News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-06-15
STATE ITEMS.

The 10th annual Baptist Sunday School
convention of Windham county will be held
at Brattleboro.
The following pensions have been granted
NermOnters: Increase, John Woudson orig
lnal, widow, etc, Lucy Woodbury..
Baltimore, town in Windsor county, has
neither church, doctor, lawyer, minister
nor pOst-office, but has lots of soapstOne, n
gold mine and considerable wealth.
The Brattleboro Savings Bank has declared
thel usual seml-annual dividends of pa per
cent. The bank has accumulated II surplus
of 50 900 for the past six months, in addition
to dividends, taxes, and other expenses.
William Leith of st. Johnsbury who has
been serving as brakeman on the Old Colony
railroad, was killed by the cars Wednesday.
He was theson of Porteus Leith of Paddock's
village, and was about 30 years old and I'M
married.
Gov. Russell of Massachusetts, was last
week presented with a golden eagle stuffed
and mounted and measuring seven feet, four
inches from tip to tip of its wings 1t is from
DR.. A. G. Brush, prominent Democrat of
Fairfax, this state.
5. f. Prince, the owner of the steam marble
works in Philadelphia, who is also interested
IN marble quarrieS at Rutland. has failed,
with liabilities of 100000 AMI nominal
assets at S250,00O. Stringency of the money
market was the cause.
These Vermont postmasters have been ap-
pointed: Martha NJ. Lanpher, at East Cam
bridge; Henry Abel, at East SHnrton; C.
F. Squier, at New Haven; F. S. Francis, at
Panton; u. j: Hodges, at Ripton; T. P.
Cunningham, at West Topsham.
Frank Martins box shop, 100 feet long,
was burned at North Springfield, last week
Wednesday night, with all its contents.
Lumber valued at 81 900 was also burned.
This is the second time Mr. Martins factory
has been destroyed by fire. This factory was
the principal industry at North Springfield
and gave employment to about % hands
The next meeting of the Green Mountain
Trotting Park Association, Barre, will be
held Friday and Saturday, June % and "a
and will consist of three races each day.
Those on Friday are the 81 o class. purse SIS;
$50 class, purse 500; 2:3S class, purse
$125. Saturday, 300 class, purse SIS; 3:45
class purse 500; 2:30 class, purse $3.50
The entries close Saturday, June IT, at IL
o'clock a. m.
There was large attendance of delegates
from all over the state on the Baptist Sun
day school convention at Rutland last week
There were addresses by prominent Baptists
and general discussion of Sunday school
work. These officers were elected President
Rev. Gibbs Braislin of Rutland; vice presi-
dent, Rev. W. s. Roberts of Burlington; sec
rotary, Rev. S. Robson of West Randolph;
treasurer, D. NJ. White of Rutland; directors
= u.
H. Knapp, Virgil Benedict.
boiler in q steam mill owned by Lang &
| Hooker situated in Barnet, exploded Mon
day afternoon with terrible effect William
Fisher, the engineer, was blown ITO feet
striking on the end of a log. His head and
shoulders were found 80 feet from his trunk
Albert Greene, a marker, and Lewis John
who was hauling in logs, were also killed
the bodies being badly mutilated. Gordon
Armstrong, who was at work in the mill
was badly scalded, and Austin Fisher was
| slightly hurt. Two horses were killed. The
cause of the explosion is supposed to have
been low water in the boiler. The main por-
ton of the boiler was blown 425 feet The
boiler was inspected three months ago.
Fisher and Greene lived at Monroe, N. III.
! The schedules of assest and liabilities of
! the Orwell firm of Hammond, Bush & Co.,
which lately has become insovent, has been
| filed. 1t appears from the schedules that the
Indebtedness is, in round numbers, $3.50, 900,
of which amount about 1927 900 is secured
by collateral. The company's creditors
number about $50, located mostly in Western
Vermont and in New York. Ofthe indebted
ness the entire amount except about $12,-
600, is represented by notes. The companys
assets are nominally about $542 900. They
consist of about $168,00 worth of real es-
tate; real estate mortgages, about 81 900;
contracts taken for land sold, about ST. 900;
loans and discounts, about $4,000; book
accounts, about SIS, 900; stock pledged as
collateral, about 100000; stocks not pledg-
ed, about 100000.