n orriod life of 51 Years She was second in |
n family of eigbt children all Iono lived The
,.1uno,ost hoi6or TX hocoro nor deofb onJ sbo |
70 H. s,no+Lor 81 ton hiIdron sevon oF whom, |
:, 80 - Ill., a. oIdaSt haino IN ond A.
vnnnoest S9 Siy daughters were nresent