News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-08-17
STATE ITEMS.

Hon. f. J. Phelps arrived in New YorL
Saturday on the steamer Paris.
Mrs. Chas. Fuller, of Rutland, was burned
to death Thursday afternoon, her clothes
catching fire from the explosion of an oil
stove.
The farm buildings and house belonging tc
John Howard, of Rutland, were destroyed by
fire on the tenth. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
Sho Nemoto, formerly student at the
University of Vermont, is now in America as
a commissioner of emigration for Japan in
Mexico.
DR.. Henry Boynton, of Woodstock, will be
the candidate of George c. Randall Post, No
80, G. A r., for the position of Department
Commander.
Miss Helen Bigelow of West Randolph, lost
a check for 5000 while making purchase al
"a booth in the Midway Plaisance at the
Worlds Fair.
The repairs to the county buildings al
Newfane are now being made, pursuant to
an act of the Legislature of last year. The
principal changes in them since they were
built at Fayetteville in 1925 were made 3S
years ago.
Mrs. Randolph Dodge of Bellows Falls has
pair of wooden soled shoes, iron shod
which were worn from England by JOIN
Mcdonald, who settled in Charleston. n. H..
in 1888 Mcdonald was born in 1872 anC
died in Burlington in 1886.
The new Baptist church at Ludlow was
dedicated on the 9th. Ground was broken il
May, 1892, and the church practically finish
ed by May, 1898. 1t cost complete between
Sll 900 and 81, 900 and was dedicated free
from debt. Rev Daniel D. Owen is pastor.
The sword which Ethan Allen carried al
the taking of Fort Ticonderoga during tn,
Revolutionary war has been offered to thu
Government, to be placed with similar relics
in the national museum. The sword is new
| in the possession of Hannibal A. Hopkins, o
Lansing Mich.
DR.. Ira II. Fiske of Montpelier, has beer
arrested by Inspector Willis, of the Postofic,
Department, for sending a letter through thu
mail telling him he would perform Il certain
crime for 500. 1t is rumored that another
physician of the same place will be arrested
in few days on the same charge.
A large leGtL-ars-szdnd Bible, 9x11 incl
page. has just been received from he Ameri
can Bible Society for the Vermont Soldier
Home. On the cover is the following in
scription in large gilt letters: Presented tC
the chapel of the vt. Soldiers Home, Ben
nington, VT, by the VIM. c. Tracy Womanl
! Relief Corps, Windsor, Vt.
Mr.. Dow of Hinesburgh recently had
number of sheep killed by dog, and believ
ing it was neighbor Ishams he took gun
N6HU " uut lttUGtI > MUSE anu SDOt the uOs
but not fatally. The animal ran into tn
house, jumped up into Mrs. Isham's face anC
knocked her down. She sustained injurie
| from which she was critically i'll affera ards
| and has sued Mr.. Dow for $4,000 iamages
| Mary Goodwin, of the Department of In
spection, Woman's Relief Corps has appoint
ed the following assistants for Vermont
Alice Henry, of Chester; Della Need lam, o
| Rutland; Annie E. Goss, of Chelsea; Eiel
NJ AZ T
| of BrattebOro; Charlotte Thompson, O
st. Johnsbury Florence Gates, Of Morris
| vile; II. Louise Skinner, of Boston; Martha
| Stearns, of Bradford Abbe J. Gondalp, O
Wells River; Phalla Brooks, of Morgan
Lizzie Foster of Island Pond; Lottie Smith
| of Rutland; Helen Bennett, of st. J ohnsbur
and Mary W. Gould, of Ludlow.
The st. Adams Messenger has this local
A man in Montpelier had money in a saving
! bank of that town. For several causes
probably due to the financial panic tn
country is now undergoing, he withdre,
! S17O0 from the bank. After withdrawing
| this he celebrated his escape from fnanca
ruin by getting into a glorious state of in
! toXication, and while in that condition hi
his money for safe keeping. Now that he
sober lie cannot remember where he hid il
| Now, whether the "mOral that adorns thi
tale is not to withdraw your money froI
the bank, or not to hide your money, or no
to get drunk or all three, or any one o
none of the three mentioned acts, Is left 70
the reader to decide.
Senator Proctor says of the Prpsi lent
message; eff were to say anything abou
the message, which it is not necessary for IL
now to do, | should speak very well of it.
am pleased with all the recommendation
regarding silver, which is true, | have IL
doubt, of every New England Congressman
The President represents the views of GU
| community in that portion of his mpssag,
AS to the tariff feature, it is not as strong c
as threatening as | supposed it would b,
If he were to say anything at ALL he coul
| hardly say anything less, and it is rendere
so subordinate in his message, and is couple
at the same time with a recommendation
that the silver question must first be dispo!
| ed of, that it seems to me the threat, fo
| after all it is "a threat as to the tariff, is NO
so important that it ought to give MANI
facturers of New England any great col
Germ"
The following is a list of Vermont exhibit
at the Worlds Fair, with directions for lC
eating by the official catalogue y t to b
issuedi state Exhibits State building
north end of Jackson Park; Maple Suga
agriculture building, gallery, H-1.9; Ston,
mining building, gallery, SIT; Butter, dair
building; Wool, agriculture building; mort
gallery; Horses, live stock department, Aus
Il, OO DAYS; OdUJte. i've STOCK department
Aug. 81, 30 days; Sheep, live stock depar
ment. September %, 20 days; Indiyidu;
exhibits Barre Manufacturing Company
manufactures building, section H, block
Bowers, r. c. Granite company, manufa
lures building, section Fl, block p Burlinl
ton Wooden company, manufactures buildin
section P, block l; Derby & Ball, agricultu
al building, E-A6; Estey Organ compan!
manufactures building, section LOB: Fai
banks, E. & T. company, manufacture
building, section Q, block l. Fairbanks,
& 7. company, transportation building, out
side No of annex; Fuller. Levi K, manufa
lures building, section [; Gray, A. W.
Sons, agricultural building, E-R-11; Jont
& Lamson Machine company. machiner
building, 2S-L-4S; Spaulding, A. F., mimi
building, I'll; Steam Stone Cutter compan
mining building, U-11; Vermont Farm NJ;
chine company, agricultural building, I-M-1
Vermont Farm Machine company, dair
building, section H, block Vermont Ma
BILE company, manufactures building; Wei
4 richardson company, agricultural built
ing, LII: Booth for sale of maple suga
near White Inn