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STATE NEWS.

Rutland is going to have an electric
street railway.
Vermont horses are winning many
laurels this fall.
The Congregational church in Shore
ham will celebrate its centennial next
Wednesday.
Frank B. White of Burlington, will
be the youngest member of the next
Senate. He is just 30 years old.
Deer are becoming plentiful in the
Green Mountains, thanks to the work of
the Vermont Fish and Game League.
The Rutland Herald will celebrate
it's centennial in December. 1t is one
of the oldest papers in New England.
THE Olcott Paper Company manu-
facturs $50 tons of paper a week for
newspapers at its large mill in Olcott.
business is improving in measure,
but the Vermont farmer doesn't worry
much about commercial changes-he's
too independent and happy.
During the hot weather impurities
in the blood may seriously annoy you.
Expel them by taking Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, the great blood purifier.
DIR. D. G. Bullard of St. Johnsbury,
will celebrate on the 14th of December
next, the 10th anniversary of his eu-
trance into the medical profession there.
The Rev. B. Fay Mills, the evange-
list, who is well known in Vermont, has
accepted call from the Fourth Presby-
terian church of Albany, n. Y, TO be-
come it's pastor for year. He will en-
ter upon his duties in September.
Hon. H. O. Houghton, the head of
the great publishing house of HOughton,
MIffiin & Co., in Boston, is at the Inn IN
Woodstock. MIR. Houghton was for
merly the mayor of Cambridge and for
many years has been the president of
the Vermont Association in Boston.
The outing season is now at it's
height, and hundreds of people from the
cities are in the State. A veritable army
of pleasure seekers, too, are in camp on
the various lakes. It is estimated that
city tourists will spend more than ST.
100000 in Vermont lais season.
H. B. Davis, for many years with
the st. Johnsbury CaledOnian, and
founder of the Lyndonville Journal, but
now with the Bellows Falls Times, has
accepted a desirable position in a VS.
paper and job Office at Bradford, Mass,
and will soon leave for that place.
Those Republicans who think no eff
fort will be necessary at the polls two
weeks from to-day, should bear in mind
that the Democrats will make deter
mined effort to cut down the Republican
majority for the sake of the effect which
such a result will haye upon other
States. Let every Republican resolve to
vote and to get his Republican neghbors
to do likewise.
The Populists are expected to poll
big vote this fall. They had thirteen
persons in their State convention, and
some think they will get twice thatnu
Der of votes. Mason A. Greene of Bos-
ton, formerly editor of Bellamy's New
Nation, is in the State, and is assisting
in the management of the campaign
otium cum digntate.
-"Who is going to be Speaker of the
H0use?' is question the Republicans
are asking themselves. 1t has been ru-
mOred that State Senator Fletcher d.
Proctor of Proctor, son of Senator Proc
tor, will be elected Representative from
his town, and then be candidate for
Speaker, but the rumor lacks confrma
ton.
F. Marion Crawford, the novelist,
proposes to erect a summer residence in
West Lebanon, n. H., just across the
river from White RIVER Junction. His
wife was a native of West Lebanon and
to the property left her by her father
Mr.. Crawford has added more, and will
spend part of his summers there in the
future.
In an English court Mary Frasier
being called upon to explain what
''banging'' person meant, explained
hot eha haA goli inv
her." or ''paid her well, ,"or 'let her have
it." and finally being questioned very
exactly, admitted that she lust hit her
with her fists" And the clerk under
stood.
"A cause of litigation has arisen in
Montpelier, the exact counterpart of
which has never been before in Yer
mont court so far as is known. 1t is
over a spring on land owned by Whee-
lock & Dawley, which they purchased
of Eben Scribner. The spring had been
previously purchased by Oliver Whee-
lock, who paid Scribner $500 for it %
years ago when he purchased the place
where he has since lived. The deed of
Scrihner to Wheelock & Dawley express
ly states that they have no claim on the
spring, and Oliver WhceloCk has had un-
interrupted possession of il for % years.
Afterward Elmer Jacobs bought piece
of land formerly owned by Scribner, and
has been trying to find water on it to
flow to his house. He finally struck an
underground spring which, it appears,
furnishes the supply of the Wheelock
spring, and has laid a pipe from there to
his house. He has been served with an
injunction 10 prevent him from taking
the water, though all the work he has
done has been on his own land.