News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-06-01
STATE ITEM

STATE ITEMS.
The dates of the Barton fair are September
II, ID and IL.
Horatio Eddy of Chittenden, was thrown
| out of his wagon and his collar bone broken
Saturday, William Kennison, Mendon
( farmer, was thrown out OF his wagon INTO
| cobbestone gutter and fatally injured.
The St. Johnsbury Electric company will
| proceed as soon as possible, to put III u
steam plant with which to run their d!hn-
mos.
The Wet L. of Windham county will
| hold it's 1th annual convention at Townsend,
| Thursday, and Friday, July LIST and "a, at
| the Baptist church.
Rev. J. p. Chase of East st Johnsbury
I received some severe burns about the lace
| and upon one hand from an explosion of gas
| while lighting fire with Kerosene.
! The following pensions have been granted
| Vermonters: Increase. Lucian Ingraham,
Timothy Blanchard; original, widows, etc.,
Phoebe l.. Davis, Esther Livingston.
While H. Senical of Pittsford, was helping
| to unload or dump block of marble at the
| Burditt quarry Friday, il fell on him killing
him instantly. He leaves large family.
| Mrs u. NJ. Robinson, of Bloomington. aged 30
| years, died Thursday afternoon. She was
the third Oldest person living who was born
| in Bennington. She was the mother of the
| late Judge Alfred ROBINSON.
Twenty nine tons of sugar we're weighed in
! Charlestown for the bounty; n. NJ. Scott of
Barton has weighed, in his division, 100, 900
pounds, almost all of which will draw the
| bounty of one and threefourths cents per
pound.
Don Williams, colored. arrested over a year
| ago for setting fire to buildings in Castleton,
was sentenced by Judge Butler, of Rutland.
| to three years and six months in the house
| M pnrraptiOu Williams first arrest ed
and convicted of the crime of larceny, for
| which he has served his sentence. lie has
| already been in the house of correction II
| months.
In the United States Circuit Court, at Wind
| ham the case of William johnson VS.. Cana
/ dian Pacific Railway Company occupied three
| days time. Johnson was an employee of the
road and had received injuries, resulting in
the amputation of leg. Defendant paid ex-
penses of sickness, and the question OF DANA
ges was the point at issue. A verdict for the
plaintiff was rendered for IS, 125.
| CIR. Wales of Washington, Examiner for
the Civil Service Commission, conducted an
| examination of applicants for Government
| Offices in Burlington. recently. Out of 40
who had filed applications, GO were present.
OF this number, % were candidates for the
| railway mail service, four desired positions as
clerks, three as Superintendent in the Indian
service, two as special pension examiners.
and one as copyist.
scare among some of the depositors in
the Rutland Savings Bank has made n run,
and about $50, 900 has been drawn out. IL
seemed to start from the recent failure Of the
Vermont Investment Company at Orwell.
The Bank officers say that the Orwell matte r
did not touch them beyond one $4,000 note
which was affected by IL. The bank has about
SO,O 900 depositors and $2,7C0,O 900 deposits,
and has been reckoned as strong as any con-
Germ in the State.
1t has just been discovered that the serious
storms of the past winter have caused consid-
cradle damage to the Bennington battle
monument. The water and snow has blown
into the upper lookouts, which are not pro
tected by either shutters or windows. The
floor has not shed the water as il was sup.
posed and intended that it should, and it has
run down inside the walls, where il was frozen
and split quite number of the large stones
near the first landing and base. The damage
is not considered serious, however, and meas
ures will be taken to repair it at once.
Charlie Wah Kee, Chinaman who has been
running a laundry at Lyndonville for the
past few months, was arrested by Special In.
spector George |. Buckingham and another
officer, and was taken to Burlington. Wah
Kee was rather more intelligent than most OF
his countrymen in this section and has been
suspected by the people here of being engaged
in smuggling Cinnamon across the line. as
strange ones have appeared here quite often
and left by rail. Officers have been watching
the mails and all persons on the Canadian
border, who have been in communication
with Wah Kee, are also receiving the atten
ton of the officers.
The total amount of maple sugar tested
and to be tested at the laboratory at Mont
pelier is estimated at 4 100000 pounds, on
which bounty of sac, 900 will be paid T.
producers in Vermont, New Hampshire anC
Maine. The yield, as a Whole IS an averag,
| crop. Last year bounty was paid on SOM
| OSn 000 RtauE onnli,afiou "a,
the season of 1894 have been sent out to al
! licensed producers of 1894 have been sen
out to all licensed producers of 1893, ant
all sugar-makers wishing blank application
for licenses for next season should apply a
once to James +. French, Montpelier. Tn
time for fling bounty application papers ex
pires July /.
The badly decomposed body off. p. Cobb,
was found on the lake shore near Crane
slip in Burlington Wednesday. The bodl
had evidently been washed ashore and ply
scians think that it had been in the water a.
bout twelve days. No marks of violence wer,
found upon the body and although no in
| quest was called, Health officer Crandall pro
nounced it a case of death by drowning
| Twenty-Five years ago JADE" Colby, as Mr.
Colby was called, was one of che best know
railroad men in this State, being at tina
time in the general freight office of to
Vermont Central road. He was the son O
Stoddard b. Colby, of Montpelier, Registe
Vi the bulltu Oldltb ItdHuIl uuIlDR the las
of President LincOln's administration. II
was also nephew of Senator Proctor.
John F. Henry, brother of Gen. W. W
| Henry of Burlington. died at his home il
Brooklyn, N. Y, Thursday. The remain
we're taken to Waterbury for interment, an,
the funeral was held on Sunday. Mr.. Henri,
was born in Waterbury about go years ago
tie entered business with his father, the lat,
James NJ. Henry, the firm name for some tim,
subsequent to 1853, being James NJ. Henry 4
Sons. They had "A branch store in Montreal
John +. Henry K Co., succeeded to the bust
hess about 1862, moving to Burlington q
few years later. About the year 1872, there
was a division, the firms of Wells, Richardson
< Co. and Henry K johnson being formed
A little later Mr.. J. L. Henry sold his interest
and bought out Bemas Barnes, a patent
medicine dealer in New York city, and formed
the firm of Ohm f. Henry 4 Co., which be
came widely known. Mr.. Henry was an ac
tive Republican and was once the Republican
candidate for Mayor of Brooklyn. lie leaves
"a widow, two sons, William b., and John +
jr., and daughter.
In a recent interview in regard to the Yer.
mont Morgan horses to be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair, as selected by him, Mr.. II. r.
Lawrence, after reviewing the strong points
| of the Morgan horse, said: I'VE have Sc.
lected animals for different classes from aged
animals down to sucklings. OF course there
are more of the descendants of the Sherman
Morgan than OF any other family, though
representatives of the families of Woodbury.
Morgan and Bullrush Morgan have also been
selected. We have not selected for speed, but
that of course has been an additional advan-
taee. In the eastern part OF the State, where,
| as ! said the horses are dminutiye they
have preserved the breeding, in many cases,
at the expense of individuality. Animals OF
the get of Ben Franklin, Honest Allen, Aristos
and Gillig have becn selected. The animals
are loaned by breeders, and the Association
assumes all expenses from the time we take
them, until they are returned. The selection
is intended to cover the entire field. The ex.
hibit Is to be in Chicago, August 81. ="
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