News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-09-21

Judge of Probate for Orleans county, died
Friday.
general term of the Supreme Court is or
dered to be held at Montpelier on the fourth
Tuesday of October.
The angST 4 Zeal retreat for the
clergy of s5NS5S< 1.socese of Burlington,
Will open ". rSygs9n on the 18th.
This Std 5rlnaA ichool building at Ran
dolph way destScoyedby fire Friday morning
The fire originateS5 5 usual, by smoking in
a barn near by.
At the reunion of Co.'S B, D, F. G, and H,
9Th VT, Inf, at Orwell, Capt. S. f. Burnham,
of Rutland, was chosen president and II. L.
Hack, of Port Henry, N. Y, secretary.
Marble and Granite deposits have been dis
covered in West Topsham. The stone is pro-
noGncedt to be of the finest quality. The loca-
ton is four miles from the Wells River r. K.
Counterfeit half dollars have appeared in
Rutland. They bear date of 1898, and have
the head instead of the seated goddess. They
are very light, and look as if fresh from the
mint. The ring" is also defective.
The citizens of Bennington have organized
vigilance society, and for the present will
conduct night patrols of six men from the
society. The object is the prevention of in
cendiary fires, which have been prevalent
there of late.
1t is said that thenext grand jury in Orange
county will be asked to indict certain resi-
dents of Randolph for connection with the
death oe Miss Aurora Flint in Barre July ),
and whose body was exhumed by the author
tiles Aug. IA.
The reunion of the G. A. r. posts of Wash
ington and Orange counties, to be held in
Barre Friday, Sept. %, will be a big affair,
and permanent association will be formed.
Gov. Fuller, ex-GOv. Dillingham; and Col. g..
W. Fuller will attend the camp fire.
Mrs. Otis Burt of Bridgeport fell down
stairs in the floral hall at the Middebury fair,
and died few hours later. She was a very
stout woman, and, as there was no trace OF
injury on her person, it is thought that her
death was due to paralysis and apOplexy.
DR.. William B. Towles, professor of gene
raj and special anatomy at the Universities
of Vermont and Virginia, died Friday night.
Prof. Towles was born in Virginia about At
years ago, and al, an early age entered the
Confederate az siaaar, s,rving until
the war closed. He was, without doubt, the
most proficient demonstration of anatomy in
America.
An informal Vermont Day was observed by
visiting residents of the State at he World s
Fair Friday. Gen. W. W. Henry, of Bur-
lingt0ns6acted as master of cerem onies, and
remarks were made by Henry Ballard, of
Burlington, Wallace Parker, of mbridge,
Department Commander Doty, Of Morris
vile, Postmaster Hanrahan, of Rutland, DR..
Wright, of Huntley, Ill., and j. f. Smith, a
former Vermonter.
The Estey company, according to the
daily Presto of Chicago, has at the last
moment entered its exhibit at Chicago "for
competition" The responsibility of doing
so was taken by l. ~ Camp, of the Chicago
House, after the company's pl III and an
nouncement had all along been for exhibit
ton only MIR Camp doubtless thought,
as is true that it was too fine show not to
partake of the awards.
The Burlington Free Press saw. There
has been a very marked improvement in the
condition of the Central Vermont railroad in
the past two years. During the last year
iron bridges have taken the place of wooden
ones at this city, Ludlow, and two at Gas
setts, and IA Others are either in process of
construction or projected. Considerable new
track has been laid and old rails have been
supplanted by new and better ones
At the Women's Christian Temperance
Union State convention at Montpelier, off
GERS for the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows:-President, Mrs. Ida Read of Shelburne;
Secretary, Mrs E. Davidson of Newfane; AS
sistant Secretary, Mrs. A. A. Wyman of Cam
bridgeport; Treasurer, Mrs. f. NJ. Denny of
Montpelier; Auditor, Mrs. B. E. Chamberlin
of Plainheld; delegate to the Worlds con-
vention at Chicago, Mrs. Ida II. Read
At the annual meeting of the St Johnsbury
and Lake Champlain railroad, which is leas-
ed to the Boston and Maine, these directors
were elected: c. S. Page of Hyde Park, S. C.
Shurtleff of Montpelier, II E. Folsom of
Lyndonville, G. W. Hendee of MOrrisyille.
Franklin Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, S. C.
Lawrence of Milford, H. R. Reed ard W. T.
Hart of Boston, c. A. Bartlett of Chelmsford.
Mass. The directors voted to make new
bonds, to be issued payable in gold coin
I'm w
ent of the Howe scale works at Rutland, has
been appointed inspector of the new govern
ment fish hatchery to be built at St. Johns
bury. The main hatchery is to be a one
story building IA feet by 80, and resembles
the Queen Anne style of architecture Other
buildings are to be erected for a large ice
house and the superintendent quarters
Mr.. Titcomb will inspect the building of these
structures and will have personal charge of
the construction of the dam.
The centennial of the organization of the
Vergennes Congregational church was cele-
brated Friday. Judge John d. Smith read
an address giving historical r,,i Aw of a
century of ChristsS,-- york. Letters were
read from former pastors who were unable to
be present. Rev. Joseph Cook of Boston,
Revs. McHall, Pillsbury, SpauldiGp and Rob-
inson, Prof. TORY, of Burlington u. Y. M,
and President Brainerd, of Middl"bury Col
lege, made short addresses. Rev. DIR. Seaver,
of Rutland, delivered the anniversary ser
mon.
The new Hartford library was dedicated on
the 10th with appropriate ceremonies. The
structure is the gift of Ephraim Morris, a
prominent wooden manufacturer of Hartford
The lot upon which the library is erected is
the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace C. Pease.
Besides the library, which has all the neces-
sary modern appointments and cost $4,000,
Mr.. Morris has given the trustees $500 for
IFS The library already hos O000
books. The trustees are Ephraim Morris,
Samuel E. Pingree, Edward W. Morris, Hor-
ace c. Pease and Charles NJ Cone.
John l.. Edwards has been appointed Dep
uty Collector in charge of the custom house
at Newport, VT. John W. Thurston has
been appointed Deputy Collector of customs
and Assistant Cashier at Island Pond. Other
appointments to Deputy Collectorships are
Homer c. Jennison at Highgate, Vt; Chas.
b. Russell, Alburgh: George w. Beardsley,
Alburgh Springs; Charles A. Buck and Wei
lngton b. Writers, at St. Adams; John Con-
way, Island Pond; Ddazen j. Gates, Frank
lin, and Orrin woodward, Berkshire, all in
place of former incumbents resigned.
When the proprietors reached the granite
sheds ofC. FL. More & Co., John Benzie and
Charles Mcmillan at Barre Monday morning
it was learned that some one, for the third
time this summer, had taken the opportunity
between Saturday night and Monday morn
ing to destroy property. In C.. H. More's
shed the polished httering on q finished
monument was punched full of holes, at
John Benzie's more damage was done and
at the Mcmillan shed three large stones were
ruined. No reason for the action can be
assigned. The stones were damaged to the
extent of $500.
Willard f. Hazard, who has been serving q
twenty-five years sentence relder the habitu-
al criminal act, has been released from the
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leave. Hazard is of middle age and halls
from this state. According to the record
books he was first convicted in the Superior
Court of Woodstock, Vt, in Windsor county.
on Dec. %, 1874, of larceny and was sent to
the State Prison at Windsor Vt. for two
years. His release on that sentence dates
back to Nov. 30, 1876. He is the first con-
Wet to be pardoned in the history of the
State Prison.
Rev. Richard Morgan, who was killed at
Cobleskill Thursday afternoon of last week.
was formerly presiding elder of the st. AL
bans District of the Methodist church Mr.
Morgan and his wife had gone to Coolies
kill to visit Mr. Morgan's brother Rev
Edward Morgan. As the brothers and their
wives were driving, the shafts OF the wagon
became detache@z=sal sk---laerse boited. At
the bottom of the hin the wagon was over
turned. Rev. Richard Morgan lived about
ten minutes after the accident. His wife
broken arm and shoulder. Rev.
Edward Morgan and wife we're badly bruised.
The prospectus of lions Herald,
Of Boston, for 1894, which is pecu-
iarly rich and attractive, is just pub
ished in the columns of that always
and able journal. A
sample copy containing the same
will be furnished you upon applica-
lion to the publisher, A. S. Weed, SO
Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.