News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-01-12
STATE NEWS.


Brattleboro expended about 500, 900 on
new buildings last year
Bennington doomed last year. She spent
5000, 600 in improvements.
About Is farms have changed owners in
Weathersfied the past year.
The graduation exercises of The Randolph
Normal school occurred Friday.
There were Sc deaths and 90 births in Bel.
lows Falls, during the year 1892.
The improvements in West Randolph made
in 1892 aggregated over $4S, 900.
About S120 has been drawn from the dog
fund " for killed and injured sheep at Char
lotte, recently.
Vermont is said to pay more bounties on
foxes and bears than any other New England
State, except Maine.
There were AZ deaths in Vergennes the past
year, II males and % females. There were
% births, males 10 and females Is.
Rev. DR.. Edwin Elisha Bliss, for nearly so
years missionary in Turkey, is dead. He
was born in Putney, April II, 1917.
The year 1892 was a prosperous one for
Bristol, says the local paper, cellars for
three new houses were dug in the fall"
Elias Doty, the Oldest man in Bristol died
Wednesday, aged 90 years. He was quite ac-
tive up to a short time before his death.
Mrs. l.. T. Parm, of Chester, committed
suicide by hanging, last Friday. Despond-
ency, the result of illness, was the cause.
Two hundred and fifty thousand feet of
logs are now ground at Bellows Falls weekly,
or l3, 600, 900 per year, for use of the paper
mills.
The total receipts of the Hardwick Post
Office Cor the year ending December 81 was
81, 659 so, net increase of 239.16 over
1891
Father Coathue, formerly curate at St.
JOseph's church, in Burlington, has been as
signed to duty in Bennington, by Bishop
DeGoesbriand.
John II. Ayres, Bennington tailor, has
settled with his creditors for thirty cents on
u dollar. His largest creditor was a Phila-
delphia firm, to which he owed 81 300
By the statement of the Wilmington Saw
iBgs Bank, Jan. 1. the resources are shown
to be S5O6.325. 50; surplus fund, $43, 14s.2S.
The cash transactions at the bank on Mon
day, Jan:2, were upwards of 100000
The trustees of the Troy Conference Acad-
envy, at Poultney, are raising an endowment
fund OF $4,000 for the institution. Among
the largest subscribers and "a leading spirit is
Hon. Ohm II. Gould, of Rupert one of the
wealthest citizens of Bennington county.
Sibley & Places hardware store, Essex
Junction, was burned to the ground Thurs
day night about l. O'Clock A considera BILE
amount of sto:k on the first floor was saved
and the fire was kept from spreading to the
surrounding buildings. The origin of the fire
is unknown, although the flames started in
the neigh borhood of u stovepipe on the up
per floor. 1t was insured for 50 600 and the
stock for $3, 900
The Catholic denomination in Vermont has
SO priests, 45 churches with resident priests
and 26 without, y chapes, 10 stations, IA
theological students academies 10 paro
chal schools, 4, PTS children attending paro-
chial and other schools, 10 converts, 2 hos
pitfalls, lis orphans, from 80 900 to 36, coo
French members, and a from 1900 to
IA, 900 Irish members; the Catholic families
are estimated at about 6,400 French and
1900 Irish
The adjourned annual meeting of the Ma
tional Life Insurance Company was held at
Montpelier, Friday, and these directors were
re elected to succeed themselves: Edward
Dewey, Fred Smith and James G Houghton
In addition to the above, the present board
OF directors comprises Charles Dewey, w II.
III. Bingham, George W. Reed, D. G. Denison,
james T. Phelps, W. G. Veazpy, George
Briggs, Levi K. Fuller. George G. Benedict
and William P Dillingham;. At a subsequent
meeting of the directors this old board of
officers was reelected Charles Dewey, Presi-
dent; Edward Dewey, Vice-President; Geo.
W. Reed, Secretary; j. C. Houghton, Treas
nrer; Joseph A. DeBoer, Actuary; A. B. Bis
bee, M. D., Medical Director; o. d. Clark,
Assistant Secretary; II. M. Cutler, Assistant
Treasurer.