News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-01-25
STATE NEWS.


Island Pond is to have a water works sys
| TEN.
! The loss of the engine house belonging tc
the Connecticut River Railroad, at South
| Vernon, which was destroyed by fire last
week, is estimated at about $4,000.
| c. u. Jewett of Lebanon, n. H., was killed
| in Walden Friday afternoon, Jan. 16, while
at work on the trestle. While engaged in
hosting stones one fell, crushing his head
breaking his arm and killing him instantly
The body vas sent to st. Johnsbury on the
evening train.
When Mrs. Eta Kingsbury, of Stratton,
awoke last Saturday morning, she was
shocked to find her infant son, two and one,
half months old, dead by her side. The little
one aroused its mother at midnight, but
soon fell asleep. There was nothing to sh )w
the cause of death.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Bill.
ling's Slate and Marble Company, of Fair
haven, resulted in the election OF G.. W. Bill.
lings, ID. W. Ford and G. W. Tenant as di.
rectors. At meeting of the directors, C. w
Billings was elected President, and G. W.
Tenant Secretary and Treasurer.
The firm of Frank E. and George Briggs, OF
Brandon, real estate owners ami spectators,
has filed a petition in insolvency. The esti-
mated liabilities are $275, 900; assets, 1915, )
900. Recent large expenditures, and failure
to realize promptly together with the illness
OF Frank Briggs, caused the failure.
Governor Fuller has appointed the follow
ing commissioners, under an act entitled,
. An Act to Establish Boundary Line Monu-
ments between Vermont and Massachusetts,
approved November II, 1892: kittredge
Haskins of Brattleboro, Levant M. Read OF
Bellows Falls, and James K. Batchelder OF
Arlington.
Mrs. Lucy Wood of Barre, observed her
10th birthday few days ago. Mrs. Wood
although not as strong as on other birthdays
is still able to be about the house ID portion
of each day. She is now the Oldest person in
Vermont. the Oldest member of the Woman g
Relief Corps, and the Oldest person on the
rolls of the pension department.
During the year 1892, there were 81 deaths
in the town of Bennington the population OF
which is 5000, the death ratio being frac-
ton more than ten in a thousand. Of the
number ~ were over 70 years old. Nine
were over 80, and two over 90 eleven of the
number We're infants, and leaving them out,
the average age of each person " as nearly 62
years.
By the will of the late Hon. c. P. Marsh, of
Woodstock, after providing for his wife, a
son and daughter-in-law in Chicago, and two
grandchildren, he leaves a bequest OF $500 to
the Congregational church in Woodstock,
$500 to the Episcopal church and 81 900 to
the University of Vermont, and established
another scholarship in memo! of his son
Charles.
At St. Adams, Jan. r. the executive COM
mittee OF the State Firemens Association
met and voted to hold the an ual tourna-
ment there July &c and 81, WIN $1,000 in
prizes divided as follows: hose races, 5000
to first, 500 to second, $50 to third, $25 to
fourth. Hook and ladder, S25 to first, $15
to second. Hand engines, $500 to first,
500 to second, $50 to third. Coupling, SIS
to first, $40 to second. Prize drill, SIS to
first, S25 TO second. A grand banquet was
given the visitors by Weldon Hose, at the
Weldon House this evening.
The death of President Hayes recalls to
mind his presence with four members of his
cabinet at the centennial celebration of YER
mont's independence and of the battle of Ben
nington in 1877. AS he was of Vermont ORR
gin, he was especially pleased to be present.
He was the guest of Rev. J ohm B. Tibbits, and
on one of the evenings of the celebration days
he held brilliant reception at the Walloom-
sac house, Bennington Center. He gave
Charles M. Bliss, secretary of the battle
monument association, 800 for the. Benning
ton battle-monument, before the expiration
OF his Presidential term of Office.