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Der shop, formerly occupied by the late
E. A. Moon, and now has one of the best
equipped barber shops in town.
WILL the ''lady" of the great future
chew gum? If so, how true will come
the saying of the old couplet:
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their ljawsl are one."
WE notice that Senator Barber is APP
pointed by the Legislature, the chair
man of the committee to edit the Revised
Laws, and to oversee their publication.
Associated with him are Judge Read OF
Bellows Falls, and John Young of New
port.
FRIDAY, at their own request, Charles
Mccoy and James Sullivan, who were
arrested in Manchester last Friday, on a
charge of burglary, were taken before
the Municipal court to-day for trial.
They pleaded guilty and were sentenced
to the State prison for two years by
Judge Darling. Deputy Sheriff Gid
dings took them to Windsor, Wednes-
day.
JOHN KING, John G. Mccullough, Og-
den Mills, j. Lower WEIGH, Abram s.
Hewitt, Alexander E. Orr, VIM. H.
Wheeler, II. H. Cook, George W. Quin
tard, William L. Strong, William White
wright, Cortland Parker, James ]. Good
win, William Libbey and William N. Gil
christ were Tuesday elected directors of
the New York, Lake Erie e Western
railroad. Gen. Mccullough was re-
elected manager.
THE State Board of Pharmacy, prOvid-
ed for under the law just enacted, is as
follows: j. G. Belrose of Burlington,
for one year; G. G. Bingham of st.
Johnsbury, for two years; Collins Blake
ley of Montpelier, for three years; F. W.
Pierce of Chester, for four years; A. w.
Higgins of Rutland for five years. 1t
may be well to preserve these names, az
every druggist and druggists clerk will
be interested. This board is to druggists
what the Board of Censors is to the prac-
tice of medicine.
THE Governor has appointed Hon. D.
X. Simonds of Manchester, county exam
liner of teachers. We have no means of
| knowing just what the changes in the
law are, but the county examiners APP
pointments, were with the municipal
| judges, the State boards, etc, the others
| Ian
counties, not yet appointed), being: Cal
ehOnia, w. II. Taplor of Hardwick; Es-
sex, w. D. Parsons of Island Pond;
Franklin, II. E. Rustedt of Richford;
Grand Isle, H. NJ. Soule of Alburgh; La
noble, w. A. Beebe of Morrisville;
Orange, f. f. Pritchard of Bradford; Or
leans, b. A. Andrews of Derby; Rutland,
Alfred Turner of Rutland; Washington,
o. d. Matthewson of Barre; Windsor
G. H. Whitehill of Woodstock; Wind
ham, H. D. Ryder of Brattleboro.
AT the Vermont Soldiers Home on
Thanksgiving Day, Superintendent r. j..
Coffey called the roll of the members
that were present at the first Thanksgiv-
| ing dinner at the Home Nov 9th, 1887.
There were 2G present and upon the roll
call only were present to answer to their
names. Ten of the 26 are dead, / are
now in the Home, and the other y are
away for various reasons. The follow
ing is the bill of fare that the so mem
bers present enjoyed at their eighth an
nual Thanksgiving dinner: Roast and
stuffed turkey, giblet and cranberry
sauce, mashed potato, mashed turnip,
celery, cucumber pickles, wheat and
brown bread, mince pie and cheese, tea,
coffee, new cider, apples. The present
membership is 90 aud so were present.
THE great strike of the cloak makers
in New York City and vicinity has made
it almost impossible for retail merchants
to get winter garments, but G. V. S.
Quackenbush Il Co., of Troy, write us
to-day that last week they managed to
secure about one thousand of the incest
styles and designs produced this season.
They now can show, in all sizes, hand.
some coats, 40 inches long, all tight fit
ting, at S12, Sl3, $14, $l5, SIG, SIT to S25,
in every fashionable cloth. They have
those new jaunty short coats, rs inches
long, in Chinchilla, in Persian and in
plain cloths, at S12, Sl4, SIS, SIG to $50,
together with full line of the richest
fur capes, that range in price from $lS
to 500. If you do not wish to go to Troy
Quackenbush & Co., will send you four
or five garments from which you car
make good selection right here in your
own home.
OF the 20 criminal cases set for trial al
the coming term of the County court
eight are for violations of the prohibitory
law, several of them being appeals from
convictions for second offense. lnclud
ing in the number are eight indictments
against persons who have escaped from
the Jail and have not been re captured
or are out of the State and cannot be ex
tradited for the crimes with which they
are charged. Among them are Haseltor
Sergeant indicted for horse stealing anC
breaking Jail, Napoleon Gaudette fol-
burglary and breaking Jail, Fred Steiner